Like many players, Magglio Ordonez has been ineffective to start the season but will likely see his numbers improve.
Like many players, Magglio Ordonez has been ineffective to start the season but will likely see his numbers improve.• The cool thing about baseball is that one month never tells the story. People can have bad months, halves of seasons, and even full years.
But never look too much into April numbers. Be glad all the hits happened (see: Brennan Boesch) and look forward to the players who are due.
Take Magglio Ordonez, for example. He's rolling over a lot of pitches right now and also popping out. He also had three strikeouts Thursday afternoon, and that brings his season total to just 10. Still, he's very much been a contact hitter. He's only hitting .200 when the ball is put into play, so this number ought to go up as the season matures, bringing his batting average back to at least near the Magglio Ordonez we all remember. [Beyond the Box Score]
• Um, there's some type of monster on Justin Verlander's back telling him to pitch bad, or something. [Roar of the Tigers]
• CBS doles out their fantasy player rankings of catchers and middle relievers — two great tastes which go together — and Victor Martinez is No. 7 on their list, but no sign of Alex Avila or any of the Tigers' bullpen, such as setup man Joaquin Benoit. [CBS Sports]
• We gave some proper guff to the Tigers for being slow on the basepaths yesterday, but at least all of the regulars on the team have stolen a base. We bring you Exhibit A: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Chris Snyder, who has zero stolen bases in 2,094 plate appearances. He's been caught stealing twice. As the article points out, even Cecil Fielder had career stolen bases. [Wall Street Journal]
• When your team gets swept by a poor team, it always helps to look at another team's dysfunctions. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was ejected from Wednesday's affair against the Yankees, then promptly went to Twitter to vet his grievances. This is a no-no according to MLB's social media policy, and he could get some penalties for this. [ESPN]
• And this is just an awful statistic, people:
The Mariners have scored 41% of their runs against the Tigersless than a minute ago via TweetDeck 
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• Free, yet strange, advertising: You can guy a coney dog for 25 cents at nearby A&W resturants the day after Ryan Raburn (#25) hits a home run in a baseball game. [Comcast] (link is a video file)
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