Busy Off-Day for Detroit Tigers

The Chicago White Sox found a way to win at home against Kansas City last night. In the process, they picked up a half game on the idle division leaders from Detroit.  With no scheduled games yesterday, the Tigers watched their lead shrink to two games over Chicago.  In the meantime, the Tigers improved the club for years to come. The news started fairly early in the afternoon, just about the time I had decided to step away from the computer for a few hours.  By the time I had checked in, I found that I had missed some pretty big news.  The Tigers finally added the left handed bat they had been seeking for most of 2009 when they completed a trade with the Baltimore Orioles.  Detroit sent minor league right hander Brett Jacobson to Baltimore in exchange for two months of Aubrey Huff.  Huff has played first base this year, also seeing time at designated hitter. In years past however, he spent time at third base and both corner outfield spots.  Though...