Thanks, but no thanks.

For those of you who will read this and laugh in agreement, thank God people like you are still out there.  For those who read and think "this is a little harsh" or "he's not talking about me" should probably take a second look at what time of year you decided to adorn your selected team's memorabilia.  

Being a native Michigander, last night was terrible.  Not because the Tigers ended up being trounced 10-1 by the hated Yankees, but because of the constant bitching and whining from the team's most recent  bandwagoners.  After reading about 10 consecutive negative posts from the same people worshipping the Tigs the day before, I marked all “tiger’s posts” as spam on my facebook last night.

For the people who made those posts and opened their mouths last night during the game, at what point during the season did you decide to go out in public representing the old english D?  If the answer is anything after some point in May, do us all a favor, stop talking.  

Those questioning in game decisions have probably failed to notice that there is a day off today and game 5 is tomorrow.  There is also the situation where the Tigers are sending Doug Fister to the mound.  You know, the guy who had better numbers since he joined the club than this year’s AL Cy Young winner and MVP.  

I’m not saying I agree with every decision that’s made in every game by every coach/manager, but don’t get down on the team because they lost game 4.  So they lost 10-1 at home.  They lost 9-1 on the road and the exact same response came down from all the fairweather fans from the mitten.  What’d the team do the next day, came out, played the game, and split on the road.  It turned the series into a best out of 3.  Now it’s down to one.  The Tigers need their line-up to get going and Fister to be the guy he was the entire second half, and arguably, all season.

If they can make that happen, we’ll see the Tigers down in Texas this weekend.  If not, then the people of Michigan will turn to the Lions’ resurgence and the beginning of the Wings’ season which starts Friday.

But for all of you who recently realized that the city of Detroit has something brewing as far as sports go recently, we truly appreciate the support.  But unless you’re in in for the long haul, and you’re gonna be there from start to finish, of every season, for all the teams, and support them along the way, take a seat... go watch The View.