Friday morning, Tigers players Torii Hunter and Phil Coke served up some coffee and doughnuts at a Dunkin' Donuts in Southfield, Mich. Here's the photo evidence:
Phil Coke and Torii Hunter work the counter at Dunkin Donuts in Southfield: twitter.com/beckjason/stat…
— Jason Beck (@beckjason) January 25, 2013
In and of itself, I wouldn't have posted that picture. But this one gets the nod because Coke was nice enough to try to get a student out of a potential tardy punishment.
we got excused from class by Phil Coke. #tigers twitter.com/Donovan_Hertz/…
— Dora Da Explorer (@Donovan_Hertz) January 25, 2013
Hopefully, the teacher/administrator making the decision is a Tigers fan, non-Jose Valverde division. Then again, if something goes awry, maybe "Dora Da Explorer" should show the authority figure footage of possibly the best glove spike ever. If anything's a difference-maker here, that should be it.
In possibly related news: After a pretty big MLB news day on Thursday, we're back to the "slow news day" portion of the calendar year.
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