Tell Us We Can't Win
Detroit fans are used to disappointment. Whether it's the Lions, struggling to win four games in a season, or the Pistons, who seem unbeatable only to falter in the playoffs, to the Red Wings, largely dormant in the last five years after the Age of Yzerman, or the Tigers who have had twelve straight losing seasons, we've all had to turn our heads at some point.
Now, losing game 1 of the World Series, analysts who have picked the Tigers are silently kicking themselves, because it's clear now that Detroit is Detroit - and the Tigers can't bring it home.
This, of course, is complete bull.
Even if the Tigers lose this World Series - even if they get swept by the Cardinals, this season is a success. Going from 119 losses three years ago to the World Series, truly bringing it home (to Detroit) for the first time in 22 years.
And if we lose, that's a failure? Come on.
Do you think Jim Leyland expected to come on as manager of the Tigers and get to the World Series in his first year? Do you think that if he lost he'd be crushed? I don't. He wants to win, that's clear. He'll manage his team to win. But if he loses, if our Tigers lose, it gives him something to work for next year, or the year after that.
Our guys played not so good tonight. The Cardinals' Reyes pulled a no-hitter on all but 2 of our batters. It's impossible to win a game with that combination. Impossible.
You've got a hundred sports analysts ready to jump off the Tigers' bandwagon at any moment. Looking for any sign that they might have been wrong. For many, tonight was that sign.
Tonight, you've got guys saying words like "shock," and "upset." But is there such a thing? In baseball, or even a best of seven series? I don't think so. Just because a game is on a national stage, and it's called "The World Series" doesn't mean it's not baseball. And in baseball, these things happen. Any given day, the worst team takes the best team to the ground. Any given day, something new happens - something you've never seen before. Scott Rolen plowing Brandon Inge over to get awarded home plate. That's something I've never seen.
It's impossible to predict baseball, and that's why you'll find that baseball analysts are routinely wrong, and in hindsight have predictions that are laughable. Look at the Tigers against the Royals, last series of the season. Look at the ALDS versus the Yankees. Look at the ALCS versus the A's. Look at tonight's game, and you'll know what I'm talking about.
If you want to know what's going to happen, take the opposite of the "analyst" consensus. More often than not, you'll be right more than they are. That's why I want the analysts off the bandwagon. Now.
Tell us we're going to lose. That we're going to be swept. That we can't hold our own. That we're embarrasments to our fans. That we can't come through in a clutch. That we can't hold a lead. That we can't come back to win a game.
Tell us that.
And then watch.
Now, losing game 1 of the World Series, analysts who have picked the Tigers are silently kicking themselves, because it's clear now that Detroit is Detroit - and the Tigers can't bring it home.
This, of course, is complete bull.
Even if the Tigers lose this World Series - even if they get swept by the Cardinals, this season is a success. Going from 119 losses three years ago to the World Series, truly bringing it home (to Detroit) for the first time in 22 years.
And if we lose, that's a failure? Come on.
Do you think Jim Leyland expected to come on as manager of the Tigers and get to the World Series in his first year? Do you think that if he lost he'd be crushed? I don't. He wants to win, that's clear. He'll manage his team to win. But if he loses, if our Tigers lose, it gives him something to work for next year, or the year after that.
Our guys played not so good tonight. The Cardinals' Reyes pulled a no-hitter on all but 2 of our batters. It's impossible to win a game with that combination. Impossible.
You've got a hundred sports analysts ready to jump off the Tigers' bandwagon at any moment. Looking for any sign that they might have been wrong. For many, tonight was that sign.
Tonight, you've got guys saying words like "shock," and "upset." But is there such a thing? In baseball, or even a best of seven series? I don't think so. Just because a game is on a national stage, and it's called "The World Series" doesn't mean it's not baseball. And in baseball, these things happen. Any given day, the worst team takes the best team to the ground. Any given day, something new happens - something you've never seen before. Scott Rolen plowing Brandon Inge over to get awarded home plate. That's something I've never seen.
It's impossible to predict baseball, and that's why you'll find that baseball analysts are routinely wrong, and in hindsight have predictions that are laughable. Look at the Tigers against the Royals, last series of the season. Look at the ALDS versus the Yankees. Look at the ALCS versus the A's. Look at tonight's game, and you'll know what I'm talking about.
If you want to know what's going to happen, take the opposite of the "analyst" consensus. More often than not, you'll be right more than they are. That's why I want the analysts off the bandwagon. Now.
Tell us we're going to lose. That we're going to be swept. That we can't hold our own. That we're embarrasments to our fans. That we can't come through in a clutch. That we can't hold a lead. That we can't come back to win a game.
Tell us that.
And then watch.
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i'm so glad my new job includes flatscreens over the bar!
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