I don't get all the Don Kelly hate. He's a bench guy and he's decent/useful enough to stay on the roster hitting .250 and being able to play all positions on the field. If he was an everyday starter, I'd get it, but he's far from that.
It's just that he's Don freakin' Kelly.
He comes in and pitches the ninth inning, and blows every save opportunity.
Or he dangles his unlucky rabbit's foot at Justin Verlander, and Verlander goes from having a one run lead to a seven run deficit.
Although Verlander still has Kate Upton's tits to go home to; which may be another problem; but that's for another thread and another day...
Let's see, what else does Don Kelly do?
Oh, that's right...
He distracts Alex Avila behind the plate, causing AA to continually get clonked in the head and the arms and the shins and the fucking balls by foul tips, no doubt bringing Avila's hitting average down well below what it would be, were it not for Don freakin' Kelly.
He's Don freakin' Kelly, and there's nothing anybody can do about it.
He is the root of all the Tigers problems, and he has to go.
You know what else Don Kelly did?
A couple or three years ago or so, when Bobby Abreau and Torii Hunter was on the California Angels, and the Angels had been eliminated from playoff eligibility, Don freakin' Kelly caused Angels manager Mike Scioscia to bench Abreau and Hunter on the 162nd day of the season so Sosha could get a look at a couple prospects against Texas.
Texas won that game, giving them home field advantage against Detroit in the ALCS...which we lost.
Thanks to Don freakin' Kelly.
So don't come onto this board defending Don freakin' Kelly.
Don freakin' Kelly is the epitome of everything that is wrong with the Detroit Tigers.