Tigers' Alex Wilson closing games, real estate deals - Detroit Free Press
Alex Wilson took the mound 10 days ago as the Tigers’ newest closer. The Tigers had to fall far enough behind in the wild-card race to trade Joakim Soria for a Double-A shortstop. But before any of that, Wilson had to overcome Tommy John elbow surgery and a later operation he called “Tommy John of the thumb. You never know when your manager, while refusing to anoint you the full-time closer, calls on you to finish four of the first six games following the Soria trade. “I’ve always played each game like it was going to be my last, just because I’ve had it taken away before and I had a really hard time with it directly after surgery,” Wilson told the Free Press during the biggest week of his three partial... “I told myself I was never going to take anything for granted. Which is why, as he tries to make a name for himself in this unpredictable game, he’s preparing for life after it. By rehabbing and flipping houses and building energy-efficient townhouses in Texas, where he lives in the off-season, and studying... Wilson said he already had passed a state board in Texas and would take the national board test after the season. In the winter of 2013, while rehabbing after his thumb surgery and driving the same 2011 Black Toyota Tundra he still owns, Wilson heard a radio ad for a real estate seminar. “I was confident with the surgery, but at the same time, I played the. Source: www.freep.com
