Injury-Ravaged Tigers Lineup Resembling Infamous ’03 Tigers

Last week the Detroit Tigers trotted out a lineup that was so unimpressive, it resembled the infamous 2003 Detroit Tigers. You know the team that set an American League record for losses in a season, and finished just one win ahead of the 1962 New York Mets, the most abominable in MLB history. So here’s the lineup from that day, juxtaposed against the lineup from that day seven years ago. You tell me who would win. By H. Jose Bosch Let’s look at the lineups: Batting 1st: ‘03: Alex Sanchez-CF ‘10: Will Rhymes-2B 2nd: ‘03: Warren Morris-2B ‘10: Johnny Damon-LF 3rd: ‘03: Bobby Higginson-RF ‘10: Jeff Larish-DH 4th: ‘03: Dmitri Young-LF ‘10: Miguel Cabrera-1B 5th: ‘03: Kevin Witt-DH ‘10: Brennan Boesch-RF 6th: ‘03: Carlos Pena-1B ‘10: Ryan Raburn-CF 7th: ‘03: Shane Halter-3B ‘10: Sizemore-3B 8th: ‘03: Ben Petrick-C ‘10: Alex Avila-C 9th: ‘03: Ramon Santiago-SS (yeah, that’s not a typo) ‘10: Danny Worth-SS OK, so that ‘03 lineup is pretty bad. But it was a Sunday afternoon getaway...