Sunday

Michigan’s loss in the national championship game last night was disheartening yet not as devastating as I would have expected for a Wolverine fan. Minnesota outplayed Michigan in every facet of the game. While M-D was perhaps a one line team offensively, Michigan certainly didn’t stop them, add the fact that Michigan took dumb penalty after dumb penalty and it becomes surprising that the game was even that close. Hunwick once again stood on his head in this un-Berenson-like effort; you have to feel for the kid with his career ending like that. One can take at least some solace in the result though. As a good friend of mine put it through a static-filled, cell phone call deadened by the noise of an East Lansing house party, “it’s a fucking coin toss.”

The Tigers lost to the Royals 3-1 yesterday. The key play? Wait for it… Magglio popping out with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the eighth with the Tigers down two. Yes, he hit .363 a few seasons back, but as I have said before, he becomes more of a liability with age. It’s tough to bash a fan-favorite from the pre-2006 Tigers but performance is the bottom line. Baseball is back and its great, however soon this springtime honeymoon will be over and the potential flaws of this team will become more and more aggravating to fans. I like the makeup of this year’s team but I’m not convinced that the Tigers are built for the post-season quite yet.

The Red Wings play Chicago today and most likely will rest players in preparation for the playoffs. Maybe we should have rested Zetterberg on Friday. I’ve seen too many Red Wings teams sleepwalk into the playoffs and have trouble with first-round matchups. Hopefully, this season will be different.

Sorry about the pessimistic tone on a Sunday, but as far as athletics go, there isn’t a lot for me to cheer about at the moment.

T Kaminski
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