Is it me or does Brandon Inge never seem to hit a ball on the ground? Pop-ups, flyouts and strike outs? No problem.

The Skinny:

4-3, 1st Place in A.L. Central, .5 games ahead of Chicago
Streak: W3
Home Record: 3-0 / Road Record: 1-3

Who’s Hot:

Miguel Cabrera: .520 avg., .586 OBP, .960 SLG, 3 HR, 10 RBI
Placido Polanco: .346, .393 OBP, .462 SLG
Gerald Laird: .318, .400 OBP, .455 SLG
Brandon Inge: .304, .448 OBP, .870 SLG, 4 HR, 7 RBI
Who’s Not:

Carlos Guillen:.182, [...]

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans.
This is Episode #70, an 8-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
In each daily episode this season we we’ll cover:

The previous day’s game;
Look ahead to the next game;
Look back on Tigers history; and,
Check in on what [...]

…watching Edwin Jackson deal all night long was nothing short of exhilarating. Even when he gave up the homer to the unlikeable Scott Rolen. Still, I put this game less on Brandon Lyon and more on the other Brandon with a four-letter last name: Inge.
Sure, he hit a homer to tie it in the [...]

Detroit Free Press photographer Eric Seals created some nifty videos during his assignment in Lakeland for Spring Training. This one features Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Matt Treanor and Tigers fans all talking about what autographs mean to them.

Neat stuff.

Adam Everett #4

Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 180
2008 Stats: .213 – 2 HR – 20 RBI

It’s difficult to get a clear picture of new Tigers shortstop Adam Everett based on his 2008 performance with the Twins. He had just 158 at bats (which produced a .213 average) and appeared in only 45 games for the [...]

Brandon Inge #15

Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 190
2008 Stats: .205 – 11 HR – 51 RBI

Brandon Inge began last season as the Tigers backup catcher and ended it as the third baseman for 2009. In between was yet another sub-par offensive performance for a player that, as recently as 2006, seemed locked in as a [...]