On Friday night, a blowout loss. On Saturday night, a blowout win.
But through all the smoke and mirrors of the mid-summer trade deadline season, there are still games to be played and a Detroit Tigers team that is just crazy enough to think if they win enough of them, their fate might change.
Day-by-day, they preach the long game: A season is made up of 162 games. But every season is made up of series', anywhere between two and four games. If you simply win series', manager Brad Ausmus likes to say, things will take care of themselves.