Ernie Harwell once said, “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” The late, great baseball announcer sure knew what he was talking about! As fans watched the 162 game season, each team saw…
There’s a saying that goes “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” I had every intention of blogging today with a recap of how the Tigers’ season ended and my thoughts for what needs to happen in the offseason. However, Old Smokey pulled a fast one on me. I was just talking yesterday…
In sports, fandom is a term used to describe the allegiance of one to their team. The teams they cheer for often define people – and sometimes those they cheer against. Their ties to a team may determine what they wear, dictate their schedule, or even influence who they interact with. Sometimes its gets to…
They played 162 games to get here and are now just a handful of wins away from playing in the Fall Classic. LA and Boston took care of business in 4 games each to move on as they re-set their lineups and prepare to start the next round this weekend. The baseball playoffs have been…
Let’s be totally honest. Before the series started, no one saw this being a Tigers sweep. The Yankees had not been swept in a 7 game series in 32 years and the Tigers had too many holes to completely dominate – or so we thought. Were fans confident that they could beat the Yankees in…
As the MLB Division Series’ wrapped up last night, I was really happy to have seen so much exciting baseball in the first round. For the first time ever, all the match-ups went to 5 games…doesn’t get better than being winner take all. While some may say that the baseball season is too long, I…
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