Mitch Albom's Blog, page 74
October 20, 2013
From the Detroit Free Press: Tigers will kick themselves for squandering shot at ring
BOSTON All night long, the Green Monster in Fenway Park had been kicking it back, keeping them in it, keeping the last gasps of the Tigers' season alive. A deep shot by Boston's Jonny Gomes missed being a home run by a foot. The Tigers dodged that bullet. A Dustin Pedroia shot to left-center missed the home run opening by a few car lengths. The Tigers dodged that bullet.
October 18, 2013
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From the Detroit Free Press: Cabrera out at home, Avila dazed at home and Tigers on the brink
By Mitch Albom
You go through a stop sign, you get pulled over. The Tigers began this night with a bad baseball play - Miguel Cabrera fruitlessly running into an easy tag at the plate - they continued it with a violent baseball play - Boston's David Ross plowing into catcher Alex Avila like a bull slamming into a phone booth -and they ended it with a demoralizing double play, Cabrera deflating a two-on, no-out rally in the seventh with a tepid grounder. It was seven straight outs after that. Game over.
October 17, 2013
From the Detroit Free Press: With a text, Austin Jackson finds himself; Detroit Tigers tie series
Mitch Albom finds it all starts with Jackson
Austin Jackson will not say much, but you can just imagine. Here he was, demoted to batting eighth because he wasn't producing as the leadoff man, and in his first at-bat of the night, he steps up ... with the bases loaded.
"Now batting, Austin Jaaaackson!"
October 16, 2013
From the Detroit Free Press: For Tigers, a power outage at stadium, then at plate
Mitch Albom
So now it was the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth. Less than 48 hours after suffering a demoralizing grand slam in that same inning in Fenway Park, here was Detroit, at home, with its own chance to put a hammer down and sneer at the irony of the baseball gods.
First and third. Only one out. Trailing, 1-0, in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
In Boston, it was Big Papi stepping to the plate, the crowd going wild.
Tuesday in Detroit, it was Major Miggy, the American League batting champion.
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October 15, 2013
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From the Detroit Free Press: Shock heard everywhere
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti When David Ortiz hit his grand slam Sunday night, lightning struck. No. I mean it. Lightning struck. We were sitting on an open-air balcony at an orphanage in Haiti, huddled around a filthy computer screen, and when Ortiz rocketed that ball into the Boston bullpen, the skies lit up. And so did we.
"You gotta be kidding me!"
"The first pitch!?"
October 13, 2013
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