Tiger Troubles II

In my last post, I gloated over the 0-6 Detroit Tigers, the team with the big-bucks payroll that was supposed to steamroll through the AL Central. Make that the 0-7 Tigers, the only team in baseball that’s still 0-for-April.

Even the crummy Giants, thankfully rid of Barry “Balco” Bonds, have won a game. Just one game, but a game nonetheless.

The Tigers’ troubles resonate outside of sports and even the game of baseball.

They were good to begin with. Then in the off-season, they signed three mega-free agents — Edgar Renteria from the Braves and Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Marlins.

They were stacked deeper than almost any team except the ’27 Yankees, with an All-Star at nearly every position.

But sometimes in life, the best lawyer doesn’t win the trial. The smartest kid doesn’t write the best report. The company with the dazzling reputation doesn’t get the bid.

Sometimes, favorites don't win. Underdogs come through despite the odds.

Thank God, or this would be an awfully boring world.