When is this saga going to end in Detroit? The Tigers are a team that made the biggest noise in the off-season and a team that is just two years removed from the World Series and yet, here we stand a week and a day into the 2008 season and Detroit is still winless. “One of the greatest offenses ever compiled” is hitting a mammoth .235 collectively and the Tigers have been outscored 44-15 in their seven games with Boston, Chicago, and Kansas Freaking City.

It certainly won’t take hours of research to find the groping I did on this team before the season began. I spoiled myself with thoughts like “Top to bottom, the Tigers boast arguably the best lineup in baseball” and “Theres no reason this team shouldn’t take this division, if not the AL crown or even the World Series.” Given that only two teams in the history of baseball have rebounded from being the last team to win a game to making the playoffs, my wagers on this team’s success have began churning nervousness and anger into my mind.

This team isn’t going to be stuck in the cellar for the whole year. There’s entirely too much talent for that to happen. If Detroit doesn’t get with the program in the near future, however, they could be looking at a steep climb to the top of the division. Keep in mind Kansas City and Chicago are the two teams currently leading the division while the Marlins and Orioles also lead their respective divisions so….maybe hell has frozen over after all. Or maybe, in two months when the Tigers and Indians are seperated by a handful of games atop the division, I’ll look back on this and realize it was just overreaction after one week of bad baseball. The baseball season isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.