When Baseball Was Fun

The Tigers are still HOT in the HOT island of the Dominican Republic. Seeing
that they can’t draft very high because of the recent Free Agent signings of Jose
Valverde in 2009, Victor Martinez in 2010 and Prince Fielder 2011-2012 they have
resorted to signing kids who are two or three years away from professional ball.
The latest [...]

Nick Castellanos had no sooner graduated from High School down in Fort Lauderdale, than the Tigers
were standing on his doorstep with a check for 3.5 million smackeroos. Young Nick, just finishing up
with a .542 batting average as a High School Senior, thought…”Hey, why not, that’ll buy Mom a new
car” signed and instantly became a [...]