What a haul: Tigers load up at Meetings
Published 12/6/2007 by Jason Beck at Major League Baseball News
Of the eight trades made at these Winter Meetings, the Tigers made three of them, and they're not likely to stop there once they return to Detroit. However, none are expected to have the same impact as what they've accomplished here.
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