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That ol’ sandbagger Dave Dombrowski. His Detroit Tigers had won the AL Central by 15 games last year, and the division didn’t look much better this season. Even with Victor Martinez’s knee turning to mashed potatoes, the Tigers’ offseason – which consisted of signing Octavio Dotel, Ramon Santiago and Gerald Laird, plus trading reliever Ryan Perry for Colin Balester – didn’t look like a complete waste. Sometimes inaction is better than action.

Then Mike Ilitch told Dombrowski he wanted Prince Fielder, and when your owner asks for a player, your job as general manager is to deliver him. Which is why $214 million later, Ilitch has his guy, ...

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