"Ubaldo Jimenez, all statuesque 6-4, 210 pounds of him, climbed the mound in Detroit last Sunday when his new team needed him most.

The Indians had dropped the first two of three against the first-place Tigers. To avoid a sweep -- and ground lost in the American League Central Division race -- he needed to be the ace he was brought in to be. But Jimenez, who rode one of the game's meanest fastballs to a 15-1 record with Colorado and a no-hitter by the All-Star break last season, looked lost.

Tigers showered Comerica Park with nine hits -- including two homers -- and eight runs in just 3 1/3 innings, sending Jimenez back to Cleveland shrouded in more questions about just what the Indians got in a gutsy, controversial move at the trade deadline late last month. "