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Month: March 2009

  • 2009 Player Profile: Carlos Guillen

    Carlos Guillen #9 Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 215 2008 Stats: .286 – 10 HR – 54 RBI You can’t blame Carlos Guillen if he’d like to forget the 2008 season. After being tapped as the starting first baseman, Guillen lasted there only a few weeks before moving across the diamond to third, where his…

  • 2009 Player Profile: Gary Sheffield

    Gary Sheffield #3 Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215 2008 Stats: .225 – 19 HR – 57 RBI Gary Sheffield entered the 2008 season looking to improve on a sub-par debut campaign in Detroit. A shoulder injury sustained in an outfield collision in ’07 required surgery and off-season rehab, and it slowed Sheffield at the…

  • Did You Know…?

    On this date in 1995, the first-ever major league trade of utility players was made between the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians. Cincinnati obtained former Tigers first baseman/DH Barbaro Garbey and four others in return for “future considerations.” Garbey — whom Sparky called “Bobby” because he (apparently) couldn’t pronounce Barbaro — hadn’t appeared in the…

  • 2009 Player Profile: Magglio Ordoñez

    Magglio Ordoñez #30 Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215 2008 Stats: .317 – 21 HR – 103 RBI Few hitters can weather a 50-point drop in batting average and still be within shouting distance of a batting crown. But that’s how 2008 shaped up for Tigers rightfielder Magglio Ordoñez. The 2007 A.L. batting champ served…

  • Happy Birthday, Jeff Holly

    You are forgiven if you don’t remember lefty pitcher Jeff Holly: he never pitched in the majors for the Tigers. He did, though, appear in 39 games for the Twins from 1977-79 amassing a 3-4 record and a 5.60 ERA. He came to Detroit on Dec. 5, 1979, in a trade for pitcher Fernando Arroyo.…