Skubal gets emotional in Dodgers return to Detroit after blockbuster trade

There are moments in sport when the transaction of commerce and the texture of human belonging collide in full view of thousands. On a late August night in Detroit, Tarik Skubal — twice honored as the best pitcher in his league — returned to Comerica Park wearing the colors of a new employer, only weeks removed from the city that shaped him. The standing ovation he received, and the tears it drew from him, reminded us that loyalty and love do not dissolve with a trade, and that the crowd sometimes understands this better than the front office does.