I Almost Feel Sorry For Detroit

Things have become so bad for the Motor City Meltdown that I almost feel sorry for them. Take a look at what Mitch Albom wrote in the Detroit Free Press today:

Tigers impatient, floundering and with limited options

"The Tigers, with a 14-20 record, have limited options. They can't play small ball. They don't have the speed. They can't do much with their starting pitching: They have to wait on Dontrelle Willis, pray that Justin Verlander finds his ace cap, and hope one of the others can go eight innings and hold a team to two runs or fewer -- the way Wakefield did.

Oh, and hope that Sheffield, recently moved to leftfield, isn't halfway out the door, and that Cabrera performs the way he is supposed to. Leyland hinted that his expensive superstar may have underestimated the pitching in the American League, thinking, like others, that they play "slow-pitch softball" over here."

This is the team that ESPN had #4 in its pre-season power rankings (Sox were #12). As has been said before; you are never as good or as bad as you think you are but it sure is nice to be on the right side of the fence in this match-up.