Ron Gardenhire sat in a conference room at Comerica Park on Friday morning and officially signed a three-year contract to become the 38th manager in Detroit Tigers history.
A three-year deal? He'll manage a team at the early stages of a rebuilding project that could last longer than that.
It brings to mind a scene from the movie "The Green Mile": “Dead man walking!”
Gardenhire had some downtime before an afternoon news conference, and he decided to meet every member of the organization, at least those in the building. Gardenhire walked down the hallway with his wife, Carol.