I really don’t have a gauge for this.
While I certainly have had really high expectations for this Tigers team, I don’t know what sort of expectations I’d specifically have set for the first two series, but for that team to go winless for the first week of the season against two teams not necessarily loaded with high-priced talent was a bit disappointing. Despite that, had they won but two of those first six, it would have been easy to just shrug it off as a rough start.
Seven in a row, though? Well, it does draw attention, doesn’t it?
I don’t want to say I thought this would happen, but I did tell a friend on Opening Day to recall the Yankees team a few years back with a line-up predicted to set new offensive records, yet struggled early in the season and had to battle to get back in contention late in the season. Maybe I was just trying to temper our own excitement over what appears, on paper, to be a sure-fire contender providing a lot of production at the plate.
Maybe.
The fact of the matter is that the Tigers are definitely capable of winning the next six games and evening the record at .500 in the wake of tonight’s first win over the Red Sox. They have that kind of talent. I still am not really worried about this team’s fortunes for 2008.
Losing seven in a row to start, though…well, it does give a glimmer of doubt. Let’s just hope it was a trick of the light.
