Jack Morris, Baseball Fan and Idea Man

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 8, 2009 1:05 PM EDT in News Comment 13 comments

Jack Morris apparently thought so much of Tuesday's tiebreaker game between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins that when such a situation arises again, he'd like to see even more of it.

As Morris said to Mark Snyder in the Detroit Free Press:

"It's ironic it happens back-to-back years, but the division is just that way right now. I think it's unfortunate one team has to go home today. I think it should be a three-game playoff myself."

What, the previous 162 games on the schedule aren't enough to avoid just such a scenario?

So the other playoff teams to wait a week until they play? There's already too much off-day fat in the postseason schedule. And just how far back do you want the rest of the postseason to get pushed back? "Happy Thanksgiving from the World Series, everyone!"

Do we also dwell on Morris's utter abuse of the word "ironic"? No, that would be mean, I suppose.

(Obviously, we've moved to the "anger" stage of grief today. Although I think I'm moving backwards on the Kübler-Ross model.)

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You're cute when you're angry.

As far as the misuse of “ironic,” I blame Alanis Morrisette. Or maybe her English teacher.

But here’s something practical from the Freep: a roster of free agents, salaries and other information that should be useful this off season as all of us plan for 2010.

by NCDee on Oct 8, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How emasculating is that? C’MON.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There you go again! And besides...

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.

Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845

by NCDee on Oct 8, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For me, denial was during the game and then I shot through anger and bargaining, settling into a nice little depression yesterday. Today, I may have entered acceptance.

I root for the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and yes, the Lions.
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by ReichardZ on Oct 8, 2009 1:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Seriously though Jack...

I have no desire to relive Tuesday night, so let’s keep it to a one game playoff.

I root for the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and yes, the Lions.
www.twitter.com/zajareich

by ReichardZ on Oct 8, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm still angry

I skipped bargaining- I just want the head of Randy Marsh.

INGE GOT HIT.

President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 8, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Meh to that one.

Don’t need to drag it out. On WBC years we’re already starting late enough as it is.

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 8, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

definitely starting and ending late

a Tigers World Series Champions t-shirt would have made a nice Christmas gift. If you thought the weather in Philly was bad last year, imagine Detroit in November…

by handsomerob1 on Oct 8, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's okay to be angry.....

just don’t channel it at Jack. I thought it was a creative suggestion, however the scheduling and logistics aren’t very doable.

by MSU4LIF on Oct 8, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe because he's my fellow misspelled 4life friend

but I’m with him/her. I thought it was a pretty interesting idea, that’s just not fully thought out. I’d prefer that a 162 game season tied at the end not be settled with just one game, but the scheduling just doesn’t work out to have it any other way. At least they did away with that effing coin flip.

And maybe I’m alone here, but I found myself in the middle of denial/anger/bargaining throughout the course of the game. Then I went immediately to depression. Now I find myself at acceptance.

Detroit4lyfe

by Detroit4lyfe on Oct 8, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So what happens when we get to the "bargaining" stage?

And hey, even though we lost, the game itself got RAVE reviews from the critics. If Siskel and Ebert were still around, they’d probably give it two thumbs up (and it scares me that soon no one’s gonna know what that means).

Tigers Amateur Analysis

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 8, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs