Magglio Ordonez News

The cash-strapped Detroit Tigers have sold the "T" in their name and will henceforth be known as the "igers".A In order to maximize profits from the sale, the team has decided not to capitalize the "i" in igers as it would've cost $125K of the $900K cleared from the transaction.

The Tigers already have had one streak reach the quarter-century mark this season: 25 years without a World Series championship.

Best Transaction: Signing Magglio Ordonez as a free agent.A The Tigers made their second major free-agent splash in two seasons with the signing of Magglio.A Ia TMm ignoring his semi-bad contract here and focusing solely on the Tigers signing a guy that would be a major presence in the middle of the Tigers lineup for the bulk of his contract.A ...

The GM Meetings lasted just one whole day and parts of two others in a Chicago airport hotel that had all the charm of Eric Mangini.

The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

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Along with the Yankees and the Angels, sources say the Cubs plan an aggressive push to land Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson.

Granderson is rumored to be on his way out of Detroit. Even in a time of economic prosperity, the Tigers yoked themselves to a few marquee names; paying severely above cost on each and every last one of them.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski is listening to offers involving right-hander Edwin Jackson, according to Fox Sports.

In a move that should come as a surprise to nobody, SI.coma TMs Jon Heyman is reporting that Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million player option for 2010.

In looking to next season with the help of this one, don't begin at the Metrodome ending, but in the middle - as in the middle of the Tigers' batting order.

Casper Wells is doing more than making up for lost time in the Arizona Fall League.

The Tigers obviously don't have a lot of money to spend, so which one of these four free agents is most necessary to re-sign: Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney, Brandon Lyon or Adam Everett? Welcome to the portion of the blog where I praise Placido Polanco and call him one of the most important Tigers of the last five years.

With its huge power alleys, Comerica Park would seem to be built for doubles. But its tenants, the Tigers, finished last in the American League in doubles this season.

Jon Fenlon, 26, of Waterford collapsed at about 9:18 a.m., just after finishing the half-marathon in 1:53:37. Fenlon, whose Facebook page says that he worked at the Warren-based advertising firm Campbell-Ewald and graduated from Eastern Michigan University, had made headlines before, when in 2006 he caught a homerun ball hit by Magglio Ordonez that ...

A Waterford man died in a Detroit marathon on Sunday. The half-marathoner was among three runners who died of apparent heart attacks in the Free Press Marathon.

As James Schemehl wrote about earlier this week , the Detroit Tigers headed into the off-season with some controversy about how Carlos Guillen best fit into the Tigers plans for the next season.

Three men collapsed and died Sunday while running the 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon -- one just after crossing the finish line.

It's Mike Ilitch's call now. After all, it's his wallet and he can do whatever he wants.

A quick walk down Detroit Tigers memory lane: Today is the 3rd anniversary of Magglio Ordonez' walk-off 3-run homer that won the ALCS and launched the Tigers into the World Series .