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McCosky: For Tigers to bail on Avila now would have been reckless and counterproductive

(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)

Detroit — It’s understandable.

The Tigers fan base got used to watching competitive, meaningful baseball, year after year. They got used to an owner who spent freely, with no regard to anything other than trying to win a World Series.

Fun times.

And now they are watching a team that will push 100 losses for the third straight season. Worse, they see players they cheered all those years — Justin Verlander, J.D. Martinez, Max Scherzer, etc. — thriving on other teams.

They need to blame somebody.