Almost over…
Tigers season is almost over, and sometimes it seems the all wish they could just end the season yesterday. Between fantasy football drafts and Michigan’s entry into the Rich Rod era, its been a busy few weeks.
A brutally honest interview with Lynn Henning popped up on the detroit tigers podcast, which I loved. Obviously its time to start more discussions about next year, and to talk about what happened this year. Something I took away from the podcast: How much did Jim Leyland know he was in trouble heading into this year? Lynn thinks he probably knew he could be screwed. So in terms of recent callups, etc, while we think we all know who are the next stars (and, in detroit, the most popular person in town is usually the backup QB for the Lions), sometimes I have to remember that Leyland and Dombrowski aren’t idiots. I am very surprised that Brent Clevlen didn’t get a callup for September, but maybe they don’t feel he’s in the plans for 2009. Or maybe they know what they have in him, want to give him some time off, and see if he’s ready to push for a spot in spring training. My general thought is: They have a plan. I love to disagree with it, and we’ll never know exactly what happened behind the scenes this year, but I bet it would be an interesting read.