In the AP story last night, Inge tells about how he visits sick kids in the hospital and they always ask him for a homer; he hit one last night, his 25th.

Just once I would like to see a sick kid in a hospital say, "Brandon, just give me a few productive outs. And don't clog up the bases."

Man, that's a crushing option. It would have been worth acquiring $3-5M in a salary dump contract on an OF to have had a good excuse to sit Ordonez down.

Just once I would like to see a sick kid in a hospital say, "Brandon, just give me a few productive outs. And don't clog up the bases."

Wait for Darren Baker to get his tonsils out.

It's an unfortunate option, but it has been clear for a long time that the Tigers had resigned themselves to letting it vest. They announced he would be platooned with the mouth-breathing (not an insult, just a fact, it drives me nuts to just to look at this guy sucking air all the time) Clete Thomas on July 9, not "a month ago". Then Maggs sat for a week. Then the platoon was over. If they were going to try and keep the option from vesting, that was their chance to make a move. For whatever reason, they changed their mind.

All of the wondering about whether they would start sitting him which I've seen in another item posted here the beginning of August and on Fangraphs has been pointless. Good lord, Steve Phillips said a few weeks ago that they had to start sitting him. What more evidence does one need that they aren't going to sit him?

They lead their division. And since getting back into the lineup on July 18, Ordonez has hit 309/393/515.

They are not going to sit him. Stop wondering about it! It was clear a month ago. It did not appear he would be platooned with Thomas a month ago.