Ron Gardenhire is not in any way a shallow baseball guy. He carries the scars of a veteran manager. He was hired in Detroit because he had the ability to do the job. He’s just been given nothing resembling a competitive major league roster in Detroit. There have to be days when his love of bowling or time spent hunting and fishing in his north woods cabin have to look better than another drubbing during a long road trip.
The question now is, “what does the future hold in Detroit for Ronald Clyde Gardenhire?”
The Detroit skipper would almost certainly bristle at the term “caretaker”.