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Copy shortlink: Alex Kirilloff doesn't like to show off, always seems to deflect attention for his supernatural hitting ability. But he couldn't pass up this chance. It came at Orioles FanFest one January in Baltimore, where Kirilloff and his dad happened across a batting cage where fans could take a few cuts against a pitching machine lobbing civilian fastballs, lower velocity but still with some zip. David Kirilloff didn't want to stop, but Alex begged him. "Finally I said OK. He grabbed a bat and just started hitting. Contact after contact," the proud father recalle...

Detroit was at Target Field for five games in four days over Labor Day weekend. Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire ran into a bout of food poisoning and still wasn't feeling well 10 days later. The Tigers were in the middle of a four-game home series vs. Cleveland. General Manager Al Avila came for a meeting with Gardenhire and heard this: "I said to Al, 'I'm done,' " Gardenhire said. "He was great, as always, talking about the end of the season, and I said, 'No, Al, I'm done right now. I can't do this for another game. I feel terrible. I'm afraid I might have a heart attack.' "