The Tigers proudly announced they sold 67,542 single-game tickets for the coming season when those tickets went on sale for the first time on Saturday. It was, they declared, their third-highest single-day offseason sale in the 10-year history of  Comerica Park.
        That is tantamount to bragging about owning the fastest Edsel on your block.
        The only two years in which the Tigers’ offseason first-day sales topped Saturday’s were in 2008 and 2007 -- which just happened to be the two winters following the team’s only two winning seasons since 1993.
        Last March, when hopes for the team were sky high, the Tigers sold 177,000 individual game tickets on the first day that they were offered. In ‘07, in the wake of the World Series, they sold 77,000.
        Come on, guys. Get real.
        The fact that they sold 67,542 Saturday -- in spite of last season’s debacle and the current economy -- was certainly surprising and encouraging.
        But it’s nothing to brag about, considering how bad the team has been for all but two of the past 15 years.
        By the way, tickets for the home opener, April 10, are sold out.