This week's Bless You Boys Podcast is also our Detroit Tigers 2012 season preview, with special guest Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports' Hardball Talk. Craig, an admitted baseball hipster and Allison's significant other, gives us the national perspective on the Tigers.

BYB Podcast 32 has a running time of 1:30, and features Kurt Mensching, Allison Hagen, Al Beaton and Craig Calcaterra.

Topics:

• We get the real scoop on Allison giving Craig a tie for Christmas.
• How good are the Tigers? Is the Central a one team race?
• Which Central team could make the Tigers sweat?
• The final word on Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera, but from the national POV.
• Justin Verlander and BABiP.
• Traditional stats vs. sabermetrics.
• The regular season started in Japan? Today? Really? Who else forgot?
• We preview the 2012 Tigers.
• We make our season predictions!
• Miguel Cabrera cleared to play on opening day!
• Brandon Inge is on the roster bubble. Is this the end of Inge?
• Why do Tigers fans go to war over a career .258 career hitter coming off a .174 season?
• Jacob Turner sent to Toledo...but for how long?
• Another JohnMoz supplied lightning round!

Brandon Inge mentions:Kurt creates a new number using "Inge". So there's plenty of Inge content...though Inge fans may not like what they hear.

Blogs mentioned: Hardball Talk, of course!

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Miguel Cabrera's orbital bone! Jacob Turner's tired arm! Ryan Raburn is hitting! Brandon Inge mentions! Donner the Dog! Why all this must mean only one thing. It's the return of the Bless You Boys Podcast!

We start ramping up for the regular season, as the BYB Podcast returns to a weekly format with our latest episode. BYB Podcast 31 has a running time of 58:47, and features Kurt Mensching, Allison Hagen and Al Beaton.

Topics:

The latest on the Bless You Boys community meetup on August 4th. Allison would like to see the money, please.

Kurt previews a new feature you'll soon see on Bless You Boys.

Miguel Cabrera is injured by a ground ball, everyone panics...for a few minutes, anyway.

Cabrera fractures his orbital bone on a freak play, yet the media says, "I told you so!"

Jacob Turner has a "tired arm". Time to worry?

5th starter bingo: Trade rumors link the Detroit Tigers to the Washington Nationals' John Lannon.

Delmon Young and Ryan Raburn are channeling Babe Ruth on steroids down in Lakeland. Should we expect big seasons?

Who's the 5th starter? 4th outfielder? Last man in the bullpen? Does it make a difference?

Opening day starters announced (though it's not a big deal in the big scheme of things), it's Justin Verlander facing the Boston Red Sox's Jon Lester.

Media meme of the week: Was Justin Verlander more lucky than good in 2011?

We say goodbye to David Purcey....Who? Uh...I mean...goodbye to David Pauley.

Jim Leyland admits the Tigers rushed Ryan Perry to the majors, to his detriment. Have the team learned their lesson?

Brandon Inge mentions: The podcast is all about Inge...for about 3 minutes during the Cabrera discussion.

Host mistakes: Al refers to the new-school Nationals as the old-school Senators, Kurt puts Duane Below on the roster twice, Allison gave her boyfriend a tie for Christmas.

Blogs mentioned: Baseball Nation, Hardball Talk,  Hustle Belt, Winging it in Motown, Pride of Detroit., Baseball Press.

We LOVE to hear from you. If you have any questions or comments about the podcast, please email us at BYBPodcast at Gmail.com.

Despite this being the most boring Detroit Tigers spring training on record, we gathered to record a new episode of the Bless You Boys Podcast regardless. It's what we do as Tigers fans, talk baseball!

BYB Podcast 30 has a running time of 1:11, and features Kurt Mensching,  Melissa Heyboer and Al Beaton.

Topics discussed:

• Time to pay up, people! You can now send Alli your hard earned cash for August's Bless You Boys meetup. Check out this post for all the details. I'll see you there!
• There's not a damn thing going on in Lakeland.
• Goodbye "April in the D", hello new Fox Sports Detroit girl.
• The News' Tom Gage assassinated the character of Brandon Inge.
• If I could lose any more respect for the media, ridiculous headlines, such as this one, will do it.
• Jim Leyland is teasing a roster surprise!
• Six Tigers make the MLB Network top 100 players list.
• The Tigers' 2012 breakout player will be?
• The News' Lynn Henning says there's a surplus of starting pitching!
• Goodbye to arguably the best name in baseball, Deik Scram.
• Carlos Guillen retires.
• Joel Zumaya is injured again.
• FREE SCOTT SIZEMORE!
• Turns out the Marlins got zip in two trades involving Cameron Maybin, who signed a long-term deal with the Padres.
• Our final word on playoff expansion.
• What will change next in MLB?
• Who is the best player in baseball? The MLB Network says it's Matt Kemp.
• Lightning round!

Brandon Inge mentions:More than your heart desires.

Blogs mentioned: Not a one.

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