What a difference a month makes.  In May, it started to look as though the Tigers would end up wasting what was supposed to be a great season, after losing game after game with little hope in sight.  Nothing was working back in May — starting pitching, relief pitching, offense, defense — everything was sputtering [...]

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April showers did not bring May Flowers for the whimpering Tigers.  The second-highest payroll in the league finished May about 10 games below .500, and just 1.5 games out of the basement in the AL Central.  Things aren’t exactly going according to plan.
Last month, injuries were the story.  The Tigers still aren’t at 100%, with [...]

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The Detroit Tigers, everyone’s favorite pick to win it all this year, lost seven games in a row before they finally got a win.  They’ve turned it on in the last few days, but they’re still not quite at .500.  What the eff happened?

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It’s been tough for Detroit sports fans recently.  All of our legendary teams — the Lions, Red Wings, Wolverines, Spartans — all have spectacular talent but they haven’t been able to seal the deal.  The Tigers, after stinking for more than a decade, joined that “talented but still losers” club in 2006, going all the [...]

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