When Baseball Was Fun

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Archive for April, 2010

MONDAY MORNING BEAUTIES

Our inside the Tiger club house tells us that Latino ball players say that they all
wear their baseball pants like pajama bottoms because it’s the modern trend. So,
tell us what about the following baseball greats:
BILLY BUTLER KC, JIM THOME TWINS, JOHNNY DAMON, BRANDON INGE, DONTRELLE
WILLIS ALL OF THE TIGERS, TOREY HUNTER ANGELS, A ROD, NICK [...]

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH…

As of this morning, 4-21-10, the following stats should be interesting
for all Tiger fans to read ‘em and weep.
Pudge Rodriguez is wearing out the baseball in Washington hitting .444
while our catcher, Gerald Laird, went hitless last night once more and
is now humiliating the horsehide with a robust BA of .125.
Meanwhile Cameron Maybin is hitting .305 [...]

A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH??

Last night’s loss was just another 2-0 loss by the Tiger’s in a long
162 game schedule, RIGHT? We say it might have been the biggest
2-0 loss of the season and here’s why:
DONTRELLE WILLIS completed six solid innings of four hit ball while
walking only TWO BATTERS. Out of 91 pitches he threw 57 across
the [...]

TRYING TO GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP….

That’s what it’s like trying to change Jim Leyland’s mind!
That’s why he will continue to play two of the worst hitters in baseball
at short stop and catcher. Right now nine games into the season they
are hitting a combined .199!! And, in my opinion it’s only going to get
worse, but, it doesn’t have to.
The reason [...]

“ARE HALF OF MLB TEAMS HOPELESS?”

The above quote is from the front page of the USA SPORTS WEEKLY of 4-7-10
FINALLY! An international sports weekly paper is telling it like it is. Only
WBWF corrects them by changing the quote to read as follows:
OVER HALF OF MLB TEAMS DON’T STAND [...]

THE JOHNNY DAMON MYSTIQUE

Did you feel it? What is there about this left handed hitter in a
MLB uniform that grabs you? JOHNNY DAMON just comes out to
play a little boy’s game and gets paid millions to do it. Have you
ever heard the expression “LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK”?
Well, we feel, that’s exactly what JOHNNY [...]

HEY, HEY, OPENING DAY!

ON MONDAY A NEW SEASON OF HOPES & DREAMS BEGINS IN
KANSAS CITY. HERE’S A SNEAK PREVIEW.
We predict that BRANDON INGE, RICK PORCELLO, “ZOOM” ZUMAYA,
MIGUEL CABRERA and MAGGS ORDONEZ will have all-star years.
On the other hand our crystal ball tells us to look for struggles
from JUSTIN VERLANDER, ADAM EVERETT, who might not make
it through the [...]

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