"Look out Cabby"

"Look out Cabby" was Tiger color commentator Rod Allen's response to Miguel Cabrera's second home run last night. My girl friend said I should use that line as the title to my new post on the blog. I have to admit I thought it was a cool idea. I don't know if you guys could tell but Cabrera is my favorite player and he has come out of the shoot this year like a man possessed. He is seven for ten in the first three games. He looks a lot more relaxed at the plate and at first base. I think I am going to start campaigning early for Cabreara for MVP. Although I would trade that trophy for the pennant.

Secret Guilty Pleasures

I'm too broke to subscribe to MLB TV.

I miss watching Tiger games so much, sometimes I sit by my computer, "watching" the box score, pitch by pitch. Reminds me of the stories of the old days when broadcasters would get teletypes from out of town, start the broadcast of the game and hour after the real start, and recreate it, complete with sound effects of the crowd and the crack of the bat.

I could do that for a living. But I was born too late.

"...smash hit to the left field line...." better be careful how I say that one.

It's that time guys, make your predictions, and make them large!

Don't just tag a comment on to me, make your own bold posting and prognostication! Use Pictures, statistics, whatever.
I think the Tigers will do only slightly better than last year. It was a fluke for them to come in dead last, they just weren't that bad.
But when they hit, their pitching failed, and vice versa. The key players slid in performance, and they really did not help themselves.
This year I predict that some key players, Verlander, Cabrera, will be better than ever. A few guys will get seriously hurt, as always happens, unless they are incredibly lucky.
They just have not markedly improved the bullpen or the bottom of the rotation, and that will spell their doom.
I put them at four games below .500 in fourth place.

Tigers Used to Have a "Fireman"

Well, maybe today's version of the Tigers lacks a true "fireman", but a century ago Tiger ace "Wild Bill" Donovan barnstormed into Fort Worth, and found half the city ablaze.
Donovan led the Tigers and the Fort Worth Cats manning the hoses and putting out the blaze.
http://www.star-telegram.com/budkennedy/
The Tigers were barnstorming their way across Texas for spring training, playing in Dallas the day before, but the Fort Worth game had to be cancelled due to the fire.
(BTW-The Tigers went on to a 96-56 record, winning the American League pennant that year.
Donovan went on to be one of the premier pitchers in baseball, starting 323 games as a Tiger, and pitching a total of 3,000 innings with a 2.84 ERA. He was also a great manager in his own right, tutoring a young prospect inthe Providence, R.I. pitching staff: Babe Ruth.)

The Greatest April Fool's Joke ever!!

Yesterday's Detroit Free Press played the greatest April Fool's joke ever on all of its readers:
The Free Press stated that Jim Leyland has named Fernando Rodney the closer for Opening Day. I feel that is unconscienable - they should be ashamed of themselves a nasty joke for such a nasty joke. Shame shame.

City of Detroit needs Tigers more than ever!

The smell of spring is in the air and that means opening day is almost here, and I can't wait. In case you haven't noticed things in the Motor City have been a little rough. The Auto industry is in shambles, and people are losing there jobs and homes. There has been a negative vibe in the whole Metro Detroit area as of late. That negative vibe has carried over to the perception of your Detroit Tigers. After last seasons debacle it is hard for me to argue with this mentality. I am an optimist though and I have defended all of the off season moves. I think I may be one of the few people that believes this team can win the division, but four days away from the start of the season I am going to stick by that predicition.

A pennant race won't save peoples jobs or make mortgage payments, but for three hours a night maybe it can help them forget the wolrd around them. A great season could help unite a divided city. People are really down on the Tigers going into the season. The Tigers shouled rally around the underdog role and suprise people like they did 2006. Lord knows the city could use some unexpected joy.

Adios, Gary

Adios, Gary. I would have liked to see you hit your 500th HR in a Tiger uniform. but I hope you get it soon with another team. Too bad injuries kept you from showing your potential in Detroit. You seem like a good guy, and I know the fans in Lakeland appreciate the way you always made time to sign autographs and pose for photos last summer.