WWMT.com : News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers have named former infielder Tom Brookens as the team's first base, outfield and baserunning coach. Manager Jim Leyland said in a statement Monday that he's known Brookens since managing him in the minor leagues...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Paul Sancya - AP Former Tiger Tom Brookens won't just be coaching alongside Jim Leyland in Spring Training anymore. He'll be the team's first base coach next season. Browse more photos » After 22 years, Tom Brookens will be back in a Detroit Tigers uniform next season. Brookens, who played for the Tigers from 1979 to 1988, is Jim Leyland 's new first...
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Tigers announced yesterday that Tom Brookens would be the new first base and outfield and base running coach. Brookens is an organizational soldier and it's nice to see him get the opportunity to don the Old English D again. But it does raise the question about the qualifications or importance of positional coaches.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Tigers today named Tom Brookens the team's first base, outfield and base-running coach.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers have named former infielder Tom Brookens as the team's first base, outfield and baserunning coach.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have named former infielder Tom Brookens as the team's first base, outfield and baserunning coach.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Detroit Tigers named former infielder Tom Brookens as the team's first base, outfield and baserunning coach.
Open Book: A Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... His team constantly folding at the first sign of adversity in these games is worst sign of all.- Tom Brookens is a teriffic person, who had done well as a manager in the Tigers minor league system. Yes. I do believe he is being groomed as Jim Leyland's eventual replacement.My column in Monday's Oakland Press about Matthew Stafford
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Tigers have hired Tom Brookens as their first-base, outfield and base-running coach. Brookens, an infielder on the Tigers' 1984 championship team, spent the past five seasons as a minor league manager in the organization, compiling a 310-262 record with Class A Oneonta (2005-06), Class A West Michigan (2007) and Double-A Erie (2008-09).
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
You probably have to be in your mid-30s and had to have lived in Michigan in the mid-80s in order to care about this . Anybody know what John Wockenfuss is up to? Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Tigers today named Tom Brookens the team's first-base, outfield and baserunning coach. Brookens, a member of the championship team in 1984, played 12 seasons with the Tigers.
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Double-A Erie manager (and former Tigers third baseman) Tom Brookens says he'd be interested in a major league coaching job if one was offered. Will the Tigers offer him the first base coach position vacated by Andy Van Slyke ? Clete Thomas had his high school jersey retired on Wednesday. Thomas wore No. 3 at Mosley High School in Lynn Haven, FL. (I'm sure Gary Sheffield would've given that...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Tom Brookens, who throughout his 10 seasons (1979-88) as a Tigers infielder played with a soundness that coaches admire, has interest in becoming a major league coach.
Baseball America (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Double-A Erie manager Tom Brookens has seen Casper Wells move up the ladder through the Tigers organization. But even Brookens is surprised by the prospect Wells has become since managing him in short-season Oneonta in 2006.
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... three finalists are minor league coordinators Gene Roof and Mike Rojas , and Double-A Erie manager Tom Brookens . Jason Beck has re-opened his inbox (mailbag) for the offseason and addresses two key questions on fans' minds: Will the team pursue a veteran closer in free agency and could Brent Dlugach be a suitable replacement for Adam Everett at shortstop? Aaron Gleeman lists five second...
