DETROIT -- Victor Martinez, perched on a couch in the Detroit Tigers clubhouse, was screaming at the television in Spanish, exhorting a team in the UEFA Championships League.
While Martinez's eyes were glued to the game, JaCoby Jones ran a crossing pattern across the locker room and caught a perfectly placed pass from Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
The teammates were focused on different kinds of football. This time of year, the American version is starting to take over.
In Comerica Park and clubhouses around the country, the final weeks of the baseball season usher in the beginning of the football season.