The Machine is so glad to be occupied by football today (our first love), and not focus on The Machine\u2019s epic failure in baseball (our slump buster).<\/p>\n
As you know, The Machine threw its weight behind the Tigers.\u00a0 After a gutsy series against the A\u2019s, and after destroying the mighty Yankees, the Tigers were poised to claim their first World Series crown since \u201984, and the good people of Detroit were ready to celebrate by overturning cop cars and setting the City on fire (known in Detroit as Tuesday).\u00a0 Now, all hope is lost.<\/p>\n
Wait a minute, The Machine doesn\u2019t cut and run.\u00a0 While others will point to \u201cfacts\u201d, like no team has ever come back to win a World Series after being down 0-3, The Machine says \u201csuck it, facts.\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019re all in, and The Machine is ready to sit back and watch the Tigers turn this mutha around.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not that crazy, really.\u00a0 Sure the Giants have their best pitcher going tonight in Matt Cain, but Max Scherzer is no slouch.\u00a0 He was second in the AL in strikeouts (second to Verlander), has a nasty sinker\/fastball combo, and a sick 0.82 ERA in the post season.\u00a0 If the Tigers win tonight, then Verlander pitches Game 5.\u00a0 Chalk that down for a win, and now the Tigers have the momentum, and we got ourselves a World Series worth watching.<\/p>\n
However, that\u2019s a BIG IF.\u00a0 In order to win in baseball, you need to score runs\u2026and that\u2019s where the Tigers\u2019 problems lie.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been held scoreless the past 2 games in a row (to put that in perspective, in 162 regular season games this year, they were shut out only 2 times), due in part by solid pitching from San Fran but also due to a lack of clutch hitting.\u00a0 It’s sounds like we’ve said this before, but there’s no way the Tigers bats can be silent for 4 games in a row.\u00a0 There’s also no way Miggy will pop out with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n
Come on, Detroit.\u00a0 Give the City a reason to start barrel fires\u00a0besides\u00a0utter hopelessness and a meth problem.\u00a0 Plus, we\u2019re not ready for baseball to be over (if only they would play more games during the regular season).<\/p>\n
Lock it down.\u00a0 The Tigers find a way to stay alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Machine is so glad to be occupied by football today (our first love), and not focus on The Machine\u2019s epic failure in baseball (our slump buster). As you know, The Machine threw its weight behind the Tigers.\u00a0 After a … Continue reading