“Nobody’s Perfect”
June 23, 2011 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment
Just one step away. One break. We all know the feeling. What separates us is what we do when the moment comes and what we have learned to prepare us. That’s what this week’s read, “Nobody’s Perfect,” is about. The “almost-perfect game” is merely part of the story. Read Armando Galarraga and Jim Joyce’s story […]
That’s Just Me, I Like to Get the Question Right
June 3, 2010 by Josh Deitch · 3 Comments
Armando Galarraga should have pitched a perfect game. He should have retired twenty-seven batters in a row. He should have joined the twenty other pitchers in Major League history to have accomplished this feat. He didn’t. Instead he got screwed. This was a once-in-a-lifetime, overwhelmingly improbable, shockingly emotional screw-job comparable to when Vince McMahon and […]
Tigers Starting Rotation and the Court of Public Opinion
March 25, 2010 by Shelly Riley · Leave a Comment
Dontrelle Willis posted a win today in the 5-1 win over the Blue Jay’s in the Grapefruit League.  In a way, this scares me slightly. I was beating the Willis drum when he was signed back in winter of 2007 but it has been well documented since then about his anxiety issues, lack of performance, […]
