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Raburn needs to starting hitting or he should be placed on waivers. We cannot keep him in the lineup, even though he will probably hit .400 from August 1 on.

Leyland's gotta be trolling with that lineup.

Must win

this article explains everything

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/04/detroit_tigers_jim_leyland_des.html

Is this a joke? If Laird is catching, then Avila has to be DHing. Every time. Putting Inge at DH is a sick joke. I'd rather have Porcello hit.

Avila needs a day off after getting beat up behind the plate yesterday

This is our second DH that can't H (other being Raburn)

Full disclosure: I'm a Sox fan.

If Inge is going to bat regardless, isn't he a better 3B than Cabs?

Inge at DH? He is Babe Ruth.

Right. That's the part I don't understand about this. If you're going to have Inge out there, you're using him for his defense. He is useless at the plate, so it makes sense to use him for four at-bats??

Have Cabrera or Fielder DH, maybe even Delmon. Inge as a hitter only makes zero sense to me.

Its funny reading all the Raburn hate on here, my one in-person memory of him was him hitting some 2-run homer in the 9th inning to beat my White Sox a couple of seasons ago.

Ever since then I've thought he was some dangerous hitter lol.

Lol go look up his monthly splits for the past 3 years. April through July Raburn is basically Brandon Inge offensively, but August and September he's almost Miguel Cabrera. It's pretty amazing.