In the NL the only surprises I see are that they expect the Nationals to have a winning record at 82-80, and predict the Cubbies to be well under .500.

cheers

Do you think they would do it if we tossed in Gerald Laird? We can just start Robinzon Diaz who has a really good shot at being better than Laird anyhow. Or is Laird not enough material to reverse the trade? I don’t think adding him would be enough to make the trade happen. I think if we tossed in Raburn too, they’d have to at least consider it.

But I am still excited for opening day, and hopefully by the time spring training and the start of the season roll around, I will be more excited to follow the Tigers, and so will Billfer!

I’ve been coming here since pretty much the day the site started, and I use this site religiously to follow the Tigers. You’ve done a great job for a very long time, Billfer.

2007 = .302 BA, .552 SLG. .913 OPS. Those are hot numbers dude!

I’m one of those many, many readers who jumped on board this blog after the 2006 season.

Let me say that it is one of the highest quality sports blogs I’ve ever read. I’ll generally find myself going through blogs on occasion and usually some small aspect of another blog, be it about sports or whatever, turns me off. It could be the quality of the writing, or the personality of the host. Rare is it indeed where I find a blog where the blogger’s personality is as amicable as yours, the analysis as deep and meaningful, and yet also entertaining. You’ve done a great job here, and I truly hope that this has translated into ad revenue or some kind of compensation, even though I understand that this is a labor of love. Certainly, if you put up one of those paypal “donate” links that other bloggers do, I’d certainly make the occasional donation.

However, all of the reasons you give are legitimate to slow down. I think I speak for most of us when I say that we’d be all happy if you maybe went to a format in which you delivered a regular, but not at all daily, series of in-depth analysis articles and eschewed the daily game summaries (although I enjoy those too).

Another option, as others have pointed out, is to take on a “blogging sidekick” to help you keep the posts regular. Some of the other blogs I read do this to excellent affect.

In any rate, good luck and God bless,

Rob

Having shown you the love, respect and gratitude due for the last several years, let me also say, “quit f’n sniveling over Granderson and move on”. This is major league baseball man, nothing is constant, or completely explainable. Does it even matter? Next year a semi-new group of guys wearing our colors will get out there and we will root for them. Just like you did in ’03, but ’10 will be better. Why the Granderson attachment? He is a good guy, an ambassador if you like, but not the best ballplayer on the team (I’ll take Miguel, or Justin any day over Curtis). Do the sabre thing, then tell me your sudden resentment of the Tigers is justified. Better yet, let Bill James do the heavy lifting and we can read what he says.

Mr. Ferris, I’m older than you, but look forward to your posts daily. Don’t be a pussy and let roster changes turn you into an apathetic old coot. The English D is something to be revered, not scorned. It’s just a game buddy, don’t leave us because your faith has faltered, leave us because your kids need you. Come back after the kids have grown (if necessary), but comeback with the stalwart, data driven focus you had before the winter meetings. Not the man-crush, GC-whipped, self absorption you must have contracted from a Detroit drinking fountatin.