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Inge now wants to play second, Leyland hopeful
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08:16 AM ET 02.17 | A venerable Tigers player is on the verge of another reinvention. Brandon Inge, second baseman? Tigers manager Jim Leyland arrived at spring training Thursday afternoon and immediately delivered the camp's first major news: Inge has asked to compete for the starting job at second base, and that's fine with Leyland, even though Inge has never played the position in the majors. "I hope it works out," Leyland said. "If he's really good defensively at second and can hit, it makes us better. I can use (Ryan) Raburn in left and use Delmon (Young) at DH, and vice versa. ... It's pretty interesting. I want to give it a fair shot. I don't want Inge to say, 'I didn't get a fair shot.'"
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You've gotta hand it to Inge, the past 2 seasons he's found himself the odd-man out at his position and he has found a way to stick with the team. Moving from Catcher to 3rd, and now moving from 3rd to 2nd.
Gary The Sox Fan
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It shows a lot of heart and passion for the game.
THE BISHOP!
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Nobody wants to lose their paycheck Lou.
THE BISHOP!
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Pizza-Pizza, he's worth a least 2 Franchises with that move, Go get um Brandon!!!
Not4Nutten
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or it shows that it's better than having to get a real job.
jnorman41
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inge would had to proved other wise!!!
alacran
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He's only managed to stick with the team because last year and this season he will $5.5 million per year. If he made $500k they probably would've cut him as he posted a .197 average last season. Some Tigers (not myself) love this guy, but for tooo many seasons now his bats has been just awful and his defense declined alot in 2011 at 3rd. I would rather see Santiago and Raburn play there. Seriously .197....just awful
rjfish
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Tigers "fans" I should have said...... a vocal minority love the guy, despite his terrible stats. He had some solid years, he's done which he proved in 2011.
rjfish
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i find it very difficult to believe he can be a passable second baseman.
Hotpants…
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Leyland said the magic word IIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFF he can play defence and IIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFF he can hit, he can win the job. Since it has been 2-3 years since he has done either, Leyland is not holding his breathe. He palys hard and gives it all he has so yes its refreshing. But he is just not that good anymore.
UTHorns80
Pryor , OK
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guy just wants to play...
AllStarz Ruinating…
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I am so freaking sick of this Inge thing.
Want to start Inge?
Hit the freaking ball.
If you cant do that be happy as a late inning defensive substitution.
You're no Omar Vizquel.
A Fact: is alive
Fort Wayne , IN
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correcto-mondo! leyland's giving him a shot in which most people believe he's earned but the bottom line is his usefulness in the bigs has probably come to a close.
Chong Cornelius
Richmond, VA
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Great idea from Inge, I hope he wins the job. He's been down the last few years offensively but he still makes some dazzling defensive plays which may be needed more than ever this year with Cabrera and Fielder in the field. He's switched positions before- pitcher in college, catcher, then third. Good luck notorious I.N.G.E!!
Milktoast
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Inge is awful. Let him play 2nd in Japan if he wants.
locode
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I think Inge has those...just not the stick.
...the best policy
Harrodsburg, KY
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Don't be so hard on the guy.
.ChiSoxFan.
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