SEATTLE -- John Hicks would like nothing more than to crush a ball over the left-field fence when he steps to the plate for the first time at Safeco Field wearing a Detroit Tigers uniform.
It might go a long way toward exorcising memories of his miserable summer of 2015 with the Seattle Mariners.

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