Even going into the bottom of the seventh inning today, as the game was tied and the outcome remained uncertain, one thing was abundantly clear: this Tigers team was a heck of a lot more fun to watch than those of previous seasons. Or, as I succinctly texted my best friend “They aren’t wholly unwatchable this year!”
This game, played last year, would have been a runaway victory for the Twins, but this is not the same Tigers team. This is a team with new vigor to it, new excitement, and while they aren’t yet necessarily a championship club (though who the heck knows, they might make it to the expanded postseason somehow, it’s a weird year), there are such flashes of talent that make you believe in winning seasons to come.