EVERYBODY PANI...Over that freaky loss? I don't think so...
It's funny when you think about it, if the Tigers had lost a game to the Twins in the way today's went down a couple of months ago, I would have gone ballistic. Hell, we all would. I would have thought it was the other shoe that we were all waiting to see, drop. But now? Honestly, I'm over it already. As I'm sure our Detroit Tigers are as well.
If there ever was a perfect example of a "Homerdome" loss, today's game was it. 1 bad inning full of turf hits, a couple of out of character errors, a balk, and the Twinkies and their fans celebrating like they won the World Series is not a season changing loss. 2 decades of crap baseball have we Tiger fans on the verge of hysteria at times, overreacting in good times and bad. As I said, it's only 1 of a 162 games, and there will be times you'll lose games you shouldn't. Considering the previous 2 games could have gone the Twinkies way with a couple more Baggiedome turf bounces, I'm not going to let my blood pressure rise over the strange turn of events we saw in the 8th inning. Hell, the Tigers have had worse innings this year, remember the 7 run debacle in Pittsburgh? Now that was a bad inning. Sometimes, shit happens...
Come on, admit it. You all are more than happy with taking 2 of 3 from the Twins. This series meant a hell of a lot more to them, and the Twins were treating it as such. Despite juggling their rotation, they still lost a game in the standings to the Tigers, and also fell behind the Yankees and ChiSox in the wild card standings. The Twins now have a ton of work to do, thanks to the Tigers. Actually, it was a very productive weekend for the team with the best record in baseball. Sometimes it's hard to remember that the rest of the AL is looking up at the Tigers, and for very good reason.
Sure, I was greedy and wanted to see a sweep. But the Tigers won another series, and you can't ask for more than that, can you? The Tigers are headed to Tampa for a 4 game series, and playing the sad sack Devil Rays just might be the best medicine to wipe away the aftertaste of today's loss. That, and a trade for Alfonso Soriano...
When it comes to games like today's, we just need to move on. I think noted thespian Samuel L. Jackson says it best...
I also found myself remarkably sanguine after the loss today. I think it's probably good for the Tigers to realize that they have to play hard all the time and can't throw the ball around all over the place and still expect to win ballgames.
ReplyDeleteJust one clarification... the Twins didn't exactly "juggle" the rotation, they just skipped Scott Baker with the off day, which they usually do anyway... just wanted to clarify. ;)
ReplyDeleteWell said.
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