He'll get it. Might be the engineer too, Jim Price practically swallows the mic. You can hear him chewing. So they might have the mic on Jim Price levels, where as Bobby backs off the mic a bit.
I would accept "We've been 9-2 on Opening Day the last 11 years and mostly sucked, so I thought "Let's just lose this year on Opening Day and maybe things will be better.". Better than any other excuse.
What, are they tanking? I've seen enough of that from the Pistons, who could move to another city, for all I care. Been taking for 5 years and still suck.
Sorry, if you don't want to consider the possibility that Miguel Cabrera might have to run the bases and score on a double, then just pay him his money and be done with it. I'm not into Managers and Coaches giving up in a close game.