He coincidentally did work for the Tigers recently and was in Lakeland for the tigers spring training. We will be waiting on our tickets here in the next couple weeks!! haha. [4] In 1997 he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Bourne Braves where he was named a league all-star. Made me laugh alot!! What a piece of work. (I'm assuming). When I told him we don't buy but I could take his name and number, he started in on the stories. He started talking to a few different tables of people including my own, telling about how he was going to give a young girl with leukemia tiger's tickets, a signed baseball and jersey.Why would someone make up stories like this? "Dwight Verlander" went on about his son pitching for the Tigers and, as I wasn't biting because I honestly couldn't have cared less, he mentioned it quite a few times trying to get me to take the bait and, I assume, lay a similar story as shown in these posts. Working with him has been awesome.. He gives a lot of little tips that a lot of other people wouldnt see or notice on your swing and stuff like that. he told me he would get tickets for me and parking tickets to let me park with the tigers players. Inge was not drafted out of high school, but by his sophomore year at VCU he was in the scouts sights. This is really going to bumb out all my friends who think they are going to the game with front row seats. I just ran into him at the LaSalle Bank ATM in Flat Rock. He also worked at The Legacy Sports Complex in Brighton. If they could be with me in my shoes for a day, Inge says, his wispy, wheat-colored goatee shaking as he chuckles, it just makes me laugh. He also told us that he was visiting his wife who was murdered 12 years ago in Grosse Isle. soon as he said that i realized he was also inge's dad a few years back when i got stopped by him at target in woodhaven. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. 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Nice topics, I am looking this type of topics, I want more. He works with young players chasing the same dreams that led Inge to a 13-year big-league career and a reputation as a hard-nosed dirt devil on some of the best Tigers teams in recent memory. The Brandon Inge All-Star stats seen below include his All-Star year-by-year hitting stats, All-Star fielding stats, and All-Star pitching stats (where applicable). Brandon's father's name is Dwight. Because of efforts made with and without Shani, Inge last autumn was presented with Major League Baseballs Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award. Said Justin built him a house on Grosse Ile and Justin lives in West Bloomfield next to Glenn Fry, lead singer of the Eagles.I just listened to him, shook his hand when he left, then saw him go into the hair salon next to us. Inge loves baseball, but during his playing career, he wasnt always guaranteed to tune in to other MLB games. LOL He gave me the same story and my step-son told me about a gentleman telling the same tales. He said he had to give one to his neighbor because his son "Justin Verlander, you know, he pitches for the Tigers, do you like the Tigers?" He said that he was there because a family friend had lost her baby. He is a nut case! My dad even recorded some of his stories on a voice recorder he really had him going..haha God bless him. And that is what makes him the perfect complement on the Wolverines coaching staff. He's a harmless old man having fun with fans like us. Kathy Willens/Associated Press Toledo is roughly an hour's. I'm guessing he's sort of regular there. Baseball Sports . Same old story, he negotiated 80 million dollare deal for his son and told us that we wish we made that much. Initially signed as a catcher, Inge struggled offensively in his first three seasons. I think he gets a lot of phone calls. It placed him at Triple A Toledo in 2000 and on the threshold of joining the Tigers, which came in April 2001. For now, his coaching aspirations do not extend beyond Michigan. At Michigan, working with catchers is one of Inges main responsibilities. When he came in today, we were fortunate to have another customer in our waiting lounge sporting a Detroit Tiger authentic jacket; did he ever get a long story! Feb. 12 - Another Dwight Verlander appearance. Charles Brandon Inge ( / nd / INJ; born May 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher and currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He is a native of Amarillo, Texas. I think he was driving an off-white truck. He has been in the office about 2-3 times and I think he just forgot he had been here before with a similar story about this and the flight stories too!! Players have said theyre almost fighting to get time working with Inge. Dwight just stopped by today. That's 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back. May 19, 1977 Brandon Inge had 1,166 hits over his career. 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Just met Mr Verlander last week in Woodhaven. Oh, and he's bringing 7 tickets back on Monday. He knows the difference between the college game and the pro game all too well. He claimed she had just graduated U of M's med school program and getting ready to start her internship. The same guy comes into my work all the time in Trenton. It was almost 1 when we heard the story so that white cadillac must also have a warp speed to get him to the airport and through security to catch a flight in 45 minutes! We're in Grosse Ile, he pulled a fast one on us. Michigan's Griffen Mazur (13) and volunteer coach Brandon Inge jog back to the dugout after Mazur batted in a run during Michigan's game against Indiana at Ray Fisher Stadium in Ann Arbor ops Friday, May 14, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News. He also claims to have been the pilot that flew the mission to bomb Khadafi's house in Libya back in the 1980's. Brandon, who played 11 1/2 of his 13 MLB seasons with the Tigers before retiring in 2013, previously served as an assistant coach at Country Day before joining Erik Bakichs staff in Ann Arbor before the start of the 2021 season. Brandon, meanwhile, was burrowing through the Tigers minor-league subcontinent. We got duped also, but what a hoot it was! Says he is flying his plane this week to Lakeland to watch his son in spring training. A guy who claimed to be Dwight Verlander, Justin Verlander's son, approached me to tell me he was going to Lakeland today to watch him pitch. Most times, the ball settles into a first basemans glove as the umpire signals out. Charles Brandon Inge (/ n d / INJ ; born May 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher. He obviously needs some mental help and they would get him to the right place. Previously, he covered Michigan football at The Athletic and Oklahoma football and basketball for the Tulsa World, where he was named APSE Beat Writer of the Year for his circulation group in 2016. HAHA He's too much! Sure sounded too good to be true and it is a hoax. Justin Verlanders' dad frequents my place of business on occasionbut today was another sort of interestingA man came in ASKING about Dwight Verlander and said he has connections with Fox2 Hall of Shame and they wanted to do a bit on him (and wanted me to do a live interview) what?! Inge never suspected an eight-week stint playing for the Bourne Braves would deliver a blessing beyond baseball. Shani Inge got to know Tammi Carr through their work together at C.S. In 2006, Inge showed power during the first half, with his 17 home runs tying for the team lead. He didnt go to the game today cause he went to visit a 14 yr old girl w/leukemia. stayed for about a hour and half tells a pretty good story. Weve taken you in the second round.. Well the afternoon sure turned out interesting!!! Sportswriter Jayson Stark described Inge as a "super-utility dervish. i met dwight yesterday what a treat he told me about buying travoltas plane and said once you get john talking all he talks about is scientology i work at a bowling alley in trenton and he set up a birthday party for his daughter who by the way is marrying chad henne in 3 weeks and is also an olympic gold medal winner in the breast stroke,he also told me how after justin threw his no hitter all the guys in the clubhouse stipped him naked and smeared ketchup and mustard all over him what a tool, oh yeah his father in law is hall of famer lou groza. I felt bad for anyone who got led on, especially kids. Chads diagnosis led Inge and his wife to become deeply involved in the ChadTough Foundation. This guy was just in my work!A vet hospital in Trenton. Not paying for a blue check, Musk can suck it! He said he had flew the misson and dropped the bomb on Kadaffi, but he killed Kadaffi's daughter instead and that he has always felt bad for that. He came into our office wanting to make a dental appointment for his daughter Michele. Went to a chiropractor in Monroe 2 days ago and freaked out when this old man told me he was Justin Verlander's dad daughter is an attorney, Justin just signed an 8 million dollar contract, blah, blah, blah. Of course he took my name and address for the 20 free tickets to the game. I have a shop in Monroe MI and told him, as I tell everyone else, that I wouldn't give his number out and if there was any interest it would be me calling. [2], Inge played baseball at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, also playing American Legion Baseball. (Age 23-319d, What a story teller. We knew he was lying when he said his daughter swam breaststroke in the Olympics.he didn't know that both my daughter and myself are swimmers and we watch competitive swim! Pitching coach Chris Fetter joined the Detroit Tigers. I'd be very creeped out if I was Brandon Inge. Politics and baseball have had their historic tussles, but the two spheres can also blend benignly, and at one of the summer leagues functions at which the senators office participated, Inge and Shani got acquainted. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Shanis career in government was still flourishing, leading them to choose the Ann Arbor area as home, a strategy based on its proximity to Lansing, Detroit, and the University of Michigan probable options for a woman of her background seeking work. anyway this guy is unbelievable. He was named Legion Baseball's 2010 Graduate of the Year. He was pricing pizza's for Justin's bachelor party. But the biggest thing for him is an energy guy, a guy that people always want to be around.. I was so impressed with her, Inge says. He said he was Justin Verlander's "dad" and he was getting ready to head down to Lakeland, FL with Justin for spring training. Came into our doctors office in Southgate to once again make an appt for his daughter "Michelle". Guy is nice as hell and just appears to be lonely and looking for attention. A lot of guys Ive sat with at functions will give me tips or talk about things about my hitting that frustrates them. Pull side approach.. On one hand, his defensive skills are so wonderfully transferable that they have provided him with job security. Tyler and Chases names unfurl like ornate snakes, in plain view each time he steps to the plate and raises his bat. [4] For the season, he batted .244, with 9 homers and 46 runs batted in. Just strange how it all of a sudden came about., Former MLB veteran and Detroit Tigers fav Brandon Inge is enjoying his first collegiate coaching job with the Michigan Baseball staff #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/aXeQQlUyCt, Michigan Baseball (@umichbaseball) March 4, 2021. [17], Inge underwent surgery on both of his knees on November 3, 2009. I posted the top two postswhat's weird is that I just talked to my Mom, she was downtown for jury duty, and SHE saw his "dad" on a break! He used to come into the drugstore when I worked there and tell the same stories." vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB, Rookie Status: Third base was where he had settled after Hall of Fame-bound catcher Pudge Rodriguez displaced him when Rodriguez was signed as a free agent in February 2004. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. His daughter won a gold medal in the olympics for swimming, and he got a visit from the military police a few weeks ago saying his other son was killed in Iraq. He was in the Southgate Meijer store on Saturday talking to anyone who would listen. He believes in supporting troops called to war, but he dislikes the military-industrial overtones that, he believes, have been part of too many tragic conflicts. One of Baseball America's top ten books of 2010, Father and Son Watch Tigers Beat Cardinals, Another Gem for Bonderman, This Time They Win, Detroit Tigers Prospect Report - 6/10/2006, Detroit Tigers Prospect Report - 6/3/2006. Inge came to his room after the game, told his tattooist to go to work and, by 7 the next morning, was wearing the tributes to his sons that he had spent ample time and money ($2,000) pondering. Inge signed with the Tigers in 1998, making his Major League debut on April 3, 2001, as a catcher. It was a big night for the Panas family tonight. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. That's when I knew he was a phony. He was pretty confident he would make it from Monroe to Detroit in 15 minutes! It was during the morning rush, so everyone else in line was busy shaking his hand and talking about his late-game heroics the day before (he apparently won the game in the 9th). I don't think I've ever seen someone so proud of their son. It would have been nice to meet Chad Henne though. If anyone has any idea how to potentially catch him, I'd really appreciate your ideas. The guy just came in to our office, driving the white Caddi. That would not happen.. Whatever you do though. DON'T let his phone number get out to the public heehee his wife tells off 20-25 people a day who call to harrass them LOL!! When we left my mother called her friend and found out that the imposter, Dwight Verlander as he calls himself (Real name Raph Crusieo) had done the same thing to her and her son. LOL THIS GUY IS LOONY. Berkley Common: New owners bring inviting atmosphere, seasonal menu 5 Reasons Why Video Content is a Must-Have for BroadBand Light (BBL) Proven Results with New Technology. He still has the white Caddy. Dwight verlander is off to Florida for spring training lol I just met him this morning Orangeish jeep I think he's driving now. Wasted an hour. He told us it was his daughter's birthday, and then told us again that he was Verlander's dad. Brandon Inge was a Third Baseman and Catcher. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Dwight went on to a civil-engineering career in Lynchburg; Linda stayed home to oversee a pair of sons who could wear out a new cars odometer with their assorted sports memberships. He offered to send me Tiger tickets as well with a parking pass. I can't believe i believed him though! By the time he said he was still flying with the Blue Angels, I knew for sure he was lying. Too bad he is just a crazy old man, we sure could have used the revenue!!!!! Composure here are some latest photos of piracy way off the beam the seaside of Somalia, and the worldwide efforts to bridle it in. Yup, i was dooped for the New Year. He said his name was Dwight, drove a white cadillac, would get me tickets and parking passes to park with the Tigers. The five years Ive been here, Ive seen him make as many unbelievable plays as Ive ever seen in baseball, says Jim Leyland, the Tigers manager who was just fine with managements off-season decision to sign Inge to a contract extension that runs through 2012. People who dont understand the game, who dont understand that much about baseball, dont appreciate how he makes tough plays look easy. The tributes are ink-black and written in script on each forearm, the product of a San Francisco tattoo artist who was recommended by well-decorated teammates Joel Zumaya and Ryan Perry. Having received a record 11.8million votes in the Final Vote, Inge was selected to his first All Star Game, joining teammates Curtis Granderson, Justin Verlander, and Edwin Jackson on the American League squad. But nonetheless, his enthusiasm was adorable. Born: He told us he was an orthopedic surgeon who just did a ladies knee replacement. He stayed for about a half hour telling us stories about his kids and his career as a fighter pilot. Brandon Inge was born in the middle of Generation X. I asked what she was coming in for he said she was pregnant. Brandon Inge's birthstone is Emerald. His own views, he says, are decidedly moderate. We got the whole tickets, parking pass promise and everything!! He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). Hes as good as Ive ever seen. He told me about how his son, Justin, had just purchsed an Australian vacation for his 50th wedding anniversary. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. He reeked like cigarettes, i smoke, it does not normally bother me but this was overwhelming! 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