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Dontrelle Willis’s latest start resulted in more walks than outs. Charged with 8 runs he lasted only 1.1 innings and was done in by 5 walks and 2 homers. All the damage was self inflicted and thus ended the 2 game winning streak. The Tigers hands are tied with Willis unless he agrees to go on a minor league assignment (and I’m not even sure of the roster legalities of that). ...
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Game 63: Day dreary, D-Train dreadful
Detroit Tigers blog — ... in the process. If you’re looking for something positive, they are now as far out of the wild card as they are out of the division. Wait… that may not be a positive. Analysis: I don’t really know that we can fault the team for losing this game, although it would be hard to win with only two runs scored. But Cliff Lee is pretty good. This was Willis’ loss, in more ways than one. Others have already posted about this. Willis is toast. Something needs to be done to get him back on ...

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