We are BACK!

Wow, what a great week. Biking in WI and MN and passing through IN and IL...

Great weather, cool and sunny. Can't ask for better than sunny and 70-75 most days. Beautiful area along Lake Superior and up to International Falls. If you are in INT FALLS make sure to eat at the Chocolate Moose Restaurant on S 53. Food was great and the desserts were unbelievable.

The Tigers are still 6 1/2 games back headed to KC and they have not beaten the Royals all year! It must change now or they are done. They need to get hot and stay hot and get rid of Sheffield. The time has come. Anyway it is good to be home and back to work....well kind of.

Please pray for Leslie and Tyson Aschliman as Leslie continues to battle cancer.

WHY!!!!!!!!

Why pitch to Justin Morneau? Bottom of the 11th and 2 outs and you let Morneau hit a HR? That is crazy. Throw 4 balls and tell him to take his base. He was 4 for 4 on the day and you let him hit? Are you crazy. Jones blows another save, an unearned run ties the game. Runners on 1st and 2nd 1 out and the Tigers can't get the run in. Holy Smoke. 7 games back just before the All-Star game. The TIgers need to get on a roll here soon.

On another note, Tiger Stadium is coming down. Wow, I stopped by there on Wednesday when in Detroit on business and it was sad, real sad to see a huge hole in the Left Centerfield wall. I hope that they do save a small part of the stadium and the field for the future. I still think the city could have turned the place into a money maker if they would have wanted to. Concerts, minor league baseball, a mueseum....something to preserve that piece of history. DO you think they will tear down Wrigley Field? I hope not. Fenway Park?? Yankee Stadium...I hope so...I hate the Yankees!

Tigers, Tigers

Well the Tigers split over the weekend in Seattle. THey needed a sweep. They lost ground to the White Sox. They are now 7 games back a week before the break and at the .500 mark. Maggs on the DL has really hurt the Tigers. The bats have went silent. Tomorrow is another night with the no baseball. Hmmm....take the wife out for dinner and if she thinks the Tigers are playing I get brownie points. Please don't tell!

Well, Pettisville beat Archbold yesterday to win the Fulton County Acme Tournament! Awesome! Archbold is a lot like the Yankees! Everyone hates them! Everyone wants them to lose! The game was great as P-ville turned a triple play in the 6th Innings against the stinkin Bluestreaks!

What a Weekend!

Well the Tigers are at the exact mid point of the season and are above the .500 mark. Hard to believe because 3 weeks ago the Tigers were 12 games under .500 and 11 games back of the White Sox. They are now only 5 games back of the Sox with a big 3 games in MN tonight against the Twins. The Tribe visits the White Sox. For one of the few times in my life I will say this!!! GO TRIBE!!! Wow, that was a weird feeling!

Saturday Todd Jones blew his first save and it was like OH KNOW!!! Not tonight. But in the bottom of the 9th Polanco leads off with a hit, Raburn walks and Miguel Cabrera launches a ball into the gap to score Polanco and Raburn to win the game! Wow, what a relief, especially for Jones I am guessing.

Had a great weekend outside of baseball too. Went to the NTA....National Threshers Association at the Wauseon fairgrounds. I always enjoy the lumber sawing and the steam tractors. But it always makes me want to get my dad's 620 John Deere running! Or buy a tractor like my grandpa's John Deere Model 50.

Motorcycling was also a part of the weekend. Rode Saturday night for a few hours and Sunday to Church and to see Jacob! Jake is 2 months old and is a blast to be around. Grandparenting is such fun! Getting ready to take some time off work and ride the bike and also to celebraate the 4th of July. Holiday weekend coming with the All-Star break around the corner.

GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Win!

Wow, another exciting victory for the surging Tigers! 2 walks and 2 RBI for Clete Thomas. Clete is one of my favorite new players because he loves to get dirty. Sheff comes through again in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game 2-2 to send the game into extra innings...awesome

Well the weekend is here and Rose and I will be doing some bike riding, (motorcycle) take in the Threshers Convention at the Fulton County Fairgrounds, and just relaxing I hope. 3 games with the Rockies, sounds like a sweep for the Tigs, this weekend. I am sure fun will be had for all.

Remember to pray for my friends Leslie and Tyson Aschliman and their son TJ. Leslie has cancer and we are praying for God to intervene in a mighty way. Our God is "Mighty to Save"!

BIG WIN

Well, maybe Gary Sheffield is not done as I had predicted. 4 hits, walk off single! Wow a huge win after a 2 hour rain delay. The Tigers are now only 5 games back and need to win the series with St Louis this afternoon. Should be a great game. Weather does not look too promising as it will be hot and steamy and possible rain showers.

My friend Dan Bumpus with WTOL out of Toledo is all over the Tigers right now. Got an email this morning stating that Sheff is back. Let's hope so. A healthy Sheff would be huge for the Tigers in this drive to the top. Here is hoping for a series victory this afternoon....(I need to play hooky from work!)

St Louis in Town

Well another rematch of the 2006 World Series. Should be interesting. What will be interesting is what the Tigers will do with Sheffield. His rehab is over and he only hit a buck and some change for Lakeland. How can you take anyone out of the current lineup and insert Shef? Sorry, they have played alot better without him. Clete Thomas or Shef? Clete! Marcus of Shef? Are you kidding me! MARCUS! The first game Shef plays and Marcus sits means that Jimmy should be gone! I think even he knows better than that....I hope.

5 Games back and 3 games under .500. Seems almost impossible just a couple shorts weeks ago. Great pitching, timely hitting has made the difference! The Tigers must continue to win and put the pressure on the White Sox and the Twins. How about those Twins? They just keep contending year after year. Even when they shouldn't. What could Gardenhire do with a club like the Tigers? Who knows if it would make a difference.

Game time is 7:05 with the Gambler on the mound. GO TIGERS!!!!!