Detroit — When Victor Martinez says he will leave the game with no regrets, it is right and just. Richly deserved. But you know there is one spot of emptiness — if not on his heart, then certainly on the mantel of his trophy room.
Martinez’s admirable 16-year big-league career is going to end on Sept. 30 without a World Series ring. Without, even, a World Series appearance.
“I think everybody wishes for a ring,” he said Saturday in Minneapolis. “But when I say I am going to leave with no regrets; I know I did everything I could do, individually.