This post is a cheat. I was working on a paper for graduate school all weekend, and so I am writing this post on Monday 9/29 and sending it back in time to Saturday 9/27 at 10:10 a.m. Pacific, which was before the Tigers clinched and certainly before the final standings for the whole season for both leagues that I am reprinting below.
But sending this post back in time works best for my blog schedule, and it's a thing I can do, so I am doing it.
Before I start, I capitalize Baseball because it's a religion.
The end of Baseball season is always sad for me because I love it all so much.
I love a day's worth of games when all the teams are playing. I even feel out of sorts when one or both of my teams (Tigers and Cubs) get a day off.
Also, living here in Washington state, I watch a lot of Mariners games, too.
I wish Cal Raleigh could have eclipsed Aaron Judge's single season HR record for the AL, but it was not to be as he ends with 60, which is still pretty great.
So, I get sad, because I no longer have 16 box scores to look at every morning, and the lag to basketball season seems to drag.
I always want another week of fantasy Baseball season.
I will miss writing out the scores for my favorite teams and the starters and whether they won or another pitcher did and if someone earned a save. I have spreadsheets. I write this info down EVERY DAY.
But I like the break from Baseball, too, because before I know it, the season will be completely over and someone will have won the World Series. I am here for it all, as much of it as I can make time to watch, which is more lately as I am working at home.
And then there will be no Baseball for FIVE months. I know that Spring Training starts at the end of February or early March, but it's not the same. I don't always even watch any of it. It's not real until the season actually starts.
And this year was great for my favorite teams!
Both the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs led their divisions this season. The Cubs for a shorter time, losing out to the Brewers on July 28th who went on a nearly historic winning streak.
Both teams had the best record in Baseball at different points throughout the season.
The Tigers slid from best record in all Baseball in the summer during an epic decline after the all-star break.
You probably know the numbers by now, but we might as well hash them: The Tigers held a 14-game lead in the AL Central on July 8, an 11½-game lead on Aug. 23 and a 9½-game lead on Sept. 10. At the end of last week, they still led the Guardians by a very comfortable 6½ games. Then, on Tuesday night, 9/23, the Tigers fell to a surging Cleveland team despite having Tarik Skubal on the mound and found themselves not leading the division for the first time since April. It was their seventh loss in a row. Their eighth followed roughly 24 hours later. An unbelievable collapse, to say the least.
SIGH.
The Tigers (87-74) led the division by 14 games in July and still held a 9 1/2-game lead on Sept. 11 before losses in 12 out of 14 games dropped them into a tie with Cleveland (86-74). The Guardians, who were in fourth place and 15 1/2 games back on July 8, are 17-4 since Sept. 5 and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker against Detroit after winning their season series.
I have suffered through so many losses and losing seasons with the Tigers that this kind of performance is nothing new.
Last year, they were the hottest team in Baseball and surged into the playoffs as a wild card team, beat Houston to get into the ALDS and LOST to the Guardians, though barely. It went to a deciding GAME FIVE.
This year they play Cleveland in the Wild Card round and barely make it into the playoffs as the third of three wild cards after going 1-2 against Cleveland and 1-2 against Boston in the last two series of the season. Had they won more of those games, they would have regained the division lead. They could have also secured home field for the first round. but they lost 4-6. It's frustrating for us fans, and I know it's really frustrating for this team. It's not like they were not trying to win!
At least they made it into the playoffs, and it's a whole new season. They can sweep the Guardians in Cleveland. They did it earlier in the season. They can do this!
But I wouldn't put money on it.
If the Tigers and Cubs cannot make the world series, which has been my dream since 1984 when it almost happened (and the times it did happen were long before I was born), then I predict Phillies and Mariners.
We'll see.
For now, GO TIGERS!
GO CUBS!!
LAST YEAR'S POSTS
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024
This year's clinching game!!
BOSTON -- — Jamhai Jones hit a two-run single to rally Detroit from an early deficit, and the Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday to clinch a spot in the American League playoffs.
Less than 24 hours after the Red Sox sealed their postseason berth, the Tigers claimed at least a wild card. Detroit still could win the AL Central title but needs a victory Sunday at Boston and a Cleveland loss to Texas.
Kyle Montero and four relievers held Boston to seven hits. Tyler Holton (6-5) got four outs for the win and Will Vest pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2509.27 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3740 days ago & DAD = 394 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
- Days ago: MOM = 3740 days ago & DAD = 394 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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