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Behind the scenes: How Juan Gonzalez might have shaped Tigers' 2006 World Series run

Each week, The Detroit News will look back at events and people from past sports moments, enlarging on experiences that might have been forgotten with time, or revisiting behind-the-scenes drama that never made it into print or on airwaves.

What can be said 20 years later about the Tigers and Juan Gonzalez’s forced marriage, which lasted only months, is that much was true about one of the most volatile personnel moves in Tigers history.