Shag on Sports Oh no. Not Again.

Yes, I know I haven’t written anything in forever. But you know what? Shut up.

It’s good to know that for one day, the city of Detroit can forget about it’s crime, it’s corruption, it’s philadering mayor, it’s “aw-hell-naw-you-did-NOT” city council (I f-in’ love that video), and just revel in a fantastic sports nights for Detroit teams the world around. And I do mean “the world around”, because all of this happened away from Motown.

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I don’t know if I’ve told you before, but I’ve got super powers. Okay, maybe it’s not super, but it is most certainly an ability. An admittedly crappy one, sure… maybe not Heroes worthy, but maybe 4400 worthy. See, I can affect future events.

At first, it was just at restaurants. Is the food taking too long? Hold on, I’ll go to the bathroom. SHAZAAM, the food is there, and my dish is already cold. But hey, I’m willing to take one for the team.

But then, during last year’s football season, I was so impressed with the Lions start to the season, I switched the Kitna Kounter to the Bizzaro Kitna Kounter (this happened on the old-and-busted blog). After I made that switch, the Lions reeled off 6 straight losses and all was right with the world.

I’ve vowed to only use these powers for good, and right now, there is a need for me to use them… the 2008 Detroit Tigers.

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 It wasn’t last week.

It wasn’t last night.

It’s today.

 

And those two teams above are going to be the story of the AL Central. Minnesota? Pshaw. Their opening day starter is Livan Hernandez (with Boof Bonser going on Wednesday). The ChiSox? They’ve got a heck of a ways to bounce back from last season’s embarassment. And nobody told the Royals that they were supposed to open up against the Mud Hens on Thursday.

As I wrote in the first post of the old and busted blog,  how cool is it that baseball in this area doesn’t suck anymore?