Comments on: Game 35: Tigers at Twins

By: ron

ron — Sun, 13 May 2007 04:37:28 +0000

Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons hitting on all cylinders. Doesn’t get any better than this.

By: Ben in Denver

Ben in Denver — Sun, 13 May 2007 01:15:52 +0000

I think that there are a lot of displaced Chicagoland-ers around the country, because when the Cubs come to visit, they all emerge. I’ve seen it here in Denver and in SF, and in Spring Training in Mesa. So, the network is aiming for a larger audience. However, with so many games on WGN, a Cubs game on TV really isn’t a novelty so I wonder how many of those Cubs fans even cared.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 12 May 2007 23:57:17 +0000

Not that the Yankees and Red Sox would be losing the CENTRAL, but you get my point.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 12 May 2007 23:56:31 +0000

How is Cubs-Phillies somehow a better match up than Tigers-Twins? I don’t care who’s pitching, these are the teams that lost and won the AL Central, respectively, on the last day of the season last year. Frankly I’m surprised there wasn’t more made of that in the media when we played Minn earlier this season. If it had been Yankees-Red Sox in that position, it would be non-stop hype.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:49:51 +0000

(sorry – that should have been 3.5 innings; bottom of 4th now. Duh.)

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:48:59 +0000

6-0 after 4.5… good stuff. Small ball by the Tigers makes me very happy.

Oh, and I officially wouldn’t trade Guillen and Polanco for **any** DP combo — either in the field or, especially, at the plate.

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:28:41 +0000

Yeah, Ben, I’m in southern Indiana, and I’m stuck with the Cubs-Phillies tilt, too.

By: Ben in Denver

Ben in Denver — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:22:36 +0000

I thought I heard Dan say that the Tigers would be on national TV today, then checked my listings and saw that I’m getting Cubs/Phillies instead. Don’t the Cubs get enough national TV time? At least I have tomorrow night to count on.

BTW, I just tuned in with the bases loaded and felt dread, so big props to Durbin for the double-play ball!

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:20:20 +0000

Chad Durbin is one lucky guy…

By: Mike R

Mike R — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:52:21 +0000

I get that the big networks cater to their big markets and they definitely should, but does anyone else feel like Detroit has gotten the shaft throughout the reg. season all last year and so far this year? I get that Ponson-Durbin isn’t exactly the modern day Smoltz-Jack Morris clash, but only 8% of the country? That seems pretty weak to me.

And how the defending AL Champs don’t get a national game until AFTER THE BREWERS, is beyond me.