sports.espn.go.com - 11/28/2008
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Thanksgiving always has been a Detroit kind of day. But here's an idea: Instead of turning our turkey-bulged eyeballs toward Daunte Culpepper and Paris Lenon of the Lions, how about we shift our gaze a few hundred yards to the west? That's where the local baseball team plays. Not on ...
bostonherald.com - 11/27/2008
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bostonherald.com —
A week after trading away center fielder Coco
Crisp [ stats ] , the Red Sox [...
team stats ] efforts to move shortstop Julio Lugo [ stats ] have stalled. The team had some discussions earlier this month with the Detroit Tigers, who are in the market for ...
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Detroit Tigers lose interest in a Julio Lugo trade
community.post-gazette.com - 12/4/2008
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:20 p.m. Thursday A
report in the Newark Star-Ledger says that the Pirates...
have traded shortstop Jack Wilson to the Detroit Tigers. That has not been independently confirmed, and no other details are mentioned. UPDATE 12:36 ...
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Tigers make fresh offer for Wilson
freep.com - 12/5/2008
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freep.com —
The Tigers have become more aggressive this week
in trade talks concerning Texas catcher Gerald Laird, one...
industry official with knowledge of the negotiations said late Thursday. Laird, 29, is regarded as a good defensive catcher and batted .276 ...
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Tigers step up trade talks involving catcher Gerald ...
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Mets Fever —
It's rumored that the Mets are interested in moving one of their catcher's, more Schneider then Castro. The Detroit Tigers have identified the catcher's position as their number one target this off-season, with budgetary constraints trading for a catcher might be more reasonable then signing one. The Mets and Tigers over the past few years have been rumored to be in trade discussion without ever pulling anything off, could this be the year they make it happen... ...
The Week In Quotes: November 24-30 by Alex Carnevale
Baseball Prospectus —
... 20 wins right there. Now, you can't assume those things will happen. But they could happen." Dombrowski , on the chances of improvement from some members of his rotation. "I've been with a lot of clubs that haven't had good records. But most of those teams were teams that were in rebuilding situations.
They had bad years, but they were anticipated bad years. But this year was one we hadn't anticipated. And that's what made it so disappointing." Dombrowski (Jayson Stark, ESPN.com ) THE GHOST OF BILL BELICHICK IS STRONG IN THIS ONE "It could be an offseason where there ...
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