Like the ex who knows they made a mistake, the Detroit Tigers came back.
It was just a phone call, a question for Nick Castellanos’ camp as his winter of free agency wore on. Would he entertain a return to Detroit, where he grew up as a player and once thought he would remain for the rest of his career?
After they didn’t want him, and said nobody else wanted him either? After those final two months with the Cubs last season, when he sparked a postseason contender with performance and personality, re-discovering what it felt like to win?