GaryMrMets
01-17-2003, 02:08 AM
Tigers Hold Minicamp
DETROIT -- Alan Trammell took the field for the first time as manager of the Detroit Tigers, hoping to set a tone with a team that lost 106 games last season.
With Comerica Park covered in snow, Trammell and the Tigers were in Ford Field, the Detroit Lions' domed stadium next door, for the start of a three-day minicamp.
"The first workout was first and foremost for us to break the ice as a staff,'' Trammell said. "I got a chance today to talk to the group as a whole. Just to send a message, set a tone, know where I'm coming from, know where the staff is coming from, what we're going to expect.''
Trammell stressed that it wasn't a full-speed workout, but he and his coaches wanted to get a first look at the players.
The camp began Wednesday with the players getting physicals and pitchers doing some light throwing while hitters worked in the batting cage.
The players union does not favor having minicamps, but Trammell said he can't really worry about that.
Player representative Damion Easley said it was up to union management to handle the issue, but he had no objections to coming to Detroit.
DETROIT -- Alan Trammell took the field for the first time as manager of the Detroit Tigers, hoping to set a tone with a team that lost 106 games last season.
With Comerica Park covered in snow, Trammell and the Tigers were in Ford Field, the Detroit Lions' domed stadium next door, for the start of a three-day minicamp.
"The first workout was first and foremost for us to break the ice as a staff,'' Trammell said. "I got a chance today to talk to the group as a whole. Just to send a message, set a tone, know where I'm coming from, know where the staff is coming from, what we're going to expect.''
Trammell stressed that it wasn't a full-speed workout, but he and his coaches wanted to get a first look at the players.
The camp began Wednesday with the players getting physicals and pitchers doing some light throwing while hitters worked in the batting cage.
The players union does not favor having minicamps, but Trammell said he can't really worry about that.
Player representative Damion Easley said it was up to union management to handle the issue, but he had no objections to coming to Detroit.