Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Wedn ay, March 22, 1989 Adam- Tom and Tigers Benson going wrong way Hedging My Bets Say what you want about Tom Monaghan, it really will not bother him. You may not like his pizza, his politics, or his participation in Michigan athletics, but he still has the good fortune of owning a baseball team. While many people will spend their adult lives trying to get ahead in the business world, Monghan has returned to his childhood, concentrating on a game. Since his purchase of the Detroit Baseball Club Inc., his investment has brought him a World Champ- ionship, two divisonal championships, an entirely new source of personal revenue, not to mention getting first dibs on possibly the best billboard space in Detroit - the scoreboard at Tiger Stadium. Monaghan has said that he did not buy the Tigers to make money, it was a purchase for his pleasure. Yet this year, his club will begin the season as weak as they have since the mid-70s. With the exception of shortstop Alan Trammell, most of the Tigers are on the decline. Lou Whitaker, Chet Lemon, and Guillermo Hernandez are former All-Stars now. THE TIGERS will platoon players at all three outfield positions, catcher, first base, and possibly third base. With the strong spring play of prospect Torey Lovuillo, even Whitaker's hold on second base is slipping. The truth is, these complaints are nothing new. Every year it seems the Tigers lose some star, only to come back and be competitive yet another season. Everyone has figured that the Tigers have been ready to slip from the ranks of baseball's elite every year of the last three, only to somehow remain a competitve team. But now the Tigers claim to be building a contender, acquiring other teams' rejects like Chris Brown, Keith Moreland, and Frank Williams- telling fans that they are going to take the Tigers closer to a championship. The Tiger brass seems to be saying, if you are going to come to the ballpark anyway, why should we bring top-flight, expensive talent. If the Tigers are unwilling to go out spend the big bucks, why don't they begin to think young, like Baltimore. While the Orioles are far from ready to contend in the East, fans will enjoy getting a sneak preview of future young stars like Juan Bell, and Mike Deveraux. Tiger fans, however, will have to sit through a season of Chris Brown. For those who are unfamilar with Brown, this was the player who the San Fransisco Giants once thought would turn their franchise around, but they soon dealt him to division-rival San Diego. The Giants grew tired of waiting for Brown to recover from questionable injuries. But Brown was still thought highly enough of to be baptized the next Padre hero. Yet his attitude did not change. The Padre's acquistion of a quality pitcher like Walt Terrell will help propel the Padres into contention for the NL West title. While Brown and Moreland will help the Tigers - to a fifth place finish in the East. The Tigers are doing little to build a contending team. They can't seriously think they'll contend in the present, nor are they prepared to build for future. They are content merely relying on past glories. You might want to avoid starting your Domino's Pizza boycott just yet, but until the Tigers start bringing in real talent, you might want to avoid making the commute into Tiger Staduim for a while. Associated Press Cincinnati Reds' centerfielder Eric Davis shields manager Pete Rose from photographers and reporters before yesterday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Rose is under investigation for gambling. Rose under fire from league office IL9 N. l ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) - Pete Rose hasn't been convicted of anything, but he's already under armed guard. The Cincinnati Reds' manager yesterday ducked questions about baseball's investigation into "serious allegations," while a magazine reported Rose was rumored to have lost $13,000 in one day at a racetrack. There was World-Series type security at Al Lang Stadium. Rose walked briskly through two dozen reporters and photographers and remained in his office, where an armed, uniformed guard stood watch. Rose gave his usual pregame radio interview to Reds radio broadcaster Marty Brennaman, but shed no light on the investigation revealed Monday by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth and National League President A. Bartlett Giamatti. Gentlemen's Quarterly yesterday released excerpts from its April issue, in which Rose's ex-wife and daughter describe him in unflattering words. Karolyn Rose said her former husband once refused to acknowledge a gambling debt and later received a dead fish in the mail. 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