Detroit — It should’ve ended before it did.
The game, that is. Not the season, though at this rate, it’s already shaping up to be the longest season in Tigers history.
One down, 161 to go? This felt like more than that, quite honestly. And for a rebuilding team that figures to be short on exhilarating moments in 2018, this felt like highway robbery.
The home opener — already delayed a day by rain — began Friday under overcast skies before a sellout crowd of 42,516 at Comerica Park. It ended nearly 5 1/2 hours after it started in the fading sunlight, with the final result — a 13-10 loss in 13 innings to the Pittsburgh Pirates — overshadowed by controversy, as Major League Baseball’s erratic replay system again reared its ugly, head-shaking version of justice.