By MICHAEL J. HAPPY
FOXSportsDetroit.com
DETROIT -- When a team goes deep into the postseason but doesn't win it all, you can usually put together a nice obituary filled with heart-warming, never-to-forget moments of the ride that got them to the cusp of a championship.
The 2012 Tigers are an anomaly.
Yes, they played until the season's final game, but the roller-coaster route they took to get there and the epic collapse at the plate in the end taste way more bitter than sweet.
No doubt their starting pitching in the playoffs was great, even if Justin Verlander was mortal in Game 1 of the World Series.
But the Tigers' offense was brutal and will be the the lasting memory of this team.
The Tigers had 15 total hits in four World Series games -- one less than they had in the ALCS clincher against the Yankees. And that was really the only playoff game in which they showed off the firepower we thought we'd see from them the entire year.
We didn't see it consistently ever. That's why they struggled to win the weak AL Central and why the World Series ended as fast as it could.
Miguel Cabrera taking a third strike to end the World Series said it all. The Triple Crown winner and the rest of the Tigers missed way more than they hit.
And that's why Motown weeps tonight, not for the sudden death of the Tigers but for how feebly they bowed out.
