WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
GREG BOWMAN
As a Tiger Fan for the past 45 years or so, as long as I can remember, I thought I had experienced enough disappointment and frustration to last a lifetime. But the 2009 Tigers have to go down as the MOST disappointing, aggravating Tigers team I can ever remember. Now, they have to live with the dubious distinction of being the first team to blow a three game lead with four games left to play. And don’t forget, they had a seven game lead over the Twins in early September. They have no one to blame but themselves, as they just plain blew it. Did they choke under pressure? Maybe? Were they just not that good? Possibly. But the bottom line is they just didn’t want it as a badly as the Twins. The tie breaker game was a perfect example of what went wrong the entire season. Guys on first and third. Nobody out. No runs scored. Bases loaded in the 12th. No runs scored. It was an exciting finish with a nail biter of a game. But that hardly matters that they played the Twins tough. It should never have come down to this. Good teams don’t lose six out of seven to the Kansas City Royals, and two out of three to the Chicago White Sox in the final weekend of the season.
I hate those annoying Twins and their stupid homer hanky waving fans. And I wish I never had to see Michael Cudyer and Joe Mauer come up to bat against the Tigers again. Bitter? You bet. Jealous. Yeah. Now, I’ll be pulling for the Yankees to sweep them three straight and hope to never see baseball played in that Metrodome again.
Enjoy the World Series, and see you in the Spring. Just wait till next year!