Detroit Tigers managerial search: under the radar candidates

We have no idea who is on Detroit Tigers' General Manger Dave Dombrowski's list. It seems

he is leaning towards some candidate that my not be the biggest names, but with whom played or worked for him previously and who he might feel more comfortable with. It would seem over the last few season the relationship between he and Jim Leyland became a little strained, most notably during the discussion, decisions, and fall out over the bullpen situation for the 2013 season.

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Detroit Tigers managerial search: long shot candidates

Detroit Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski is in the best position possible. He needs

to hire a new manager for his team and it is the most desirable skippers' job this off season. Literally everyone is coming out of the woodwork to say they are interested in this job. Since Dombrowski will never get to interview all of those interested lets take a look at some of the long shot candidates that could be hired to manage the Tigers:

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Are the Detroit Tigers not taking advantage of their status?

Of all the open managerial jobs in Major Leaguebaseball right now, there is little doubt the most

attractive job is the Skippers job for the built to win right now Detroit Tigers. It seems a little bit odd that given that status, it seems odd the Tigers have not interviews more marquee names. That is not to say they those interviewed already would not be fine choices, but it seems Tigers fans expect the team to be looking at more well known names.

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Detroit Tigers managerial search: external candidates

We really have no idea who is on Detroit TigersGeneral Manager Dave Dombrowski's short

list. We know he has a list, every good baseball executive does, and since he has known Jim Leyland was leaving since early September we can bet he has a list of people he is ready to give this job too. We know Lloyd McClendon interviewed with him this week, but we can only speculate who else may be under consideration.Here is a look at the people who should at least get a long look for this job:

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Detroit Tigers managerial search: internal candidates

The big story in Detroit right now is who will be the next Skipper of the Tigers. It does not

appear that this will be a search that ends quickly, and the Tigers brain trust will work hard to get this hire right. With that being said let us look at the field. The Tigers have a lot of options and this is a very attractive job we begin with the in house candidates:

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CBS Detroit paints Prince Fielder the villain

Today, October 18, 2013, an article on the local CBS Detroit website has the headline

"Prince Fielder responding to boos, If they could do it, they would play." that headline is just part of a response by Fiedler to the assembled media and paints to be a not so nice guy. A guy playing with a sense of entitlement that gets paid a lot of money and is slumping with the Detroit Tigers 2013 season is on the line. However, what Prince actually said isn't as bad as CBS would have us believe.

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Should the NFL force team to appear on HBO's Hard Knocks?

The NFL is set to insure that HBO's hit docudramaHard Knocks will always have a team to

film. The league is going to force teams into participating in the show, granted there are any number of exemptions. The show is a hit, and fans love to watch it but should the league itself force franchises into participating in it? If the answer to that question is yes why not have each team do it n a rotating basis. Since an AFC north team did it for 2013 maybe in 2014 force one of teh NFC north teams to participate, and so on and so on.

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