It’s pretty nice seeing Magglio having this type of season. I remember when Detroit picked him up from the Chicago White Sox, not one person in town thought it was a good pickup. Detroit, at the time had had a history of over paying players and them not producing. Way to go Magglio you’re showing your worth/this year and last and glad you are healthy - it shows.

Magglio Ordonez’s stats have the look of an MVP: .383 | 13 HR | 68 RBI

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the July 2 edition of ESPN The Magazine.

On consecutive days recently, Jim Leyland peered into the Detroit Tigers clubhouse, turned to his right, in the direction of Magglio Ordonez’s locker, and boisterously yelled, “Magglio!!” as if he had seen his right fielder for the first time in years. On the second day this occurred, Carlos Guillen, who sits next to Ordonez, playfully wondered why he did not get the same greeting. Perhaps if Guillen had posted similar numbers as Ordonez (.383-13-67), one of the leading MVP candidates in the American League, Leyland would be compelled to yell for Guillen, too. ESPN