Tiger Geist

The one shining moment of the remaining Tiger games is that there are so many other distractions to deal with in September.  Between elections, college football, NFL football, fantasy football, off-shore gambling… not too many people will notice the Tigers tanking the rest of the season.

It’ll be interesting how Detroit handles Kenny Rogers’ next scheduled starts.  I can’t see why they would hold him out, but he has what appears to be 4 starts left for the team — two against his old teams (Oakland, Texas) and the last one against Tampa at home in Detroit.  I think its pretty obvious he’s going to retire, so we might as well celebrate his career and stint as a Tiger.  The fans could give him quite a send off if he were to announce his plans before his last start, and it appears it will fall on the last Friday of the season.

On a last note, I’m still torn about the facination with keeping Granderson in the leadoff spot.  Its hard to gauge reaction, but I get the feeling a lot of people think he should stay in the leadoff position.  Leyland says he’ll have to bat leadoff since they don’t have anyone else.  Taking a look, i compared A-Rod’s numbers with Granderson’s.  A-rod has a better batting average, has a higher on base percentage, steals a similar number of bases, and walks more (minus this year, they’re about the same).  My point?  If the Yankee’s leadoff hitter went down with an injury, I don’t see A-rod moving up in the order.  If Granderson is a complete player, he’s a great #3 hitter.