The suspensions were handed down today regarding the Biogenesis PED scandal. The biggest suspension being Alex Rodriguez at 211 games. The rest of the players, including the Tigers' Jhonny Peralta, were all suspended for 50 games. Personally, I think the best way to get PEDs out of sports is to get harsher on the penalties. Last thing I'm going to say about this is....good. I hope this mass suspension helps to clean the game up, because the one or two guys getting suspended didn't have any kind of impact. And if you look at the majority of the players who were previously suspended, they did not have the clout that these players have. This is good for the game hopefully because I love to watch this game and I don't want this game that I love to be even more tainted. Instead of a three suspension (50, 100, life) system, I feel that they need to move to a two suspension (100, life) system.
Let's move on...
The Detroit Tigers are playing some of the best baseball I have seen them play in quite a while. It is comforting, but at the same time the Indians and Royals are playing just as well and they aren't gaining any ground on them. These three teams got people's attention over the past ten. All three of them are 9-1 over the past ten games. Only one team in the entire MLB had a better stretch. Atlanta is 10-0 over the past ten games. If these three teams continue to play hot, it will make for a great end of the season. Of course I would love to see the Tigers pull away from the other two teams, but it could make for a fun (or stressful) few months to watch. It will also show the rest of the league that maybe the AL Central isn't the Tigers and everyone else.
To say that the next four games are going to be huge is a vast understatement. Currently the Tigers are three games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. Best case scenario is the Tigers having a seven game lead going into the weekend, worst case is the Indians having a one game lead. Splitting the series? That would be nice. Winning three of four would be better. So not only is the series huge, but it could set the tone for the rest of the season. This could be a series that if one of the teams ends up winning the division they could turn to and say 'it all started here. At this four game series.' I'm cautiously optimistic about this series.
I want to say that the Tigers are going to dominate the Indians in this series and start to run away with the division, but there is just one problem. It seems like every time I start talking trash about the Tigers playing so well, they let me down. It all started back in 2006. I was talking with a co-worker who is a Cardinals fan and I said that the Tigers would win the World Series in five games because of how well they played before. We all know how that went, so NEVER AGAIN! I will be quietly optimistic each year and will gloat when they win their games and will be humble when they lose their games. And this doesn't just happen with the Tigers, it happens with other sports teams I follow.
Go get 'em Tigers!
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