Favorite Baseball Teams of Bloggers, Via Rumors and Rants
By Erie's Scribe on Apr 07, 2008 with Comments 2
Rumors and Rants went to the trouble of collecting a bung-load of favorite teams from fellow writers around the blogoshpere. There are a lot of classic teams remembered including the ’87 Twins, the ’93 Phillies, and the ’83 O’s. CS and I chimed in on the ’86 Mets and the ’95 Indians. It’s a fun read.
“The 1984 Tigers are, in my memory, perfect. I know the record book says they lost 58 games, but that’s not how I remember it. I lived in suburban Detriot and turned 8 that summer, and all I can remember about those Tigers is that they were perfect. I was sure that Lance Parrish and Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker and Kirk Gibson and Chet Lemon and Jack Morris and Willie Hernandez were the perfect assemblage of baseball talent. The letter I wrote to Sparky Anderson telling him why he was my favorite manager may have been the first sports writing I ever did and I didn’t even begrudge his failure to write back because I was sure he must have – the post office just lost the letter. I could live to see 100 more baseball seasons and I know I’ll never see another team as perfect as the first team I fell in love with, the 1984 Tigers.” – Michael David Smith, FanHouse
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This sounds like the kid from the 1983 blockbuster (at least in the city of Detroit) “Tiger Town” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086439/).
GO TIGERS! Time to right the ship.
Los Tigres better do something to right the ship quickly.