Just when we were starting to get a decent number of data points for Dave Dombrowski, he went and got himself fired. So now we have to start all over again with his replacement, Al Avila.
Normally we run approval polls for the Tigers' manager and general manager every month, but we opted to skip over new general manager Al Avila's first month on the job, as there wasn't really anything to grade him on anyway. Even now we don't have much to go by, but hey, we have to start somewhere. We could analyze every little move, like who he chose to call up when Shane Greene hit the disabled list (Tom Gorzelanny) or the September call-ups, but that wouldn't be overly productive.