Growing up in Canada with the city of Detroit being the closest destination to watch a major league baseball game, I became a huge fan of the Detroit Tigers. I rejoiced in 1967 when Mickey Lolich and his crew knocked off the might Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.
Expansion brought baseball to Canada with first the Montral Expos and then the Toronto Blue Jays, so the Tigers became a distant memory. In the past couple of seasons though, I have found myself watching the Tigers as they assembled a very nice pitching staff.
I thought their President/CEO/General Manager Dave Dombrowski made a glaring error though when he hired former Detroit shortstop Allan Trammell to run the ship. Trammell brought in his buddies Kirk Gibson and Lance Parrish and their coaching talents were better suited to little league not the major leagues.
But kudos to Dombrowski who issued that trio a bus ticket and then brought in former Pirate skipper Jim Leyland and he in turn brought in a veteran coaching staff. Now as we peer up at the American League standings we see the Tigers sitting at an incredible 18-9 including an outstanding 11-4 on the...
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