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http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20061208/U PDATE/612080465 Inge agrees to $24 million, 4-year deal with Tigers Larry Lage / Associated Press Dale G. Young/The Detroit News Brandon Inge is one of the holdovers from the 2003 Tigers team that lost an AL record 119 games. See full image DETROIT -- Third baseman Brandon Inge said Friday that he has agreed to a $24 million, four-year contract with the AL champion Detroit Tigers. "It's awesome to get this done because Detroit is the only place I wanted to play," Inge told The Associated Press. "This organization stuck by me through tough times and for them to still believe in me when times are good, it's really gratifying. "The deal is basically done because the only thing that would hold it up would be a problem with the physical that I took today, but I can't see that there would be any problem with that." Inge was eligible for arbitration and would have been eligible for free agency after next season. "They put a very fair four-year deal on the table and it's great that we were able to finalize it," he said. Inge was one of the holdovers from the 2003 Tigers team that lost an AL record 119 games, then surprised the baseball world last season by winning the AL pennant before falling in five games to St. Louis in the World Series |
