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Detroit Tigers' lack of toughness a big reason why they're fumbling 2017

Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

Comparing the Tigers' plight to that of the Royals and it's clear it takes more than talent to win in baseball

Sometime in early September, three seasons ago.

Probably on Sept. 10, 2014, when Lorenzo Cain singled to centerfield in the fourth inning of a pennant race game between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Speaking inside a pumped-up visiting clubhouse recently, Cain wasn’t completely sure when it was exactly.

But when he got to first base that day, the Royals centerfielder remembered that Victor Martinez was trying to start a friendly conversation.