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The close-but-no-cigar Detroit Tigers

Under manager Jim Leyland, the Detroit Tigers have finished with a winning record in 6 of the past 8 season, which is good, considering the fact that before Leyland, the last time the Tigers finished with an above-.500 record was in '93 under Sparky Anderson and the last time they had made the playoffs was in '87. Still, it has to feel to die-hard Tigers fans that they've been getting teased in recent years. The Tigers lost the '06 World Series four games to one, didn't make the playoffs for four consecutive years, before losing in the '11 ALCS four games to two, the '12 World Series four games to none, and the '13 ALCS four games to two. Especially the past three years, it's felt as if the Tigers have had the makeup of a playoff, even World Series-caliber team, yet haven't had the proper ingredients to actually win the World Series. Unless some changes are made, I see this pattern continuing. One area where change doesn't need to be made ...