Sheffield to play LF, Joyce joins lineup

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Changes not quite drastic
Published 5/5/2008 by Kurt at Mack Avenue Tigers
Per Danny Knobler, the lineup tonight is 1. Curtis Granderson, CF 2. Placido Polanco, 2B 3. Carlos Guillen, 3B 4. Maglio Ordonez, DH 5. Miguel Cabrera, 1B 6. Gary Sheffield, LF 7. Matt Joyce, RF 8. Edgar Renteria, SS 9. Pudge Rodriguez, C So the lineup hardly changed. Sheffield moved into the field, for the night anyway. I don’t really see Magglio Ordonez as becoming the fulltime DH myself. Sheff also flipped lineup spots with Carlos Guillen, which makes sense. Hopefully we get some quotes from Jim Leyland tonight to help explain the moves and if anything further will occur. Hopefully there will be more ...

Game 33: Red Sox (20-13) at Tigers (14-18)
Published 5/5/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
... Usually I try to make these GameThreads all about the pitching match-up, but the big story coming into tonight's opener with the Red Sox is about the new batting order Jim Leyland promised we'd see.  "Drastic," remember?  Here is the starting lineup for your Detroit Tigers this evening: ...