Riley Greene is willing to anything to break the Detroit Tigers out of their funk. So, he shaved his dark beard and left a mustache.
Riley Greene is willing to anything to break the Detroit Tigers out of their terrible funk.
So, he shaved his dark beard and left a mustache. Hoping for good luck. Hoping for a change of fortune. Showing that he will do anything to help this team get back on the winning track.
“It’s for the boys!” Greene said Sunday, July 27, in the Tigers clubhouse at Comerica Park.
Greene even got Spencer Torkelson to do it. Well, kind of. Torkelson’s mustache looked like a high-school starter version — or maybe, that’s just the light hair.
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“Tork did it – it’s just – his is coming in (slowly),” Greene said, politely.
“A work in progress,” a reporter said.
Manager A.J. Hinch was all for it. While it might seem silly and insignificant, there is a bigger message behind it.
“Generally speaking, we're willing to do anything,” Hinch said. “I couldn't grow one fast enough, but I see our boys are resorting to — you know — desperate times, desperate measures, but we're not as desperate as it sometimes feels. But I'm willing to have these boys try anything to bring some levity to what's been a brutal couple series.”
Brutal might be an understatement. The Tigers entered Sunday in a 1-12 stretch from July 9-26.
“Can we safely say this is a group effort?” a reporter asked.
“I'm trying,” Greene said. “I'm trying to get everyone to do it. Trying. But hey, that's okay. I look like an idiot. I don't care. Think I care what I look like? Think I care what people think about me?”
Nah.
All he cares about is winning.
All he cares about is getting this team back on a winning track.
All he is trying to do is getting everyone to buy in.
Whatever it takes. No matter what he looks like.
“It’s for the boys,” Greene said. “It has nothing to do with the individual.”
And that’s the point.
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