Every four years we elect a president and now, it would appear, every four years Brandon Inge comes to Spring Training without a job.In 2004 he was displaced as the Tigers catcher by an All Star from the Florida Marlins — Pudge Rodriguez. Inge came to camp as a backup to Pudge and a newly [...]

If you believe the voters in Sports Illustrated’s online mock voting, today we find out that Travis Fryman’s Hall of Fame candidacy comes to a quick and painless end. (He’s not alone; get a load of Brady Anderson, Shawon Dunston and Todd Stottlemyre’s, ahem, support.)

There are, of course, two former Tigers on the ballot [...]

You want some spirited debate (of the non-Iowa Caucus variety, that is)? Try the Internet. More specifically, browse the comments of any Rob Neyer piece on ESPN.com — especially when he’s writing about the Hall of Fame.
Today Rob raised a terrific Tigers-related question in his column titled: Trammell being unfairly judged? (Insider only).
Actually, he [...]

The chances of the Tigers’ Magglio Ordonez winning the American League Most Valuable Player award seem to dwindle every time Alex Rodriguez comes to the plate.This certainly should not be the case. Ordonez brings these monster stats to the ballpark this afternoon:

.360 batting average
53 doubles
28 home runs
137 RBI
.431 on-base percentage
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The chances of the Tigers’ Magglio Ordonez winning the American League Most Valuable Player award seem to dwindle every time Alex Rodriguez comes to the plate.
This certainly should not be the case. Ordonez brings these monster stats to the ballpark this afternoon:

.360 batting average
53 doubles
28 home runs
137 RBI
.431 on-base percentage
[...]

For two years in this space (and two years before that to anyone who would listen) I pleaded with the Tigers to trade Craig Monroe. Or release him. Non-tender him, whatever it took.On Thursday I got my wish.So where does Monroe make his Cubs debut? Right here in Phoenix against the Diamondbacks on Friday night.So [...]