The Tigers seemed determined to blow their lead in the division for the last month, and they managed to do it yesterday, letting the Twins tie them. But they finally shook the dust off their bats and beat the White Sox today. If Minnesota holds on to win against the Royals (as they are ahead currently in the seventh), I guess there’ll be a one-game playoff. So they have one more chance to blow it. They have my full confidence in their ability to do so.
Meanwhile, after blowing their record last week, the Lions have started a new losing streak today. We’ll see if they can top the previous one.
Hey, they’re playing the Royals. They’ve got it in the bag.
(Says a sad, bitter, old Royals fan.)
Most Septembers I’ve seen feature a series or two between the Royals and the Tigs in trying to see who can win the race to the bottom. Sometimes the Royals win that race, sometimes the Tigers do. Most times this decade, the Tigers “win” it by losing.
(Says a sad, bitter, old Tigers fan.)
(and no, Fuloydo, I wasn’t trying to be snarky with copying that tagline at the end – I liked it, and shamelessly “borrowed it for a bit.”)
Heh. I wouldn’t worry about it. I don’t even follow baseball anymore. I was a Royals fan back in high school (late 70’s early 80’s) because it was “the thing to be” amongst the cool kids. (Which I wasn’t.)
But, damn, they did have a team back then. It hurts to watch them these days.
This was a pyrric victory. Needing Verlander here means he won’t be ready for game 1 against the yankees, which means what small hope they had against the Yanks is gone. Of course that assumes they get past the Twins in their home park, which they won’t.
On the other hand, having Minnesota lose consecutive one-game playoffs has a certain appeal to those of us with nothing at stake in Tuesday’s game. It’s an opportunity few teams get. So, go Tigers!
You know, the Tigers were in the World freakin’ Series a mere three years ago. As a Mariner fan, I’d kill to have my team anywhere near the Series.
I’m a firm believer than any baseball team that makes it to the Series gets at least a three year grace period thereafter.
Tell that to the Yankees – who actually managed to win most of their World Series. The object of professional sports is to win without violating the rules. Period, dot, stop. If you want to challenge past winners by giving them a harder schedule the next season, or making them play the first month of the season with weights at their wrists and ankles, or some other means by which they can still win – however unlikely it may be, it’s still possible – that’s one thing, but telling them not to bother showing up because win or lose, they can’t go to the Series (which is what a grace period would do; and to enforce it would mean no trades involving that team) is ludicrous.