Notes, thoughts, items as the Tigers head into their final 40 days of 2018:
News: Victor Martinez is finishing his contract, with the Tigers’ blessing.
Views: There was an announcement on Nov. 14, 2014. It came from Comerica Park. The Tigers had signed their designated hitter, Martinez, to a four-year extension. He was six weeks from turning 36 and I recall not many, if any, fan protests.
This year?
You would think, to hear some of the crowd howling, the Tigers were deploying John Dillinger at DH.
You can appreciate the carping when you glance at his numbers.