Tigers Almost Lost???

Well, it could be worse. At least Florida Southern has a pretty good team assembled this year. Let's also be fair and point out that the Tigers used several pitchers, one of which was a starter, the rest bull pen or prospect. Still, hats off to Florida Southern, nice work.

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Tigers Talk

Spring training is under way, and the Tigers are getting ready for their anual game against Florida Southern. Will we see a repeat of the game they barely won? No way. This team is much stronger than the team that lost 119 games. They're even stronger than the team that made a 29 game turn-around last season. Here's a quick look at what's going on in Florida.

Jason Johnson is working on his fastball. Also notable is the fact that Johnson is an every-other-year pitcher. This is a year he should excell.

Dean Palmer is continuing to try and make a comeback, even though he knows at best it's a long shot. Palmer feels he owes this to the organization. Although I'd love to see him play again, I'm not counting on him to be there opening day.

Craig Monroe, the odd man out now that Ordonez has signed? NO WAY says Monroe. Although he needs to work on his arm strength and get his errors down, Monroe could be a good fit for left field. Rondell White has the bat though, what to do...?

Jeremy Bonderman is turning heads again. The young pitcher is on the verge of being ace caliber. He's scaring his teammates with his pitches. I wouldn't expect Trammell to move him from the number three role just yet, but its nice to see his progress.

Outside Florida, Lolich and Colavito are up for the hall of fame vet's vote. Lolich should be in the hall of fame, however he wasn't a big name of his times. He quietly won games, and single handedly won the 1968 World Series.