2008 Season Preview: Detroit Tigers

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Bugs & Cranks found this 4/9/2008 on www.yard-work.org [flag]
Detroit’s poor opening week seems to have strongly influenced Iggy Pop’s prognosis for the season that lies ahead. Read on for his full analysis of the team. I’m cranky and I’m tired, and the Tigers are stinking up the joint at 0-6, ain’t got no fix ’cause Brandon Inge is a rich bitch. They’re uninspired, puttin’ out the fire baby gotta ... [link]

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Rounding The Bases: Awesome & Not-So Awesome
Published 4/9/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... MLB’s gonna do the ‘42′ thing again for next week’s Jackie Robinson Day. [mlb.com] World’s Most Expensive Golden Sombrero, or A-Rod Is Way Early For Cinco de Mayo. [Fenway West] From 1996-The Present, the Yankees have a higher winning percentage without dErEk jEtEr than they do with him. [Sliding Into Home] [Dugout Central] Iggy Pop on the winless Tigers.  What Thomas Magnum wasn’t available? [Yard Work] I’m representing Bugs & Cranks by voting each week for ...

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