Minneapolis – Looking at it from afar, they make for an odd couple.
Tigers closer Shane Greene is a free-spirited 30-year-old from Daytona Beach, Fla. Eighth-inning set-up man Joe Jimenez is a quiet, serious 24-year-old from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“Yeah, their personalities are definitely different,” said Blaine Hardy, who has become the elder statesman of the bullpen. “But what’s the old saying, ‘Opposites attract.’ It’s kind of a weird saying to use in this circumstance – because it’s a bullpen and not a relationship.
“But, I guess in a different way it is a relationship.