Living On the Diagonal

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...

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...

DRAFT - subject to Edit THE DECLINE OF OUR BELOVED DETROIT TIGERS - AUSMUS IS CHIEF CULPRIT September 18, 2016 Detroit Tigers headed into the final two months of the season vying for the Central Division lead trailing the Cleveland Indians by 7 games closing to a mere 2 games behind in recent weeks. With the schedule in their favor, J.D, Martinez and Justin Upton on a slugging terror, a bullpen now competing with the best since the All Star game and the ace Justin Verlander  resurging with the dominance of a Cy Young winner, the Tigers began to play a brand of baseball Seinfeld would only describe as nothing but "bizarro world."   At some point, the crippling element of kryptonite was smuggled into the clubhouse.  The prime suspects with motive and malice would undoubtedly point to  Prince Fielder and Avasail Garcia have seen banishment. This leads to Tiger "super-fans" to deduce that  Brad Ausmus as a ...