Last night was one of the most emotional events I’ve ever covered. A perfect game would have been incredible, but what happened instead is something that will go down in baseball history.
Originally, the mood was anger toward Jim Joyce for blowing the call and costing Armando Galarraga the first perfect game in Tigers history. After [...]
Remember when the Red Wings almost traded Steve Yzerman? It was just before the 1995-96 season, and Scotty Bowman was ready to pull the trigger on a deal that would have sent The Captain to Ottawa for a package built around Alexei Yashin. Obviously, the trade never happened, but on Opening Night, the rumors were [...]
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That isn’t exactly what Tigers fans were expecting from The Greatest Offense Ever Assembled, but that’s what they’ve gotten. With 68 games to go, the Tigers are seven games behind the White Sox and eight games out of the wildcard spot. If Chicago just plays .500 from here on in, the Tigers will have to [...]
This is painful to watch.
Dontrelle Willis was just taken out of the game in the second inning. It’s already 8-0.
Willis threw 64 pitches and got exactly four outs. He walked five of the 12 batters he’s faced and gave up two long home runs.
This is a guy that was an All-Star in 2005, and [...]
Pistons-Celtics: There’s No Such Thing As Momentum
People always talk about which team has the momentum in the NBA playoffs. It doesn’t matter. At all. The Pistons were supposed to have it after ending Boston’s unbeaten record at home in Game 2, and Boston won Game 3. That meant the Celtics had it, since they had [...]
The Red Wings are hosting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday. At the same time, the Pistons will be hosting Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Tigers are playing a home game against the Twins. It’s already being called “Super Saturday” – the biggest day in Detroit sports history.
But [...]
Jim Leyland isn’t too impressed with Jason Grilli’s observation that letting Sean Casey go has hurt the Tigers’ chemistry. (Video is safe for work, but only because the 872 curses have all been bleeped.)
The interesting thing is that he also goes off on Carlos Guillen, although without mentioning his name. Guillen was quoted recently as [...]
You probably had no idea that Auric Goldfinger won the first Buick Open, did you?
Actually, that’s Hall of Famer Billy Casper, who was in town Monday to help kick off the Buick Open’s 50th anniversary celebration. The guy on the right is the legendary Brian Bateman, who won last year’s tournament – a bit of [...]
Fulham Football Club has been trying an odd experiment as they struggle to stay in the English Premier League – load the roster with Americans. Brian McBride is the team captain, Kasey Keller is the starting goalkeeper, Clint Dempsey is the leading scorer, plus Eddie Johnson and Carlos Bocanegra.
Until the last month, it wasn’t working [...]
The Yankees are dead.
I know it is only May 9, and I know they rallied from a 21-29 start last season to make the playoffs, but this isn’t a good baseball team. You don’t finish 73-39 with a starting rotation that only has one good pitcher – Chien-Ming Wang. Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte used [...]