We’re not one to hold a grudge — ahem — but after reading this about Giants’ shortstop Edgar Renteria …
… [He] played all last season with a bone spur in his right elbow, about the size of a piece of pea gravel.

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Renteria hit a career-low .250 with 19 doubles, five home runs and [...]

This, that and the other after a long blogging layoff:

So where were you two years ago today? You were probably glued to ESPN or the Web reading all you could about the eight-player deal that brought Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit. Time flies. (And just a year ago today Edgar Renteria spared Tigers [...]

Celebrate Nate! I might be the only person in the Tigers Fan Universe looking forward to Robertson’s return to the rotation. Ian?
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Any takers?

Sure, it hurt when the Tigers sent Jair Jurrjens and Gorkys Hernandez to the Braves for Edgar Renteria. There was some — i.e., a tad — concern about Jurrjens’ durability and, well, to get a player of Renteria’s caliber at such a vital position you have to part with some value.
We know how that worked [...]

If the Tigers are dead-set against using Ramon Santiago as their everyday SS in 2009 (and I really don’t understand why they are), what are their options? Well, with Edgar Renteria (thankfully) in San Fran helping Zito form the All-Bust All-Stars, and Khalil Greene going to St. Louis, the field has narrowed a bit.
The trade [...]

We waited and waited and waited for news about the Tigers’ shortstop. And after all that waiting, all we get is who the shortstop won’t be next year? Oy vey. Take heart. There’s more to talk about this week:

On this date in 1961, the Tigers made the only Dec. 1-trade in their history by trading [...]

Edgar Renteria gets a $3 million goodbye, Gary Glover and Dane Sardinha get shipped out, and advance scout Bruce Tanner gets a bump to Major League scout.

Every time I sat down to write about a bit of Tigers news in the past five days, another shoe would drop and I’d think “I’ll write about both of those items.” Then another and another, etc.
So, as I wait out this Tigers/White Sox rain delay from bright, sunny Phoenix, it’s time to weigh in [...]

So much for Edgar Renteria’s beggin’ and pleadin’ for a job on the 2009 Tigers. Word from Dave Dombrowski today is that Detroit won’t pick up #8’s option.
Dombrowski wouldn’t rule out re-signing Renteria as a free agent, but said the club would look at other options.
While the Tigers don’t have a viable option at short [...]