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Tigers Are Nothing Else If Not Dramatic
I don’t know if the Tigers are, honestly, that good, but they are certainly dramatic.
A 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to tie. A run in the 10th to win.
It doesn’t get much better than that. And it has been a season of such dramatic comebacks like the one the Tigers made Tuesday night against Toronto.
The Tigers have been resilient. Honestly, it was difficult to believe they weren’t collapsing when they lost five straight games to the Royals and Blue Jays - both dreadful clubs playing out the string. Well, here are two wins in a row. The Tigers lead in the American League Central is 5 1-2 games. Justin Morneau is out for the year for the Twins. Aubrey Huff is paying dividends for the Tigers.
Seems like the division title is in the bag, but you just know the Tigers aren’t going to make it easy. I mean the Royals are in town. They might be the worst team in baseball. Name a Tigers fan that isn’t thinking fearfully, though,"Oh boy, the Royals again." Bet there aren’t many.
Random Thoughts
- Looking at Oakland University’s basketball schedule for this ucoming season, my only question is where are the Lakers? Aren’t they the only power missing? The Golden Grizzlies have road trips to Kansas and Michigan State. They likely will be the top two teams in the nation when the preseason polls come out. Oakland also plays at Memphis, Syracuse and Oregon. This figures to be Oakland’s best team ever. And it, obviously, will be severely tested.
No Michigan this season. It looked like Michigan was going to back out of its contract with Oakland, but did a reversal, but it was too late for this season. Michigan has a contract to host Oakland in Ann Arbor and for a game at The Palace.
Expected to be on Oakland’s schedule next season: Kentucky.
- The Lions are honoring Ernie Harwell as an honorary captain Sunday. Don’t think I’ve ever seen Ernie at a football game, although I know he call a lot of them early in his career.
- Name one player on the Lions defense Sunday that even remotely stood out? I can’t think of one, either.
My column in Tuesday's Oakland Press about how Mid-American Conferrence football is wrongly overlooked: http://tinyurl.com/ry9akc
A 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to tie. A run in the 10th to win.
It doesn’t get much better than that. And it has been a season of such dramatic comebacks like the one the Tigers made Tuesday night against Toronto.
The Tigers have been resilient. Honestly, it was difficult to believe they weren’t collapsing when they lost five straight games to the Royals and Blue Jays - both dreadful clubs playing out the string. Well, here are two wins in a row. The Tigers lead in the American League Central is 5 1-2 games. Justin Morneau is out for the year for the Twins. Aubrey Huff is paying dividends for the Tigers.
Seems like the division title is in the bag, but you just know the Tigers aren’t going to make it easy. I mean the Royals are in town. They might be the worst team in baseball. Name a Tigers fan that isn’t thinking fearfully, though,"Oh boy, the Royals again." Bet there aren’t many.
Random Thoughts
- Looking at Oakland University’s basketball schedule for this ucoming season, my only question is where are the Lakers? Aren’t they the only power missing? The Golden Grizzlies have road trips to Kansas and Michigan State. They likely will be the top two teams in the nation when the preseason polls come out. Oakland also plays at Memphis, Syracuse and Oregon. This figures to be Oakland’s best team ever. And it, obviously, will be severely tested.
No Michigan this season. It looked like Michigan was going to back out of its contract with Oakland, but did a reversal, but it was too late for this season. Michigan has a contract to host Oakland in Ann Arbor and for a game at The Palace.
Expected to be on Oakland’s schedule next season: Kentucky.
- The Lions are honoring Ernie Harwell as an honorary captain Sunday. Don’t think I’ve ever seen Ernie at a football game, although I know he call a lot of them early in his career.
- Name one player on the Lions defense Sunday that even remotely stood out? I can’t think of one, either.
My column in Tuesday's Oakland Press about how Mid-American Conferrence football is wrongly overlooked: http://tinyurl.com/ry9akc
Labels: Aubrey Huff Ernie Harwell Detroit Tigers Oakland University Basketball Detroit Lions
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