Detroit — You forget that, at their core, these are just kids realizing their lifelong dream. Their debut performance matters, of course. But that one performance will quickly fade. For the rest of their lives now Anthony Castro, Beau Burrows and Kyle Funkhouser can say they were big-league ballplayers.
“I think that would be a really good feeling,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said after that trio of pitchers made their big-league debuts Monday night. “Whether you did good or whatever, you got your feet wet in a major league game and that’s pretty cool.”