What About Bob?
By · CommentsOn the one hand, it’s hard to imagine what possible gain the mysterious man named Bob could have in deliberately misleading and misrepresenting himself as the case-cracker of the Oakland County child killings from 1976-77. On the other, there are plenty of whack jobs out there, so you never know. I have written a few [...]
Read full entry ⇒Monday Morning Manager, Week 6
By · CommentsLast Week: 3-4 This Week: at CWS (5/14-15); MIN (5/16-17); PIT (5/18-20) So, What Happened? The mysteriously quiet bats of the Tigers lingered all week, a maddening, baffling subscript to a season of unexpected mediocrity. The team even dipped below .500 briefly (16-17), after losing in Oakland on Saturday. A 10-run outburst on Thursday was [...]
Read full entry ⇒Ramon Santiago: Tigers’ Newest Elder Statesman
By · CommentsHe is the most senior of Tigers, with the cashiering of Brandon Inge a couple weeks ago. He played for Luis Pujols and Alan Trammell. He experienced 43-119 as a starter and the World Series as a bench warmer. He has, at times, enjoyed the same kind of popularity that the Lions’ backup quarterback has [...]
Read full entry ⇒The Dead End Kid
By · CommentsIn the relatively short history of the office of Wayne County Executive—not even 30 years—the job hasn’t proven to be a launching pad or stepping stone to anything else, politically. But there have only been three WCEs, anyway. There was Bill Lucas, the first one, and he served four years (1983-87) before running for governor, and [...]
Read full entry ⇒Seasons, Shmeasons
By · CommentsThey will tell you that Michigan is still a state of four seasons. Do not believe them. Somehow, sometime—and I haven’t been able to pinpoint when it happened—we in Michigan stopped having four seasons and now have two. OK, two-and-a-half—at best. The seasons have also changed names. They are now “bloody hot” and “chilly/damp.” Whatever [...]
Read full entry ⇒Monday Morning Manager: Week 5
By · CommentsLast Week: 3-2 This Week: at Sea (5/7-9); at Oak (5/10-13) So, What Happened? The Tigers won a game they should have lost, lost a game they should have won, and split a series they needed to sweep. Follow? Well, all you need to know is that it was a 3-2 week for the Bengals [...]
Read full entry ⇒Brodeur Still Chasing the Cup at Age 40
By · CommentsIn your world or mine, a 40-year-old goalie nine years removed from his last Stanley Cup is probably wearing a suit and gabbing in between periods for one of the TV networks. Or he might be coaching kid netminders somewhere, imparting words of wisdom about how positioning is everything and teaching the art of being [...]
Read full entry ⇒The Nerdy VP?
By · CommentsJerry Ford must be beaming, somewhere in the afterlife. Ole Jerry, before he became the only Michigan-born President of the United States, was the Vice President, under Dick Nixon. Ford is also the only president to ascend to that position without being elected. He wasn’t elected VP, either, come to think of it. Ford was [...]
Read full entry ⇒Monday Morning Manager: Week 4
By · CommentsLast Week: 1-5 This Week: KC (4/30-5/2); CWS (5/4-6) So, What Happened? Nothing much that was good. It’s been a long and event-filled April, hasn’t it? MMM can’t remember so much drama in April that didn’t involve the Red Wings. Unfortunately, the Tigers made news off the field, and when the season is already underway, [...]
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