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Tigers a big source of pride in Motown | tigers.com: News An excellent piece by Beck around the Tigers impact on the region. I'm not big on the "the region really needs this, take pity on us" angle to sports that popped up around the Final 4 and Stanley Cup playoffs. This article didn't go [...]

Baseball Prospectus | Unfiltered An interview with Leyland where he swears and talks about working pitchers BaseballAmerica.com: Draft: Chat: Signing Deadline Chat Callis says Turner is the Tigers new #1 prospect (shocker) and that the big 3 from this draft all fit in the org's top 10 Beck's Blog: Wild week and a half for [...]

Zumaya optimistic about '09 return | detnews.com | The Detroit News Zumaya and optimism don't really belong in any headline, but things look good for the pitcher returning. He'll even be traveling with the team on this roadie. Tigers manager Jim Leyland notices Saturday's victory pumped up the city | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press [...]

Leyland: Inge should be on All-Star team | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Leyland offered up his support to the Inge on the All Star team campaign. If he said it publicly he probably said it to Joe Maddon as well (Maddon only has 8 picks at his discretion and many of those go to [...]

Miguel Cabrera Strikes Back | FanGraphs Baseball Cabrera is good and he hits the ball along ways. Although his squeaker homer (still a missile) last night may affect his homer distance average. The Spot Starters » 2009 Season Adam Everett Ramon Santiago » Everett and Santiago as One Player A response to a Rob Neyer [...]