Yet another placeholder post...my sincerest apologies...

Sunny and 70 degrees...perfect baseball weather on a nearly perfect baseball day. I had my second ballgame this afternoon, and although we lost it was highly enjoyable and felt could to get a couple hits. But that isn't the best...

1. History-making hits, 2. good 'ol fashion brawling, and 3. an almost storybook tigers game to cap it all off.

1. Yes, even though we all hate Barry Bonds, he did tie Babe Ruth today. So I have to give him some kind of acknowledgement for that.

2. Windy City crosstown rivalry game. White Sox and Cubbies....collision at home plate sparks a little scrum between the catcher and runner...catcher connects with a beautiful right hook into the face of the runner, starting a bench-clearing fight to make any baseball fan proud.

3. Tigers and Reds, Tigers up 5-2 in the 7th inning. Bases loaded for THE Ken Griffey Jr. A guy I grew up idolizing and drooling over the most graceful of swings in the history of the game. And with an almost effortless swing...sends the ball 450 feet into the right field bleachers to go up 6-5 on Detroit.....Bottom of the ninth, two outs, for Curtis Granderson. A young smart sure-handed centerfielder with a bit of a bat...high fly ball down the left field line....does it have enough???.....YES!! Tie ball game folks!!
Extra innings...bottom of the tenth...guys on first and third with 2 outs....Craig Monroe...grounder to shortstop..should end the inning...shortstop double clutches...throws off balance....gets by the first basemen!!....TIGERS WIN


I love this game