Detroit Detours for Two Tigers

He has been named an All-Star nine times and sits perched ten home runs away from 500. One could easily argue he is one of the most intimidating hitters of his era. His swing is undoubtedly one of the game's most violent (if nothing else). Despite losing a metaphorical step, he still smacked 25 dingers and drove in 75 runs last year (he even swiped 22 bases). Prior to opening day, he was one of the central cogs in what was predicted by more than a few pundits to be the most vaunted lineup in baseball. Gary Sheffield and "waived" were not supposed to accompany the same sentence this season in D-town. Yet, alas they may -- and soon. Sheff and Skipper Jimmy Leyland are far from seeing eye-to-eye. More troubling though is how close Sheffield sits to the Mendoza line, coming into tonight's action sporting a .219 average in 76 games. He was the epitome of competitiveness. With a quirky motion, a come-after-you-mentality and an infectious smile, he was a magnetic fi...