What is a nickname of baseball player dontrelle willis?”
Dontrelle Willis’s nickname is D-Train. He was 2003 National League Rookie Of The Year, a member of the 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins, named to Baseball Digest magazine’s 2003 Rookie All-Star Team and was Baseball Digest’s Pitcher of the Year for 2005. He currently plays for the Florida Marlins.
The Detroit Tigers ended up playing almost nine full innings after Dontrelle Willis was taken out of last night’s loss to the Minnesota Twins, so he probably shouldn’t be the story this morning. (But until we find out why Nate Robertson wasn’t brought in, there’s not much else worth discussing.) Since it was his first start of the season, however, and there’s such a heightened curiosity over his recovery and performance, the D-Train gets our attention despite not really being a factor in the final outcome. So how did Willis pitch? Four runs and eight hits in 4.2 innings is nothing to get excited about. And if we were talking about any other pitcher, we’d be saying he didn’t play well. But since we’re talking about someone who only pitched in eight major league games last season, who’s spent the first month of the season recovering from anxiety disorder in the minors, who’s become more of a project than a professional, it feels like Willis did a decent job. “Hey, not bad” seemed to be t
