StooltimeCounseling's Blog

As of this writing, 4-13-08, the Detroit Tigers are 2-10. Wow! What a dismal start for a team that is expected to win the world series in 2008 because Mr. Ilitch and Mr. Dombrowski paid some big bucks for some big names. You'd think both of them would've learned a lesson from George Steinbrenner's pattern of trying to buy a world series.

Woody used the phrase, "Fat Cat Comfort" to describe a Detroit Tigers team whose players have been paid big money and have security. I, too, have a take on the pitfalls of trying to buy a world series the way the Yankees have historically tried to do, and apparently now, the Tigers.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS:

Where's Sean "The Mayor" Casey when you need him? He was traded to Boston, where he is utilizing his baseball and "Mayor" skills. Maybe that's what the Tigers are lacking this year: Honest mayoral skills in the lockerroom and dugout. 

I believe the Tigers have lost sight of themselves in their quest to be the best in MLB, and that has contributed to their failure thus far. I suggest the Tigers need to "Fail Forward" by listening to the words of Henry Ford, who said, "Failure is the only opportunity to begin again more intelligently". With 150 games left in the 2008 season, "Fail Forward", Detroit Tigers!

As a fan, I am struck at Jim Leyland's response to a reporter's question after Sunday's 11-0 loss to the White Sox. Leyland was asked, "What do you tell the guys in the lockerroom after a loss like this"? Leyland responded, "It's none of your business"! Not only does the response sound defensive, it shows me Leyland's inability to view failure thus far as an opportunity to do better, at least during the heat of the moment. I'm not saying I can do better, but come on. To me, nobody deserves what the team has done to date. The Tigers organization is better than that!

FAIL FORWARD, DETROIT TIGERS!