A New Hope

Today is the Start of the Detroit Lions 2006 Football Journey

and in the Detroit Free Press Today we had this quote

"Marinelli tells the players they need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. That's especially true of the players who were in Detroit under Steve Mariucci, who ran a much more friendly camp.

Mariucci didn't have water breaks. He called them "Easter egg hunts." The trainers would toss bottles of Gatorade on the grass, and the players would take a break and find their favorite color/flavor.

Marinelli is no Easter Bunny. One player said he had to scrounge water when he could during the last minicamp"

Which leads me to say this:

The Detroit Lions will be better this year under Rod Marinelli, they will have a chance and they won't give up. I'm giving the Lions the same expectations I gave the Tigers at the start of the year which was about 500 and that's where I think the Lions will end up this year. I hope that they can win a very week NFC North but I don't know if they can, I only know that this year Lions will not give up in any game because Marinelli will not allow that. This team will play hard and be very hard to beat, I just do not know if they have a good enough o-line and quaterbacks to go places. That is why I'm saying the Lions will finish around 500 but I'm hoping for better.

Forward Down The Field
Sermo

Big Set

The Tigers are 62-30 and the White Sox are 57-34 (tigers have a 4.5 game lead), the 2 teams play each other this week and I think its the biggest 3 game set for the tigers in a LONG LONG TIME.

The Tigers have not even come close to making the playoffs since 1987 (over 500 once in 1993). The Tigers fans haven't seen this in a while and this week the tigers have a chance to prove to everyone that they are for real. People are starting to buy into the team but with a good series against the Sox's they will be looking good.

This series to me will be key in decided the central division, if the tigers can win 2 out of 3 I think the will win the division. This series will show the rest of baseball that the tigers are ready to try to win the World Series.

To other Tigers issues are they going to make a trade?

I don't know if they will or not, I'm leaning to no but if there is someone out there that would help and it wouldn't hurt the team then I have no problem with the tigers doing it. I believe the Tigers going places and I think the next 2+ mouths are going to be special in Detroit and at Comerica Park.

Sermo

All Star Break

Well Its the all star break and the Detroit Tigers are on top of the AL Central at 59-29. We all know that the tigers haven't done anything in a long time. The last time the Tigers made the playoffs I was just born. I'm truly excited for the first time ever about the Tigers for the rest of the season, I think they will make the playoffs and have a great chance of winning the ALCS. If Metro-Detroit sees oct baseball its going to be great, we love are sports and with the Tigers trying to win the division in Sept. I'm pretty sure that Comerica Park will be full almost every night for the rest of the season.

Also,

World Cup ended yesterday and VIVA ITALIA! What was Zidane thinking with the headbutt, it may have cost the French the World Cup

Shanny, leaving the Wings marks the start of the end for the Red Wings, I believe w/o the captain and Shanny and with Ed Belfour between the pipes the team will not be what we have been custom to seeing in Hockey Town

Until Next Time
Sermo

P.S. 16 Days till the Start of Lions training Camp

Big Ben

This is my thought about him leaving for chi-town

Well u know what I thought it was gone happen. After all this city and town has done for him making him an all-star and a top level NBA player he bolts on us. But I could see it coming in the playoffs he wasn't the Ben Wallace we knew and loved. I told everyone I thought he was gone to go to Chicago and I was right. And u know what I don't care.

Ben Wallace missing all the free throws in the playoffs killed the pistons i really beleve that missing all thoese free throws took the engery from Ben and the whole team went down as he did. This team next year will rally around Ben being gone. Do i think they will beat Chicago, Miami, or Cleveland. That I'm not sure of but I'm sure not going to miss Ben Wallace that much. I think Dyce will do fine starting next year and with the signing of Nazr today and maybe Bonzi Wells or a good back up Pt Guard this team will go on and try to win again and they won't quit like this year.

Leading Off

I used to have one of these and i got rid of it but now im back because i like having a place to share some stuff about sports, life and other things

Juily is now here and the Tigers are playing pretty good (56-28) and i love it. This is the first time that i can remenber in my life that i actaully want to watch and go to alot of tigers game. It's great and I'm hopeing we can see a run deep into Oct.

I'm not even gonna go to Ben Wallace right now, ill talk about that later. But as someone told me Stevie Y is and will always be the man, the way he went out and everything he did in his carrer was total class and he is one of my heros and always will be.

June has brought us the World Cup and like ESPN has told us "One Game Changes Everything"

and this year the world cup has been great. Many close awsome games and lots of sick goals. When Italy Scored in the 119th miunate. I went crazy, It was awsome.

I'm gonna try to keep up with this blog thing as much as i can, when ever I fell I need to say something I'm gonna try to put it here