Monroe traded; Tigers lose
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Craig Monroe was traded to the Cubs. I believe the Cubs and Brewers (along with Mets?) were all thought to be possible trade partners for Monroe, who was DFAd Friday after hitting a seasonlong wall. The Tigers will receive a player to be named by Oct. 15.
Just a reminder, Tigers management still gets to select a Cardinal by Sept. 15.
Indians 11, Tigers 8
In action Wednesday, the Tigers led 3-1 when Carlos Guillen hit a towering home run to right field. Then Justin Verlander self destructed in the fourth and fifth frames. It was hard to watch. Cleveland just kept putting hit after hit after hit after hit on the board until the score was 8-1. I thought it was over. (Well, it was over). But the Tigers battled back to 8-6 thanks to homers by Magglio Ordonez and Marcus Thames.
And then the bullpen (cough Tim Byrdak) allowed the game to get out of hand. … Wait a minute. This game is following the same plan every loss does, wasn’t it? Until the ninth inning when Detroit battled back to 11-8 in the ninth inning with two runners on for Pudge Rodriguez. Well, by now you’ve heard, he so hates to be walked, he prefers to lose and important pennant race game to a division rival. So he struck out by swinging at balls 4 and 5. And that was that.
Up, down, down, up, these Tigers just keeping finding the same ways to lose. They obviously miss a healthy Gary Sheffield, and not only is he taking the home series off, it sounds like he may need to rest longer than that. Just my guess, but he is not the same player the rest of the season that he was before. The injury stems from a collision with Placido Polanco.
Also, Cameron Maybin made his first start at Comerica Park. Defense, eh. Offense, two doubles. He’ll come around. He runs so funny though. He looks like a race horse with a long stride and he’s at first base in what seems like 3 leaps. And we thought Curtis Granderson was a triple threat, wait for this kid to find the gaps at Comerica Park in a year or two!
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