first it was brandon inge, now its verlander, miguel cabrera is next! On September 1, after dislocating his shoulder for the second time within a month, Inge was forced to undergo season ending shoulder surgery.[29]. 2011 The longest-tenured Tigers player, he completed his 11th season with the club in 2011 -- saw action in 102 games, marking the fewest games he has played with the club since appearing in 95 games during the 2002 season.Saw action in 99 games at third base during the season, passing Tom Brookens (979) to move into third place in Tigers history with 997 . The little guy obviously has some issues but imo means no harm. Another sighting in Monroe!We received about 45 minutes of stories from "Dwight Verlander" he was in our area giving away signed ball and jersey from Justin to a Leukemia Patient. Just met Mr Verlander last week in Woodhaven. I was pretty sure I'd never see this man again though until last week when he came into George's Family Restraunt in Trenton and started his lies with my grandparents. He didnt go to the game today cause he went to visit a 14 yr old girl w/leukemia. Don/Dwight Inge imposter strikes again!The old man came out to see a high school girls' soccer game in Newport (just north of Monroe) only to promise people tickets, parking passes, the whole deal! [4] Previously a shortstop, Inge became a catcher. Guess I got "hit" too. i was with my friends mom, girlfriend, and sister and they all believed him!@!!! He was getting a key made. 10. I kind of feel sorry for him. He believes in supporting troops called to war, but he dislikes the military-industrial overtones that, he believes, have been part of too many tragic conflicts. Of course, there are reasons why Inge has had a 10-year career with the Tigers and why he has twice been signed to multi-year contracts, and its not because the Tigers love sub-.250 batting averages or the sound of air being stirred by his bat. He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball . For several dreamy minutes, a 21-year-old who since he was a tyke had wanted nothing but to play big-league baseball, was trying to sort out Detroit and the Tigers and what his fate with them might be. Our server warned us not to turn around or we would get caught up in a 30 minute conversation with him. No better baseball culture!, Fluid during batting practice, Inge clocked an exit velocity of 86 mph, Prep Baseball Report wrote in its scouting report. So if you see an old man wearing a Coca-Cola branded Nascar jacket, beware! [23] In 239 plate appearances with Detroit in 2011, he recorded a .177 batting average, before being designated for assignment on July 20. [7] Inge saw action in 55 games with the Mud Hens, tallying 5 homers and 20 RBI, but only hitting for a .221 average. he also promised to have brandon deliver 6 tickets to us and a vip parking spot. Definitely brightened my day :D, I MET THIS GUT TODAY TOO AT MY WORK. The guy looked old enough to be JV's grandpa! Numerous studies accompany that pregnancy large occurs during the elementary three months of infertility cure and treatment beyond six months is not recommended. Myself and my friends are AVON reps and we were having a great day, doing what we do when he came by and really enthralled us with his stories of fame and fortune, the trip to barry Gibbs house coming up. Dwight V came into my work today in New Boston talking about just coming back from visiting a young girl with cancer and giving her Tigers autographed items, Justin getting married last weekend and being on his honeymoon in Austrailia this week, etc. But everyone thought it sounded like a pretty sweet gig, and Inge didnt exactly have to worry much about the money. Do you have a sports website? In 51 games, Inge batted .230. haha. He has done it with a whole lot of heart and a reverence for tradition. Hes awesome. I only talked to him for about 10 minutes. She was Shani Mason, a Cape Cod native, Wheaton College political-science graduate, and chief of staff for a Massachusetts state senator. Inge took over the catching position full-time after Rodrguez was traded to the New York Yankees on July 30, 2008. He has always told me that, so the first person I called was my brother who told him. Also a close family friend and the grandfather of Chad Carr, the sole reason Inge became connected to Michigan in the first place. Two years later, following a long-distance relationship that both frustrated and exhilarated each person, they were married. I think he was driving an off-white truck. Brandon Inge was born on Thursday, May 19, 1977, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Inge played college baseball at Virginia Commonwealth University before his MLB career with the Tigers, As and Pirates. He had lived in the Dexter. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. He was designated for assignment on July 23, 2013 and released seven days later. Mr. 'Verlander' "strikes" again. Mobile app for news, photos and video on the go. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Yep we heard all this at Southgate Olive Garden. oh yeah, and he also told us about dancing with Shania Twain at Brandon's re-marraige at the RenCenand Michelle, Brandon's sister works at UM hospital- I was going to look that up too since he seemed to come up with that after I told him I worked at UM. A bit bored, I decided to Google the name of an interesting man whom came into my antique shop. Also told us he was a Blue Angel, had just met Brad Pitt and was going to Australia to spend a month with Barry Gib. He needs to get some help. : )Said Jason was gonna fott he bill for the house, 200-300k and preferred something local.CRAZY!Heres a link to the Fox 2 story on this guy - http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=6771B7D298E72168D4A46700592158A2?contentId=3217047&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1What the hell - hope we see him again.RE been kinda slow latley and this definatley brightened our day! The ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation is deeply rooted in the Ann Arbor ecosystem, but for the Inges, it has always been personal. I was at the Meijer's store on Saturday. HA! They behold a spectacularly gifted third baseman whose Nureyev-like pirouettes and balls-of-the-feet maneuvers as he fields ground balls are graceful and pleasing, much like Inges genial interviews that spur idyllic images of boyfriends, sons-in-law, and best friends; of kids who mowed your lawn and brothers who watched your back. Shani eventually joined then-attorney general Jennifer Granholms 2002 gubernatorial campaign, and afterward worked in government relations at the University of Michigan. Interesting I found this blogspot, haha. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He bought a raffle ticket, wrote down his name as "D. Verlander" living on "Gros Isle", and giving a new york phone number. SUMMARY Career WAR 19.2 AB 5014 H 1166 HR 152 BA .233 R 563 RBI 648 SB 45 OBP .301 or so while I was delivering beer. "[22], On June 3, 2011, Inge was placed on the 15-day disabled list with mononucleosis. He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He still has the same story about being a retired airforce pilot and flew witht he Blue Angels. Trusted, up-to-date local Detroit and Michigan breaking news. He said that MLB had investigated this guy a couple years ago and deemed that he is harmless. In Michigan, Inge took an assistant coaching roleat Detroit Country Day School in Birmingham. He was driving an orange dodge, OOps i meant to say BELIEVED in the above comment. 17,821st in major league history) Or, maybe somewhere out there in a baseball world rife with flaws, theres a better reason to squabble. Oh, and he's bringing 7 tickets back on Monday. I blogged this Oct 2009 as well. I dont want to know how to use a computer. I can't believe i believed him though! Was here keeping co-workers preoccupied with fantastic stories of yester- year and war heroics. Robin Ventura is a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State. Unfortunately several other of my co-workers were sucked in by his tales, and we learned that he bought a 16 passenger jet airplane from Jon Travolta himself down in Florida. Inge soon was wearing regular reminders of young patients who loved that the Tigers third baseman came to home plate with their names penned on his skin. The good news was that Chris Carpenter was worse than Verlander as he gave up 7 runs on 9 hits in 7 innings. Those things are all well and. He is a HOAX!!! The flip side is that during some past seasons, and particularly during a nightmarish 2008, when he was plugged into the lineup willy-nilly, like a room-to-room household appliance, Inge was praying for a trade that would restore him to third base, his position of passion. He said his son told him that she worked for our company, but SURPRISE! Here she had her own career. Me and one of my co-workers asked him to prove who he was by showing us his id. Funny thing is Dona's still waiting for her tickets. Guess I can cancel the appointment he made on 1-9-2008. Leyland also said that Inge would be able to play second base for the Tigers, along with Ramon Santiago, and Ryan Raburn, but Inge was still thinking he should have a full-time job. Along with his daughter who is getting married in 2 months and how he has to pay for the wedding.. At least he is harmless.. I work for hallmark in the walmart in Monroe. The Detroit Tigers' Brandon Inge covers a lot of bases: big league defensive star and slugger, husband, father of two and community supporter. He was telling everyone that he could get them suite tickets and to see him before a game or something. The story he gave included everything you have all related, but he has added a story that he owns several classic cars worth millions. A lot of guys Ive sat with at functions will give me tips or talk about things about my hitting that frustrates them. And it was third base where he remained until another superstar, Miguel Cabrera, who at that time just happened to play third base, unseated him when Cabrera came to Detroit in a 2007 blockbuster trade. Another sighting in Monroe MI!! He played for a while with the A's and Pirates, and ended his big-league life in 2013. The Brandon Inge father imposter strikes again! really now? Yup, I got duped at KFC in Monroe today. Is there anyway we could catch him? Players worry about themselves and their preparation. poor old guy really. The jock set, a largely male demographic generally age 25 to deep twilight, watches Inge swing at a pitch and often miss and immediately wants him banished from the Tigers roster to a bush-league team from which they believe he never should have been promoted. We were visiting our baby and he came up and introduced himself as Justin Verlanders dad. anyone see anything wrong with that last statement? If you ever get to meet him have fun with it. He told us we would get tickets plus a parking pass and we would meet Justin before the game. I posted the top two postswhat's weird is that I just talked to my Mom, she was downtown for jury duty, and SHE saw his "dad" on a break! Somali pirates - who contain won themselves solely $200 million in saving since practically the start 2008 - are being captured more again justified any longer, and handed closed to authorities in Kenya, Yemen and Somalia in bring the emoluments of trial. He said he was going to get my family ten tickets to a Tiger game and that we would get to meet Brandon. Brandon's father's name is Dwight. He was about 70 years old driving a White Cadillac. He told me all the Brandon and war stories, I told him he should write a book. My family and I were visited my father in law's grave at Michigan Memorial Cemetary on May 1, 2007 and this guy came up to us and told us he was Branon Inge's father. I am a CPA in Taylor. Too funny, "Dwight Verlander" struck again last weekend in Trenton. It seems that from a post a year ago this should be 51st anniversary. He claims that Brandon bought him a 6 bedroom house out on Grosse Ile and Justin Verlander and Chris Shelton live there with him during the off-season.I had this interesting chat with this fella this week at the WalMart in Monroe! Ahhh.same story again! We enjoyed his enthusiasm. Then he said his daughter, Michelle Verlander, won a gold medal at some Olympics a few years ago, and is going to marry Chad Henne (was quarterback at U of M) this summer, and that Justin is getting married in September. [4] In 27 games with Toledo, Inge batted .289, with 2 homers, 11 doubles, and 15 runs batted in. same thing happened to me in the check out line at Meijer's in Woodhaven. MLB third baseman who spent his first 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, and became known for his fielding prowess. He said his name was Dwight, drove a white cadillac, would get me tickets and parking passes to park with the Tigers. Previously, Inge played 13 seasons in the major leagues, mostly for the Detroit Tigers. He wouldn't and got mad that we didn't believe him and stormed off. Inge has two children at home, a high school freshman and a seventh grader. Inge spent the last two years as the director of player development for Birmingham Detroit Country Day's baseball program. Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA). The job often goes to young coaches just trying to make it in the industry. This thread is archived . i work at west marine in taylor and this old guy came in pretending to be brandon inge's dad and a retired airforce pilot saying that he wanted top of the line of lifejackets, but that brandon would be paying for them because he just negoiated a 24 million dollar deal. His best-ever jump: 6 feet, 6 inches, a stunning ascent given his height, which is listed, dubiously, by the Tigers as 5 feet 11. poor guy, I hope he has family that can help him because I truly think he believes what he says is true. Feb. 12 - Another Dwight Verlander appearance. Inge has spoken at events and even hosted a Dingers for DIPG fundraiser, an all-day event capped with a home-run derby. Cookie Notice I have a shop in Monroe MI and told him, as I tell everyone else, that I wouldn't give his number out and if there was any interest it would be me calling. X-rays revealed a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal. The tattoos are the names of his sons, "Chase" and "Tyler". Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Funny, though, he could only manage to tip me a dollar :-p, I just ran into the so called justin verlanders father at the PDQ oil change in wyandotte on eureka, What a sweet old guy. He ordered some items from one of the girls and when she called to set up delivery to his mansion on Grosse Isle, she received the bad news. Said Jason lives in West Bloomfield and lives next door to Glenn Frey of the Eagles. You have to be responsible for everyone. Previously, he covered Michigan football at The Athletic and Oklahoma football and basketball for the Tulsa World, where he was named APSE Beat Writer of the Year for his circulation group in 2016. Seems like Dwight Verlander struck our office as well. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He said he was taking the food he ordered to a 14-year-old girl with leukemia. I was talking to the waitress and she told him michael phelps was her son and she bought him the bong for his birthday.. My tickets and parking pass should arrive any day now. It's too bad were aren't more interested in people just for who they are so they don't have to make up sensational stories to get attention. She was half-Italian with cooking skills to match, and with a golf game so precise that she regularly beat her supposed omni-skilled friend, with whom a torrid romance was kindling. I knew it was him right off the bat but he bolted before I had a chance to politely turn the tables on him. Said he and Justin were in Memphis at St. Jude's and Justin wrote a $200,000 check to Marlo Thomas for St. Jude's. He was in an orange Jeep Compass. There is not much to state except the following universal truth: 30 seconds after permanently deleting/throwing/burning it, you need it. Said his youngest son just died in Iraq and was 19. Dwight came into our clinic in Brownstown(was here last year too) to make an appointment for his daughter Michelle. Dwight Verlander was at Our Lady of Hope Cemetary on Sunday, October 24th, 2010. Most times, the ball settles into a first basemans glove as the umpire signals out. Now he is gone, off to spread more "Tiger Tales". GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP Brandon Inge's measure of success won't be how many college baseball players he helps develop or how many championship teams have his imprint. June 3, 2011 Detroit Tigers placed 3B Brandon Inge on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 1, 2011. The guy just came in to our office, driving the white Caddi. Poor little guy he is in a real fantacy world. So this guy is at Olive Garden Friday, 6/5/09, and he tells us he is Justin Verlander's dad. He came into the Woodhaven Home Depot and set up a measuring service for all new windows in a new home that his son (Justin Verlander)is building for him on Grosse Ile. He must be pretty lonely. They raced throughout Virginia and, to this day, Brandon believes it was BMX cycling that gave him industrial-strength legs that have been his foundation as a fielder and, to the extent he has remarkable power, as a hitter. He was in a red/orangeish Jeep liverty. Bakich has built a program where few people thought he could. Brandon Inge has never won a World Series. Update: The number is a New York NY number; unpublished. Last year, while i was at a Tim Horton's in Monroe, that same old man who claimed that he was Brandon Inge's dad offered me four tickets and a parking pass. He actually paid $30.00 cash for the above service and left. May 19, 1977 Guy is nice as hell and just appears to be lonely and looking for attention. We have a medical office in Monroe. He is in his mid-fifties (55-56) and is about 6'3" tallhe is from Virginia and so far as I know, stills lives in a small town in Virginia. He coincidentally did work for the Tigers recently and was in Lakeland for the tigers spring training. Said Justin was getting married soon and the reception was to be at the Ren Cen. Told us his son jumped on a bomb and saved 24 other people. Inside the University of Michigan baseball facilities, Brandon Inge technically has an office. Came into our doctors office in Southgate to once again make an appt for his daughter "Michelle". Get this - - the guy that claims to be Brandon Inge's dad also claims to be a retired Air Force pilot. With the absence of backup catcher Vance Wilson, Inge filled this role for the 13-time Gold Glove winner Ivn Rodrguez. We had ours that day. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. He initially wore number 18, but switched to number 7 after a few games (his old #15 was worn by teammate Seth Smith). This time he was looking for a little girl that has leukemia so he could give her 15 tigers' tickets, a signed baseball and jersey.He introduced himself to everyone here as "Dwight Verlander". When he came in, all estatic and proudly bragging about his son, Justin Verlander, we were led on as he took our addresses and promised to send us tickets. which was in the olympics and won the breast stroke, bought a jet from john travolta, one son is a business man and the other is a doctor. Thats what Inge aspires to do at Michigan. Inge loves baseball, but during his playing career, he wasnt always guaranteed to tune in to other MLB games. Siting today. Profile: Detroit Tigers Third Baseman Brandon Inge, Detroit Riverwalk, Campus Martius, and DIA Win USA Todays 10Best Readers Choice Awards, Updates on the Michigan State University Shooting, How to Cope with Active Shooting Tragedies. Brownstown Chiropractic clinic. " (Brandon) Inge is an athletic freak of nature. Newsletters on topics that interest you most. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast . [7], Inge split the 2000 season between the DoubleA Jacksonville Suns and the TripleA Toledo Mud Hens. He talked of how he was a fighter pilot and fought in 4 wars - Korea, Vietnam, Lybia, and somewhere else I don't recall and that he still flies with the Blue Angels. He was pretty confident he would make it from Monroe to Detroit in 15 minutes! Anybody is entitled to their views and to their opinions, but if you put anyone who has bad feelings toward me or a gripe with me, man to man in a conversation, or we go out on the baseball field together, and if you dont like me after that, I dont mind. A championship football coach. Not holding out breathe for the Tiger Tickets needless to say LOL!! I think he is making his "doctor rounds" again. Eek! At the press conference announcing the Fielder signing, manager Jim Leyland said that Inge "was not a happy camper". Me and my co-workers talked to him for about 20 min. A older man came to our OB/GYN office in Monroe and wanted to make a appointment for his daughter. "Justin" is up for the Cy Young award also and he really thinks he will win.He also mentioned his daughter graduating U of M with a Medical degree and how she's marrying Chad Henne next monthand HE has to pay for the wedding. Does anybody have a picture so I can confirm this. THEN about a year later we were surprised by him again! [3] Brookville retired Inge's uniform number (7). He was named Legion Baseball's 2010 Graduate of the Year. After he told the same story to a couple other non-believers I watched him walkout and get into a white Caddy! That number broke the Detroit Tigers single season record for assists by a third baseman (previously 389 by Aurelio Rodrguez in 1974) and was only 14 short of the all time MLB record for assists by a third baseman (set by Graig Nettles in 1971). In August 2009, Inge received two tattoos, one on each forearm, on a West Coast road trip. He was making an appointment for his daughter, the U of M medical school grad. Youre gonna make me cry in front of the whole group. Our own urban legend! He gave me the whole, " I have signed baseballs, jerseys,". )missed her appointment. He is constantly telling other customers that his son is Brandon Inge and he'll get them tickets.His new story is that he's moving down to Florida for spring training.Its kind of sad. This time he was claiming he was Justin Verlander's father, he lived on East River in Grosse Ile, and that his son wanted to open a sporting goods store in Southgate. Security agreements with Somalia, the U.N, and each other, ships alliance to fifteen countries today guarding the area. He claims his son Jason bought him and his Wife a house on Grosse Ile and two new Cadillacs. Justin Verlanders' dad frequents my place of business on occasionbut today was another sort of interestingA man came in ASKING about Dwight Verlander and said he has connections with Fox2 Hall of Shame and they wanted to do a bit on him (and wanted me to do a live interview) what?! Brandon Inge's age is 45. Brandon Inge had a .233 average over his career. Told me he spend last 30 days with Bee Gees in Australia and couldn't attend Justin's wedding. I didnt feel part of the team, he recalls, explaining that one of the clubhouses leading quipsters began to distance himself that spring from his teammates, not wanting them to be marred by his obvious frustrations. I don't think I've ever seen someone so proud of their son. Congratulations, Brandon, House said, delivering the news during a time when neither television nor the Internet carried any of the running draft updates that today are routine. It's 10:25 am and Justin's "dad" just drove off in his burnt orange colored Dodge Caliber.

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