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Detroit Tigers (4x World Series Champions)

Polanco of all people homers in the top of the 8th to tie it at 2 and Fernando Rodney comes in the game and promptly walks the first 2 hitters on 8 pitches? The 2nd hitter was trying to give them an out by bunting and you still walk him on 4 pitches? Hey Fernando do you realize how much you suck? Leyland quit putting this fucking dickhead into close games, he sucks dick.
 
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Brandon Inge angles for a lucrative pillow endorsement - Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
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Brandon Inge angles for a lucrative pillow endorsement

We've heard about players getting hurt while sneezing, while sleepwalking through a nightmare about spiders and after kicking an iron bar stool.

But we had never heard of a pillow-lifting injury in baseball ? that is, until Detroit Tigers' everyman Brandon Inge reported an overstuffed owie on Wednesday, earning a feather-paved (and probably overdue) path to the injury list.

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Jordan Zimmermann, Tigers reach 5-year, $110 million deal


The Detroit Tigers have reached an agreement on a five-year, $110 million contract with free-agent right-hander Jordan Zimmermann -- pending completion of a physical exam -- a source confirmed to ESPN on Sunday.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14249237/jordan-zimmermann-detroit-tigers-reach-free-agent-deal

Three year old article:

Comerica Park owner to refinance remaining $61M public debt on $300M ballpark

The public board that owns Comerica Park plans to refinance the $61.2 million remaining in public debt on the construction of the $300 million stadium.

In 1997, about $80 million in 30-year tax-exempt bonds were issued to pay for the ballpark, with the remainder being financed by the owners of Comerica's sole tenant, the Detroit Tigers.

The six-member Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Authority, which owns the ballpark, on Tuesday issued a preliminary official statement explaining the tax-exempt bonds' financials, history and other background, as part of the refinancing.

On June 15, the board voted to proceed with the refinancing, and the subsequent period has been for due diligence.

It's not yet clear how much money the refi is expected to save, said Steven Collins, assistant corporation counsel for Wayne County and the special counsel to the authority since its inception in 1996.

About $15 million has been paid so far on the ballpark, which opened in 2000, he said. The bonds are paid off by a 2 percent rental car tax and 1 percent hotel room tax approved by Wayne County voters for the stadium in November 1996.

The interest rate on the bonds is now about now about 5.75 percent, and the goal is to refinance at roughly 3 percent, Collins said. At that original interest rate estimate, the total public debt paid was predicted to be about $120 million by 2027, he said.

Entire article: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/articl...o-refinance-remaining-61m-public-debt-on-300m

Note: Detroit filed for bankruptcy in July 2013, listing $18 billion in liabilities.

Just sayin': If a team can afford to pay 1 player $110M (over 5 years) why can't they afford to pay $300M to build their own ballpark?
 
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Kate Upton used a vulgar tweet to rip Major League Baseball over the Cy Young Award voting

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Despite Justin Verlander receiving the most first-place votes in the 2016 American League Cy Young voting, he did not win the award. This did not sit well with his fiancée, Kate Upton.

Not well at all.

After the award was announced, with Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox winning, Upton issued a vulgar tweet directed at Major League Baseball.



Entire article: http://www.businessinsider.com/kate-upton-tweet-mlb-justin-verlander-cy-young-vote-2016-11
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