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Its not worth my time and effort to have to deal with life-experts like you shoota. My experiment of trying to have civil interaction with sox fans has now come to an end. I've appreciated my two days bantering with most of you and wish the Sox the best of luck the rest of the way, hopefully not at the expense of my Tigers. Unfortunately when life deals you shootas, you can't make shoota-ade. You can......take me off this board.... YES!

7:05 pm Houston Detroit HOU: Clemens (0-1, 3.60) DET: Robertson (7-3, 3.38) This could be an opportunity for the Sox to pick up a full game, although Nate has been dealing lately. Should be electric at Comerica tomorrow night regardless tomorrow night. I'm assuming the Sox will have no problems with the Pirates, although I suppose it could be a royal-like letdown type of series. QUOTE(shoota @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) You did not edit the wrong post. zoomzoomK had a couple sentences directed at me questioning my knowledge of Detroit before adding a paragraph about Tuesday's matchups. Nope separate post, although that one is gone too. I'll leave it alone if you can do the same.

QUOTE(shoota @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 08:03 PM) Comparing Detroit to Chicago's South Side is an inaccurate statement that needs to be corrected. THIS POST WAS COMPLETELY EDITED BY CHISOXFN I'm going to edit this post and be nice, but I want the city bashing (on both ends) to come to an end. This is the one thread where if you enter and plan on talking about the Tigers, plan on seeing a few posts from Tiger fans. But like I said, in general we will go out and defend any Sox fans should it come to that (but for the most part all of the visiting fans have been very respectful). This isn't Palehosetalk, this is the Diamond Club and baseball talk is great and as a whole its awesome having some very respectful Tigers and Twins posters on here to discuss more about the best division in baseball. QUOTE(zoomzoomK @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 08:14 PM) THIS POST WAS COMPLETELY EDITED BY CHISOXFN I'm going to edit this post and be nice, but I want the city bashing (on both ends) to come to an end. This is the one thread where if you enter and plan on talking about the Tigers, plan on seeing a few posts from Tiger fans. But like I said, in general we will go out and defend any Sox fans should it come to that (but for the most part all of the visiting fans have been very respectful). This isn't Palehosetalk, this is the Diamond Club and baseball talk is great and as a whole its awesome having some very respectful Tigers and Twins posters on here to discuss more about the best division in baseball. So why did you edit my post when all it had was tomorrow's Tigers/Astros pitching matchup?

This city-bashing material is very tired. Chicago was, and still is to a certain extent, home to a very large, mostly lower-to-middle class immigrant population. Numerous urban development models have shown that this set of circumstances is what creates a very dense, vibrant central city area. A large population of people with no access to private transportation created an environment where all neccessities for living were located within a small area. Detroit, on the other hand, is the birthplace of the American automobile industry. The Big 3 automakers have wielded tremendous power over the development of Detroit, and paid very honest wages to their employees even during the era when factory workers were underpaid and overworked. These employees were able to purchase a car of their own, and as a result move to an area that they saw as more serene, further away from the central city which, even in the most prestigious downtowns like Chicago, Manhattan, and Boston, was viewed as a center of filth and poverty. The Detroit metropolitan area boasts some of the most prestigious suburbs in the entire United States. As JackTalkThai indicated, Oakland County contains both the 2nd and 4th richest (per capita) zip codes in the country. Unfortunately, as money left the central city, downtown has suffered. Recent efforts to restore the Detroit's CBD to its former glory have produced some nice projects, but make no mistake about it, there is a ton of work still left to do. It may not be pretty, but its certainly not dangerous. Take a trip out to Royal Oak or Birmingham next time you're in town for a game and you'll find entertainment districts on the level you may be accostomed to. As Chicagoans you are blessed with probably the most American of all downtowns, somewhat ironic considering that it was mainly the result of the socio-economic status of 1st generation immigrants. You are also cursed with wicked congestion on your freeway system, and all of the other effects that come along with density. Point is, I guess there is no point. Just thought I'd try and explain to some of you who may be interested why cities look like they do.

Houston (38-38, 13-20 away) Rodriguez(8-4, 4.45 ERA) Detroit (51-25, 23-14 home) Miner(3-1, 2.08 ERA) Since you guys care enough to create the "Tiger Watch" thread, I figured you may as well know the matchup which will most likely leave the Sox a full 2.0 games back. I doubt any of you knowledgable gentleman though that the Mike Maroth injury would send the Tigers into a tailspin, but just in case, check out Zach Miner's numbers. Its always nice to pick up a top notch Atlanta Braves pitching prospect by trading a guy (Kyle Farnsworth) who wasn't going to re-sign anyways. I think its obvious I'm not a "troll", so please don't treat me like I'm an idiot. Trolls say things like: Sox suck, Thome blows, etc... I'm trying to have fun here, just like y'all

QUOTE(shoota @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 10:23 PM) LOL @ "Irregardless." This is an honest From dictionary.com, Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so. Consider me one of these people!

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 10:17 PM) Whats the point if they let you off free? Good point, although it certainly makes you not want to do it again.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 10:06 PM) remind me not to drive in Avondale lol. I think you are safest in Avondale......at least they pull you (or me) over here!

I understand that we have to talk trash to each other to make it seem like we're true fans, but can't we just appreciate the fact that the AL Central has the best two teams (irregardless of who is best and who is second) in the ENTIRE major leagues at this moment. As a Tigers fan, I would love to win the division but after watching the losingest franchise over the past 10 years, I wouldn't cry too hard if we managed the wild card either. It's impossible to speak for all other Tiger fans, but I'm pretty sure we're all feeling the same here. Imagine this scenario: A cop pulls you over on a Friday night at 3:00 am for going 20 over, decides that you are drunk, tells you that DUIs are expensive, and then lets you go without giving you even a ticket for speeding. That feeling that you get when you pull (I'm assuming, lol) into your driveway realizing that you aren't in jail: That is what I have felt like for the last 2 months. Go Tigers, I hope this race goes down to the wire. It seems to be way more fun this way. May the best team win, and may the second best team whip up on the AL East in the first round of the playoffs.