On this day, Inge was driving to the field, ready to get to work. Brandon Inge celebrating after Detroit eliminated the Yankees in an A.L. I was at my Uncles working a garage sale because he had to go to a funeral. He claimed to have a Rembrant to sell and was trying to do so because he was getting a divorce. Saw him again today at Monroe Walmart. he was a garage sale i was at in flat rock today, said he was verlanders dad and all that. HA HA HA. Where's Nancy Drew when you need her? Hes a husband. My dad was wearing a tigers hat and he walked up to our table. Of course I wasn't telling him anything he didn't already know. He is definitely harmless and lonely. Lilies expresses purity of heart, majesty and honor. I just listened and wished him well! My sister had an encounter with the imposter dad at a Wyandotte park. but let him talk anyway..until a couple called him out on it on the way out! We're trying to figure out WHY this guy is going around telling these stories, any ideas? Anybody is entitled to their views and to their opinions, but if you put anyone who has bad feelings toward me or a gripe with me, man to man in a conversation, or we go out on the baseball field together, and if you dont like me after that, I dont mind. I sure hope he doesn't tell anybody else that one of their dear friends has died. Guy was in Southgate Meijer's again-the day before the big Feb snow stormVerlander's dad. He was in an orange Jeep Compass. [27], Inge agreed to sign with the Oakland Athletics on April 29, 2012 on a $5.5million deal. !I failed to notice what type of car he was driving though =(. My brother works at Buffalo Wild Wings in Monroe and said he's waited on "Verlander's dad" before as well. Don't know how to explain this to my little Nephew, who has asked me several times if I had received the tickets yet. Related Topics . Chad Carr, the grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr, was diagnosed with DIPG a form of pediatric brain cancer in September 2014. He got another guys address for Tigers tickets. 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. [7], Inge began 2001 in the majors, debuting as Detroit's starting catcher on opening day and throwing out a pair of Minnesota Twins baserunners in the game. He actually paid $30.00 cash for the above service and left. Players spend every waking moment with each other for three or four years. I contacted a high school buddy who confirmed that he is alive and well. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. We talked about the Blue Angels, Brad Pitt, Kadaffi (sp) and a few other things such as him being an Air Force Pilot. And then he said his 19 year old son passed a few months ago because he jumped on a grenade and saved 26 other soldiers and General Norman Schwartzkoff was at his son's funeral. The truth is, that since Inge signed a $450,000 bonus package that summer of 1998, he has been both blessed and penalized by his versatility. I was quite busy yet polite and told him to come back again.maybe he will and can relate the Blue Angels story. The job often goes to young coaches just trying to make it in the industry. Today I talked to a guy named Dwight say's he Jason Verlander's Dad. he never donated anything, just walked out saying he'd be back. He told me about how his son, Justin, had just purchsed an Australian vacation for his 50th wedding anniversary. This is really going to bumb out all my friends who think they are going to the game with front row seats. he also owns a cadallac. Having dinner with my sister and her family. It seems that from a post a year ago this should be 51st anniversary. 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. We got the son jumped on a grenade story. 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. [4], Inge was promoted to the West Michigan Whitecaps for the 1999 season, making 100 appearances. Since 2018, he has been on staff at Legacy Center Sports Complex in. Its just funny how certain things happen for a reason, Inge said. All from Michigan. Definitely brightened my day :D, I MET THIS GUT TODAY TOO AT MY WORK. Why does he do this? It placed him at Triple A Toledo in 2000 and on the threshold of joining the Tigers, which came in April 2001. I would just like to see him one more time to tell him to watch who he tells his stories to. It was Trini House, a Tigers scout who was responsible for Inges region. I also watched the news last nightyep same guy! I showed him the ticket with Justins picture on it and of course he said "yep that's my son Justin". Wish I would of mapquested the phony address he gave us before he left.What a crazy nut job! he said. Inge and Shani have for several years been Mott Childrens devotees, much as late manager Sparky Anderson was transformed by the experience of kids whose challenged or shortened lives are among societys great heartaches. He said he was taking the food he ordered to a 14-year-old girl with leukemia. hes been doing this for years. A few people in the restraunt came up to me and said he had fooled them before too but I think I was the one who fooled him today. He introduced himself as Dwight Verlander, but quite honestly, I don't think the father of our "$8-Million-Dollar-Man" would look like a plain old bum. Told me he "knows Glenn personally" and Glenn has been to at least 60 Tiger Games courtesy of Jason Verlander. Think Inge and you think tattooed forearms, a dirty uniform, an undying passion for the game through hot streaks and prolonged slumps alike. Thats what Inge aspires to do at Michigan. I can't wait to get my free tickets. This older man wears a US POLO Association Jacket in Khaki color. All rights reserved (About Us). Inge soon was wearing regular reminders of young patients who loved that the Tigers third baseman came to home plate with their names penned on his skin. 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. In addtion to the married to the country singer, sister in the Olympics, war hero, owns a giant plane stories, he mentioned that Justin Verlander and Chris Shelton lived with him last summer. The morning after the most unfairly jeered athlete in recent Motown memory was released by the team, outfielder Delmon Young was arrested for a possible hate crime . Along with his daughter who is getting married in 2 months and how he has to pay for the wedding.. At least he is harmless.. [2], Inge played baseball at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, also playing American Legion Baseball. You have to understand why, one day inside the Michigan baseball facility, Brandon Inge got goosebumps. Any season ticket holder can tell you immediately what section they are in, the row, seat numbers and yard line! Inge grabs ground balls of all speeds and angles, not to mention bunts and slow rollers destined to be scored as checked-swing singles, with the fury and precision of a hawk picking off a field mouse.His throws are bullets that, in the case of a bunt, might by design be thrown so far to the left of first base Inge looks as if hes flinging the ball into right-center field. Too funny, "Dwight Verlander" struck again last weekend in Trenton. [7] Inge appeared in 79 games with the Tigers, batting .180 and posting 11 doubles and 15 RBI.[7]. 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Then I googled and found this :-), Wow! The eNewspaper, a digital replica of the print paper, every day. He refuses. He just drove up and started talking. We all had a good laugh that was needed! I knew it was him right off the bat but he bolted before I had a chance to politely turn the tables on him. I got the better of the father/son rivalry tonight as the Tigers outslugged the Cardinals 10-6 before a sell out crowd at Comerica Park. He struck a converation with my dad and after about a half and hour of talking, he said he would give us tiger tickets and have us meet the tigers. He told us it was his daughter's birthday, and then told us again that he was Verlander's dad. His son's previous work is on "Red Eye" and the new "Red Dawn" movie(Both Red movies) and has met Michael Bay on the set of "last House on the Left".Nothing on IMDB checks out and I wonder if he's move onto having a screenwriting son. 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