This is what we’ve all been waiting for, despite the promise of a tough season ahead. Wednesday was the first full day of spring camp for pitchers and catchers. Baseball things went off without a hitch and the pop of fastballs finding catcher’s mitts was heard all over the Tigers’ Lakeland training complex. Finding the energy level a bit low for his liking, new Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire cranked up some Motown, and soon things were rocking.
We got the story of Travis Wood’s crossbow mishap, which nearly cost him the index finger on his right, non-throwing, hand this offseason.