"For sheer discomfort, nothing quite matches a going-away party.

No one is happy at a going-away party, unless it's one of those office functions where the co-worker from just north of Hades is headed off to some unfortunate new employer that will regret it didn't do more background research.

But such isn't the case with two men likely in their final days with the Tigers.

Carlos Guillen and Magglio Ordonez are all but certain to be living their lives elsewhere in 2012.

And with their departures, a team's fan base has every right to grieve.

Not only because they have played with such professionalism, but more, perhaps, because they are embodiments of personal grace."