The Detroit Lions biggest nightmare doesn’t come true

Posted on August 28, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

Metro Detroit area cardiologists saw a spike in patients Saturday night, but ultimately Matthew Stafford ugly looking hand injury was just a false alarm.  The season will go on and Stafford is just fine.

Catch my spin on it at the Sidelionreport.

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Double D: Disappointed in Detroit

Posted on June 7, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

Well, just a link this time–but hey I finally updated my blog after a couple weeks of neglect.  If this blog were my baby, I’d be on Springer right now.  Come to think of it, is Springer even still on?

Anyway, had a few life changing events.  You know…small things–baby, job–that have screwed up my normalcy.  Thanks a lot baby Eli.  However, things are starting to ease back into normal life.

Here’s a piece that was published on the Detroit Athletic Club.  Keep in mind that disappointing is completely different than worse.  Yes the 0-16 2008 Lions were the worst team ever in the history of pro sports.  However, our expectations for them were…shall we say…were muted at best.  We thought they’d suck and boy they delivered.  Actually, aren’t they the opposite of a disappointment?  They were a wild success completely exceeding our expectations.

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Ryan Raburn knows he has big shoes to fill

Posted on May 12, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

When Brandon Inge departed from the Detroit Tigers, a huge void was left in the hearts of Tiger fans everywhere.  Gone was the beloved hero who could do no wrong.  Gone was the modest, stoic figure who was always an image of calm in an otherwise turbulent sport.  Despite the emptiness in the Tigers’ clubhouse, one man is more likely than other’s to fill the void of favorite Tiger left by the recently departed Brandon Inge—that man is Ryan Raburn.

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Brandon Inge sure was easy to blame

Posted on May 8, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

All Inge all the time, so it appears.

Another link to an article to the Detroit Athletic Co. and another link about our dearly departed friend–Brandon Inge.   While Inge is tearing it up on the West Coast–hitting .180–we’re looking for someone to take his place in the blame game in Detroit.

There’s a likely list of candidates: Portly Jose Valverde and his cardiac save adventures; Ryan Raburn and his annual early season attempt to run Detroit on wind energy (whiff, whiff); and Jim Leyland and his Marlboro withdrawl influenced lineups.  See who I think the candidates are here.

Well, back to full on baby alert at the Sportsczar house!  Luckily I stocked up on a 1000 pack of onsies, a 25 gallon drum of soy formula and a crate of Huggies last week at Costco.  That should last us until June.

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Mariano Rivera isn’t a closer, he’s a machine

Posted on May 2, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

The Terminator of baseball’s closers makes Tiger fans feel like we have the Winnie the Pooh of closers in comparison.

Jose takes a break after another tough save

Sorry Jose Valverde.  A guy with a nickname reminiscient of a terrible food court offering at the mall–the Big Potato–can’t compare to Rivera, so don’t bother trying.  That’s what I’m trying to tell all of the Tiger fans on my latest post at the excellent Detroit Sports Site, the Detroit Athletic Co..

Sorry, not much original content today at the The Sports Czar, just a shameless plug–which I am by no means above.

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Is Kellen Moore about to become Detroit’s Favorite Athlete?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 2

How unfair is the NFL Draft?  The winningest QB in college history went unselected.  Unselected in a Draft that had previously seen Jamarcus Russell, David Carr and Tim Couch go number one overall.  All three bombed worse than a Nick Cage movie and none of them could have held Kellen Moore’s jock in college–who was 50-3 as starter at Boise State.  Granted it was for a team whose field looked like a smurf threw up all over it, but bad taste doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

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Are you freak-Inge kidding? Detroit Tigers finally release Brandon Inge

Posted on April 26, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 1

Brandon Inge is a Detroit Tiger no more.  At least for now.

The Detroit Tigers have unconditionally released their love ‘em/hate ‘em utility man in a move stunning to everyone named Brandon Inge.  The daunting task to replace Inge’s bat in the Tigers lineup will fall on the massive shoulders of the Toledo Mudhens own Roy Hobbs, Brad Eldred.   The 31 year old journeyman has nearly 7 times as many home runs at Triple-A (13) than Brandon Inge has hits this season (2).

Eldred will forever be known as the man who finally delivered the death blow to the most heavily scrutinized–or crappy, if you will–player in Detroit Tigers history.  Rumor has it that the president of the Detroit Tigers fan club is petitioning the Detroit City Council to erect a statue of Eldred in Grand Circus Park.  The City Council is asking for $2500 in unmarked bills and 7 new iPhones to hear the matter which might be too much to get the deal off the ground.

Either way, kudos to you Brad Eldred for making an embarrassing sweep at the hands of the punchless Seattle Mariners a little more bearable.  Expect a ticker-tape parade in your honor down Woodward next week.

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Detroit Tigers give fat guys everywhere a reason to believe

Posted on April 23, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

Who doesn’t love a fat guy.

Think of all the great fat guys in history.  Teddy Roosevelt?  Awesome, but overshadowed by Franklin.  Chunk from Goonies, comic relief who made friends with a mutant.  The dude with the red hair from Braveheart, pretty badass but he ultimately had to watch his best friend get drawn and quartered and couldn’t do anything about it.  John Belushi, John Candy and Chris Farley, geniuses gone way before their time.  The bigger they are, the worse things normally work out for them.  But here are the Detroit Tigers, a bunch of fat guys out to rewrite the history books.

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‘Devastated’ Rob Gronkowski attempting to recover from Madden Cover loss

Posted on April 16, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

Rob Gronkowski will not be the cover child for the 2012 version of Madden Football.

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Are Gibby and Tramm Destined to Run into the Tigers Again?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by detsportsczar | Permalink 0

The former duo that were among the most successful players of the 1984 World Champs ran into much less success running the Tigers a little less than a decade ago.

However, the pair of Tiger greats have got the NL West’s Arizona Diamondbacks on the right track–maybe even setting up a showdown with their former team this October.  You can check out my write up of this possibility on the Detroit Athletic Co.’s blog.

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