TIGER TALK...

Big one yesterday, getting the first one in Minnesota in this crucial four game...remember when everyone was worrying that Verlander might wear down in September? Well, he is looking pretty good to me right now. How can you not love what Marcus Thames brings to the table? Leading the team in HRs? Amazing, and he might only be the third or fourth most valuable on this team...

Make no mistake, even just getting a split in this series is good right now, because the clock is starting to favor us, everyone is running out of tomorrows. A split and Minnesota cannot gain ground, personally, I think we have a chance to do better, but we'll see...

You know how everyone in the Detroit hating national media keeps chortling that we had a 10 game lead on August 7? Well, its all how you want to look at it, isn't it? The Tigers have had their worst stretch of the year and the lead is still 5 games...fortunately for us, wins in April count as much as wins in August.