I wrote up a retrospective of Earl Wilson over at the 1967 AL Pennant site.  If that kind of thing interests you, swing by and check it out.  There’s also one up on Carl Yastrzemski.

Don Slaught is stepping down as the Tigers hitting coach for family reasons.  Four kids can be a handful and I give him credit for stepping down to spend time with his family.

Ivan Rodriguez and Kenny Rogers both won gold gloves.  Congrats to both.

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In a lot of ways, this was a big year for Dave Dombrowski.  Had the team failed under Jim Leyland, the blame for the Tigers woes would have probably been pointed at Dombrowski.  Instead, he hit the jack pot and everything came together (just like he planned) and now the Tigers are locking him up as the team’s top exec. through 2011.

Not a bad move. Dombrowski has built up teams before.  Now he’ll get the luxury of actually trying to keep a team at the top.  All of his other teams (Expos, Marlins) were sold out from under him and I doubt Mike Ilitch would be doing that.

 

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