Beep, beep, beep, here come the Tigers, backing into the playoffs like a U-haul on moving day, the sides scraping, the mirrors dangling.

And here come the haters.

After the Tigers clinched a playoff berth Saturday with just their third victory since Sept. 10 and then had the gall to celebrate, you would have thought they’d brought streamers and confetti to a funeral.

Have the boys no shame?!

Social media delivered its usual masterclass in cynicism.

A representative sampling of replies to the Tigers’ posts on X:

“Yeah, let’s celebrate the biggest collapse in history. Woo hoo.”

“Zero chance in postseason if ur happy enough to celebrate that catastrophe.”

“This is embarrassing.”

On and on it went, with even many Tigers fans joining the affronted chorus.

And, hey, fair enough.

But I

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