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Tigers camp observations: Wearing big-league uniforms helps set pro tone at minicamp

Some random thoughts while we wait for position players to arrive for minor league minicamp on Monday.

Lakeland, Fla. – The first thing you noticed on Wednesday, when pitchers and catchers came out for their first official day of workouts, was that they were wearing Tigers’ classic home white uniforms.

You can’t even imagine what a subtle but huge thing this is. And it was the first clue how different things are under this new administration — from manager AJ Hinch down to player development boss Ryan Garko and pitching department boss Gabe Ribas.