If general managers really want to deal with the Detroit Tigers, this weekend would be a good time to call manager Ron Gardenhire. Most of the Tigers' front office is in Cooperstown, N.Y. to see Alan Trammell and Jack Morris inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Gardenhire joked he was "making trades myself right now" ahead of the non-waiver trade deadline on July 31.
"All the bosses are up there," in New York, Gardenhire said. "You need me to make any trades? I'll do them right now while they're gone.