Detroit — Al Avila was fired up.
It was at the end of what is normally a calm question-and-answer period at the Detroit Media Association’s annual Tiger Day luncheon at Sinbad’s on the river Wednesday. Avila, the Tigers general manager, said he wanted to say one more thing.
“One thing that insulted the crap out of me during this process,” he said, “was there were certain people that thought we didn’t think things through. Let me tell you something, we have some brainiacs at this table (his front office) and they looked at everything thoroughly … you can take that to the bank, and don’t let anybody tell you differently.