If local baseball fans want to see some quality baseball, their best bet is to catch either Brandon or Goodrich’s varsity team in action.
The major league baseball season is underway, and it doesn’t amount to much for local sports fans. Once again, the Detroit Tigers enter a baseball season with no hope of a winning record, never mind contending for a division title.
When the prospects of another dreadful season are extremely likely, there’s not much point in paying a small fortune to head to Comerica Park to watch the Tigers (who have been referred to as the Toledo Mud Hens’ major league affiliate, in a sarcastic reference to the Tigers’ Triple-A club).
The Tigers have hired one of their all-time great players, former shortstop Alan Trammell, as their new manager, and two more heroes from the 1984 season, Kirk Gibson and Lance Parrish, will be on Trammell’s coaching staff.
Trammell commands respect because he played baseball the right way, and the team won’t go through the motions this year, if for no other reason than to avoid getting an earful from Gibson.
However, Trammell’s not a miracle worker. The sad fact remains the team has precious little to offer on the field. When your best pitcher during spring training is a 20-year-old rookie, Jeremy Bonderman, who has never pitched above Class A, you know you’re in bad shape.
So, local sports fans shouldn’t waste their money on an inferior product. Instead, they should head to Brandon or Goodrich’s baseball games, or to one of the BGO Recreation league games. Yes, they’re not major league players, but at least it’s an excuse to enjoy the outdoors.