San Diego – It took Michelangelo four years to paint the Sistine Chapel. He started it in 1508 and you just know some priest strolled into the church around 1510, still two years before it would be completed, looked up at the mess on the ceiling and said, “What the heck is this guy even doing? He’s in over his head. This is embarrassing.”
Tigers general manager Al Avila can probably relate to that. Without suggesting he’s in the process of building a masterpiece, he’s got a lot of folks – fans, critics, media pundits – walking through his half-built church casting aspersions and wondering just what the heck is he doing.