We want to believe.
The structure of the MLB season makes it so easy, after all, with 162 three-hour sprints (give or take a few extra minutes for a Gregory Soto relief appearance) comprising one six-month marathon toward the promise of the future. One good game begets another, and another, and pretty soon, PLAYOFFS!
Of course, it hasn’t worked that way for the Detroit Tigers in 2022, when even the “one good game” happenings have been few and far between. Still, even after they were mathematically eliminated (for the eighth straight season) from postseason contention Tuesday, we wanted to believe.