Welcome Calvin Johnson

#1 pick from the Detroit Lions, Calvin Johnson, throws out the first pitch at Sunday’s game just a day after being selected by the Lions. (Courtesy of Yahoo.com) Wide receiver Calvin Johnson, selected from Georgia Tech by the Detroit Lions with Saturday’s #2 overall pick has already been introduced to sports fans in the Motor [...]

Buying Low-Selling High

Most of you that read this site know that I also write articles for Sportsblurb.com. It looks like we’re going to be moving a lot of our content over to a site called SportsGrumblings.com. My two latest offerings cover early struggles and hot starts and when to cut bait or hold tight. They can be [...]

Wonderful Walk-Off!

The Tigers entered game three with Minnesota trying to avoid a sweep. The problem was they were about to face Johan Santana, so a sweep was all but locked up for the Twins. I guess no one told Magglio Ordonez that Santana is baseball’s best pitcher. Or if they did, he just doesn’t care. With [...]

Tragedy Strikes

The Washington Nationals (including former Tiger Dmitri Young) wore Virginia Tech caps to honor the lives lost in Monday’s massacre in Blacksburg, VA. By now, everyone knows the horrific events that went down yesterday in Blacksburg, VA at the Virginia Tech campus. The effect of 32 deaths resonates into the lives of hundreds, the online [...]

The Best Way to Fix An Offense?

Just have Kansas City visit! The Tigers are have put up 17 runs in 14 innings so far against the Royals with game 2 still underway. And today’s damage comes against Jorge De La Rosa who had his way with the Tigers back on April 6th. Despite the offensive surge, Gary Sheffield and Craig Monroe [...]