While we're waiting for the announcement of Jim Leyland's drastically changed lineup, perhaps you'd enjoy reliving the horror of yesterday's collapse at the Metrodome.  Here are the highlights from SportsCenter, along with Leyland's post-game remarks.

Thanks, as always to Eric Seidman, for providing the clip.  Let's hope the Tigers give him some good highlights to pass along from tonight's ESPN telecast.

Sometimes, you're the broom. Sometimes, you're the dirt.  Sweeping the Yankees at Yankee Stadium doesn't seem quite so grand after getting swept in turn by the Twins at the Metrodome.  And the way in which the Tigers lost all three games was disturbing enough to make Jim Leyland consider "drastic" changes.  More on that later.

Detroit jumped on Boof Bonser from the start, with Curtis Granderson hitting a leadoff home run.  And that was just the beginning.  The Tigers tagged five more runs on the scoreboard from there, taking a 6-0 lead and seemingly on their way to a blowout victory.  Unfortunately, after that first inning, everyone in the Detroit dugout apparently felt like they could take the rest of the day off. 

Bonser pulled himself together and somehow stayed in the game for five more innings, allowing just two hits.  Only one Tigers batter reached scoring position after that first inning, until Granderson stole second base in the ninth.  That allowed the Twins to mount a comeback in a game that looked over early, chipping away at Kenny Rogers until he finally ran out of gas in the seventh.

However, Rogers would've gotten out of the inning had Carlos Guillen not let Nick Punto's ground ball through his legs.  That opened the gate, and the Twins were off.  Zach Miner came in and reminded all of us why we figured he'd be sent down to Toledo when Francisco Cruceta was ready.  He only faced two batters, and both of them got hits, bringing in two Minnesota runs.  (And at least one more would've scored had Brendan Harris' deep drive to left field not bounced into the seats for a ground-rule double.)  That, ladies and gentleman, was the game.  The Tigers' lineup had already turned the switch off and wasn't going to start it up again. 

Drastic Fantastic?

Sinking back into the malaise that has plagued them throughout this series brings us to Leyland's promise to make some changes to his lineup.  Does that mean anyone is getting benched?  (That sound you hear is the collective hands of Tiger Town rubbing its hands together, hoping Jacque Jones takes a seat.)  Probably not, since Leyland said the lineup would have the "same pieces, but different."  But he promised we'd see quite a difference tomorrow. 

The Detroit News' Tom Gage thinks that might mean Gary Sheffield is moved down in the batting order, but that doesn't really seem "drastic," does it?  As usual, Billfer  seems to be onto something at The Detroit Tigers Weblog.  His idea is to push Sheffield up to the leadoff spot, while sliding Granderson to the middle of the order, two moves that make a whole lot of sense.

Sheffield's lack of power (or any kind of hitting, really) wouldn't be as much of an issue atop the order, where his ability to draw a walk (.340 OBP) and savvy baserunning would still help the Tigers even if that trick shoulder wasn't allowing him to "fire."  Meanwhile, Granderson has been swinging a Big Boi bat since returning from his broken hand, and would likely have many more RBIs than his current seven if his home runs and extra base hits came with more runners on base in front of him. 

I'd also be in favor of a new left fielder, whether it was Marcus Thames, Ryan Raburn, or the return of Clete Thomas.  Even if Jones is currently at the bottom of the order, that ninth spot doesn't have to be the black hole that it's been with him batting there.  Nor does there have to be a turnstile at third base, with opposing runners flying through, knowing that they won't be thrown out at home.

Kenny Rogers (2-3, 6.75) vs. Boof Bonser (2-4, 3.75)

Last night, Craig Monroe got some revenge on his old team.  (Hopefully, that helps the smooth out the bitterness, C-Mo.)  Is it too much to ask for the Detroit Tigers to now get some runs?  They've only scored two this weekend against the Twins, and Jim Leyland thinks his lineup has been lethargic too many times at the plate this season.  He can't shake up his batting order drastically, but might try to put in a little more speed to get things moving on the basepaths. 

With Gary Sheffield already scheduled to sit out today's game, and Leyland wanting to give Ryan Raburn a start, Leyland might switch Magglio Ordonez to DH today and play Raburn in right field.  It seems like he has to try something, because as Kurt pointed out at Mack Avenue Tigers, Detroit struggles against really good pitching, and they'll see more of it this afternoon at the Metrodome.

Boof Bonser doesn't have the won-loss record to show for it, but his ERA provides an indication that he's been pitching well.  In his last start, Bonser held the White Sox to just one run over seven innings, and before that, Oakland only managed two runs and three hits in six innings.  He's won both of his career starts against the Tigers, each of them in Minnesota, though the Tigers got to him for four runs in five innings last May.

Last Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, Kenny Rogers showed that reports of him being toast may have been exaggerated.  It was a short-handed Yankees lineup and he walked four batters, but given Rogers' career struggles in the Bronx and the Tigers' need for a quality start, that shouldn't harsh his mellow.  Over his career, Rogers has pitched well at the Metrodome (15-7, 3.90), but his last visit in 2006 wasn't very successful, as the Twins hung five runs on him in five innings.

How about winning a game on Sunday for the first time this season?