The most AL Central manager is back where he belongs.
The Detroit Tigers put the “hire” in “Ron Gardenhire” on Thursday, selecting him to replace Brad Ausmus as manager of a rebuilding club, pending completion of a contract.
Back when we were discussing the void Justin Verlander left in the division after the trade to Houston, Esteban Beltre’s Two Left Hands floated Jason Kubel as a Most AL Central starter, saying:
He left the Central, immediately realized he was scared of everywhere else and not playing the Sox 18 times a year, and came back here to die.