Mitch Albom's Blog, page 43
October 5, 2014
From the Detroit Free Press: Does sperm bank's mix-up color a child's future?
You can't always get what you want, but you should at least get what you order.
Even if it's a baby.
That's the upshot of a lawsuit filed by a lesbian couple in Ohio, who were shocked to find out they were having an African-American child.
Three years ago, the couple purchased sperm from a sperm bank in Illinois, selecting No. 380, a white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed donor. Apparently, someone at the sperm bank misread the number as 330, which was an African-American donor.
From the Detroit Free Press: Tigers can win today, but not in long run
Tigers can win today, but not in long run
It's not that the Tigers can't win today. They can. Comerica Park is not a shoebox like Camden Yards, and routine fly balls here do not rack up as home runs. David Price could pitch into the eighth inning, limiting visits to the haunted house that is the Tigers' bullpen. And quieting that orange crush of Orioles fans won't hurt.
October 4, 2014
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October 3, 2014
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October 2, 2014
From the Detroit Free Press: A Chance at a Legacy
Like a tightrope walker reaching the platform, Max Scherzer can exhale now. He made it across. Working without a net this season, on a one-year contract he chose over a six-year, $144-million offer in the spring, Scherzer has been flirting with grenades all season. A serious arm injury, a major surgery, and he might have always wondered "what if?"
October 1, 2014
September 29, 2014
From the Detroit Free Press: Perfect Ending to Trying Season Can Bring Out the Kid in All of Us
In a clubhouse ripe with champagne and cigar smoke, Mike Ilitch, the man who owns the Tigers, made his way gingerly to the manager's office. At 85, he moved slowly. But as he entered the room, he sounded like a kid.
"All right!" he exclaimed. "Did we get some pitching or did we get some pitching?"
The door closed.
As the door opened.
