Monday 22 October 2012

Building Tigers was a year-by-year process (Yahoo! Sports)

Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski, left, watches batting practice during a workout at Comerica Park in Detroit, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. When Dombrowski first took over as president of the Detroit Tigers, they lost 225 games his first two seasons. But in 2004, Detroit drafted Justin Verlander, the first step toward building one of baseball's glamour teams in the heart of the Motor City. The Tigers will play the winner of the San Francisco Giants-St. Louis Cardinals National League Championship Series in the World Series. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

DETROIT (AP) -- When Dave Dombrowski took over as Detroit's team president for the 2002 season, the Tigers immediately lost 106 games. The following year was even worse - a 43-119 mark among the worst in baseball history.




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