But the Tigers stayed out of the free agent market this year, and have to make do with what they have. Once again the Tigers are not going to look much like the great teams of 1968 and 1984. The home-grown guys like Kaline, Trammell, and Whitaker are long gone. Manager Phil Garner as a player in Milwaukee, Dean Palmer in Texas, and Todd Jones in Houston. But Tony Clark, Juan Encarnacion, Deivi Cruz, Brian Moehler, Brandon Inge and Bobby Higginson are all career Tigers, although some of them have kind of short careers so far.
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If you haven't been there yet, check it out. Here are some Web sites that have information about the Tigers, past and present, starting with the official Tigers site. As always, please email me with any suggestions for sites to be added or with comments about sites that are now listed here. And before you leave, be sure to take the poll at the bottom of the page, or at least check out the results. Detroit Tigers Official Site - Check out the latest scores, listen to games live, review the schedule, player rosters, and stats, get ticket information, and more on this very nice interactive site.