And now a word from their sponsors
posted in 2006-07 offseason, players |Doubtlessly, you are familiar with Baseball-Reference.com. During the season, it’s a valuable source I visit several times a week. Maybe you’ve noticed that there’s a small text advertisement that goes on every manager, player and team page on the site. In the past you probably would have noticed those frequently empty for Tigers, and frequently low priced. That is no longer the case. I was thinking about sponsoring a favorite Tiger and hadn’t been there for awhile. Well, let me tell you, Tigers bloggers and fans all caught on to that idea before I had. Here’s a sampling.
Samara sponsors Brandon Inge. (Go figure!)
Bilfer? He sponsors Jeremy Bonderman and Fernando Rodney.
Baseball by Paul sponsored Curtis Granderson. My top pick, darn you Paul!
Not a blogger, but attorney Dave Merwin, a big Tigers fan whomever he is, sponsors Andrew Miller, Justin Verlander and Magglio Ordonez.
The others are mostly taken by random companies, but this Baseball Evolution has Marcus Thames and has a nice article.
Who is available for those Tigers fans with money burning a hole in their pocket? Choices are limited and mostly outside the realm of play money. There’s Zach Miner ($10) (I may just have to do that one!), Todd Jones ($35), Kenny Rogers ($165), Christopher Bob Shelton ($20), Ramon Santiago and Omar Infante ($15). There may be a few bit players I didn’t check.
As for the 2006 team? Nobody has ponied up $95 yet.
I just may have to step down to the minors, where Cameron Maybin is a tidy $15.
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