There's nothing like watching your team tank on national TV. I had that feeling when MSU lost to Notre Dame in football in 2006, when the basketball team got blown out last week by Memphis, and now the Tigers on ESPN 2 show up and lose 13-2. Just another loss in a terrible start to the season, but it really was a terrible showing for the entire team.
Two errors by Carlos Guillen at first base, possibly because Joe Morgan hexed him by predicting a Gold Glove season over there this year. Justin Verlander got run off the mound letting a close, 3-1 game devolve into a situation that resulted in a 9-1 blow out. Miguel Cabrera had about every one of his at-bats end in a double play that would kill any type of rally. There were four hit by the Tigers in the whole game. The bullpen couldn't put out Verlander's fire. And Mark Buerhle basically just pitched the Tigers out of the park. The boo birds came out, and they had good reason.
This isn't a bad ball club, but they are playing like one. With ESPN's shots of the White Sox looking far too happy in their dugout and fans behind home plate chanting "Let's Go Red Wings", I really just feel sick.
Two sweeps. At home. Starting the season. Let's just say, I wouldn't really have picked that storyline for the Tigers to start the season with. It's like a Murphy's Law over a full homestand.
I'm just going to do my best to forget these games even happened and simply look ahead to the Boston series as a new season. Getting on the road should be good for these guys, as Miller and Morgan talked about, and I really hope that it's just a losing streak and they'll recover but damn, come on.
For once in my life, I'm actually looking to the Yankees as a beacon of hope. The past two seasons they've had slow starts to begin the year and ended up making the playoffs in both of them. God willing, maybe we can be like the Yanks in more ways than just payroll.
Two errors by Carlos Guillen at first base, possibly because Joe Morgan hexed him by predicting a Gold Glove season over there this year. Justin Verlander got run off the mound letting a close, 3-1 game devolve into a situation that resulted in a 9-1 blow out. Miguel Cabrera had about every one of his at-bats end in a double play that would kill any type of rally. There were four hit by the Tigers in the whole game. The bullpen couldn't put out Verlander's fire. And Mark Buerhle basically just pitched the Tigers out of the park. The boo birds came out, and they had good reason.
This isn't a bad ball club, but they are playing like one. With ESPN's shots of the White Sox looking far too happy in their dugout and fans behind home plate chanting "Let's Go Red Wings", I really just feel sick.
Two sweeps. At home. Starting the season. Let's just say, I wouldn't really have picked that storyline for the Tigers to start the season with. It's like a Murphy's Law over a full homestand.
I'm just going to do my best to forget these games even happened and simply look ahead to the Boston series as a new season. Getting on the road should be good for these guys, as Miller and Morgan talked about, and I really hope that it's just a losing streak and they'll recover but damn, come on.
For once in my life, I'm actually looking to the Yankees as a beacon of hope. The past two seasons they've had slow starts to begin the year and ended up making the playoffs in both of them. God willing, maybe we can be like the Yanks in more ways than just payroll.
