DETROIT -- A pair of threes sounds like something from a card hand or a basketball game. For this weekend, it also accurately describes the Tigers roster, thanks to the team giving Alan Trammell his old number back for the weekend.
Trammell is filling in as first-base coach for the second time this season, making a cameo appearance for the weekend series against the Rangers while third-base coach Dave Clark is attending his daughter's wedding. Trammell also filled in last month while Omar Vizquel returned home to Venezuela following the death of his father.
During that last stint, which came in the middle of a road trip, Trammell wore number four, while second baseman Ian Kinsler wore number three as always.