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Detroit Tigers, Volume 1 - The Lou Whitaker version

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Sizemore (hitting .400-plus at Toledo) has already been called up, according to Bless You Boys.
 
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Apparently Scott Sizemore was taken out of the Mud Hens' lineup prior to tonight's game................

EDIT: Beat me to it.

This is double-edged. Yeah, he's earned this promotion, but he's quickly approaching gun-to-his-head time in his Tiger career. If he comes up and hits .220 again, that's going to speak volumes about where he's headed.
 
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Rhymes to Toledo for the other half of that move.

I'm fishing for the moment. Humor me. God knows I need it after watching this team. I wonder....... since they've moved Ryan Strieby back to 1B in Toledo, and he continues to hit, and Brandon Inge continues to hit a resounding .210 (he's at .207 right now), any chance Cabrera moves to 3B to make room for Strieby? Or would they consider playing Strieby at 3rd? They're both about the same size. And just how far buried would we have to be for the Tigers to consider such a move?

I do think we're going to see Andy Dirks in Detroit by the end of the week in place of Jackson.

By my count, we've got the 5th worst record in baseball right now, and we're only 2 games ahead of the Twins for the worst.
 
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I don't think that Cabrera would move back to 3B. Too much chance of injury for him playing there. If Miguel is gone then the season is done - as opposed to already close to done now...

Jackson, Inge, and Magglio should all be on the hot seat. Hopefully Jackson has a quick fix in Toledo. Magglio's hurt still. Sit him until he's healthy, since he isn't doing jack right now. Inge is what he's always been. Above average defense, and a below average bat. That's not going to change. I'd ditch Inge, but there isn't anything to replace him.

So...Martinez replaces Maggs, Clete Thomas replaces Jackson? Inge remains Inge.

So my lineup would be...

Thomas
Sizemore
Boesch
Cabrera
Martinez
Avila - surpisingly good, btw.
Peralta
Raburn
Inge
 
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Eight games out in the first week of May.

I say this in all seriocity: will Leyland resign by August (as I predicted) or will he be fired at the end of the season?
Don't count Jackson out yet. They fixed Granderson in Toledo. Even more when the Yanks got a hold of him. He's the least of the problems. How's that trade looking now?

Other than that, the lineup holes are as we all feared: 2b, SS, 3B. Boesch is teetering even with a .300 average and no power in RF; Magglio is done IMO, Raburn is an auto E-7 in LF. The pitching is gah! which is a surprise considering the quality potential, at least the starters. Benoit and Papa Grandbelly are crashing. Getting Martinez back may help, and Avila appears to be in a nice stretch. It's enough to make Cabrera hit the bottle again.

So, besides those things, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
 
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Yeah, if it's a choice between moving the best player in baseball and a $100 million investment and Whoever Ryan Strieby Is, then Whoever Ryan Strieby Is better start practicing at the hot corner.
 
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1st 3 in the lineup tonight: Jackson-Sizemore-Ordonez. And don't forget that Boesch is 0-for-since-Saturday.

We might get no-hit.
 
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There. Now Ordonez has 2 RBI this season.
 
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Good Lord. I was waiting for Sizemore to re-break his ankle on that slide.

2-0 Tigers.
 
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I'm mildly surprised there wasn't a bigger collision at the plate there.
 
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I really hope leaving the bases juiced there with 1 out doesn't come back to bite us. Penny's only looking at an inning left, and our pen is tired. This one might get dicey as well.
 
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4-2 final. 7 game losing streak over
 
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And in a turn of events that shocks exactly no one, Zumaya will be having surgery on his arm. Again.
 
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Martinez activated and hitting 5th, Omir Santos sent back to Toledo.

Freddy Garcia pitching tonight, so we're going to get carved up like an Easter ham.
 
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MAGGLIO!!!​

4-0, bottom 3
 
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4-0 final. Scherzer was masterful.
 
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