Tigers Declawed By Cleveland

Once again the Tigers blow a chance to advance in the playoffs. 

The good news: the Tigers went to the playoffs and swept the Houston Astros.

The bad news: the Tigers blew another close series. 

They were beaten by the Guardians 5 - 3 in Game 5 of the ALDS.

 What many thought would be an easy victory turned into another reason why the Tigers can’t seem to progress.

I just don't get it. 

How can a team that shut out Houston in the Wildcard game and lead the ALDS series by 2 games, f*** it up so badly.

What went wrong?

Is this any way to be a winning team, by letting down your fans. 

I'm well aware that the team still needs to clean up their messes.

 I also know that we made some bad moves in games.

This is the first year without slugger Miguel Cabrera on the roster too. 

But we can never go back to having losing seasons or blowing games like game 4 of the ALDS. 

Fans deserve much better than this.

Ok, I admit getting Cy young award winner Tim Skubal is a step in the right direction.  

But trading pitcher Jack Flaherty to the Dodgers was a bonehead move too.

Is it the Tigers fate, that no matter how hard they try, they wind up losing anyways.

If the Tigers don't learn from their mistakes and correct their course next season, there’s no hope of being in the playoffs again.

Hopefully it won’t be another 40 years before we can call ourselves World Series champs!