Brent's Sports Blog

I will begin this entry by saying it's time for the Tigers to fire somebody. No, that somebody shouldn't be Jim Leyland. But that somebody could be Lloyd McCLendon if this team doesn't start hitting. Maybe a firing of McCLendon would send the appropriate message to this Tigers team. What's been happening through seven games this season has been grotesque and unacceptable for a team that has the second highest payroll in baseball. Red Sox blanked the Tigers today, 5-0. The Tigers were only shutout three times last season. They've now been blanked twice inside of a week this year. Being 0-7 has brought about a whole new set of stats Tigers fans don't want to hear. Check this out. No team that has started 0-7 has ever made the playoffs. In fact, since the 1983 Houston Astros went from an 0-7 start to an 85-77 finish, only seven major league teams have started 0-7, and each one has gone on to lose at least 90 games.

It's that bad, folks. Don't kid yourselves. Something's really broke on this team, which has shown no signs of snapping out of this funk. Lloyd McClendon, don't get too comfy in the Tigers clubhouse because if this streak continues, you're gonna be left without a chair when the music stops.