Case of the Mondays: In which PostmanR only writes about the Tigers’ celebration
Well, since E scrimped a bit on the trusty and faithful Weekend Fun post Friday, it’s only fitting I don’t do a proper wrap-up of the weekend, no?
Plus, a TON of stuff went down the last three days and all 14 of you that read this site don’t even glance at Case of the Mondays – it’s all old news.
So, the remaining text of this post will discuss the Detroit Tigers and their post-game celebration after they mauled the Yankees Saturday 8-3 and sealed up a spot in the ALCS.
Brilliant performance, I must say. Let’s start with Jim Leyland. Dude goes up to the netting behind home plate and kisses his wife and daughter through it right after Detroit records the final out. Then, a presumably drunk Tiger fans comes down for a kiss as well, and Leyland obliges. Love that move, really I do.
And what I liked even more was a large majority of Tiger players coming out of the clubhouse, jogging up and down the stadium walls and high-fiving and spraying fans with champagne. (See picture.) Don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like that.
For a franchise that hasn’t tasted success too often in the recent past, that must have been a nice little treat for the fans.
Then, after all that, Kenny Rogers has to one-up everybody by hopping on top of the dugout and spraying a bunch of fans with champagne. And for a kicker, the Gambler dumps a bottle of it all over a cop’s head.
Honestly, I really thought A-Rod and crew were going to roll into the World Series. Which - as you should know if you ever read this site – we’re usually dead wrong with the predictions. So yeah, not surprising that I was wrong in the least.
This Oakland-Detroit series should be a fun one to watch – two hot teams devoid of the traditional/proverbial superstar going at it.
But yeah, good work Detroit.
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Ahhhhh, what a great night that was. The celebration was the best I’ve ever seen. And don’t feel bad about thinking the Yanks would take it, EVERYONE picked them. Go Tigers!
Congrats to Detroit and specifically, congrats to The Gambler!
Normally, I’m not big on celebrating a divisional series victory, but when you do it in serious style like the Tigers did, then I’m all for it.
The Leyland kiss and Rodgers Champagne pour were incredible. The only way it could’ve been better is if the Gambler was tazed and arrested on top of the dugout.
WXYZ and WDIV out of the D ran interviews Sunday night with the Michigan State Policeman who was doused in champaign after the Tiger’s win Saturday. He revealed in this interview only something People magazine would want to know and that is what Kenny Rogers asked this officer before the toast to his hat.
The Tiger’s celebration did not play out as well on my mobile Saturday afternoon as it did in video form (never saw the latter until Sunday morning). The Tiger’s celebration Saturday was also strangely similar to the celebration of its triple-A club the last two seasons. Let’s hope this past season’s result in the International League finale foreshadows what is to come for the D.