After a second 2-10 stretch this season, are the Tigers on track to be one of the biggest disappointments ever in baseball? Clearly all of that money they spent on bringing in offensive power has seen them shut out in nearly 15% of their games and their pitching has given up more runs than every team but one. The may not approach the records they set for futility a few years ago, but they sure aren't going to have that run to the World Series this year like everyone expected.
And speaking of playoff runs, the Wings couldn't manage to finish off the Stars last night. The calls by the refs were the biggest black mark on this game though. For Detroit's first goal to be disallowed because Holmstrom breathed somewhere in the vicinity of Turco and then see the Stars first goal count with Loui Eriksson actually in the crease is extraordinarily frustrating as a Wings fan, but Babcock was right in his assessment that the refs are human and they frequently screw up. Detroit didn't lose the game specifically because of the two wrong calls. Though +2 would have been a lot more desirable than -2 versus the refs. Still, the series will shift back to Detroit on Saturday and the Wings should finish it off with a more solid effort and the advantage of home ice. Let's see too if Pittsburgh can finish the job tonight and walk into the finals or if they're going to take an extra game too.
Finally, the ponies will run again on Saturday at Pimlico. I'm hoping that Big Brown can demolish the field again and keep those Triple Crown hopes alive, perhaps helping to move the general public move beyond the lasting image of poor Eight Bells down on the track at Churchill Downs.
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