MafiaMan

Tigers win 6-1. Royals play tonight.

Green Scorpions https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/chris_huh/2233562979/

It's not just them...I saw it last year too. I guess it's OK if you WIN the wild-card game, sure, then you're in the playoffs, but getting to game #163 really doesn't count.

You must be in the minority then because going back to the San Jose State predictions, it would seem a lot of folks expected 3-1.

So now we have locker room champagne showers when you qualify for the one-game wildcard game? REALLY?

I'm not sure how much time a team can drain from the clock by consistently running 3 plays and then punting all game long. Am I missing something with this "strategy"?

1 W vs Detroit 1 W vs Cleveland 1 W vs Arizona 5 games left. 95 is the most they could lose.

Ian Kinsler has really saved the Tigers this season. Prince Fielder would have hit into a DP in the 9th. ZERO confidence in Detroit's bullpen.

...and the Tigers blow a 3-0 9th inning lead against the White Sox...just great.

Bye bye Brewers! 150 days in 1st place this summer...no playoffs.

Taco Bell has scaled back its presence? I was there in '89 when the first one opened on Washington Avenue. Are there more now? Did some close?

I don't think their "collapse" has been that bad - I remember earlier in the season folks on ESPN saying that they figured once Washington got healthy, they'd blow past the Braves - and they have. How bad do the signings of Dan Uggla and B.J. Upton look now though? I think Kate Upton might have a higher batting average.

Thanks for the scoop and history bit there - good stuff. I have been thru Bozeman once (family vacation from ND to Washington) when I was about 12 and I remember seeing the M on the mountain. Didn't recall it until reading your link. Very cool.

Quizno's is awful...haven't eaten there in years. Firehouse Subs will make you never want to eat at Subway again...ever.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...gfhockey has multiple personality disorder. Or is it multiple poster disorder?

That's some wild horse hair too...almost like Hair Club for Horses bad...

Question for you 1AAfan...why does Montana State U try to promote the "M" so much? I've never seen a school try to brand their image that way - almost to spite the U of Montana. Can't imagine Michigan State trying to something similar so I was curious about your own MSU.

The two that struck me the most were Sens and Bolts. I simply cannot believe that NHL marketing experts felt that a team nickname (who says "Sens" anyways?) and non-name (they're the Lightning, NOT the Bolts) on the front of a jersey seemed like a great idea. The Nokes? Almost as bad as 'Yotes instead of Coyotes.

Count me out. Nothing worse than Seminoles being shortened to 'Noles, Louisville to The 'Ville, the Lightning being called the Bolts, the Senators being called the Sens, and Nationals the Nats.

You aren't kidding about that! Detroit loses to the White Sox tonight...now 1-3 in their last 4 games against the two worst teams in the division. They just can't put the Royals away.

But young enough for rhymin' Simon nicknames?

Totally true, too. UND will be on the blackball list for a long time, I fear.

If that's a 15 yard penalty and a game-changing call, then THIS should be a 2 game suspension. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-ns-LZpqM

Soo Colts?

Any further update? That last tweet is almost eerie.