Thurston Blogging

Buck Sucks

Is someone looking into this?  The damn Cardinals announcer and stupid former catcher get call the World Series.  Equal time - put Mario and Rod on for Games 3 and 4 if McCarver and Joe Francis Buck do Games 1 & 2.  Friggin' bias, man.  I don't like it.

Furthermore, I'm tired of listening to Buck talk about how cold it is.  It's Detroit.  It's not Florida or California - of course it's going to be cold.

Tigers Sweep, or No Game for Jay

When I got home from Italy, and my secretary told me that she had Detroit Tigers ALCS Game 5 tickets for me, I was stunned.  Surprised and excited, I soon realized that I had a small moral quandry - the Tigs would have to lose a game in order for the ALCS series against the Oakland A's to force a Game 5.

Well, at the end of the first inning, it sure looked as if Sharon and I would be en route to Comerica Park on Sunday.  Down 2-0, the Tigers would later go down 3-0 when Jay (no relation) Payton belted a solo home run.

Enter, Huston Street.  The Oakland Closer did not earn his $400,000 salary last night.  He gave up three runs and took the loss for the A's.

Magglio Ordonez made sure that Sharon and I would not be heading to the fifth game of the series today, by belting a 3-run homer that ended the game in the bottom of the 9th inning.  He, unlike Street, earned every penny of his $16,000,000 salary.  He may also get Little Ceasars pizza for life (Crazy Bread at a significant discount as well).

While the Mets and Cardinals face off this week, the Tigers pitchers can rest, the position players can also relax until Game 1 of the World Series this upcoming Saturday.

I just want to type this, because I still have a hard time believing it - The Detroit Tigers will be hosting Game 1 of the World Series this Saturday. 

Wow, that is a wonderul sentence to behold.

The Detroit Tigers defeat the Evil Empire

"I don't think we've even comprehended what's just happened in the last few hours."

Yankees infielder Andy Phillips

"Plain and simple, they dominated us," Alex Rodriguez said. "It's not like we lost by one or two runs. They actually kicked our ass."

Who in Detroit would have believed this in April?  May?  Come on.  The New York Yankees, with 26 World Series, talking about how they got monkey-stomped by the Detroit Tigers.  This is the same Detroit team that last had the media interested in them by attempting to set the single-game losing season not to friggin' long ago.  The same Detroit Tigers that some openly thought should contract.

My God.  The Yankees are probably going to dump their best manager ever in Joe Torre over this.  Reports are that he'll be replaced by (Sweet) Lou Pinella.

This is simply great.  Damn it, Detroit is a baseball and football town.  Sure, the Pistons and Red Wings are great, have great and likable players, but this town loves football and baseball.  One day, maybe the three of us that are still Detroit Lions fans will be able to get this excited.  It's been since 1987 since the Tigers won a playoff game.  However, it's been 15 years since Barry Sanders and company beat Dallas in the Silverdome. 

Good for Brandon Inge.  A guy who's been here when the Tigers REALLY sucked.  He's moved from catcher, where he was one of the best defensive players at the position, to third base.  He took it like a man, and now he's in the playoffs.

Good for Jim Leyland.  This guy was washed up.  Ran out of Colorado.  Couldn't relate to players.  Bullshit. 

Good for Dave Dombrowski.   He's done just what he did in Florida.  Took the owners checkbook and bought the  good groceries.  He restocked a bare cupboard, and got rid of a lot of rotten fruits.

Good for us.  It's nice to have a winner in one of the Big Two sports.  Being here in Europe makes me realize how dumb these people are.  They think baseball is boring.  I shall go outside now and punch the first European (that's smaller than me) and tell him baseball is great.