Thank You

Well that's all she wrote for 2006 baseball. We climbed Mt. Everest and decided we'd rather not reach the top after all. Detroit/St. Louis in baseball this year.....Detroit/San Antonio in basketball a couple years ago. File this season under "Experience" and don't forget about it. It will come in handy later.

I want to thank Sean Casey for giving us a glimmer of hope in the World Series, without him we wouldn't have a much to cheer about. Kenny Rogers and his tootsie roll hand got us a win and caught a lot of flack but no one will say anything about it now. To Verlander, Granderson, Zumaya, and Bonderman.....just keep doing what you're doing...lots of good years left for you guys. To Nate, Brandon, Carlos, Placido, Craig, and Magglio.....thank you for all your hard work and effort. You're my Tiger Brandon, so don't worry about striking out with two on in the ninth to end the World Series....if it was meant to be I know you would have hit a homer. To Marcus, Alexis, and Ramon....heck of a job filling in when called upon. To Todd Jones for showing me that even the toughest of critics (myself) can believe in someone. I know we had a rough start in the beginning Todd but I came around and this season was probably your finest. To Chuck Hernandez for coaching a fine pitching staff all year. To Gene Lamont and Andy Van Slyke for doing the little things that often go unnoticed. To Jim Leyland for bringing a sense of pride back to the Tiger's organization, without Leyland we'd just be another team suffering in mediocrity. His coaching style is one admired by not only his players but also his fans.

I have had the pleasure of chronicling this season and I am sad to say that it must come to end this way. We fought hard and did things no one thought we could do and I'm extremely proud of the Tiger's. So thank you Detroit. For all you did this season and for all you're going to do in the future.


P.S. It's sure is nice to beat those Yanks !

Play Ball ! Pleeeeeeease

Rain drops keep fallin' on game 4, keep fallin' on game 4...........so yes last nights clash of the titans was postponed due to rain. Tonight I hope they decide to play though, I can't stand hearing them talk about Kenny Rogers and the melted tootsie roll he had on his hand for very much longer. We need a win....at least one. That way we can bring it on back to Detroit and have Kenny Rogers on the mound again. But if you were Jim Leyland and you couldn't throw Kenny in game 7.....who would you send out there to win a championship for you ?

All Square

Tigers:1 Cardinals:1

I have one question for Kenny Rogers and that would be....Why? That was NOT a clump of dirt on your hand. I mean how can the same clump of dirt keep showing up on your hand for 3 straight series. I hate to say it but I thought it was pretty clear Kenny was up to something last night. Yes he did wash it off and pitch 7 more innings of outstanding baseball but now he's created a small cloud of doubt in the minds of everyone. That's not how I would want to approach things. The Tiger's are lucky he wasn't ejected and suspended for 10 games like the rule book says. I don't like cheaters and I don't want people to look back on this series and remember that incident so hopefully we can all play fair from here on out with no signs of foul play.

Nate Robertson will take the mound for us tomorrow night against the ace of St. Louis, Chris Carpenter. He will also have to bat since we're playing in the national league park. That shall be interesting. I can't wait to see Bonderman step into the box and take a few cuts.

Anyways, Go Tigers !

Turn Back the Clock

It's 1968 all over again. Tigers/Cardinals. Game 1 Saturday @ 7:30. Who's your Tiger ?

THE TIGER'S WON THE PENNANT

What a game, what a series, what a way to end it. So many guys to thank for doing the little things. Polanco for getting on base all the time, Bonderman for grinding out a solid performance, Ledezma for coming in with the bases loaded and getting a HUGE 3rd out in the 8th, Inge for hustling on a dribbler which in the end allowed him to get to second, Maggs for well....putting the team on his shoulders and smacking 2 home runs to first tie it in the 6th and then win it in the bottom of the ninth with 2 outs. What a ball game. Now we have an entire week off. An entire week to rest Zumaya and Casey, an entire week to rest our starting pitchers' arms, an entire week to recharge our bullpen, an entire week to rest and let those bumps and bruises the guys have accumulated over the last 170 games heal up. All we do now is wait and wonder who will challenge us for the championship...New York or St. Louis ? We can either have a repeat of the '68 series and play St. Louis or we could try and have the entire state of New York hate us by beating both the Yankees and the Mets.....either one works for me. Go Tigers !

On the Verge

You can't say enough about the way the Tiger's have been playing in these first 2 rounds. We are 1 win away from heading to the World Series for the first time since I was 3 months old. The whole team seems to be coming together and performing. Kenny Roger seems unhittable these days and no one really knows how to get Placido Polanco out. Add in a few homers from Monroe, Inge, or Granderson and boom we're one win away from a World Series. Jim Leyland sure knows how to get the most out of what he's dealt. So I'll be rooting for the Tiger's to sweep Oakland tonight and we'll have to wait and see who we might be playing for the first championship since 1984.

Time Travel

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to see yourself a few generations before you ever were born....well I am lucky enough to do that. If I was in world war 2....this is what I would have looked like.

Wow

That's pretty much all you can say at what the Tigers did over this weekend. To knock off New York like that is like winning a world series to me. We just made up for losing the division by beating New York. Now on to Oakland. I hope we have the same focus against them as we did against New York. We're 4 wins away from a trip to the world series. Wow.

All Square

The Tigers pulled it out and came away with a split in New York. Way to go guys. Now it's time to come back to Comerica and win 2. Game 3 is one of great importance, most likely whoever wins this game will take the series and move on. The other team however will have to pack up and head on home. We're putting are fate in the hands of Kenny Rogers tonight. I'm hoping he gives a solid performance. Anyhow, Happy Friday everybody and cheer for those Tigers !

Buzzsaw

Not one, not two, not three, not four, but 5, count them, 5 hits for the thorn in the Tigers side named Derek Jeter. What a killer. It's kind of his thing. He's good at baseball to begin with and somehow gets better when October gets here. Game one felt like an uphill battle for the Tigers. The 5 run third hurt but we didn't give up and I'm happy to see that we didn't just lay down and die right there. We poked hits here and there and had some homers in there but it just isn't going to cut it against this well oiled post season machine we call the Yankees. Tomorrow is another day. Keep the faith.

Game 1

Tigers/Yankees. FOX...8pm...Be there. Go Tigers!