Sadly the Detroit Tigers lost a playoff game on Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins but who is responsible for their loss? Many people want to point fingers at Miguel Cabrera's Friday drinking with members of the Chicago White Sox and his early morning visit to a Birmingham Police Department. Is he really the culprit here? He certainly does own a share of the responsibility but he is not alone.
Dave Dombrowski and Jim Leyland deserve some blame for allowing him to play on Saturday during a critical game. They just wanted to take the easy way out. If they benched him, they would have had to explain why. They didn't, they took the easy way out and possibly sacrificing a victory. We will never know.

Had they had enough courage to bench him and then allow someone of lesser caliber play, who knows what the outcome would have been. That is my stand.