Brian Giles Thinks He's Still Got It

Generally in the game of baseball, when men are pushing 40, it becomes time to hang up the cleats and take up golfing, fishing, or pickleball down in Florida. It's difficult to accept the natural progression of creaky bones, bad backs and sore knees, but it is what it is. They get old and have difficulty competing with scrappy 21-year-old center fielders.

Such is not the case with Brian Giles. In fact, he's pretty sure he can still hit and field a baseball at the big league level.

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Marcus Thames is an Animal

Eight semi-consecutive hits. All home runs.

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Thames Hurts Hammy, Shef Calls Foul

With two down in the eighth, the tying run at first and reigning AL batting champ Joe Mauer at the plate, Marcus Thames made the sweetest diving catch I've ever heard on a radio.

It no doubt saved the Detroit Tigers from a Minnesota Twins come-from-behind win, but could land the acrobatic left-fielder on the disabled list.

He was slow to get up and hobbled off the field with help from trainers. It seems the pull Thames felt as he slid across the turf was his left hamstring screaming in pain.

Craig Monroe also left the game due to muscle spasms in his back after the fifth inning.

Updates on Monroe and Thames to come...

In other Motown news, Gary Sheffield was fined for the naughty words he said about big league umpires last month.

His only comment on the matter was that the suspension "shows how corrupt the umpire system is.''

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