On one of the more momentous days this organization has had in the last eight years, no one would blame you for forgetting that there was still a game to play. That’s right, folks, the call up of the International League’s Player of the Week in Kerry Carpenter absolutely set the world on fire.
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Okay, if you’re here, you’re aware that longtime Detroit Tigers executive and now-former general manager Al Avila was fired this afternoon. That’s a massive deal for a lot of reasons, and other writers here at Bless You Boys have articulated the situation in various articles that I’m sure you’ve all been reading.