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Detroit — It wasn’t always this grim.
Nobody was kidding themselves, mind you. Year 2 of a rebuild, inexperienced catchers, question marks all around the diamond, including at first base where Miguel Cabrera was coming back for his age-36 season after missing 3½ months with biceps surgery. Nobody was seriously thinking about a run at the Central Division title.