If the 2000s were a “Decade of Dominance” for Detroit’s four pro sports teams – three of the four made their respective championships, and the Lions … well, they held onto the annual Thanksgiving game — then the 2010s were pretty much the complete opposite. Call it the “Decade of Despair,” if you will. (Or just another 10-year span, if you’re talking Lions).
For the first time since the 1970s, no Detroit pro team won a title, and the Tigers’ 2012 World Series trip — in which they scored six runs in a four-game sweep — was the lone championship appearance for the Big Four.