Archive for September, 2011

September 21, 2011

Video: Lynn Henning, et al, Offer a Tigers Playoff Preview

September 21, 2011

Coping with the Post-Clincher Letdown

I guess if you watch enough baseball in your life you do get to experience just about everything. From the delirium of 1984 and ’06 to the body blow that was Game 163, I thought I’d gone through every emotion as a Tigers fan. Then came Saturday morning. That’s when the letdown set in and [...]

September 19, 2011

Fungo Flash Poll: Pick Your Poison: In a perfect world, which team would you want the Tigers to face in the ALDS?

September 18, 2011

Random Thoughts on the Clincher

Watching the Tigers celebrate in the visitors clubhouse Friday night was surreal in a lot of ways. There they were, spraying champagne on the likes of John Keating and generally, in the words of George Kell, kicking up their heels in Oakland. I was pleasantly surprised that MLB Extra Innings allowed extra airtime for the [...]

September 16, 2011

Getting Ready, Part 4 | One Word: Magglio

It never gets old.

September 16, 2011

The Friday Evening Breakfast

Good Friday evening. Sure, we all knew the streak would end sooner or later – and with Brad Penny going on Wednesday, “sooner” appeared the safest bet. If I had to place money on the next starter most likely to lay an egg and break the streak it would’ve been Max Scherzer. And Max didn’t [...]

September 16, 2011

Getting Ready, Part 3 | Ernie Calls Tigers’ 1972 A.L. East Clincher