I would love to know how many franchises had 13 consecutive losing seasons before winning a division title.

 

Since when does 734-706 = 88? :rolly

Tigers winning the Central? Extremely doubtful.

I like this quote:

Kenny Rogers will be an adequate number one, Jeremy Bonderman should continue his skills growth, Mike Maroth and Nate Robertson are credible back-of-the-rotation guys, and Justin Verlander is one of the five best pitching prospects in the game

 

Rogers - 41 yr old that had one good year. His career WHIP is 1.40!

 

In a Pitcher's park:

Bonderman - 2005 -> 4.57 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, .271 BA

Maroth - 2005 -> 4.74 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, .288 BA

Robertson - 2005 -> 4.48 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, .266 BA

Verlander - 2 starts in 2005 -> 7.15 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, .313 BA

 

Those are some real intimidating pitchers. They give the Tigers about 6 innings and 4 ER per game.

Here is another one:

 

Detroit: At least it's not Baltimore.

 

True....or Wrigleyville

 

This is kinda fun. Here's some more that may have been worthy of submission:

 

Choice 5: "At Least Matt Millon Can't f*** This Team Up"

Choice 6: "Wish We Had The Other Guillen"

Choice 7: This one's a visual:

"Wounded Knee II: The Sequel

(for you youngin's...look it up).

 

Alright...I'm done. Maybe we can start on the Cubs Media Guide Cover

 

My personal favorite is still..."Ain'ta Gotta Urbina"

Edited February 7, 200620 yr by Wanne

I thought that was pretty funny!  Could be on the cover of their media guide if you ask me.  Tought call for their marketing department...

 

Choice 1:  "We Don't Suck"

Choice 2: "Tigers Baseball...Countdown to Red Wings Season"

Choice 3: "Ainta Gotta Urbina"

Choice 4: Yeah...let's go with "Thank God for the Royals"

 

I do not believe Thank God for the Royals will be correct at the end of the season.

they might stick within distance in the first half of the season.... but than Rogers will have his usual 2nd half melt down, carlos guillen will get hurt sometime again and prob maggz too.... if everyone stays healthy and percival comes back and pitches well I can see them causing some trouble.

I see them playing the role of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays this year. They have a few players that will make lives miserable for the top three teams, maybe even having a winning record against one of them. However, they still only win somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 games, maybe pushing 80 if a few things break their way. They are no real threat to win the division or the wildcard though. They don't really have a top of the rotation starter unless Bonderman steps up, and they don't really have a dangerous middle of the order unless Guillen and Maggs stay healthy. That makes it tough when you have two legit contenders in the league, plus the Twins still have more than Detroit.