Possibilities. We saw both the good and the bad for the Detroit Tigers in Monday's season-opening loss to the Kansas City Royals. The good is obvious: this team can hit. Some baseball experts believe the Tigers will become one of the few teams in major league history to score 1,000 runs in a single season.

There's nothing like Opening Day for Detroit Tigers fans. Except this year's game at Comerica Park might have had even more sizzle than usual.

Brandon Inge didn't expect to be in Detroit on Monday, let alone in the lineup. After the Tigers' blockbuster trade for third baseman Miguel Cabrera last December, Inge found himself without a job.

It's always easy, when you're on the outside looking in, to second-guess which athletes should receive post-season honors. It's tough actually having a hand in making those selections.

Christmas was a little messed up this year, literally and figuratively. We're preparing to move, so the house is full of boxes and garbage bags and Goodwill donations — not a Christmas decoration in sight. Those are all packed away until next year. Plus, I had to work. It was my turn.

Spencer Ambrosius took a deep breath, then stepped forward and did what senior quarterbacks are taught to do. He took reponsibility.

Circling the bases as the Major League Baseball playoffs begin ... FIRST: Detroit Tigers fans have to wonder if the word "oops" ever passed Dave Dombrowski's lips this summer while the team's president/general manager searched in vain for a left-handed power-hitting first baseman.