Found September 03, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
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Curtis Granderson led off the Tigers’ first inning with a home run, the twenty sixth of his career. That three higher than his previous best season. What happened to the rest of his power? In 2007, Granderson knocked out 84 extra-base hits, including 23 triples. In 2008, missing 21 games, he [...]
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