Mmm Eggs

Michigan is going to lose, What rhymes with wolverine?...loser, Have you come to your senses yet?, you're delusional........These are some of the comments I've been receiving at my place of employment this past week. One guy also brought a photo to me and said he found my class picture....it was a bunch of elementary school kids in a group photo with one lone boy sitting by himself on the far end of a bench with a Michigan sweatshirt on. I have found myself behind enemy lines here in Sandusky but I make no effort in hiding the fact I'm rooting for Michigan. I'm hoping they pull out a win just so I can sit at my desk with a big smile on my face as the guys who gave me crap walk on past on Monday morning.

What's next? Oh! You know when you do something and then after the fact you look back on it and say "Wow that was pretty sad, what is my life coming to?" I had one of those moments today. It came about 15 minutes after I ate 2 hard-boiled eggs that came from a vending machine. I mean, who does that ? Don't get me wrong they tasted just great but the fact that they came from a vending machine saddened me.

In other news.....the Tigers signed Sean Casey to a one year deal worth 4 million dollars. Glad to have you back Mayor. The Pistons are not off to their greatest start but I would have to think they will get on track here soon. I miss Ben Wallace. I haven't watched a red wings game yet this year but I heard they won 9 in a row on the radio this morning...go wings.

I think that about does it for now. Nothing too exciting to report really, except on where I got my eggs from. So sad. Happy Weekend everyone.

Nothing New

If I had anything to tell you beyond the realm of "normal" I would. However, I don't. Maybe I'll screw up my routine tomorrow just to be different. Today was the most uneventful day at work. That was kind of a good thing. Wouldn't want to think too hard on a Monday, right ?

In other news, I'm considering retiring from the Turkey Trot. I think I've done it for 6 or so years now and it keeps getting harder and harder to get up to run 6 miles in the cold on Thanksgiving morning. Sleeping next to the fireplace sounds sooo much better. I have not made my final decision on this matter but I need to make a decision soon.

I got to watch some Piston games while I was home over the weekend and they won both games that I watched. It's different without Ben but we seem to be getting the job done. Too early to tell I suppose.

I think that's all for now. I hope everyone has an enjoyable week.

Day After Day

In the center of the world of routines you will find me. Day after day I do a lot of the same things. Get up at the same time, shower for the same amount of time, get dressed in the same amount of time, go back to bed for the same amount of time (except fridays), check blogs for the same amount of time, make my lunch the same, and head out the door at the same time. I listen to the same radio station on the way to work, park in the same place, and on and on and on. If you're wondering about the weekends.....well those are very different from one to the next depending on where I am and who I see.

But is it bad that there is such similarity everyday? Does everyone do this? I feel like I have habits of an 80 year old. I am happy to say homework is not part of my routine anymore. I enjoy the fact that everyday at 5 pm I can relax and enjoy my night. I'd like to say I could add the Pistons into my routine now but since I live in Ohio I only get the Cavs games......I don't enjoy this, not one bit.

So here I sit in my routine......I will awake to my alarm at 6:14 roll out of bed at 6:30 (4 snooze buttons later)...shower from 6:30-6:41....get dressed until 6:45....go back to bed until 7:14......brush my teeth and gel hair til 7:20.....check blogs til 7:30....breakfast and lunch making until 7:44 and then out the door..........welcome to the mornings of my life.

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!

Happy Birthday Aunt Joyce

Happy Birthday to Aunt Joyce today. What is it now 28? 29? Well anyways I hope you have a wonderful day and that you have a nice big piece of cake with a scoop of ice cream on top. I also hope the Tigers will pull out a win for you on your birthday. I'm off to work, Happy Thursday everyone.

Well by now most of us have heard that Willie Nelson's tour bus got busted for marijuana. Well.......I was driving to work yesterday and they said he commented on the situation. Now I'm usually pretty good at telling if someone is joking or not but I didn't think what the radio dj's were saying was a joke and knowing Willie Nelson it was probably true but when asked about the whole thing they said he told the police "I sure am glad you didn't find any spinach in there." Due to the recent e coli bacteria being found in spinach I had a good chuckle. I mean, you don't really have to try that hard to picture Willie Nelson standing next to some officer and saying that. Joke or no joke it made me laugh.

In other news....there are only 2 work days left in the week. Then it's the weekend which marks the end of the regular season for baseball. It's nice to know the Tigers are going to be playing a little longer. I was reading an article today that commented on how long it's been for the Tigers to make the playoffs and one line read "The most popular person in a Tigers hat the last time they made the playoffs was Magnum P.I." I don't think I've ever watched a single episode of that but I still can get a laugh out of picturing Tom Selleck in a Hawaiian shirt and a Tigers ball cap.

Well I think I've covered the bases with Willie Nelson and Magnum P.I. so enjoy your morning, afternoon, or night or whenever it is you decide to read this.

Clinched

Tigers clinched a playoff spot !!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a wonderful thing. The last time we did this I was a whopping 3 years old. Bring on New York...Bring on Oakland.....I don't care....This is awesome !

BOOYAH

I got gas for $2.08 today.......that's all I got but I was mildly excited so I thought I'd share that.

P.S. Go Tigers

Old Ways

Today reminded me a lot of what I used to do in highschool. After I got home from work I fell asleep watching tv on the couch. I can't even count the many times I'd come home after school and take a nap. Good thing I played a few sports or I would have been one lazy bum. I'm glad this nap only lasted about an hour. I wasn't even that tired but it's kind of cold and rainy here so it was pretty good napping weather so I'm blaming it on that.

In other news....it's the weekend. Yahoo. What are you going to do with your weekend? I'm going to do some laundry and maybe clean the apartment some even though it's not that dirty.

Well happy weekend everyone. Hope y'all enjoy it.

Happy Birthday !

Happy Birthday Aunt Joyce !

I hope you have a wonderful day.


I myself am going to go to work and see what fun I can find there. Happy Thursday everyone.