Sorry, Minnesota: White Sox 8, Tigers 2

by Ian Casselberry on Sep 29, 2008 9:10 PM EDT in News Comment 12 comments

If the 18 games Minnesota played against Detroit this season didn't already clue you in to how miserable this season has been for the Tigers, Twins fans, today you joined us in the singular hell that we've had to endure from April through September.

Did you come into this game with some hopes? Any expectations? They were crushed, weren't they? Yeah, we're familiar with that.

You got a little bit excited as Freddy Garcia pitched well enough to win, didn't you? Yeah, he's pretty good. We hope he comes back to Detroit next year. That sinking feeling in your stomach when Garcia had to come out of the game, meaning the Tigers' bullpen had to take over? We've almost gotten used to it.

Did you grind your teeth or pull out any hair as Armando Galarraga and Bobby Seay loaded the bases? When Gary Glover was called in to pitch out of that jam, did you ask yourself "Who the #@$% is Gary Glover?" Did you throw something at your televisions or computers, or kick a nearby small animal when Glover hung a change-up on his very first pitch to Alexei Ramirez, which Ramirez then blasted into the left field seats?

Welcome to our world, baby.

Fortunately for you, Twins fans, you only have to chew on this for one night. Hell, maybe you've already gotten over it, since you get to take matters in your own hands tomorrow night against those White Sox. So the dark circles under your eyes, frown lines, pasty skin, and disdain for almost anything related to baseball won't have time to set in.

But hey, who doesn't love a one-game playoff to decide a division title? Maybe we'll tell ourselves here in Tiger Town that it was all for the good of baseball. One game, with a postseason bid on the line. Best of luck to you, Twins and White Sox.

And with that, the 2008 season has truly come to an merciful end for the Detroit Tigers. Let the off-season now begin.

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A fitting epitaph....

to a completely miserable season. No timely hits. Bullpen explosion. Grand slam surrendered. Hated rival celebrates.

I am very happy that I will not have to see Gary Glover pitch in a Detroit uniform for a minimum of 6 months, and hopefully never again.

Bye, Edgar. Bye, entire bullpen except for Captain Crookedhat and Seay. Bye, Country Strong and/or Magglio.

Next year has to be better.

Good luck, DD.

Thanks, Ian.

by rook34 on Sep 29, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

YES!

IT’S OVER! IT REALLY IS EVERYBODY! WE HAD TO WAIT 162 GAMES BUT IT’S OVER! WOOOOOHOOOO!

Here’s to next year….

Thanks Ian, keep the off-season posts up.

Eat 'em up!

by Tony K on Sep 29, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Game

We appreciate that Leyland and the team put together a good effort, and didn’t just roll over. After Garcia the pitching just wasn’t there. At the time though, I was pretty pumped to see Galarraga come in, felt like a good decision.

by WITwinsfan on Sep 29, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Go get 'em tomorrow night. Please.

by rook34 on Sep 29, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that is a fantastic post. bravo.

i lack the discipline to want it more.

by larry on Sep 29, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great post.

Thank you. Sorry you guys had such a rough season, I have quit a friends in Michigan who are Tigers fans.

See you guys next year!

by 815Sox on Sep 29, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it's OK

as a Twins fan, after having watched both them and the Sox all season, I knew it’d come down to this all along. If you want somethin’ done right, you gotta do it yourself.

See ya next year.

by JopeX37 on Sep 30, 2008 12:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

Any one of us that says we like it better this way is lying, but the game tomorrow should be fun. Or horrible. One of the two.

by lookatthosetwins on Sep 30, 2008 7:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let me tell you all a story...

It’s about a young man, let’s call him me, who moved to Chicago in June to teach high school. I noticed that the Tigers were playing the White Sox in Chicago twice while I was here, so I’d better go to one of them. I missed the series in August, so I was not going to miss the series in September. Then it rained for 48 straight hours, delaying a double header until it was late enough that I couldn’t go and still have enough time to sleep before school started the next day. But there was promise of a make up game at the end of the season, and I hoped, if only to see the Tigers one more time this season.

Sunday, I had a flurry of emotions as I found out a) there would be a make up game and b) it was at 1:05 over here, and I couldn’t make it. But then it rained again, just long enough for me to actually make the game. How could I not go?

So I sat in the nosebleeds, cheered when everyone else booed, booed, when everyone else cheered. I was excited to see Galarraga pitch in person, dismayed when they left him in for one batter. And then I got to see something I had only seen on Gameday and occasionally television. A grand slam courtesy of Gary Glover. Unfortunately, though, there was no browser to close, no way to Elvis this TV screen. Awful, awful, awful. And it sucks when everyone else is cheering, because, I’ll say this, Tigers fans… classiest fans out there. White Sox fans… not the most hygienic bunch.

I still look forward to next year, though, and please don’t trade Ordonez.

by JMonsoon on Sep 30, 2008 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs