CHICAGO -- Dixon Machado has a simple answer for hitting in cold weather.
"It's really hard," Machado said, "but you just have to play through it, put your hands in the warmer before you go out and hope the hands don't get cold that quick."
It sounds pretty basic, but it's working for him so far. The way he's hitting, everything seems to be working. And the Tigers, who have won three of their last four games with Saturday's 6-1 victory over the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, have a pretty good hitter in their ninth slot.