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Timo Perez is NOT a number 3 hitter
Jim Leyland is a great manager, no question about it. I love the fact that he smokes like a chimney, and is totally unashamed about it. He has a sense of humor, and doesn't take himself overly seriously, unlike some other managers. cough//LaRussa//cough I give the Marlboro Man well deserved kudos on a regular basis, and he gets the benefit of the doubt from me 99.9% of the time. What follows ...
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Dear Mr. Dombrowski
Detroit Tigers blog — ... for why he made the decision. Something about left-handers having a better OPS. I think Leyland tried to use statistics to slip the fact Perez is no good by you. Don’t believe him. Should you think I’m a lone wolf on this, check out here. And ...

Enough With Timo Time: Royals 6, Tigers 3
Bless You Boys — ... the Tigers blogosphere.   ...

Blogs are fine by Bruce
Detroit Tigers blog — A tip of the cap to Big Al for e-mailing this link. I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise. Journalist/blogger Bruce McLeod of the Macomb Daily put forth a good defense of blogs (that’s the above-linked… er… link), and not just because he is a blogger. Well, that’s not entirely true. Because he is a blogger, he understands blogs. Maybe that’s not entirely true, because it sounds exclusive, like those who aren’t bloggers couldn’t understand blogs. More on that later. In any case, he writes: ...

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