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How much magic remains in Magglio Ordoñez's bat?
The Tigers have their fingers crossed.
"I don't know what we have in him," manager Jim Leyland said. "All we know is that he says he feels 100%. And I know that if we get the Magglio Ordoñez that we've come to expect, then that's a huge addition for this team. Huge."
Leyland's proclivity for accentuating the positive prohibited him from considering the possible alternative of "What if he isn't?"
That's my job.
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