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A whole lot was made of the Detroit Tigers' offseason. They picked up OFs Miguel Cabrera and Jacque Jones (Jones actually last September), SS Edgar Renteria, and LHP Dontrelle Willis. None of the moves have worked out.

The Tigers are currently 26-37 and 11 games behind the White Sox in the AL Central. M-Cabs is hitting like .270 and was recently dropped in the batting order. Renteria is at .267. Jones started so bad the Tigers had to cut him.

Today, Willis was sent to Single-A. Thing is, the Tigers should've seen this coming. Willis may only be 26 and battling injuries, but that's no surprise considering how badly he was overworked with the Marlins in his early 20s. Righties smashed .320 off him last year with 30 homers and he lost a ton of velocity on his fastball. The end was near, and only the Tigers didn't realize it.

As recently as 2005, Willis was a dominantly deceptive southpaw with a heater in the mid-90s and a nasty, knee-bending slider.

Maybe it's a little early for this, but Willis seems to be following the same path as another Onedroohill favorite, ex-Cardinal Matty Morris.

Update: Where the Hell Are My Posts?

One Droo Hill is on a short vacation. Where am I, you ask? What am I doing, you inquire? I'll let friend of the site John Mayer describe the past few nights:



Regular posts will be back Sunday. As Mitch Hedberg would say, sorry for the convenience. (And sorry if you hate John Mayer. I know that's a common feeling.)

One Droo Hill: Become Legendary

There've been some slight changes around these parts. I got a legit domain, no more .blogspot, because that's not offishull enuff fo me. The new site name has many different meanings. Let's see... how can I explain this? My name is Drew (pronounced Droo of course), so it's like an address, 1 Droo Hill. And then, uh... some people have brought up the fact that it sounds like the TV show One Tree Hill. That's true, and only slightly intentional. I've never seen an episode, but I like that it makes the site name sorta recognizable. It's also a bit of an homage to the now defunct R & B group Dru Hill. Sisqo was in that crew. You'll remember him from that Thong Song. "Dumps like a truck, truck truck. Baby move your butt, butt butt." All that good stuff.

I added some nice artwork up there on the header. You don't want to know how long that took to create/put up. I've got a nice response to what has been posted thus far, and I appreciate that. It's what keeps me going.

With the new look and new name, the site also has a new attitude. So with the money I've made on ads (you can find on the right and bottom of this page), I employed Michael Jordan to make a short video describing the new 'tude: