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mmwatkin
There are about 1,000 reasons why I want the Tigers to win the World Series this year. Ordonez getting a ring is near the top of that list.
WonderboyRooney10
Where on the list is Omir Santos getting a ring?
tycobb
Right after Brad Penny 🙂
j6takish
Brad Penny has one
Alex
This is sooo dust
Hoosierdaddy92
I really do hope the Tigers make it happen this year. It’s probably the last year for both Magglio and Carlos Guillen, the long-time Venezuelan teammates. You can say all you want about how little either of them contributed this year or in recent years. But without them, the Tigers would not have become what they are today or been nearly as good for the past decade.
Magglio Ordonez was one of the first big free-agents to sign in Detroit in a long-time and he definitely worked hard to earn the majority of his contract when he wasn’t injured. Carlos Guillen had many productive years in Detroit at SS/3b/2b before he was worn out by the grueling IF positions he played and his age as he became more injury proneThe two of them also greatly aided in convincing another Venezuelan, Miguel Cabrera to stay in Detroit long-term after he was traded here. He went on to help recruit another Venezuelan, Victor Martinez, to come play in Detroit. It goes without saying how much the these two players have contributed this season.
This is not to discount Dave Dombrowski and the front office’s hard-work, as they were the one’s that ultimately made the decisions about employing all these players. But this team’s success must also be attributed to team chemistry, much of it sparked by the long-time Venezuelan vets and contributors Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen.