POLL: How Far Do You Expect the Tigers to Climb This Season?

Confident chatter about a power lineup is heard before Opening Day – and not just locally.

For baseball fans everywhere, this week is brightened by the gleam of a fresh season -- 162 games stretching into early fall. Nothing is in the way of "maybe this year" confidence. For Detroit Tigers fans, optimism rises from solid ground as the team relocates from Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, FL, to Comerica Park for Thursday's opener against Boston. Last year's Central Division champions, who fell two games short of reaching the World Series, have gained power hitter Prince Fielder. His addition to the lineup fuels headlines like this one Sunday in The New York Times: Tigers Poised to Break Through. "Predicting a champion is wildly imperfect . . . but these Tigers have that look," Times sportswriter Tyler Kepner observes. "In [Miguel] …

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