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Eat Em' Up TigersBrady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-14101250124195278932010-06-22T22:01:00.005-04:002010-06-22T22:12:52.950-04:00I Write For Detroit4lyfe.com Now<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5CW_puroLxXLsuu0CPoHmAnnxd4SasxkD_dCo-hXy_ALkL3RkH-sxOaKQ1lrXRXOxtGb3XuY0wQkNx1JMo00geeQBaaVvkKfm_XjWU9aAS1aDfLt5xUMKovTLmZ-jgKeFlE8fg/s200/calloway-org.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5CW_puroLxXLsuu0CPoHmAnnxd4SasxkD_dCo-hXy_ALkL3RkH-sxOaKQ1lrXRXOxtGb3XuY0wQkNx1JMo00geeQBaaVvkKfm_XjWU9aAS1aDfLt5xUMKovTLmZ-jgKeFlE8fg/s200/calloway-org.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">So, adjust your homepage accordingly. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://detroit4lyfe.com/">http://detroit4lyfe.com/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Detroit4lyfe/60272966049?ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Detroit4lyfe/60272966049?ref=ts</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/detroit4lyfe">http://twitter.com/detroit4lyfe</a></div><div><br /></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-61352126629360343742010-06-04T03:26:00.006-04:002010-06-04T14:33:48.633-04:00The Traveshamockery<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.mouthpiecesports.com/blogmedia/2009/02/bud-selig.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div>Alright, I've watched an unhealthy amount of ESPN/MLB Network in the last day or so. I'm going to lose it. If i hear the phrases "pandora's box," "dangerous precedent," or "baseball purist" one more time I will find that persons residence and do <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ucF7ZzRkKc">this </a> to their favorite light colored sitting area.<div><br /></div><div>Let's break it down. Starting with the pandora's box and dangerous precedent lines. Like, it would set a bad precedent to get the call right. Obviously it's impossible to correct something that affected the winner or loser of a game. No one expects that, at all. It has absolutely zero to do with what happened the other night. So, since you are the commissioner you write up some rule that only affects egregious mistakes that had no outcome on the winner or loser of the game...Just so you know, that basically leaves Galarraga's perfect game as the lone candidate for change. I can't imagine anyone would oppose this.</div><div><br /></div><div>Crediting Galarraga with a perfect game does not lessen the achievement or taint it at all. He retired 27 straight batters fair and square. No one would sanely argue otherwise. If this situation happened anytime before the the 27th out, I'd feel differently. This is the rarest of circumstances. When the ump admits the mistake, when the Commissioner of the league admits it...it might be about time to show some common sense. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2O6z3LwFgg">Click here</a> (sadly, that was the best I could find. But you get the point) or you are not allowed to read this paragraph... Pretend we are living in a time with few laws. I see you walking down the street, and for no rhyme or reason I chainsaw off your hands. I am the only person who has ever chainsawed off anyone's hands in the history of this world. This was such a bizarre thing that happened that there was no law against it. The police saw this, obviously you were apart of this, and I admit I was deeply wrong for what I did. But, no law exists. So, do we immediately correct this? Or let me go free, and then vow to look into a way of making a law that future chainsaw hand attacks will not go unpunished? </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, saying no precedent exists is just factually wrong. In 1991 baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent set up a panel that "overturned 50 no-hitters." <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/06/galarraga-perfect-game-mlb-looking-make-things-right/1">HIT ME</a>. Also, the famous George Brett pine tar game. The Ump incorrectly threw Brett out of the game, and they picked up on the game 3.5 weeks later from that point in the game.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyone that calls themselves a baseball purist or uses that defense is a dumbfuck. Baseball purists are the dopes that were probably upset when players started using gloves, baseball was integrated and we started playing night games. If we have the technology and common sense to get the call right, then do it. I swear some of these idiots should watch soap opera's instead of baseball if they really like the drama of an old man who has not visited Dr. Rahmani deciding a black or white incident.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sorry, but this other thing about "learning a great lesson" from this is absurd. The only lesson I learned is life is unfair. Every kid who's picked up a baseball has dreamed of throwing a perfect game. The dream never ends with you being ruined by umpire incompetence on the 27th out. I'd bet your chainsawed arms that Galarraga is never flirting with a perfect game ever again. In baseball history there has been about 200,000 overall games played. Let's say there has been about 20 perfect games. The probability of throwing a perfect game is .001%. Perfect games are insane. There is a good reason a Tiger has *never thrown a perfect game in over 100 years. Sadly, the chances are good we might never see another perfect game by a Tiger for the rest of our lives. This is the pinnacle single game achievement in all of sports. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, this nonsense about learning what a "great guy" Galarraga is from this game annoys the hell out of me. Like, he would not be a "great guy" if he pitched a perfect game. Also, how we are supposed to feel great about Joyce admitting his mistake. Well, no shit! He blew it clear as day. He'd be a moron to say otherwise. That's not to say I don't feel sympathy for him, I do, a great amount. This is the only thing this man will be known for. I will know his name for all the wrong reasons. He'll live a rough life where dolts make threats against him for the rest of his life. What a heart warming story that is going to be. Seriously, all it would have taken was Selig to acknowledge that what we saw happened, actually happened. He'd be a footnote instead of the most infamous Ump since Denkinger. Incredibly, Selig's call is even worse then Joyce's call in this situation.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll admit that Galarraga's "perfect game" WILL receive a lot more attention then the other 20 perfect games. Some are happy with that, and I can see their point of view. Personally though, it makes me sick. For the rest of my life I will never forget watching this game. Sadly, the first thing I will remember is the call and everybody admitting that what we saw we now have to unsee according to the record books. I don't know why seeing Galarraga's name in a steroid infested record book would make me feel better, but it would, a lot.</div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-17585587607322617672010-06-03T00:51:00.007-04:002010-06-03T02:49:16.805-04:0028 Up, 28 Down<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2010/06/02/730_20100602214030_660_320.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 660px; height: 320px;" src="http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2010/06/02/730_20100602214030_660_320.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Today was my mom's birthday. We had a nice dinner and watched the game together. Both of us wouldn't change seats or mention what we knew was going on. Didn't want to jinx it. The second that call went wrong...I swore a lot, and then immediately stormed out and did not say a word. It was probably about the rudest thing I've ever done. So, that's another thing for Joyce to feel miserable about.</div><div><br /></div><div>Armando Galagarbage threw a perfect game. You'd admit it, the Cleveland Indians would admit it and even Jim Joyce would admit it. What happened tonight was one of the more sickening things I've seen in sports in my lifetime. Galarraga, drafted as an Expo, a lifetime journeyman just had one of the more remarkable 9 innings in recent baseball history. He legitimately pitched a perfect game. The first one in the 107 years of Detroit baseball history. Instead, we are probably going to murder some poor, blind, mustachioed man tomorrow.</div><div><br /></div><div>This can be made right, easily. This should be ruled a perfect game by Selig. The only reason this would not happen is because baseball is about the most archaic ruled thing ever. Some "purists" might say that going against the umpires ruling cheapens the integrity of the game. I'd easily argue that it hurts the integrity of the game much more by making us "unsee" what we all saw tonight. Also, if All-Star games can end in ties, this game can end in perfect game.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have lots of umpires on my shitlist. When I see them, I know some screwy things are afoot. Jim Joyce...was not one of them. He made a mistake...an egregious and correctable mistake...and his entire career and legacy will live in infamy for the rest of his life. He knows he f'd up, and so does baseball. Correct this, so this man can be remembered for his obscene mustache instead of his obscenely terrible call. Nobody wants to see another Denkinger situation here.</div><div><br /></div><div>OK. That all made sense, right? But, it's not going to happen. So, Galarraga will not get credited with a perfect game. On the other hand, he did accomplish something that I would wager will never be equaled. He retired 28 batters in one game without anyone reaching base. Steve Nebraska couldn't even top that. It deserves an awesome name. I was thinking something along the line of super-sized flawless victory. Ok, that was weak, cut me some slack, i've been over served in rageahol tonight. If you got better suggestion, let me know and we will trademark it as soon as possible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><img src="http://properbloggery.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/selig-milliondollarman.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;">(Selig dressed as the Million Dollar Man. Admittedly has little to do with anything, but isn't your life better for seeing this?)</span></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-53183097809181570632010-04-05T13:15:00.004-04:002010-04-05T14:24:43.306-04:00IT'S OPENING DAY, PAHDNUH!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5cPEZtxx-ByXddluBKcWS3FzGtb8w9RzcsWoDvJ4ArlGZrWkCqNJtnyr91dUjXkkjsb4bRgfrgbKS0ni4VdkcLBKwW50b1NpDgywdpvUMxI8ZB2JN1DzuwrUG_wzg5PJRAJY/s400/max-scherzer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5cPEZtxx-ByXddluBKcWS3FzGtb8w9RzcsWoDvJ4ArlGZrWkCqNJtnyr91dUjXkkjsb4bRgfrgbKS0ni4VdkcLBKwW50b1NpDgywdpvUMxI8ZB2JN1DzuwrUG_wzg5PJRAJY/s400/max-scherzer.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Rod Allen Is Back</div><div style="text-align: center;">Talked To Him Before Season</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tigers Win Pennant</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Good news <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA">everyone</a>! Spring has spruuunnngg, winter's donnnee and it's opening day. Detroit once again has a team of scrappy millionaire's ready to compete for the coveted American League Central Title.</div><div><br /></div><div>Losing Granderson and Polanco from last years lineup places extra importance on the pitching staff. Luckily the Tigers picked up half human, half machine Max Scherzer. His spring was rough, probably due to faulty programming, but he should tuned up and ready to go this year. Word on the street is that Scherzer saw an especially beautiful sunset before leaving spring training and a single tear streamed down his robotic face. Scherzer developing the ability to feel is huge for the Tiger's 2010 prospects of success.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cabrera looks to be poised for a big season. Supposedly all off field distractions are gone, and he is completely focused on winning the first of many triple crowns Rod Allen promised us. I have mixed feeling about this. On one hand, it's great he's comfortable and focused on earning his 150 brazillion dollar contract. On the other hand, the verb "Cabrera'd" was rapidly becoming my favorite word in the english language.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I just heard the sound of the turtle. It's opening day. Eat em' up Tigers.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">April In The D</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sonic Ecstasy All Month</div><div style="text-align: center;">Muted April Eighth</div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-22121830752842864722010-03-01T19:59:00.007-05:002010-03-01T20:57:22.753-05:00Tigers vs. Leather Shoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmBkUF8882ohT0wvhfUK8R03PSyFkaMp4JOLzmtA5Of9ft880y4Atj9orLY7cM1XqlxQN4VixtW8_rkBCPRga4US-yHC94AOCmeY4ozC141tXSpT93UHstOX_8do1yZlzK9pR_g/s1600-h/Beefdamon.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmBkUF8882ohT0wvhfUK8R03PSyFkaMp4JOLzmtA5Of9ft880y4Atj9orLY7cM1XqlxQN4VixtW8_rkBCPRga4US-yHC94AOCmeY4ozC141tXSpT93UHstOX_8do1yZlzK9pR_g/s400/Beefdamon.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443848588802673650" /></a><div><br /></div>The Florida Suckern Moccasin's take on the Tigers tomorrow. The fightin Moc's are currently the #1 ranked team in D2. Speaking of D2, here is the greatest achievement in cinema history in it's entirety <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rADf6gXU9E8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rADf6gXU9E8</a>. Oh man, remember when Kenny Wu scores against Iceland!? You don't, well youtube does! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxSY4vClA4U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxSY4vClA4U</a>. What an underdog! But, I digress...<div><br /></div><div>Leyland announced his lineup for the big game. According to the <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100301/SPORTS02/100301015/1050/rss15">Freep</a>, it is as follows.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><p face="Georgia" size="13px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; line-height: 18px; ">• Austin Jackson, CF</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• Johnny Damon, LF</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• <a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100301/SPORTS02/100301015/1050/rss15#" target="_blank" itxtdid="18460907" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important; float: none; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; background-color: transparent !important; line-height: normal; text-align: left; position: static !important; display: inline; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 13px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; ">Magglio <nobr id="itxt_nobr_5_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 100, 0); ">Ordonez<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif" name="itxt-icon-77" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; height: 10px; width: 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; left: 1px; float: none; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></nobr></a>, RF<p.• miguel="" 1b="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p.•></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• <a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100301/SPORTS02/100301015/1050/rss15#" target="_blank" itxtdid="18461032" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important; float: none; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; background-color: transparent !important; line-height: normal; text-align: left; position: static !important; display: inline; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 13px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; ">Carlos <nobr id="itxt_nobr_6_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 100, 0); ">Guillen<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif" name="itxt-icon-77" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; height: 10px; width: 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; left: 1px; float: none; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></nobr></a>, DH</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• <a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100301/SPORTS02/100301015/1050/rss15#" target="_blank" itxtdid="18458905" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important; float: none; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; background-color: transparent !important; line-height: normal; text-align: left; position: static !important; display: inline; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 13px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; ">Don <nobr id="itxt_nobr_7_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 100, 0); ">Kelly<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif" name="itxt-icon-77" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; height: 10px; width: 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; left: 1px; float: none; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></nobr></a> or Kory Casto, 3B</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• Scott Sizemore, 2B</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• Gerald Laird, C</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">• Adam Everett, SS</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; ">A couple of suprising things stick out about this line up. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPkjeGX_qeM">A Jax</a> batting 1st followed by Beef Supreme is something to take note of. Another thing to take note of is that we are only batting 8 and playing without a first basemen. In my opinion, playing without a first basemen is a risky move. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; line-height: 18px; font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If the Tiger's lose tomorrow, I will riot. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span>You can follow the game live <a href="http://fscmocs.com/page.asp?articleID=382">HERE</a>.</p></span></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-78303094472682908422010-02-25T00:46:00.004-05:002010-02-25T01:00:52.838-05:00Justin Verlander Is Ready For 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.comingsoon.net/nextraimages/district9gun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 490px; height: 676px;" src="http://www.comingsoon.net/nextraimages/district9gun.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">Your Detroit Tigers signed the missing link, Johnny Damon to a one year contract. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I’ve heard a lot of mixed reaction to this signing and to me it makes little sense. I think we can all agree before this signing we had these weaknesses…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">-No leadoff hitter. I’m excited about Austin Jackson…but in the minors he struck out at a higher % then CG did in the MLB. And, his power numbers were positively Nook Loganion. And Is yet to face MLB pitching.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> -Lack of lefty hitters. Carlos Guillen will get injured this year. I’d bet my hypothetical farm on it. <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Avila</st1:place></st1:city> looks to probably be starting in AAA this year. In which case, utility infielder and feared slugger 5’3’’ Ramon Santiago is your lone LH bat. In a park that has a short RF fence; it’s sometimes nice to try to take advantage of that once in a while. </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">-Lack of offensive power. We are still below average, but we were a little over a month away at looking at a lineup that consisted of black holes of Laird, Inge, Everett, Sizemore and Jackson. And, that is hoping that we get September Magglio, a non broken Guillen, and relying on Raburn to consistently be a plus hitter. All the while providing little protection for Cabrera. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">-Another thing I heard is that we overpaid for Damon. It’s a one year contract, and there is no salary cap. This should have zero impact on future spending. I think most agree we do not want Magglio’s 18 brazzilion $ option to kick in next year. He needs I believe 134 games played for it to automatically kick in. Last year he played 131. Adding Damon makes this tougher for Magglio. So, it could actually save us $ in the long run. And, if you are still upset, support the team and eat a hot and ready.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> Also, Damon wears his socks high. This has already endeared him to 85% of our teams fans and should result in many more tickets sold. </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">-The only complaint that has some substance albeit very little to me is this takes away at bats from Raburn. Raburn had somewhat of a breakout season last year. He had a respectable average and put up good power #’s. This would have more merit to it to me if Raburn was not just about to turn 29 and showed anything resembling in the past some kind of track record that we should expect these numbers in the future. But, as a super sub and the near certainty someone playing above him will be injured he will seeing many more at bats this year. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Alright, it’s February, players reported just the other day. I am yet to see any of them wearing a Detroit Tigers jersey. So, I feel like I am definitely not out of line to tell Jim Leyland how to run his team. First off, let me get this out of the way. Almost every single batting order, pitching decision I would do the complete opposite. I’m bizarro <st1:place st="on">Leyland</st1:place>. But, if you told me going into last year that Granderson, Polanco, Magglio, Inge, Laird, Guillen, Robertson, Willis, Bonderman, Zumaya, etc. would massively underachieve…and we’d still have a chance for the playoffs, I would think you were insane. But, we did. So, I give him credit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MY BATTING ORDER</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>1. Johnny Damon LF</b>. Lefty bat, OBP% 40 points better then CG. Way less K’s. If you read my blog, there is a fairly good chance that you can throw better then Damon. But, his actual fielding in my opinion is fairly underrated just due to the fact that he has the throwing motion of a velociraptor.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. Magglio Ordonez RF.</b> Incredibly, much higher OBP% and batting average then Polanco last year. And, I’m hopeful we get Sept. Magglio.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. Miguel Cabrera 1B.</b> He needs as many at bats as possible. I would always bat my most feared hitter 3<sup>rd</sup>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>4. Carlos Guillen DH</b>. If he is not on crutches by the end of this sentence it’s a small miracle. If he can regain some form and be a good LH bat protecting Cabrera it would be a major boost to our lineup.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>5. Ryan Raburn 3B</b>. Giving him his chance. He has played IF much of his career. Has the chance to prove his small sample size production last year was not an aberration.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>6. Alex Avila C. </b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Solid #’s, lefty bat. Might not be ready, but much better offensively then Laird. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>7. Brandon Inge SS</b>. Yes, SS. Your infielder with the most range and best arm should play the position where he gets the most opportunities to field the ball. I pray to Jobu nightly that we get his stats production pre all-star break from last year.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>8. Scott Sizemore 2B</b>. In my opinion, our weakest offensively to start the year. I am a Tony La Russa believer here that you bat your weakest 8<sup>th</sup>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>9. Austin Jackson CF.</b> I like him, and that if he gets on base he can really set up the top of our order well. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">But, this lineup will never come close to happening and was merely an exercise in my boredom. </p><p class="MsoNormal">39 days until opening day.</p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-75558862115551755212009-12-10T02:46:00.010-05:002009-12-10T04:09:13.419-05:00I Got Elliot Smith on Repeat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0buL4Yr31j7kt/610x.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 610px; height: 426px;" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0buL4Yr31j7kt/610x.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Obviously Dombrowski is not a big believer that the world is ending in 2012. If the world ends in 2012 before our prospects we received get a chance to fully develop I will be so angry with him. Let's hope the Mayan's are wrong for the sake of the future of the Detroit Tigers.</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If you do not live your life under the impression that the end is near, then this trade was somewhat bearable from a purely baseball standpoint. We received some solid pitchers and potentially someone who will replace Granderson. But, I really can’t get past why this trade was made. What really was the point? We traded two very productive, relatively young, good contracts in positions of need…for even younger, but less established players. All 4 players we received seem to have potential, but I’m a jaded old man who has followed Detroit Tiger drafts from the beginning of the internet to the current day. I remember dreaming of the day the Greisengers, Munsons, Sleeths and even the Maybins and Millers would suit up for the Tigers. Prospects are neat, but especially in baseball they are never anything you can safely rely on.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>MAX SCHERZER</b>:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Probably today has better stuff then </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and a better contract. Some say his “violent” delivery has potential to make him a bullpen arm. If he ever moves to the bullpen…prepare for a scathing bradygee.blogspot post in all CAPITAL LETTERS. But I like Scherzer, a lot.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>DANIEL SCHLERETH:</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It’s a well known fact that all sons of offensive lineman go on to great pitching careers. He was a recent 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> round draft pick…which really doesn’t mean all that much to me. He has already had Tommy John surgery. He’s a young lefty bullpen arm. And he has big hair. Two big plusses. </span></span><a href="http://www.makli.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/daniel-schlereth2.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hair he is.</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Also, I imagine when Dombrowski was offered Schlereth and Scherzer for </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> his response was “schure.”</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>AUSTIN JACKSON:</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He will probably be our starting CF next year. Unfortunately according to his minor league stats he is not even close to ready. Struck out 123 times in 504 plate appearances, which is a substantially higher K% then Granderson had in the MLB last year. Hit for basically no power, 4 HR’s last season…And will be 100% in charge of captaining the worst defensive outfield in the history of organized sport.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>PHIL COKE:</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lefty Chad Durbin, hopefully. I’d be thrilled if he is that next year.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>WHAT WE TRADED:</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>CURTIS GRANDERSON:</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The most beloved sports figure in </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Detroit</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Yes, ahead of Lidstrom. Last 3 years, averaged .277, 25 HR’s and was a plus defensive CF’er. Struck out too much, couldn’t hit lefty’s. Why </span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Leyland</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> batted him leadoff…I will never understand. He hit 30 HR’s last year and basically all were solo Hr’s because the Dane Sardinha’s and Inge’s of the world were setting him up. A pretty monumental waste of his talent at that position.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Also, probably shit on the hearts of 8 year old baseball fans across the state of </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Michigan</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> when they found out he was traded. 2 years removed from a 20-20-20-20 season.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>EDWIN JACKSON:</b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Young, all-star, and had a couple years left on his contract. For half the season was keeping pace with Verlander. Then fell off pretty hard the 2</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> half of the season. Great stuff if he can put it all together.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">CF and starting pitching are two serious holes for us. I’ll never be able to comprehend why </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> had to go. Scherzer is a fine replacement for him, but why he was basically offered to every team as soon as the season ended made little sense. </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I’ve heard the saying “sell high” on </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> so much recently. Usually when a 25 year old pitcher has his best season and makes his first all-star game…that usually means he’s getting better, not worse.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The urgency to trade Granderson is really one of the most puzzling things I can remember in </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Detroit</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> sports history. It’s true he had some glaring weaknesses, but outside of Pujols who in the MLB does not? One sub par, 30 HR season is not enough for me to unequivocally call for a 28 year old player to be on the decline. We have zero MLB ready CF’ers to replace him. And, just for good measure he was easily our best LH bat in a park that favors lefty’s. We have Guillen as the sole starting lefty in the lineup right now. And there’s a 75% chance by the end of this sentence he just strained his back.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">…And to the Yankees?! What a sick, sadistic world we live in where such tragedy’s like this can happen. If he excels in NY, the next decade will be borderline unlivable as a Tigers fan. </span></span><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=434158"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This sucks, so hard</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Tigers next year are going to field the lousiest offensive lineup outside of 2003 in my entire lifetime. I would easily take 9 .26 Cabrera’s over them. It will be ugly.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">C: Laird</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1B. Cabrera</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2B. Sizemore</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SS: </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Everett</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3B: Inge</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LF: Guillen/Raburn</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">CF: </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">RF: Maggs</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">DH: Guillen/Avila/Thomas/</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Tigers are not saying they are having a fire sale…but, in the last week we’ve lost starting CF, 2B, #2 pitcher, Closer, and set up man. If this has to do with $, the fact we kept a $17 million dollhair single hitter will make me bulimic. To me, it looks like Dombrowski caved to </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Boras</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Boras</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> called the Tigers out multiple times in the media for not playing him and we caved. If Dombrowski had any heart under his mauve colored turtlenecks he would have responded with “we aren’t playing that moonfaced, Hugo Chavez supporting, steroid drained, junior varsity level defender, GIDP waiting to happen, A.C Slater reject a million dollars for every time he fouls out on the 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> pitch to the 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> basemen! Good day, sir!” But that never happened.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The way this whole thing went down is likely to lead to me getting cabrera’d on a daily basis until pitchers and catchers report. This trade is Dombrowski’s future in </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Detroit</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. This trade did not have to be made. Dombrowski is gone from </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Detroit</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> if this fails.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So far, I’m sure I come across as someone who curses at the clouds and hates everything Tigers right now. Let me say, in a world where I let myself believe that we needed to trade Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson I think we did alright. I’ll be there opening day and drinking the kool aid the Tigers feed me by the barrel full. HAVING SAID THAT, I do believe RP is the most overrated position in all of baseball. And I believe that solid defense up the middle C, SS, CF is one of the most underrated aspects of baseball. I also think we should have gotten one of Dunn, or Hughes from the Yankees. Also, if we were trading for prospects, I want prospects that would strengthen our lineup rather then pitching. Our farm system womps, but pitching wise we aren’t as weak as we are in comparison to our future line-up.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In trades, almost 100% of the time I feel that whomever received the best overall player in the trade, wins that trade. Right now, I believe Granderson at the moment was easily the best player in this trade, and will most likely have a better career then Scherzer, Ed. Jackson, A. Jackson or anyone else involved. The Diamondbacks are ridiculous. Nothing at all about this trade makes sense to me and they seem to have gotten substantially worse in my opinion. I grade them a Z.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Illitch must be thrilled. Verlander’s an alright guy, but his Ed Hardy t-shirts will make it hard for the city to embrace him like they did Granderson. Cabrera got drunk with the White Sox the night before the biggest game of the season. That will rightfully hurt him until he hits .450 next season. It’s going to be a lot like 2003 attendance wise. My past phone conversations were “I’m in section 103.” This year, it will more likely be “I am section 103.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niu3jMG0Btg&feature=related"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How I felt at 1:54 PM 12/8/09</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More, Granderson goodness.</span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPKnNogMT_s&feature=related"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPKnNogMT_s&feature=related</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrV5iF43tQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrV5iF43tQ</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmaff8F7xc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmaff8F7xc</span></span></a></p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-48225950121185637102009-09-28T00:29:00.004-04:002009-09-28T01:57:50.802-04:00Eat Em' Up TigersTigers begin the biggest regular season series in mine and likely your lifetime tomorrow. Too excited to form rational thoughts. I'll let youtube do it for me. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4_iHug-xUYQ&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4_iHug-xUYQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div><div>*This is my current ringtone. So, call me, because I like hearing this.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9jqfSw4q5bg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9jqfSw4q5bg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div><div>*Proof that video 1 was based on fact</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rj82-ByMgJQ&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rj82-ByMgJQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">*Many forget Rihanna playing in the background during this HR.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8fMqnFQRiUs&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8fMqnFQRiUs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">*Pretty terrible they got rid of this</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mya8zm-4_0I&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mya8zm-4_0I&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Lions are 3-1 at games I've been at this year. Largely in part to this song</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2NIQtoTJMM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2NIQtoTJMM</a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">*Pretty much like when we stole Adam Everett from the Twins this year.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MxJkAQFGEyo&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MxJkAQFGEyo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">*Gunnar Stahl/Joe Mauer, Julie "the cat" Gaffney/Bobby Seay. Yep, that's how it is. Be sure to check out the behind the scenes of "the most epic scene in movie history"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kZ-Ubuzn8qs&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kZ-Ubuzn8qs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Vote or die</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nSxFl3le25o&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nSxFl3le25o&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Rod looked country strong in the video. He was about to do something fierce on that pitchers brain</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LIJPLyy_04s&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LIJPLyy_04s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*A couple Of Minnesota's best and brightest even know it's true</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WLrqdqBfqcw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WLrqdqBfqcw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Dewey Cox catching a perfect game for the Tigers. Also, the best part of this movie by far is when "chappy" almost saws his hand off.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xL-u4xxy7Hk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xL-u4xxy7Hk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*the leg kick is pretty epic</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">A couple random Detroit clips</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oQr548olzOo&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oQr548olzOo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdFjpA4XyME&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdFjpA4XyME&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-41164026517073511502009-09-21T16:45:00.007-04:002009-09-21T19:31:29.543-04:00The Worst Baseball Stadium Of All-Time Is Dead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://theghostofmoonlightgraham.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/metrodome.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="http://theghostofmoonlightgraham.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/metrodome.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A stadium as beautiful as the giant Kent Hrbek mural that overlooks it. Let's break down why I fully supported the Twins being contracted a couple years ago.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I did some research on the HHH dome. Not much, just about as much as they did when deciding to put a baseball team in this god forsaken hell hole. I took all of these facts from Wikipedia, so you know it's accurate.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Metrodome was the first major sports facility to have a domed roof supported completely by air.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Do you know what it better then a domed roof completely supported by air? Air.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">*</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Construction success of other domed stadiums, particularly the</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome" title="Pontiac Silverdome" style="background-repeat:initial;background-attachment: initial;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#002BB8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Silverdome</span></span></span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">near</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit" style="background-repeat: initial;background-attachment:initial;-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial;background-color:initial;background-position: initial initial"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline: nonecolor:#5A3696;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Detroit</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, paved the way for voters to approve funding for a new stadium</span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Pontiac Silverdome wasn't good enough for the Detroit Lions. The Pontiac Silverdome is no longer good enough for Monster Truck Rally's. Gravedigger and a football team that has won one playoff game in the Superbowl era have outgrown the Silverdome. But, it was good enough for Minnesotan's to house 2 pro teams and a big 11 football team up until this year.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Metrodome cost $68 million to build—roughly $2 million under budget, a rarity for modern stadiums.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Storied_5-0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline: nonecolor:#002BB8;"></span></span></span></sup></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#002BB8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Seriously, under budget? I'd love to be a part of the meeting that probably went something like this...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"So, we are two million dollars under budget...Let me be the first person to recommend putting walls on your baseball field."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"No. Giant garbage bags it is. Final decision"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"Well, if you insist sir. But what about making the roof a different color...so players can see flyballs?"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"NO."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"How about seats in rightfield?"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"How about an even larger garbage bag, and have it half covering up pushed in bleachers."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"Can we atleast get some dirt for the infield? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"No dirt. I want the ground balls to go over infielders heads."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">*Three times in the stadium's history, heavy snows have caused a small puncture in the roof and caused it to deflate</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">God tried showing them the folly of their ways. Minnesotan's fought God and rebuilt.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">*Any ball which strikes the Dome roof, or objects hanging from it, remains in play; if it lands in foul territory it becomes a foul ball, if it lands in fair territory it becomes a fair ball. Any ball which becomes caught in the roof over fair ground is a </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_rule_double" title="Ground rule double" style="background-repeat:initial;background-attachment: initial;-webkit-background-clip: initial;-webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#002BB8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ground rule double</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">...The speakers, being closer to the playing surface, are hit more frequently, especially the speakers in foul ground near the infield, which are typically hit several times a season, posing an extra challenge to infielders trying to catch them.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This is why I fully supported the Minnesota Twins being contracted. They obviously didn't give a damn. They went right ahead and built the worst structure in modern sports history and stayed there for almost 3 decades. I have seen countless balls bounce over outfielders heads. Balls that would be routine fly outs become triples. Remember the plexiglass boards over the garbage bags? That made no sense. I think they only put that in because they like hockey so much. Can you think of one thing they did right with this stadium? There is not one redeeming quality about this place at all. We should have the Milwaukee Brewers and Miller Park.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Don't give me this "it's cold in Minnesota" nonsense either. Baseball is played in the summer. If it is cold, then baseball players get cold. If it rains too much, then most likely your park has a retractable roof. Can you imagine going to a Tigers game in the middle of the summer and sitting in an air conditioned dome? Sounds dumb, right? Since 1982 Twin's fans have had to put up with that...Many have probably never been to an outside baseball game.</span></span></div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Tigers just played their last game ever at this abomination to the baseball gods. The Twins have 3 home games left. I hate that place, I hate that team and I hate Bret Favre.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"><sup id="cite_ref-Storied_5-0"><o:p></o:p></sup></span></span></p></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-65063998244136583942009-08-07T23:06:00.009-04:002009-08-08T01:18:18.912-04:00Josh Anderson Sold Into Indentured Servanthood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/magglioordonezvenz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 540px;" src="http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/magglioordonezvenz.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Detroit Tigers platoon outfielder Magglio Ordonez meets with a Hugo fan"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hey sports fans. The good lord has blessed our local ballclub enough to be in a pennant chase this summer. I don't know about you, but I haven't anticipated something so much since the season finale of America's Best Dance Crew. To the surprise of everyone, except Rod Allen, the Tigers are leading the Central by 3 games.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Playoff baseball is a big deal. If the Final 4 and Stanley Cup taught us anything, it is that a local sports teams success literally solves all of the problems Detroit faces. It's true because people have repeated it enough. Since everything was last solved in april and june, things have gone in the crapper once again. Detroit's shaky future literally rests on the tilted brim of Fernando Rodney. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since my last update, Josh Anderson was sold into indentured servanthood. He was sold for cash. I don't know how these cash for person trades play out, but in my mind I imagine Dombrowski walking into an abandoned warehouse with a leash around Anderson's neck to meet KC's GM who has a suitcase of $. Luckily for us Josh Anderson has twitter and has kept his many fans updated of his status.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OshKosh B'Josh#13:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Traded for cash today. LoL! How can they put a $ amount on the price of a human being! Thank G-D I'm fast!</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OshKosh B'Josh#13</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: Uh oh! KC figured out I'm not good at baseball. They r threatening to put me to work in a tobacco plantation! If only it was a tomacco plantation! Lol!Thank g-d I'm fast!</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OshKosh B'Josh#13:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Kansas City is run by some Royal dicks! If they ever knew I wrote that, they'd beat me! Anyone watching shark week? Thank g-d i'm fast!</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OshKosh B'Josh#13</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: Seriously, you haven't seen the tomacco simpsons episode? You guys suck. almost as much as the guys who keep on trying to beat me! Thank g-d i'm fast!</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OshKosh B'Josh#13:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> My will to live has been broken :(!These guys with the whips are some serious asshats! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Baseball can be a dirty game.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Is it just me, or does Justin Verlander look like the doppleganger of Luigi from mario bros? What's that? Oh, just me? Then carry on.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With a USA victory this year, we will increase our record in the World Series to 105-2.</span></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-41955461032526919442009-05-18T14:07:00.006-04:002009-05-18T16:41:37.418-04:005/18, Obscure Ex-Tiger of the day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/1149820703_17b37f8a5b.jpg"><span><span></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 387px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/1149820703_17b37f8a5b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Cameron Maybin</div><p class="MsoNormal">Scouts routinely called Maybin a Griffey Junior clone but with a better arm. So, I think we all felt it was reasonably safe to assume that Maybin would rack up 600+ Hr’s, win MVP’s, headline multiple kick ass video games and eventually cure swine flu. For this, I anointed him “megajesus.” This might seem somewhat offensive, but it would not be if you had read multiple Baseball <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region> pre-draft scouting reports. <br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybin was called up late in 2007. In his 2<sup>nd</sup> game he faced all around gentleman Roger Clemens. Maybin took the chode deep on a line drive to center field. Next time up, Clemens beaned Maybin on the first pitch. So, Maybin stole 2<sup>nd</sup> base on him. This game will not be anything that I ever “misremember.” Unfortunately, Maybin did not have any more highlights that year. He hit .143 that year which was appropriate because <st1:city><st1:place>Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> still had man love for him. That year he struck out as often as you did when you first started playing baseball video games with the “hit stick” instead of the “A” button. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">In one of the most lopsided trades in the history of the barter system, Maybin was traded to the baseball capitol of the world, <st1:city><st1:place>Miami</st1:place></st1:city>. <st1:city><st1:place>Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> acquired Miguel Cabrera, “megarer jesus,” and Willis in this trade. Maybin was recently sent back down to the minors. I am sure he’ll be fine eventually, and like all Marlins win the world series every 6 years. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to share your favorite memories of the <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">third cousin of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:black;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:SimSun;font-size:12.0pt;">CFL </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">running back</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"> John Avery<span><span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span">.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-73994781580354960292009-05-09T15:18:00.004-04:002009-05-09T15:24:39.827-04:00Neat Play, CF #28<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3513642489_8b432bc08c_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 340px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3513642489_8b432bc08c_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Curtis Grandeson records the 2nd out in the 9th inning</span></div><p class="MsoNormal">Dontrelle Willis returns next week. This saves Jim Leyland from the impending Miner/Robertson decision. A decision so monumentally difficult, that it would be on par with Ray J’s heart wrenching final decision between ho #1 and ho #2 on his hit show on VH1. Willis, who is attempting to come back from an anxiety disorder, hopefully can be somewhat near what Zach Greinke has become. Greinke was on the verge of quitting baseball because of his condition. Now Greinke has an ERA of .40. This .40 ERA is to the surprise of no one who played MVP baseball 2005.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>A couple good Greinke quotes:</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">1. <strong><span style="color:black;">“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;color:black;">I cried in bed</span></strong><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#111111;">, moaning ‘why, why did this have to happen?’” — when asked how he reacted to the news of Brad Pitt and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#111111;"> </span></span><span class="ilspan"><span style="color:#111111;">Jennifer Aniston</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#111111;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#111111;">breaking up.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#111111;"><o:p> -This reaction seems completely rational. But, I did watch an episode of saved by the bell this afternoon. Jessie Spanno held Slater’s hand causing the studio audience to break out in hysterics.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#111111;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">2<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#111111;">.</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.5pt;color:#2361A1;"> </span></span><strong><span style="color:black;">“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;color:black;">There</span><span style="color:black;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;color:black;">definitely will be flying cars</span></strong><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">but whether there’ll be flying cars for most people to use, it’ll probably take a long time to straighten everything out, all the rules and hassles. It’ll take a while to figure out how to keep people from crashing into each other.” — when asked if he thought there would be flying cars</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"> <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important;cursor:pointer !important; background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y: 50%"></span></span><span class="illinkstyle"><span style="color:black;">in the future</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">. </span></span></span></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">-Once again, completely rational. There will definitely be a transition period in the era of flying cars. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;color:black;">3. “Me. I’m a better hitter.”</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#111111;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#111111;">— when Greinke was asked by a National League scout, “Should we draft you or Scott Kazmir?”<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">More Greinke quotes here. Some are pretty tremendous. <a href="http://www.shan.biz/sports/zack-greinke-the-next-emmitt-smith">http://www.shan.biz/sports/zack-greinke-the-next-emmitt-smith</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>While writing this, Starship Troopers has been on mute in the background. No idea why, but somehow this has to result in good karma. </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-50425878586838301932009-04-22T22:36:00.008-04:002009-04-23T02:04:04.816-04:00TAWG?OGDH? Exclusive Rod Allen Interview<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/888723070_9307fa6706.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 436px; height: 433px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/888723070_9307fa6706.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>The staff at TAWG?OGDH? had a very special opportunity to interview American hero Rod Allen before tonights game against the California Angels. We were able to speak to him before the game during batting practice.</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">That's All We Got? One Goddamn Hit?</span>: Thanks for being with us Rod. You enjoying your stay in LA?<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Rod Allen</span>: Oh, for sure. I got the acoustic version of the April in the D song on my walkman and took a majestic jog on the beach at sunrise.<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?</span>: That's a beautiful image, Rod. Now onto the 2009 Tigers. After the pitching staff posted a dissapointing 2008 season...Do you think they will rebound in 2009?<div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">RA</span>: We got some guys who can throw some itty bitty ones up there. These are major league players who can throw some major league pitches. Pitching, hitting and coaching will not be a problem for the 2009 Tigers</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?:</span> Verlander struggled last year...Any chance he can turn it around?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">RA:</span> Oh, for sure. JV has easy gas. He throws it in there consistently at 100, sometimes 105 MPH. When he is on the hitters got none chance, NONE. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?:</span> Leyland seems to be entering a do or die season in 2009. How do you see him responding?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">RA</span>: Leyland? Oh, he's a beauty. He's back to wearing the spikes. Got the high socks going. Pahdnuh, I wouldn't be surprised to see the skipper pinch run in one of these games!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?</span>: Miguel Cabrera looks to be one of best players in all of baseball. Any chance, he can he can win the AL MVP this year?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">RA</span>: Miggy? That boy is country strong. He can buggy whip just about any pitch out of the ball park. I'd be surprised if he does not win five or six triple crowns by the time hes done with baseball.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?</span>: That's a gutsy prediction, Rod.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">RA:</span> I'm worried about those sitting in the bleachers when Cabby comes to bat!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?</span>: Lay it all on the line, how many wins for the 2009 Tigers?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">RA</span>: Oh, 130 easy. This team is dialed in and ready this year. And, SPRING HAS SPRRUUNNG, WINTERS DONNEEEEE.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TAWG?OGDH?</span>: Shut the hell up, Rod.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.rodallen.com.au/images/rod_allen_banner_1.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, and take 300 drinks.</div></div></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-83193739920375270822009-03-18T20:27:00.003-04:002009-03-18T20:29:39.082-04:00Damn Fine Work<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/gene_kingsale_autograph.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/gene_kingsale_autograph.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">I received an email that the editors of some website reviewed “That’s All We Got? One Goddamn Hit?” and overall they gave it a 6.0 out of 10. Initially I was upset, I really strived to make this place a 6.5 blog. When they asked if I wanted to display a badge proclaiming this place a 6 out 10, I couldn’t update this place quick enough. The mental image I have of people sitting around a table debating the pros and cons of this place is incredible. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Editor #1</span>: That’s the 15<sup>th</sup> Mighty Ducks 2 reference in the last 2 years! Negative points!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Editor #2</span>: His haiku’s are like a serene river flowing straight into my brain! Plus points!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Editor #3</span>: <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">¿</span></span><em style="text-decoration:inherit"><span style="font-style:normal;color:black;">Dónde</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;">Está la</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span><em style="text-decoration:inherit"><span style="font-style:normal;color:black;">Biblioteca</span>?<o:p></o:p></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style:normal;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Editor #4</span>: This place emits an aura complacency. If this blog were a dinosaur, it would be a brontosaurus.</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style:normal;color:black;">Be happy readers, you are reading the Gene Kingsale of Detroit Tiger blogs.</span></em><em><b><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-17020979599116743472009-03-16T21:09:00.005-04:002009-03-16T23:09:17.709-04:00The Fundamentals Of This Baseball Team Are Strong<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fielderschoice.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bow_rhymes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://fielderschoice.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bow_rhymes.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:placename>Wayne</st1:placename> <st1:placename>State</st1:placename></st1:place> is on break this week, so Spring Break 2009 <st1:city><st1:place>Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> is really in full effect right now. I cranked things up this afternoon by watching some Tigers baseball. Tigers eeked one out against the Cardinals, 7-6. This officially makes everything square from 2006. The winning run came when Will Rhymes dropped an ill single scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9<sup>th</sup>. We currently are a mere 5.5 games back for the Grapefruit League crown. I’m pretty sure the winning team splits a gift certificate from Dunhams or something, so let’s get on that.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately for the Tigers the rumors of pitching machines replacing pitchers looks to be false. Dontrelle Willis, Zach Miner and Nate Robertson are waging an epic suckfest for the 5<sup>th</sup> rotation spot. All tied up, right now. Bonderman has been broken all spring, but looks like he might be ready for the season. Zumaya is hurt again, proving that he might be the most fragile 260# human being of all-time. Rick Porcello and Rick Perry might start with the club with all the sucking going on.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city><st1:place>Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> really can’t brag about the free agents they brought in this off-season. All of the players serve a purpose, but they aren’t flashy. It’s kind of like buying a belt. If you go brag to all your friends about your belt, they’ll think you are a douche, and rightfully so. But, your pants will stay up. This opinion is probably just because I’ve been bathing in the Tigers Kool-Aid all winter, but I feel Adam Everett>Edgar Diarrhea, Gerald Laird>Fudge and <st1:place>Lyon</st1:place>>Jones.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The World Baseball Classic confuses me so much that it almost makes me angry. My jingoistic tendencies make me want to fight a Canadian when I watch Matt Stairs battle with Latroy Hawkins. But, deep down I’d almost rather both Team USA (Granderson) and Team Detroit (Venezuela) take a dive, so we have our full force of players in spring training, learning how to do stuff, and treating Brandon Inge nicely so he is happy. Also, it would be neat if Carlos Guillen could take some fly balls, so he isn’t completely shocked the first time he doesn’t get a ground ball in left field. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Magglio, when he is in right field looks to be about 15% there. My seats are a couple rows up in right field and people are constantly yelling his name. Instead of ignoring them, like every other MLB player, he decides to stare back at them with a blank expression on his face until the situation is just completely awkward and uncomfortable for everyone. It’s bizarre to say the least. Usually you wouldn’t think this mute would be the center of controversy, but he is. Maggio recently said something along the lines of “the best of the Venezuelan Revolution is yet to come” with Hugo Chavez. I’m watching <st1:country-region><st1:place>Venezuela</st1:place></st1:country-region> play <st1:place>Puerto Rico</st1:place> right now and Magglio is getting booed without mercy the entire game by Venezuelan fans. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>21 days until opening day.</o:p></p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-17357764203592545302009-02-06T13:49:00.002-05:002009-02-06T15:16:47.610-05:00The Gutsiest Play In Baseball Movie History<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wearemoviegeeks.com/wp-content/majorleague.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 580px; height: 349px;" src="http://wearemoviegeeks.com/wp-content/majorleague.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Major League was on HBO this morning. I picked it up near the end, right at the beginning of the Yankees/Indians playoff game. I found the scene on youtube, and luckily it is espanol for your viewing pleasure. Start at 3 minutes in. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zijnRKU5osM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zijnRKU5osM</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've always been impressed with Jake Taylor's gutsy/borderline psychotic call at the end of the game. Here's the situation. Willie Mays Hayes on 2nd, with Jake Taylor who looks to be fresh off 37 knee operations at the plate. 2 outs, bottom of 9, tie game. Taylor signals to Lou Brown that he has a play in mind. Crotchety Spanish-American War vet Lou goes along with the play and signals to the 3rd base coach the play. If i were Lou, I would have benched him immediately when I saw him go up to the plate with his catching helmet on instead of a batting helmet, but, that's why i'm not an actor. Anyways, I don't know what is more miraculous;A) They have a signal for the outrageousness that is about to take place, or, B) They have practiced such a play before.</div><div><br /></div><div>The play calls for Jake to call his shot. This is the equivalent of Dane Sardinha calling his shot. Taylor almosts takes a fastball to the dome on the first pitch. The 2nd pitch he once agains calls his shot. This is when my 9 year old brain was offically blown out of my skull. The Yankees skeezy pitcher delivers a strike, and to the surprise of no one, Taylor does not bomb one into the bleachers. Instead, he purposely does a swinging bunt down the 3rd base line. This forces Taylor and his silly puddy knees to beat out a ground ball to the 3rd basemen or the inning is over. The sheer pain in Taylor's face as he runs to the first and the slow melodic music almost caused 9 year old Brady to have a panic attack.</div><div><br /></div><div>SPOILER ALERT.</div><div><br /></div><div>Taylor beats the throw! Unfortunately he crumbles over 1st base and this would eventually end up being Jake Taylor's last play in movie baseball history as he would go on to manage in ML2. The play also calls for WMH to try to score from 2nd! Luckily the 1st basemen decides to take his sweet time in throwing it home. The slide might be the most ridiculous thing, ever. He could easily score standing up, instead the slide he does contorts his body in a way that would tear the groins of any mere mortal. This makes the play infinitely closer, but he is safe, and the Indians celebrate their American East title and Jake Taylor makes out with Rene Russo at Milwaukee County Stadium. </div><div><br /></div><div>Honorable Mentions for gutsiest movie baseball moment:</div><div>1. Angels in the Outfield. In the Angels biggest game, Coach Danny Glover leaves Pitcher Tony Danza on the mound in the 9th. The situation is Angels up by 1, bases loaded, and to this point Danza has already thrown 160+ pitches. Another thing to remember is pitcher Tony Danza will die within 6 months due to lung cancer after the completion of this game. Coach Glover is able to convince delusional Danza to remain in the game convincing him he has an angel when he really doesn't. Unfortunately for us all, Danza did have an angel; the angel of death. Danza makes a ridiculous diving catch on a screamer off the bat of another skeezer and the Angels win the pennant.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Rookie of the Year. Rowengartner remains in the game even though his arm isn't ridiculously broken anymore. The Cub's coach decides to stick with him in the 9th, and he engineers one of the most ridiculous escape jobs in the history of mankind. He strikes the NL's MVP out on 3 underhand lofted pitches.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you can beat these, post them up.</div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-18213207195070287282009-01-28T01:55:00.001-05:002009-01-28T01:56:59.485-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGySe7nzLu6Ic-IaX8cYVRHy374Zjv2q0J7qoqPyNnkL_MhuUUlQL7gfocv3YRoLq30MhD3POMeFSwKzPHeGS39g0m-tBKgl3-mlUAjvg6AWva_Smq33vWfNYW-OY2Vuf_OJQ1FA/s1600-h/32-more-wins.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGySe7nzLu6Ic-IaX8cYVRHy374Zjv2q0J7qoqPyNnkL_MhuUUlQL7gfocv3YRoLq30MhD3POMeFSwKzPHeGS39g0m-tBKgl3-mlUAjvg6AWva_Smq33vWfNYW-OY2Vuf_OJQ1FA/s400/32-more-wins.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296235026304512802" /></a>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-47439085960590059172009-01-27T00:45:00.009-05:002009-01-27T01:05:54.026-05:00The Detroit Tigers Bullpen; A Bazardo Situation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/279570357_1008de48f9.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/279570357_1008de48f9.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ayug3t85f5ga/610x.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Game 4, top of the 8</span></a></span><sup style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ayug3t85f5ga/610x.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">th</span></span></a></sup><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ayug3t85f5ga/610x.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> inning 2 outs, bases empty, tie game at 3. Enter Jason Grilli, my fellow Royal Oakian. Grilli, AKA Cheese man, throws 12 consecutive balls, loading the bases. My complete lack of faith in the bullpen started precisely at this moment. He was yanked, and we got out of the inning unscathed. But, the damage had already been done to my baby like psyche. Extra credit given to whomever can name the crumb bum who came in and shut the door on the A’s.</span></a><br /></p></span><div><p class="MsoNormal">Since then our bullpen has been a rag tag group of pranksters that would seem unrealistic even in a Disney movie. Todd Jones could be charged with attempted murder for the amount of times he’s raised my blood pressure to an almost lethal measure. This year he’s gone, and the closer spot is for grabs. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The “big” move so far has been the signing of Brandon Lyons. I’d be <st1:place>lyon</st1:place> if I thought he was the long-term answer, but this former Dback wants the opportunity to put his brand-on the Tigers closer position. Yep, I felt good about that sentence. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><st1:place>Lyon</st1:place> signed for 4.25 million, or 17 million quarters. Another signee is Juan Rincon. He’s fresh off a steroid suspension, so, that’s promising, because players usually excel after this sort of thing. Hopefully Zumaya has already mastered expert mode on Guitar Hero so we don’t have a freak accident where he snaps his wrist in half on a plastic guitar during a “Cherry Pie” solo. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>In other news, Brandon Inge is happy back at 3<sup>rd</sup>. I mean, he’s earned it. Hitting .205 last year while complaining the entire time. He’s the feel good story of the team so far.</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pitchers and catchers report in 2 and a half weeks. Since the Pistons have decided to pout, and the Lions played catcher all sunday this year, it couldn’t come soon enough.<br /></p></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-53173284292481629472008-10-09T18:40:00.004-04:002008-10-09T20:33:25.434-04:00Change I Can Believe In: 2009 Detroit Tigers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0erO6kd1rG10H/340x.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0erO6kd1rG10H/340x.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 2008 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth best place in the American League Central Division, receiving the brown ribbon of sorrow for their effort. The Detroit Tigers were like Crystal Clear Pepsi. When it came down to it, this team had no pop, no fizz, no great taste. I think I'm actually convinced the 2008 Detroit Tigers made me dumber.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SEASON STARTS IN 6 MONTHS. CHANGE.</span></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">SS/3B</span></span></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Brandon Inge will be the 3</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> basemen again. Management, apparently impressed with Inge’s .205 avg. and 11 shitbombs will move Guillen to LF. Apparently, Tigers management is willing to overlook this as long as Inge continues to wear his socks high. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The only way I can justify Inge being on the field is if he our SS. With Renteria likely to be cut loose, even though he did just predict a 2009 WS title here, this leaves us with our biggest hole in our most important defensive position.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Catcher and SS, two positions where I am willing to allow you to hit your weight without me getting hysterical about it. Inge has great range, a great arm, played SS in college, and he also has high socks. At SS, he would have more opportunities for plays and his plus defense would allow more opportunities justifying his existence as a professional athlete. </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Keep Guillen at 3rd, he was good there.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">C</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dusty Ryan. Sure, He’ll hit .225, but, that’s about .150 better then I’d imagine Dane Sardinha would hit if he was there every day. I think Vance Wilson might be deceased, so, he’s not a viable option</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LF</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jim Leyland loves Marcus Thames. He says that every year, and he rewards his love for him by not playing him. Next year, I hope he’ll platoon with Matt Joyce. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DH</span></b></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gary Sheffield was the cherry on top of this turd cake of a year. He decided he’d bitch about everything, suck at hitting, get paid a lot, and by all accounts just be a douche. BUT, he is swearing revenge on Carmona. </span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gary</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is good when mad. So, feel free to boo him and hit him with pitches, it’s for the good of the team. Also, we aren’t going to pay a guy with 499 HR’s to go away, so we are stuck with him. And he might literally murder one of our rivals best young pitchers. I support that.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My batting order</span></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Granderson CF</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ordonez RF</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cabrera 1B</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Polanco 2B</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Guillen 3B</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sheffield</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> DH</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thames/Joyce LF</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ryan C</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Inge SS</span></li> </ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I’ll talk more about this later.</span></p>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-72228261460351838342008-09-30T14:49:00.001-04:002008-09-30T14:54:15.578-04:00188 days until opening day<a href="http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/scollins243/?action=view&current=Movie.flv">http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/scollins243/?action=view&current=Movie.flv</a>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-50839977344755714022008-04-16T16:01:00.009-04:002008-04-16T18:15:17.909-04:00Parallels Between Mighty Ducks 2 And The 2008 Detroit Tigers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/RjgnVtgeWvI/AAAAAAAAC3U/Eg95l9F5vfM/s1600-h/09.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shop.jasongrilli.com/images/1190052580815-223303521.jpeg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.shop.jasongrilli.com/images/1190052580815-223303521.jpeg" border="0" /></a> (This is an actual t-shirt, you can buy through Grilli himself)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/RjgnVtgeWvI/AAAAAAAAC3U/Eg95l9F5vfM/s1600-h/09.jpg"></a><br />Like most things in life, I can draw direct parallels between one event, and Mighty Ducks 2. The 2008 Detroit Tigers are no exception.<br /><br />1. THE TIGERS ACQUIRE NEW TALENT. Edgar Renteria, Dontrelle Willis, Miguel Cabrera, Jaque Jones, Denny Bautista.<br /><br />MIGHTY DUCKS ACQUIRE NEW TALENT. Julie "the cat" Gaffney, Dean Portman, Luis Mendoza, Russ Tyler, Dwayne Robertson and of course Olympic gold figure skater Ken Wu.<br /><br />Jacque Jones has had a very Ken Wu like season so far.<br /><br />2. DETROIT TIGERS picked to win world series by Sports illustrated.<br /><br />MIGHTY DUCKS FAVORITE FOR PRESTIGIOUS JUNIOR GOODWILL GAMES GOLD MEDAL.<br /><br />Tigers sell record number of season tickets, some question if it's the greatest offense in Detroit history.<br /><br />Mighty Ducks for some ungodly reason put on cover of Wheaties cereal. Hendrix, their chief sponsor, promises a future of action figures featuring the players.<br /><br />3. TIGERS BUY INTO OWN HYPE. After starting strong against D2 (GET IT!) Fla. Southern, they coast through spring training with an unimpressive 15-14 record<br /><br />MIGHTY DUCKS GET COCKY. They beat Trinidad to start off the tournament. Bombay starts attending posh L.A. parties with Kareem Abdul jabar and Wayne Gretzky and dreams of the day that the "Air-Bombay coaching loafer" is sold in stores.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0000389/">Coach Bombay</a></b>: Haven't you guys been training in the off-season?<br /><b><a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0230596/">Lester Averman</a></b>: You know, I knew we forgot something.<br /><br />In this case, the Trinidadian Junior hockey team is the equivalent to the Fla. souther Moccasins. Tigers beat moccasins 17-4, Team Trinidad goes down 12-1.<br /><br />Also, the story of Team Trinidad being one of the top Junior hockey teams in the nation is something that is completely overlooked. I mean, I think Canada didn't even make the field. This, and Connie Moreau scoring the first goal against Iceland in the Championship kind of puts the Miracle on Ice game to shame.<br /><br />4. TIGERS SUFFER HUMILIATING DEFEAT, LOSING TO CHI SOX 11-0<br /><br />After the game, Leyland tears into the team like only a 145 year old man can and calls out much of the team. Ozzie Guillen, former MLB turd takes great pleasure in beating his rivals.<br /><br />TEAM USA DOWNED BY TEAM ICELAND 12-1. Led by phenom and ex-city guys star Gunnar Stahl, Team Iceland dominates and embarrasses Team USA. EX NHL goon Wolf "the dentist" Stansson's team overmatches Bombay's squad. Bombay responds with emergence of his alter ego, captain blood, and makes them skate until they aren't HAVING FUN ANYMORE.<br /><br />5. INJURIES TAKE A TOLL ON TIGERS. Along with numerous other injuries, Granderson starts off the season on the DL with a broken finger. Granderson is the definition of a 5 tool player. And, I mean tool in a good way this time.<br /><br />ADAM BANKS INJURED. After watching this movie a couple hundred times, i'm convinced Bank's AKA cake eater is the only one with actual hockey talent on the team. All other players have one gimmick move such as skating fast (Luis), slap shot (Fulton), knuckle puck (Russ), Cowboyism (Dwayne), being a whiny bitch (Charlie), etc. Anyways, Banks hurts his wrist after a vicious slash. "2 Minutes?! Vell Vorth it."<br /><br />Anyways, word is that Granderson took BP today relatively pain free and could play very soon. Banksy wakes up one day and the pain is gone. Crazy, right?<br /><br />I am eagerly awaiting the Detroit Tigers real life similarity of the street puck game played on the mean streets of Los Angeles. It will probably involve wiffle ball and Clete Thomas beating the piss out of a 9 year old in the suburbs of Detroit after a dispute over if his ball completely cleared the tree for a HR, or simply landed in the tree, thus making it a live ball.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/RjgnVtgeWvI/AAAAAAAAC3U/Eg95l9F5vfM/s1600/09.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/RjgnVtgeWvI/AAAAAAAAC3U/Eg95l9F5vfM/s1600/09.jpg" border="0" /></a> "eating ice cream with the enemy, huh, coach?"<br /><br />The Tigers have had two great comeback wins against Minnesota (THE IRONY!). I've had the great pleasure of following these games through MLB gameday because Comcast likes to defecate on my soul as often as possible. So, things could start to turn around, and hopefully like D2 ends we will have the Tigers sitting around a campfire as Jason Grilli strums "we are the champions" and Leyland leads the team in a celebratory romp.<br /><br />Oh, and if you haven't seen Mighty Ducks 2, I apologize for this mess of words. Just for you, and only you, here is Joel Zumaya drinking directly out of keg.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/texmsu/zoom4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/texmsu/zoom4.jpg" border="0" /></a>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-1227448916283878612008-02-25T13:40:00.005-05:002008-02-25T14:17:59.390-05:00February Baseball<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cseries.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/aylaandjimleyland_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cseries.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/aylaandjimleyland_3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Today is the eve of the Tigers biggest game of the year that does not count and is played against a college team, the Florida Southern Moccasins. Or, as I sometimes call them, Florida Suckern! See what I did there? Now, it's your duty to listen to this. Hah, duty.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eharwell.com/turtle.wma">http://www.eharwell.com/turtle.wma</a><br /><br />(just make sure to yell 2008 really loud at the end)<br /><br />Todd Jones toes the mound to start off the pretend season. He might go for the complete game, or he might leave in the 2nd inning because we have 6 others already scheduled to pitch. We will see.<br /><br />Obviously the big off season acquisition everyone is talking about is that Matt Mantei is a Tiger. Recovering from many catastrophic injuries, such as shark bite and a very nasty case of dirt in the eye, he is hopefully a piece of the bullpen that will not ultimately defecate on our souls when it really matters. Brandon Inge stood in the batters box and watched Mantei's stuff up close. Inge described his stuff as "nasty." Since we know Brandon Inge has a rich history of consistent hitting and not striking out, we know complements such as this are rare coming from him.<br /><br />We also have Denny Bautista. I misread the article that I read when we signed him, and had a minor spaz attack thinking we signed Danny Bautista, the ROCK of the mid 90's Detroit Tigers outfielding core.I also read that Denny Bautista this off season was featuring a 98 MPH fastball and a "knee buckling curve." If we are lucky, he can maybe be as effective as Al Levine.<br /><br />The Tigers also aqcuired Miguel Cabrera, Dontrelle Willis and Edgar Renteria. We also traded Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller. So, pretty lame for an off season. Joel Zumaya was also injured when he crashed his motor bike when he was distracted while holding a guitar hero guitar into his flaming house in San Diego as God attempted to smite California. Fernando Rodney also has a bum shoulder right now. But, we our going to win every game 14-10 anyways, so who needs relievers.<br /><br />Detroits/FlaSoMoc scheduled for a 1:05 start. Or, for my Hawaiian readers, that's a 7:05 am start. The game won't be televised, probably won't be on the radio, and will probably never be talked about, ever. Needless to say, this game is crucial in securing confidence for a long run into Octovember this year.Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-24338449302985138342007-12-12T00:35:00.000-05:002007-12-12T01:32:32.746-05:00Obscure Ex-Tiger of the Day, 12-11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mikevasas.com/blog/uploaded_images/shelton-771940.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.mikevasas.com/blog/uploaded_images/shelton-771940.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Chris Shelton<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The enigma that is Chris Shelton will not ever be fully understood. Arguably the greatest Mormon red-haired Tiger in 2006, Chris Shelton was on pace to rewrite the record books. On April 17th, 2006 the great red hope hit his 9th HR of the season. At the time, he was the quickest in American League history to accumulate 9 Hr's at such an early date. As historians of my blog will tell you, on that day he was hitting ".471 with 9 HR's, 5 doubles, 3 triples and a slugging % of 1,216." His offense was "Babe Ruthian" and his defense was positively "Roger Dornian." Those three triples must have been pretty wild; I can only assume they came from other teams not taking Tom Emanski's baseball drill videos to heart during spring training.<br /><br />And suddenly, it was over. I remembered watching a Pistons game in late April of 2006 at Utah, Shelton was there, of course. I remember him wearing a turtleneck and somehow looking extremely awkward, in Salt Lake, which i did not know was achievable. Shelton, started playing baseball like a pasty overweight ginger and struck out as much as Michigan's football coaching search. By June 3rd, he was batting 8th. By late July he was a Mud Hen.<br /><br />So what happened? Most scholars will point to the obvious that he sold his soul to the baseball gods. He became a cocky Mormon ginger, and the baseball gods decided drastic measures needed to be taken to strike him down. For a good visual of what happened, go rent Space Jam and take note of the scenes when the aliens zap the basketball talent of such stars as Patrick Ewing, Mugsy Bogues and of course Shawn Bradley. Man, the Shawn Bradley MonStar really got boned on that deal. When he wasn't striking out, he was hitting lazy fly balls to the 2nd basemen. He went from unquestionably the best player in early 2006 to making Neifi look serviceable in the way that he played in June-July.<br /><br />Chris Shelton was recently traded to the Rangers for Freddy Guzman. The Chris Shelton era of Tiger baseball was over. I implore my 3-5 readers to remember the Shelton era fondly. Without him, we do not go to the playoffs. Without him, we can never reminisce about the days when our beloved Tigers were led by Sloth, from the Goonies.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.deadspin.com/images/2006/04/sheltongoonies.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://cache.deadspin.com/images/2006/04/sheltongoonies.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Share your favorite Shelton stories, or just brag about your $100+ Shelton authentic jersey you impulse bought.<br /></div></div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-77051143617652473792007-11-09T17:42:00.000-05:002007-11-09T18:21:12.028-05:00Obscure Ex-Tiger of the Day, 11-9<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/06/perez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/06/perez.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>(He had atleast one error this day)<br /></div><br />Neifi Perez.<br /><br />I fully expect the term "Neifi'd" to take the place of "Munsoned." If you look up "professional swinging bunt douchebag drug attic bag of farts" in your websters dictionary, you'll probably see the picture from above. Never did I ever think that we would look back at the John McDonald era so fondly.<br /><br />Lot's of bad things have happened in over 100 years of Detroit baseball. But the shitcloud #8 subjected to us might top everything. Neifi played 55 terrible games in Detroit. In his unprecedented run to league LVP he hit below .200, had a grand total of 4 doubles, hit one HR, got suspended twice and killed 6 babies. The Royals did get Neifi'd this year when he hit a HR and had 4 Rbi's in a blow out victory. This upset dwarfed App. St. over Michigan. Sadly, that win over the Royals should probably have an asterisks by it now.<br /><br />On October 30, the year of our lord 2007, Detroit Tigers (f)utility infielder Neifi Perez filed for free agency. Expected suitors include junior varsity assistant coaching opportunities and/or becoming religious in order to try to save his soul that he sold to the devil.<br /><br />The Tigers have now had two players suspended because of the new drug policy. Neifi Perez, and Alex "speedy" Sanchez. With these two suspensions, the Detroit Tigers lead all of Major League Baseball in irony.<br /><br />Share your favorite true or untrue Neifi stories.Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20706192.post-11890464144726995552007-07-05T21:13:00.000-04:002007-07-05T22:05:41.466-04:00Tigers Take 2 of 3 From Racists<a href="http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2006-08/24822675.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2006-08/24822675.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="left"><br /><div align="left">Sorry for the lack of updates recently, I've been busy debating with myself which Tiger is more "now" then the others. Sportscenter has dazzled us with commitment to suck in the last 5 years, but as I was wasting away my life watching a "contest" between Serena Williams and Steve Nash I could feel actual rage and hatred seeping into my pure heart. So, I changed the channel to Top 40 awesomely wacky celebrity baby names to regain my chi. By the way, Sheffield won my Gene Kingsale bracket because of his comments toward latin players. Way to go Gary.</div><div align="left"></div><br />Kraig Monroe has done his best Karlos Pena impression so far this season. That impression being play like hot garbage and have people threatening to slash his tires for half a season, and then put up Chris Shelton #'s the other half. Well, atleast that's what I'm planning on. It's pretty dumb to have an average fielding LF hitting .225 with less then 10 HR's at the break. But, as Tiger historians will remind you often, he is tied for the most homeruns in Detroit Tiger history.<br /><br />The Tigers got 3 with Bawstan before the break. I have a feeling we will sweep them because they are responsible for Fever Pitch and I probably falsely blame them for the phenomenon of girls around the country wearing pink mlb hats and jerseys.<br /><br />The Tigers have 5 all-stars, including 3 starters. That is 4.5 more then we had the majority of my lifetime. I honestly don't know what I did enjoy more, this or when Robert Fick would be our merciful selection to showcase detroit baseball to a worldwide audience.<br /><br />Eat em' up Tigers. </div>Brady Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03107856776268058982noreply@blogger.com11