Previously, Inge played 13 seasons in the major leagues, mostly for the Detroit Tigers. Hes amazing picking up tendencies that pitchers have, realizing what were doing out there so we dont get picked when were going up against other teams, Michigan pitcher Steven Hajjar said. He claimed to be a retired fighter pilot.Sweet guy, no need for silly stories though. I can see and did get caught up in the moment. Brandon Inge had a .233 average over his career. Bakichs Michigan program also embraces data and cutting-edge technology. Told me he "knows Glenn personally" and Glenn has been to at least 60 Tiger Games courtesy of Jason Verlander. April 3, 2001 [26], As of January 26, 2012, Inge had lost his starting third base job to Miguel Cabrera who was moving back to the hot corner after the Tigers announced they had signed slugger Prince Fielder to play 1st base. He got me too. Hope he keeps putting smiles on tiger fans faces for a long while to come! He said Justins soon to be wife was a model at Macy's and was going to quit her job. At the press conference announcing the Fielder signing, manager Jim Leyland said that Inge "was not a happy camper". Yes Dwight Verlander is an old man who seems to like to visit garge sales and will tell you all about his "family" and time in the service. Get the latest news, stats, videos, highlights and more about second baseman Brandon Inge on ESPN. He told us to get to the game early because Brandon would come and talk to us befor the game and give us autographed baseballs. (Age 23-319d, He says that Justin just signed a 5 year $80 million dollar deal. He definitely has a vivid imagination!! In Michigan, Inge took an assistant coaching roleat Detroit Country Day School in Birmingham. At Michigan, working with catchers is one of Inges main responsibilities. This morning my girlfriend and I were having breakfast at Rams Horn in Southgate. Inge is a .237 career hitter. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. His father's name is Dwight. And it was third base where he remained until another superstar, Miguel Cabrera, who at that time just happened to play third base, unseated him when Cabrera came to Detroit in a 2007 blockbuster trade. Still driving the white Cadillac. Thats what Inge aspires to do at Michigan. Mrs. David Beckham (see). My dad was telling me about the WRIF story a couple weeks ago, but then that they had Brandon Inge last week on the radio. On September 1, after dislocating his shoulder for the second time within a month, Inge was forced to undergo season ending shoulder surgery.[29]. For good occasionally ovulation is established, there is no benefit to increasing the dosage above . 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. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? I also met this old man. Dwight siting. vs. MIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: It was interesting to read the other blogs about his stories they seem rather consistant except with Tiger player is his child and what profession his daughter is currently doing!! As he prepared for another baseball practice, Inge laughed looking back on how this all came together. We really have gotten used to ignoring him but get a chuckle out of his stories he tells the patients in our lobby. He was making an appointment for his daughter, the U of M medical school grad. Brandon Inge knows the pain. Of course, there are reasons why Inge has had a 10-year career with the Tigers and why he has twice been signed to multi-year contracts, and its not because the Tigers love sub-.250 batting averages or the sound of air being stirred by his bat. He gave an address that is non-existant and a phone number with a New York City area code that of course is non-existant. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. He was in our establishment last night and kept some patient patrons busy for half an hour before our death glares finally chased him out. I've never been duped like this before, but as of today---Sunday, March 21,2010---count me and my sister in!! We had the pleasure of meeting this man as well at our Podiatry office yesterday!! Seems completely harmless. Another Justin Verlander Dad sighting. Former Detroit Tiger Brandon Inge joined Michigan baseball's coaching staff in January as a volunteer assistant. Our own urban legend! My friend called her dad to ask him and he told her that there was a guy who went around telling people he was Verlander's dad. Bakich has built a program where few people thought he could. May 19, 1977 [27], Inge agreed to sign with the Oakland Athletics on April 29, 2012 on a $5.5million deal. If college baseball was on, though, Inge was watching. He refuses. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Too Funny! Tim Hudson is a volunteer pitching coach at Auburn. If anyone has any idea how to potentially catch him, I'd really appreciate your ideas. 23,248 likes. Inge loved being around the game in these roles, but the chance to work with more advanced players was enticing. 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! man i seen this guy in meijers today he is short old and claims to be a colonel in the airforce blue angles whole 9 his story is consistant but he is a liar what a loser. Is there anyway we could catch him? Oh, and he's bringing 7 tickets back on Monday. And Verlander's sister's dad! I showed him the ticket with Justins picture on it and of course he said "yep that's my son Justin". Now his son is on track to follow him to Ann Arbor. Cody Stavenhagen is a staff writer covering the Detroit Tigers for The Athletic. Brandon Inge weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing. Well, the "Dwight" imposter made me smile today. We knew he was full of it from the beginning, but let him ramble on. Tommy obliged, his name scrawled in big letters on Inges arm. Or write about sports? I think he is making his "doctor rounds" again. then I googled Verlander's dad. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. His father, Dwight, was a 6-foot-4 basketball player at High Point (North Carolina) University and a star during his high-school days in Lynchburg, where he and Linda were classmates and sweethearts before each headed for High Point. I actually got a pic. I must have been in the group with your mom because I was serving jury duty today(downtown Detroit)and a man claiming to be Inge's dad joined in our conversation. He came into our office wanting to make a dental appointment for his daughter Michele. So this guy is at Olive Garden Friday, 6/5/09, and he tells us he is Justin Verlander's dad. [9] After the All-Star Break, he raised his season average from .221 to .253 and finished with a career-high 27 home runs. 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 asked how many tickets we needed to go to the games and asked if we could be there at 6pm on the nights that Justin was pitching - that way Justin would sign autographs for us. I dont want to know how to use a computer. 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His slugging percentage was .463 and he placed third on the Tigers with 47 RBIs. Charles Brandon Inge (/ n d / INJ ; born May 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher. Since Pujols is a big favorite of both father and son, his big night was something we both could enjoy even if only one of us was happy with the final result. Well, theres irony for you. Brandon Inge has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. With baseball as the common thread, they became fast friends. It's 10:25 am and Justin's "dad" just drove off in his burnt orange colored Dodge Caliber. 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 went on to tell us that he was Justin Verlander's Dad and went on and told stories of signging autographs and how much Justin made, his daughter was doing her intership at UofM and a he said when he came in with his daughter that he would bring us about 12 tickets for a game. Inge got a taste of that at Detroit Country Day School. Saw him again today at Monroe Walmart. X-rays revealed a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal. I was so giddy when he told me that he was Brandon Inge's dad. He plays baseball. Brandon Inge - a team leading 16 th home run, a single and 3 RBI. Justin bought him a house in Grosse Ile. Brandon continued to play second base with the others as Leyland said anyway. This is really going to bumb out all my friends who think they are going to the game with front row seats. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Inge signed with the Tigers in 1998, making his Major League debut on April 3, 2001, as a catcher. Brandon Inge is on Twitter at BrandonInge. Because of efforts made with and without Shani, Inge last autumn was presented with Major League Baseballs Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award. After he left my sister who was also there said that she had seen him on TV and that he was a fake. Brandon Inge spent 13 seasons in Major League Baseball, played in one World Series, was part of a team that made another, once was an American League All-Star, signed enough autographs to fill. Now his son is on track to follow him to Ann Arbor. In 51 games, Inge batted .230. Brandon Inge celebrating after Detroit eliminated the Yankees in an A.L. 17,821st in major league history) Sort of feel sorry for him!! He still has the same story about being a retired airforce pilot and flew witht he Blue Angels. I know from google that Brandon's wife works at UofM hospital in Ann Arbor.sheesh, I wonder if Brandon knows about this and what his thoughts are.the poor man can't be in his right mind.can he??????? A bit bored, I decided to Google the name of an interesting man whom came into my antique shop. He told us he served in the Air force for 34 years and just retired 4 years ago. Ha ha ha ha "Dwight Verlander" stopped me outside of the Meijer in Monroe to talk. He is a nut case! Don/Dwight Inge imposter strikes again!The old man came out to see a high school girls' soccer game in Newport (just north of Monroe) only to promise people tickets, parking passes, the whole deal! High School: Brookville HS (Lynchburg, VA), School: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA), Debut: Gotta love the old man we played into his story and told him we would love to get tickets to a tigers game. Inge played in the MLB for 13 years, notably spending parts of 12 of them with the Detroit Tigers before finishing with Oakland and Pittsburgh. He drives a cream Cadillac. He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball . His and Shanis domestic tranquility has been upped by the one event that dislodged Shani from government: the births of their sons, Tyler, 6, and Chase, 3. Her kids are her life, says Inge, who doesnt dispute that theyve had the same effect on him. He said it was he and his wife's anniversary, and asked me to read a card he had picked out for her. Dwight verlander is off to Florida for spring training lol I just met him this morning Orangeish jeep I think he's driving now. Most infuriatingly among charter members of the Inge Must Go Club, he struck out 134 times in 2010 and 170 times in 2009, about par for a player who, during most seasons, averages almost a strikeout per game. 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