Detroit Tigers Fans of DU...I am sorry...

[ScreamingMeemie]

It is because I was at the game that the Tigers lost. Apologies all around. Damn, it was hot.

But...I got this great picture of somebody they call "Mags". ;)



Actually, it was a great day with my son. We were the first row in the bleachers, right field...I could have interferred with play...we were that close. :D

[billyskank]

1. !!!

:* :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :*

:loveya: :hi: :bounce:

A friend of mine thought I was a jinx when he took me to see his football team play, and they got hammered five-nil...

(I laughed my ass off).

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. billy!

:hug:

They have one like a million straight...We go (all four of us) and they can't even score one!

At least they look cute in their uniforms. :rofl:

It was super HOT out though. :loveya:

[billyskank]

3. Oh, in that case you are definitely a jinx

:P

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Honest to Gosh...I bet they kill the Yankees today because we aren't

going to be there. MrG could have told you I was a jinx a long time ago. :D :loveya:

[billyskank]

6. They should pay you not to go

:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. I think you are on to something there...

:think:

[purji]

5. No No It was me

I sat down and watched the game yesterday with my husband.Any time I actually sit down and pay attention to a sporting event,my team will lose.
Even my nephew says "I love you ,but don't come to my Hockey game."

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Maybe it was us, combined...a whole bunch of bad juju...

:rofl:

My husband tells me to go to the bathroom, make dinner...anything...when the Wings are playing. :D

[bigwillq]

9. How cool!

What a day!

I love going to the ballpark. I haven't been to Yankee Stadium since last summer and I want to go back so badly! :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. We got the tickets from someone who has season tickets.

If anyone watched the game, they probably saw us. Although I will never let MrG go get snacks again. Children don't take too kindly to bratwurst. :D :hi: They are fun games to watch.

[bigwillq]

11. Most sporting events

are so much better when you see them in person.
I love baseball but sometimes it can get boring but in person it never is boring no matter how good or bad the game is. :)

[NJ Democrats]

12. Yankees are going to sweep them

[hfojvt]

18. they couldn't even sweep

the Royals :rofl:

[NJ Democrats]

21. 4-0 Johnson shut out.

One game down

[bigwillq]

22. Johnson finally pitched well.

About damn time. :hi:

[wain]

13. I still remember my first major league game at Briggs Stadium

My dad took me to a night game. I still remember the magic of coming out of the ramp looking down from right field at the sea of green and the brightness of the lights.

I rooted for the Tigers through think and thin. But, I just don't enjoy the game as much anymore.
:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. I used to go every summer (many times) to County Stadium in MIL

with my family. After the strike, I didn't watch at all. But, it was a wonderful time with my son, who is just now becoming awed by the whole thing. :hi:

[merh]

14. It wasn't you MrsG.

It was the guy two seats back and to the left, his karma was off that day. ;)

Glad you and sonGrumpy had a good time. :hug:

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. You got it.

We'll have a chat today. "guy two seats back"...:rofl:

:hug:

[merh]

35. :)

yup, the guy to the left and two seats back :hug:

[5thGenDemocrat]

15. We were at the game Saturday night

Detroit 3 Cleveland 1. Seems the karma may just balance out around here.
John
It is now 21 days, 20 hours and 51 minutes to FUNDAY. That's a hint for all you metro Detroit types.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. Hard to believe it's been almost a year.

Wow. :hug: :hi:

[SharonRB]

16. I'm sure it's not your fault, MrsG

They're losing again today and I'm sure you're not there again.

They had to lose sometime -- they couldn't possibly have gone the rest of the season without another loss.

It was fun seeing WannaBeGrumpy and WannaBePassingFair here last night. Now you and PassingFair will have to be careful what you post!

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. WannabeGrumpy knows that was a one of a kind thing...I hope.

She is not online here at home much, so... :) :hi: :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Bleacher seats!

:bounce: :woohoo:

:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. ...and we got bleached!!

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

19. I did that to the Vikings before.

When I went to one of their games. They lost. Like that mattered, though. We didn't get anywhere that year. :shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. Did you have a good time anyway? I always manage to have

fun at football games...even when the Packers lose...sort of. ;) :hi:

[maveric]

20. Are the Tigers for real this year?

They have been doormats and laughing stocks for so long and then "BAM", they have the best record in baseball.
I was a big fan of the 68 Tigers. Denny McClain, Mickey Lolich, Willie Horton, Bill Freehan, Dick McCauliffe, Ray Oyler, Gates Brown, Norm Cash, Jim Northrup, Al Kaline, Mickey Stanley,Earl Wilson, Pat Dobson, Don Wert...
That was one great Tiger team. And they beat Bob Gibson and the Cards in the WS too!

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. I don't know, but I am happy for their diehard fans.

I'm a used to be a Brewers fan. It's been an amazing season for the Tigers, as they are already surpassing their win record from that horrid season a couple of years back. :D

[5thGenDemocrat]

39. Hey maveric

My first Tiger game was July 20, 1968. Baltimore beat Detroit 5-3 and Denny took one of his six losses (against 31 wins) vs Dave McNally. McNally hit a home run in the fourth inning (IIRC) and Frank Robinson hit another in the seventh or eighth.
I wonder what the odds are of having the first homer one ever saw live being hit by a pitcher.
I was crushed by the loss as only a baseball- (Tiger-) crazy eleven year old could be. Worse, my older brother Chuck (no particular baseball fan, he) revelled in my misery and picked on me throughout the very, very long bus trip back to Saginaw.
John
I liked Mickey Lolich better, anyhow.
It is now 17 days, 21 hours to FUNDAY.

[RockaFowler]

23. How is the new stadium??

I know it's a few years old now, but is it better than Tiger Stadium?? I used to love that stadium. It was old school baseball. I was there in 1984 and this has the same type of feeling like that year!!!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. It is a beautiful stadium, but I wish they had rehabbed the old stadium.

It was a wonderful place, even if you did end up in a seat behind the poles. It is sad to drive by it (it still stands) and remember all of the activity that once used to happen there. It's like a ghosttown there now. :(

[billyskank]

32. Hello MrsG

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. Hi billy!

:loveya: :hgu:

[billyskank]

34. Right back atcha

:loveya:

[UrbScotty]

36. No, it's Clinton's and Granholm's fault!

:eyes:

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. How could I have forgotten.

How lucky I am to have them to blame.

[LSK]

38. Can you go to more games?

I want the White Sox back in 1st. :P

[5thGenDemocrat]

40. You and the Baseball Reference folks should love this story, LSK

My stepmom's father, Claral Lewis Gillenwater, pitched for the White Sox in 1923. He appeared in five games, winning one and losing three. One of his losses was to the Tigers, while he threw a complete game shutout vs Boston for his lone victory.
Anyhow, Grandpa G passed away in 1978 in Bradenton, FL and was cremated. Gloria (his daughter, my stepmom) went to the funeral home to retrieve the ashes, nicely placed in an urn, and headed back to the house in Ruskin.
Enroute, someone cut her off on US-41 and when Gloria hit the brakes, the urn containing Pa shot off the front seat and the ashes billowed into and onto every nook and cranny in the Ford Monarch. Long story short, much of the wily Sox righthander ended up in a Shop-Vac at some anonymous gas station along the Tamiami Trail. Funny family story, that.
John
When I get cremated, I hope someone has the sense to place the ashes in a Ziploc bag.
It is now 17 days, 20 hours and 35 minutes to FUNDAY.

[LSK]

41. and here is his baseball reference page

http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gillecl01.shtml