As Tigers fans, who have watched a very bumpy, up-and-down season, it's nice for the moment to watch the other team have a meltdown and catch hell from its local media.
On Friday night, Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander was old Justin Verlander and the Tigers' bats were on fire in the first of an important three-game series. They won 10-1.
Sam Mellinger of The Kansas City Star writes:
It’s fine to lose. It’s inexcusable to no-show.
Even the worst-case, monster-around-the-corner fears that some Royals fans had about a weekend full of sellout crowds and national broadcasts with first place on the line in late September probably did not include losing this game the way bugs lose to windshields.
The most anticipated Royals game in a generation needed 31 minutes to turn into boos. From there, it just got worse. Much, much worse.
Of all the ways that Royals fans have come by their skepticism honestly, watching their team go limp and overmatched in the first game of the most important series in 29 years instantly moves toward the top of the list.
Today's game in Kansas City starts at 1:05 p.m. on Fox, with Max Scherzer on the mound for Detroit.
