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Braves 5, Tigers 4

Associated Press

Thursday, March 6, 2008

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- One thing Dontrelle Willis didn't bring with him to his first spring training with the Detroit Tigers: a bat. That's just fine with his new manager. Jim Leyland doesn't plan on having one of the National League's best hitting pitchers to take swings in the AL. "Out of the question," Leyland said. "Only if there was a total emergency or if someone got hurt and I had to, but out of the question." If Willis pitches the way he did in the Tigers' 5-4 loss to the Atlanta Brav ...

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