Happy Monday, and welcome to the day after the first series win over the Cleveland Indians since 2018. Twenty games of rope-a-dope baseball lured the Indians into a false sense of security that Detroit was poised to exploit. Just like they planned it. The club kicks off a home stand Monday evening when the Chicago Cubs come to town or a three game tilt. Here’s some stuff to read while you await first pitch.
Team meeting
Heading into the weekend series against the Cleveland Indians — one that if it went as bad as the previous handful of games would lead to a record tying 23 straight losses to the same team — Miguel Cabrera, Austin Romine and Cameron Maybin gathered the troops for the time honored tradition of any club on the skids: holding a team meeting.