Willis returns and Rogers goes for Tigers

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Baseball Today: Tuesday, September 16
Published 9/16/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (Rocky Mountain News) . . . On the same night Dontrelle Willis returned, the Tigers announced that Kenny Rogers' season, and probably his Detroit career, is over. (Detroit News) ...

It's So Cold in the D: Kenny Rogers is Doneskis
Published 9/16/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... on Sunday, it seems as if Kenny Rogers' tenure in Detroit is over. Manager Jim Leyland is going to run through the remainder of 2008 with some other gentlemen in the rotation, including recent call-up Dontrelle Willis and his jaunty hat. ...

Will Carlos Guillen Shut It Down, Too?
Published 9/16/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys
Kenny Rogers might not be the only Detroit Tigers who's played his last game of the season already.  (I suppose we can add Todd Jones to that list, as well.) It's been three weeks since Carlos Guillen took the field for the Tigers, sitting down with a pinched nerve in his back.  He's already missed 18 games, and with only 12 (maybe 13) left on the schedule, he and the Tigers may just decide there's no sense in trying to play again this year.  According to Tom Gage, Guillen says the back hurts more when he swings right-handed, as opposed to left.  But until he tests that back out in running drills, Guillen ...