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Morning Prowl: Magglio Ordonez, Brayan Villarreal, baserunning

Magglio Ordonez in Lakeland. (Photo courtesy <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hueytaxi/">Roger Dewitt</a>)
Magglio Ordonez in Lakeland. (Photo courtesy Roger Dewitt)

We're kind of MLive heavy this morning, but that's fine. They've been plenty busy too. A couple of Twins updates are tagged on the end.

MLive.com: Magglio Ordonez returned to Tigers with one goal: 'complete the mission ... win the World Series'
We're totally MLive-y this morning. Maggs talked about his desire to come back to Detroit so he could complete the task that Detroit failed to do in 2006.

Freep: Tigers' lefty Andy Oliver working for place on team
Oliver talks a bit about his mechanics.

MLive: Tigers right-hander Brayan Villarreal is a pitcher to watch this spring
Steve Kornacki has his eyes on the 23-year-old right-hander who kicked butt in the minor leagues last season.

MLive: Worst case scenario: What if Miguel Cabrera misses Tigers' 2011 season?
Matt Sussman is a worry wort.

DetNews: Jim Leyland's dirty job is running Tigers through sliding drill
Jim Leyland talks about the sliding drill with Tom Gage.

Motor City Bengals: Tiger Town 2/22

Our friend JAYRC shares some photos, video, and general info from yesterday's workouts.

Beck's Blog: Weighing the running game
This is a great point by Will Rhymes, as a number of people seem to believe stealing and small ball will score more runs. You've got to have a high percentage of successful steals or you cost yourself runs, and we are not watching baseball played in a dead ball era. These sluggers have some real power to their games.

"If you're on first base and [Cabrera] is up, you're in scoring position," said Will Rhymes, who pointed out the percentages often suggest not running.

The Tigers are all blue. Not sad. Blue. | Roar of the Tigers
Sam reacts with confusion to the Tigers' individual photos from Getty Images

Motor City Bengals: Carlos Guillen’s Depressing Comps
Chris is still busy at MCB, looking at the 10 players most similar to Carlos Guillen.

Nick's Twins Blog: Liriano and Work Ethic
Nick Nelson looks closer at Francisco Liriano and why the Twins may be interested in trading him. (via Central in Focus)

MLB.com: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau on rebound from concussion
Justin Morneau is in camp with the Twins, but as of right now he isn't a sure thing for opening day.