A.J. Hinch is the new Detroit Tigers manager, bringing him back to the franchise for which he played in 2003 and reuniting him with ...
The manager who replaced him?
Well, sort of.
In 2010, Kirk Gibson, the Tigers hero who now serves as a color commentator on the Fox Sports Detroit broadcast, was promoted from bench coach to interim manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks after Hinch was fired mid-season — along with general manager Josh Byrnes.
"A.J.'s personality and Gibby's personality are opposites," third baseman Mark Reynolds said at the time.