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Welcome to the Jungle

How else can you describe an 8-0 Tigers advantage vacated by the seventh inning – only to be took back again on more superhero baseball. The 1st inning was magical – our first game back at Comerica with Kirby’s ashes in right-center field. Ian Kinsler led off by smashing the first pitch from Minnesota over […]

Just Because We Won…

Changes nothing, Detroit. I’ve written articles in the past on “Superhero” baseball where our Gs bail out Brad with late-inning comebacks and home run heroics. Yesterday afternoon was no different. We led 1-0, then gave up three first inning runs. (Joba Jr. is coming along but I thought Daniel Norris was our guy?) Ian Kinlser […]

An End to ENDURISM

Every game is the same. We leave runners on base and it comes back to haunt us… and despite usually having an early lead we keep blowing it. Can you fathom the psychological torture we’re enduring? And this is what leads me to the Teal Swan’s ENDURING video, for Detroit is neglecting it’s teams just […]

God Save Us

I can’t say I’ve ever seen a team with this much talent be so poorly coached/managed. The Lions sure did squander some games, too, but Brad Ausmus makes Jim Caldwell look like Vince Lombardi (I almost said Joe… whoops). How can we keep showing up and dressing in our gear and being eternally hopeful? This […]

Field of Nightmares

Just got done watching 16 scoreless innings of baseball – and one one-run inning to allow Baltimore to beat Detroit and the magnificent, fabulous, dominant, brilliant Justin Verlander 1-0. Watching Brad Ausmus manage our team and squander the amount of talent it possesses is mind-blowing. We practically threatened to score in every inning, but never […]

The Good, The “Brad”, & The Ugly

The Good, The “Brad”, & The Ugly

Do You Believe in Magic?? May 11, 2016 Because today on Mother’s Day at Comerica Park, I renewed my vows to Tiger Baseball, completed with the sprinkling of my childhood dog’s ashes in centerfield – and it was magical. Exhibit A) Justin Verlander. I’d never seen #35 pitch in person. He did not disappoint, getting […]

Breaking Brad

So, Detroit fans: is this fun for you? Maybe since none of you even live in the city anymore, the Tigers – and better yet Lions, Red Wings and Pistons may as well be downtown: you’ve abandoned them and don’t give a fuck – call it “White Flight.” Just admit it, Detroit: you don’t really […]

Do You Believe in Magic??

Do You Believe in Magic??

Because today on Mother’s Day at Comerica Park, I renewed my vows to Tiger Baseball, completed with the sprinkling of my childhood dog’s ashes in centerfield – and it was magical. Exhibit A) Justin Verlander. I’d never seen #35 pitch in person. He did not disappoint, getting out of some tricky jams to dominate 7 […]

Do You Believe in Magic?

Because today on Mother’s Day at Comerica Park, I renewed my vows to Tiger Baseball, completed with the sprinkling of my childhood dog’s ashes in centerfield – and it was magical. Exhibit A) Justin Verlander. I’d never seen #35 pitch in person. He did not disappoint, getting out of some tricky jams to dominate 7 […]

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