When Baseball Was Fun

This morning a well-known Detroit sports writer was talking about
the Tiger’s chances in 2011 when he wrote an unbeliavable stupid
conclusion. Here it is: he suggested that the catchers for next year
consist of AVILA and JOHN BUCK from Toronto???!!! We will not tell you
his name to protect his reputation!
Please MIKE, listen up to the following true [...]

As we see it, DAVE DOMBROWSKI & MIKE ILITCH:
Spend some of those hang-over-millions-of-bucks,
ON A FREE AGENT CATCHER!! Here’s what we have found out about
three hard hitting free agen catchers:
1) MIGUEL OLIVO, COLORADO, ba .278…oba.327…hr 13…rbi 50 !
2) RAMON HERNANDEZ, REDS, ba .310…oba.371…hr 6…rbi 40…
3) VICTOR MARINEZ, BOSTON, .283…oba.325…hr 10…rbi 50!
It would [...]

In our last posting we talked about the coming bright future for our Tigers.
In this morning’s DETROIT NEWS, Lynn Henning, one of the best baseball writers
out there, writes about why the Tigers will soar in seasons to come: “it will be
thanks to pitching-starting pitching-which has begun to mesh in happy fashion.
JUSTIN VERLANDER, MAX SCHERZER [...]

Arise and shine! BEGINNING NEXT YEAR THE TIGERS WILL BE JUST
ABOUT UNBEATABLE! WHY? They will have the best starting rotation
in MLB. Led by future HALL-OF-FAME Justin Verlander they will have
a settled down Max Scherzer throwing bullets past opposing hitters
and Rick Porcello once more sinkering hitters to death. Wnenever [...]

The answer to the above question is a believe-it-or-not YES!
In a letter from an eye witness, RED BOROM, the Tigers in that wacky 1945
season did indeed play a 40 inning game with the Philadelphia A’s. Listen to
RED BOROM explain it in his own words.
“I was certainly glad [...]

Last night ANDY OLIVER joined the team which is quickly and quietly
becoming the DETROIT KIDS. Move over BOESCH, JACKSON, WORTH,
AVILA, SIZEMORE, PORCELLO and PERRY. In six full innings Andy gave
up just 5 hits and two earned runs while striking out 4 Atlanta hitters.
In his Major League debut the kid threw a quality [...]

Would you believe that for reasons unknown to mankind…JIM LEYLAND still
trots out Gerald Laird behind the plate with his robust batting average of .176!!
Meanwhile one of the future blocks of the franchise, ALEX AVILA sits. If Leyland
cannot see the value of playing Avila regularly then maybe his confidence will
eventually bottom out. THE KID [...]

Already USA SPORTS, ESPN, FOX SPORTS, SPI, THE SPORTING NEWS and others
are calling “THE 24 OUT PERFECT GAME” by Armondo Galaraga to be one of the most
captivating true sports dramas to take place over the last century.
AND WHY NOT? It has all of the ingredients for a believe-it-or-not Hollywood film
epic just watch. [...]

After hearing from the villain, pat joyce, about how he blew “THE CALL” we think
that’s how he actually felt. He was so remorseful in the umpire’s room right after
the game that upon hearing about it Jim Leyland hurried over there to calm him
down and share a “beer” with him, although Leyland doesn’t drink. Many [...]

HEY YOU TIGER FAN….lift up your head and shout: “THE TIGERS CAN STILL WIN IT!”
HOW? We hate to place a whole lot of pressure on the young shoulders of RICK
PORCELLO and ARMANDA GALARAGA but there it is plain and simple. These guys
have gotta’ step up to the mound and do what their resume’s [...]