Living On the Diagonal

Friday, June 8th, 2018 TIME FOR FANS TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS TO TAKE THE FIELD FOR BADEBALL’S  CLASSIC ALL STAR GAME Nicholas Castellanos   AND THIS A SHOUT-OUT TO DETROIT AND BASEBALL FANS EVERYWHERE TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TO VOTE FOR RIGHT FIELDER NICK CASTELLANOS Should the true, die hard baseball fans fail to vote  Nicholas Castellanos  as starter to this year’s All-Star game it will serve as an injustice for him, the Detroit Tiger organization and to the best traditions in our game. It is not so much as the game itself, but the individual honor to the player. (A list of facts / stats will follow at the end). For many, this is ho-hum and a non-event during the "dog days of summer" where once again not much rides on the outcome. The winner's advantage for World Series home field advantage I believe was an act of possible "collusion" among National League team owners as a long losing streak shortened odds and...

June 27, 2017 THE MEAN REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE LET’S TAKE A BREATHER, CONSIDER THE HEALTH  of OUR TIGERS Doug Fister (RHP) Boston Red Sox Astute Detroit   Tiger fans may have noticed a surprise this past Sunday when the MLB Network televised the Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox game. Like most major league teams, the Red Sox are desperate for a pitcher, a good pitcher, a decent pitcher or a pitcher that can find home plate! With one eye on the Internet and the television tuned to a game of little interest in normal Tiger seasons, I heard the broadcaster announce “ Doug Fister takes his last warm-up and ready to throw his first pitch to the team that released him . Strike One!” Six of his first seven pitches were strikes and he set down the same team that gave up on him one-two-three. The announcers went on to say that Fister was dropped from the Angel’s 40 man roster in the spring and assigned to an AAA team. From what I understand the one-time Tiger h...

April 1, 2017 - Dateline Washington D.C. President Trump Addresses Flynn Claim of Immunity Comparing it with a Baseball "Squeeze Play" You May Be Thinking The Same As Jim Leyland "How The Hell Did I Get In This Mess? Or, why is the spacing so off? I am baffled as anyone. Shawn Spicer Spins White House Press Corp Asking Aren't YouTired of the USA Winning? Spicer followed up hinting Steve Bannon plans to rename the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania as "CASA BLANCA" as a counter strategy to those of Mexican Heritage and not confuse Trump Tower as the tower of power as this week's top story among fake news media has been the controversy surrounding former Chief Intelligence Officer Michael Flynn with what the President describes CNN propagation of another fake news story. "This is the fake media, fake news as a "Blitzer" upon the public exclaimed the President through fall guy Shawn Spicer. At an early dawn press br...

LIFE IN DETROIT YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART! Have you forgot?   "THOSE DAMN YANKEES "   These days the Tigers are battling the Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays and resurgent damn Yankee team for a playoff spot. Detroit is confident of a Championship series in the D!  IAN KINSLER, ONE OF THREE TIGER BATTERS HIT BY ORIOLE PITCHER. KINSLER SUFFERED A CONCUSSION CAUSING HIM TO MISS THREE GAMES. ORIOLES: UNINTENTIONAL (?)   THOSE DAMN YANKEES - 1958 You know Ernie never did! Don't be "a house beside the road" And watch strike three 'Cause now we got the Indians, all the Birds in flight And Sox of every color including Red We can beat 'em in any fight By hitting where they're not 'Cause we got heart!    Link to "Those Damn Yankees" https://youtu.be/Ry8CpIg2fvU  Let's update Detroit  lyrics before we hit a foul YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART You gotta have heart Miles and miles o...