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Detroit Tigers Freak Out!
Well not really, but they did drop Jacque Jones. And if we are to believe Jim Leyland's claim that the club is about to make 'drastic' changes, we should expect more.
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The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball — ... from the baseball world (well, not really 'world', more Northern baseball in America. Even that is a stretch, maybe Northern, but east of the Mississippi baseball in America). In the first report, I discuss the Yankees decision to move Ian Kennedy down to Triple A. In my opinion, this is the beginning of the end of Kennedy's big league Yankee career. I simply do not see how a pitcher with his stuff can get by in the Majors, especially in New York. The second report is in regards to 'drastic' change #1 by the Detroit Tigers in designating Jacque ...

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