Cleveland — When a team is beating you up game after game after game, at some point you have to stand up for yourself. You have to actively participate in reversing your own fortune.
The Tigers clearly aren’t to that point yet.
The Indians put another whupping on them Tuesday, 12-1. That’s 11 in a row. The Tigers have led for exactly one-half inning in those games, while being outscored 77-24.
Eventually, the kid on the beach who keeps getting sand kicked in his face rises up and confronts his tormentor, right?
“Absolutely,” said Mike Aviles, who started at third base in place of a flu-ridden Nick Castellanos.