Detroit – Tigers catcher Grayson Greiner stared into the Zoom lens for a couple of beats, processing what he’d just heard.
“In your entire athletic life, you’ve probably never lost 17 straight times to the same team,” was how the conversation started. “The Indians beat you guys 17 straight times last year.”
Greiner said, “I had no idea about that until you just said that. I don’t know how many guys in the clubhouse know of that stat.”
Well, in a normal year, we could’ve conducted a flash poll. But with COVID-19 restrictions blocking media access to the clubhouse and field, the poll sample had to be considerably smaller.