Magglio Ordonez, the six-time All-Star outfielder, has been benched indefinitely by manager Jim Leyland. Ordonez is struggling at the plate and Leyland thinks some time away will help Ordonez settle down and get his stroke back.
On the season, Ordonez is hitting .273 with two homers, 22 RBI and 28 runs. In the month of June, he’s hitting just .250 with no homers, three RBIs and five runs. Considering that he’s hit at least 21 homers and driven in at least 103 RBIs in the last three seasons, he’s far from his typical pace.
Although he’s 35 years old, most scouts agree …read more

In conjunction with b5media’s promo day, I will show you all how I have fun in the summer.
For the last three baseball seasons, fans of the Detroit Tigers have become spoiled. We have witnessed the franchise turn into one of the most competitive in the MLB.
We expect the team to be very good. World Series contending good. Period.
This summer of baseball has been too wild for my liking, as the Motor City Kitties have been unpredictable and downright, well, unpredictable.
It has a lot of fans worried and quite frankly, many “fans” are jumping off …read more