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Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

One swing made all the difference. The Detroit Tigers were reliving a recurring nightmare Sunday afternoon when they left runners all over the bases.

After scuffling for much of the last month, the Tigers have turned it on for Memorial Day weekend, and have won back-to-back games for the first time since they won four straight in mid-April. P.J. Walters and the division rival Twins stand in their way from making it three in a row on Sunday.

APRIL 28: Prince Fielder #28 of the Detroit Tigers trots to first base after being walked during the top of the eighth inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 28, 2012 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

Lynn Henning thinks the idea of Miguel Cabrera being traded is not "illogical," David Schoenfield calls the Tigers "overrated," and Drew Sharp thinks the Tigers need to stop blaming everyone else for their problems.

AUGUST 10: Manager Jim Leyland #10 takes starting pitcher Rick Porcello #48 of the Detroit Tigers during the fourth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on August 10, 2011 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Entering Wednesday, they had stolen 16 bases and allowed 35 steals. That deficit -- 19 more steals allowed than achieved -- was the largest of any American League team.

WHAT HAPPENED: The Tigers took a 3-1 lead in the second inning on Alex Avila's three-run home run.

Dear Amy: I have four children ages 14 to 19. Texting at the table isn't tolerated in our home.

It is fair to say that the first 41 games of the season have not gone well for the Detroit Tigers.

OCTOBER 12: Fans wait in the rain trying to get autographs from players prior to Game Four of the American League Championship Series between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on October 12, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan.

The Tigers enter their three-game series with the Indians three games back in the AL Central standings.

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Sparky Anderson was famously quoted saying that you have to wait until 40 games into the baseball season before you know what kind of team you have.

Last season at the end of July, the Tigers and Indians were neck and neck vying for the American League Central crown.

CLEVELAND -- Third baseman Jack Hannahan missed his seventh straight game Sunday with lower back inflammation, but the Indians got plenty of production from his replacement Jose Lopez.Lopez all but carried Cleveland's offense, driving in two of his team's three runs with a 3-for-4 performance in a 5-3 loss to the Marlins that included a pair of ... (more)

The Detroit Tigers haven't won back-to-back games since mid-April. Hard to imagine, huh? Manager Jim Leyland thinks so, too.

It's beginning to feel a lot like the movie Groundhog Day. We keep asking the same question and the only answer is an echo from yawning cavern we shout it into.

Can we dispense with this "Trade Jacob Turner for ______" stuff? With the Tigers failing to run away with the division like some predicted and the emergence of Drew Smyly , it seems more and more popular to call for the trade of Detroit's top prospect.

Jim Leyland is getting sick and tired of having a sick and tired bullpen. For the second straight game, a Detroit Tigers starter could only manage four innings before the team needed to go to its bullpen earlier than expected to eat the final innings.