Starting to get worried here.

I mean it’s only five games, but the Tigers are now officially the last team to get a win. That is, assuming they get a win, which doesn’t look like it will be happening soon.

Dontrelle Willis gave up only one hit.

Which is good.

But he walked seven.

That is bad.

Zach Miner came in and, just like every first reliever before him, couldn’t get it done. He allowed all of Willis’ inherited runners to score, and then he tacked on one of his own, and before you knew it, a 3-0 Tiger lead (their first lead in seemingly forever) was blown, and the score was 4-3 White Sox.

It seemed like the whole team gave up right there, the White Sox added an insurance run in the eighth and took the game 5-3.

I’m not quite sure what to say here. I mean every season for the Tigers since 2004 has been more anticipated then the next. It went from being competitive in 2004 to supposedly having a winning record in 2005 to the addition of Kenny Rogers and a healthy Magglio Ordonez in 2006 to attempting to repeat as AL champs in 2007 to the best Tiger lineup ever assembled (or at least since Charlie Gehringer played) in 2008.

But this isn’t working out, and I’m not sure what they need at this point. What would be nice is a win to get them over the hump, because if it doesn’t come tomorrow, it only gets tougher as they face the Boston Red Sox in Boston in the World Series Champs’ home opener starting Tuesday.

Maybe a day off is what they need. Or maybe they need Crash Davis to give them a rainout a la “Bull Durham.” Whatever it is, they need a win to come and come soon. Even though it is a marathon as opposed to a sprint like every pundit and talking head always says, it’s hard to win a marathon if you are kneecapped in the first mile of the race…