A Season-Long Baseball Grudge Match with Hugh Hewitt?

The Detroit Free Press has the scoop in today’s sports section: “Tribe, Tigers rivalry already intense.”

Sure, Hugh will do a lot of blustering between now and September that his Cleveland Indians will repeat their American League Central crown. But faced with the harsh specter of reality, he may well find himself hoping and praying for his team to stay competitive with the offensive juggernaut coming out of Motown.

Jim Leyland’s Detroit Tigers are hungry for payback, with a bolstered lineup that can deliver … and then some.