Brandon Inge and Dombroski's Contract Sweepstakes

The release of Brandon Inge today is bittersweet for most of the Tiger faithful. Bitter in that Inge has been a mainstay on the Tiger's roster for 12 years. He has seen the best or times and the worst of times. He has played in a world series with Detroit and he has lost 119 games in one season with the Tigers.

His departure however is also sweet. Coming off a wretched seven game stretch against the Rangers and the Mariners, something had to be done, and Inge was the low hanging fruit. Never in the history of baseball has such a poor performer consistently been given so many AB's at third base. His numbers are embarrassing for the entire state of Michigan and any replacement will instantly mean more wins for the Tigers.

Many of these wasted AB's over the years go on Jim Leyland. He liked Inge and he allowed his relationship with him to veil the reality of what he was producing on the field. Overall, however,

we have to place the majority of Inge's wasted AB's over the past two years on Dave Dombrowski for signing him to that ridiculous contract. In 2010 he gave him a two year contract worth over 11.5 million dollars. Dave seemed to have learned from this mistake by not signing Magglio Ordonez or Carlos Guillen last winter and I hope this trend of refusing to sign aging talent stays consistent as we move into some potential golden years of Tigers baseball.

Overall Brandon Inge... We at Detroit Tigers Storyline never liked you as a baseball player. Let's be honest... You mostly sucked. But as a human, some people seem to like you. Way to go for that. Hope that your time in the minor leagues, playing for foreign baseball organizations is fun, and that you finally get rid of those lame tattoos. At least cover them up for fans.

Just for memories sake: One last boo for Inge.

Boo.

Time to move on.