Detroit Strip Clubs: John Eby: Surprising Tigers keep Detroit, Michigan hopes alive

September 28, 2009 at 2:13 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

In the offseason Detroit acquired All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson, clutch-hitting shortstop Adam Everett and catcher Gerald Laird (cutting down base stealers with three-fingered throws like Pudge is back). Carlos Guillen returned after a long early absence, second base is anchored by Placido Polanco, one of the most underrated players in “all of baseball,” as Rod  likes to say, and $152 million first baseman Miguel Cabrera is a still-developing slugger who can also hit .330.
Magglio Ordonez’s power outage is perplexing, but at least he’s quit hitting grounders every at-bat and is spraying the ball like when he was batting champion to get his average back near .300.
Curtis Granderson is a class act, an exciting centerfielder, but his batting average had gone the opposite direction from his power numbers.
Before the SI report buoyed my spirits, the indelible image of the depths of Detroit came from a Sept. 23 report in the Free Press about its 33 strip clubs.

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