Grab your Kleenex, Tigers fans. Curtis Granderson will be playing on the other team at 1 PM when the Yankees visit Lakeland to take on the Tigers in a Spring Training game:
Granderson will be on the Yankees’ traveling squad for Wednesday’s game against the Tigers in Lakeland, Yankees manager Joe Girardi told The New York Times on Monday.
It marks the first of what will be many games between Granderson and his former team. Tigers fans who are still emotionally attached to CG, get it out of your systems now. As I said when the deal first went down, it was the right deal and the Tigers will be better for it. Small sample sizes are the devil, but it’s already looking good. Austin Jackson is 7-13 (.538) with a homer, and five walks to just two strikeouts this spring. Meanwhile, Granderson must be doing way too much charity work during the pre-season because he’s hitting 1-12 (.081).
I don’t mind if Granderson does well at his new home. In fact, in an ideal world, Jackson would do better, the Tigers would win the World Series, and Granderson would still play well, even in losses to the Tigers. However, now that he’s an opponent, if him failing altogether means making the Tigers look smarter for dealing him, then I’m sorry, that’s where my allegiances lie first and foremost. I hope Granderson all the best in his life, but on the baseball diamond he’s now just a dirty Jankee.
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