Detroit Tigers: Monday Morning Manager

My weekly take on the Tigers, also known simply and affectionately as “MMM.” Week of 7/20-7/26: 4-3 This week: 7/27-29: at Tex; 7/31-8/2: at Cle Goat of the Week Once again, even though the Tigers went 4-3 last week, including taking three of four from the White Sox over the weekend, the goat is still the overall team offense, for dropping two more 2-1 games last week, at home against Seattle. Armando Galarraga’s one-hit ball for seven innings was wasted on Tuesday night, and the team again looked anemic the next afternoon. I’m too lazy to look it up, but the Tigers had four consecutive 2-1 losses, which surely must be a team record or close to it. Sunday night’s loss on ESPN was the result of another heinous offensive performance. It’s terrific that the Tigers went 3-1 against the White Sox, but they didn’t exactly club the ball around Comerica Park. In fact, they resorted to playing some NL-style “small ball” at times over th...