Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Today, I wasn’t able to watch the last pitch of this year’s World Series. No, I actually was sitting in the bullpen around the fifth inning of our game and it was broadcast on ESPN radio over the PA system. I had a brief thought and mentioned something to Chris Hatcher, one of our catchers, along the lines of, “Huh, world series is over…..You feeling Mexican food tonight?” Had I become so jaded by the game of baseball that I couldn’t even get the slightest bit excited over what I consider is the ultimate achievement in all of sports? I mean, I was more depressed when the last BCS bowl was over this year. I needed some minutes of deep thought to really think about what was going on in my head. But then as I was trying to sift through the impenetrable layers of shallow thoughts clogging my brain, I realized that maybe it is because I am actually closer to the World Series than I may think. Sorry fans, I’m not meaning to get anyone’s hopes by saying Detroit will go to the World Series next year and I will somehow be a part of that team. However it’s that I am close to this event in that, some of the guys I am playing with or have some to know may soon be in that same position. Who knows maybe with a little luck I could be too, but it would just be bad baseball karma to say that. With all the off days we’ve had recently I got to do a lot of thinking which triggered this whole series of events, plus I needed something to take my mind off the fact that Michigan lost to Michigan State at home and if I have any eligibility left to try my hand at quarterback.