The Champs Once Again

All season long the Detroit Tigers have been a force to be wreaking with in the MLB, and certainly should not be taken lightly in any game situation. They have proven that they are a strong team with back-to-back American League Central titles, and also look to clinch another one this season. With the strong pitching core lead by Max Scherzer with twenty-one wins and only one defeat, and then you add the big bats from Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder, and cant forget the Triple Crown champ of last season Miguel Cabrera it is hard not to win.

            How the American League Central played out this season, and with October coming up fast meaning playoffs were right around the corner. The Tigers only needed to win one more game and the Cleveland Indians (the rivals in the division) needed to lose their next game would mean another American League Central title making it a third in a row for the Tigers. However with the Indians losing the Tigers did the same postponing their celebrations. With the Tigers ace pitcher Max Scherzer looking for his twenty first win of the season against the Minnesota Twins, it looked as though the Tigers were going to be popping bottles of champagne on the road. The first batter of the game was Austin Jackson for Detroit, and roped one in to the outfield and ended up on third base with a triple. Torii Hunter stepped up to the plate next and knocked a base hit scoring Jackson from third. The bats for the Tigers quickly cooled off not scoring another run the entire game. Luckily the ace was feeling it on the mound. Only allowing three hits against the Twins and with ten strikeouts Scherzer received his twenty first win and helped clinch the third straight American League Central title for the Tigers with a record of 93 wins and 66 loses. The visitor’s clubhouse was lined with plastic curtains to try and protect some things from the hundreds of gallons of champagne that was about to be sprayed everywhere.  With the celebrations in full swing, Jim Leyland became very emotional during an interview thanking all of the great fans that support Detroit. Torii Hunter saw this happing and picked up Leyland, took him inside the plastic curtains and received a bottle of champagne over his head.

            I feel as though moments like these really make me a proud fan of the Detroit Tigers. Our team has a strong bond within and really shows that on and off the field. This bond I believe helps them win games and really makes it fun to watch them play the game of baseball. I am excited for playoff baseball to start and to see how far they will be able to go this year. If they do make it to the world series again they better at least win one game this year!     

A Tigers Great

The Detroit Tigers have always been a powerhouse in the baseball community, and to make them always at the top of the standings they need powerhouse players. Some of the greatest players to ever put on the Tigers uniform include Al Kaline, Ty Cobb, and Alan Trammel. These players were apart of the Tigers in early and mid 1900’s, and every fan wish they still played for them. However the team of 2013 has a line up that is still filled with a lot of stars. Some names are Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder, Austin Jackson, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, but hands down thee best player is Miguel Cabrera.

The thirty year old was born in Maracay, Venezuela and has been in the MLB(Major League Baseball) for ten years now. He really made a name for himself when he joined the Tigers in 2007 from the Florida Marlins. With his plays at first base and his explosive bat at the plate really makes him fun to watch. In the 2012 season he really flipped the page in the history book with his bat by hitting homerun after homerun, rbi’s and by keeping his batting average higher then anyone in the league. By doing this he was the MVP of the American League, and also won the Triple Crown in batting. The MVP is a great achievement, but however the Triple Crown is something that doesn’t happen a lot, it’s almost like seeing a meteoroid fall from the sky. Last season when Cabrera did this it was the first time someone won the award since 1967. With Miguel bringing the big bat to the plate each and every game this created a buzz around the clubhouse. With the bats cracking like a tree falling and the excitement on the field it boosted the team with win after win.

Although the Tigers did not win the World Series in the 2012 season they kept the momentum rolling in to 2013, and that includes Miguel Cabrera’s bat. With Cabrera once again in the race for the Triple Crown, which will put him up there in Tigers history next to Ty Cobb who actually won the three triple crowns, if earns his second. With the clubhouse once again becoming fueled by Cabrera they are starting the make the run for October. With a five game lead over the Cleveland Indians, the Tigers our on top of the American League. Recently Miguel Cabrera became put on the DL list with a groin injury putting a stop to his Triple Crown run and is falling behind in the homerun category. The injury is listed as a day by day so hopefully he will be back up swing his bat cracking homeruns boosting the team to the world series.

Lucas LeBlanc first blog

        Have you ever watched a major league baseball game on TV? Or better yet in person?Many people find the game boring and dragged out. However I find the game entertaing and fun to watch, espically when it is my favorite team the Detroit Tigers.With their explosvie offense and flashy defencive plays it's hard not to get drawn in to the game. There are 162 games played by the Tigers a season so you can always find a game on the old televison tube or head on down to Comerica park to see the action first hand. Either way I know you'll be glued in to the exciting action the Tigers bring to the feild every game, and every time I watch them i get just as excited when I first saw them live at Tigers stadium.

         My first live game I ever saw was when I was in first grade, but I can remember it like it was yesterday. My uncle picked my brother, cousin and myself up from school( an hour early i met add) and we were on our way to the game. I can look back and see my uncle already getting annoyed of us before we even got on the highway. However the great man he is, he still stopped at Mcdonald's for a burger and a pop for all of us. We started our journey that seemed like it took days to get to the stadium, we tried playing games to pass the time, but almost made it worse. Then just when we thought we were dying of boredom, we parked the car and started walking to the stadium. The smell of fried food and the noise of drunk people migrating towards the game filled the air around us. We found our seats and were all speech less as we looked around the stadium. Basically we stayed in the speech less from because the Tigers got absolutely destroyed by the New York Yankees 11-0. Although the tigers my have lost the game it was a day I will never forget till I die.

       I really enjoy Tigers baseball a lot, and that's why I believe I chose them as my first ever blog. I feel that week in and week out I will be able to write about my first hand experience, stats, games, players, and what the team is currently doing. By writing about something I enjoy not only will I have topics to write about, I will want to write in my blog each week. I'm excited about my first ever blog, and even more excited that I will be writing about my favorite team not just in baseball, but all sports in general.