To be in Dumars’ head

A lot of whispering has been happening about a deal for Tayshaun or Rip: Heintz and I were just talking about Boozer/AK-47 for Rip/Tay/Max. Let’s make a deal?

Scoring cool points for the balding

Manu swats a bat; I haaaaaaate bats. This makes up for some (not all, but several) of his more horrendous flops.

Was not expecting that

This Bill Simmons/Kenny Mayne video is actually funny.

Can’t we all just get along?

Via Zach:

Detroit at her best

Cool photo essay from the Detroit Free Press Marathon, though the headline “Detroit at her best” seems strange if you’re aware that three people died during the race.

Pacman! Cotto! Kellerman!

The bright lights of Tulsa might blind you

Is everyone surviving the loss of the Shock?

To be young again

Meghan, rookie fantasy footballer:

Meghan: Annnnnnd I’m 6-0 in Fantasy.
Me: haha, of course you are!
Me: Both of my teams went nuts yesterday. I’m beating Pat by 75 points in one league.
Me: That always bugs me: hey guys, can’t you spread out your awesomeness a lil bit? I’ll probably lose 46 to 45 the next week after putting up 140.
Meghan: Ya I know how that goes. Well, actually not, since I’m unbeatable.

Just tax the good seats

This was probably Kenny’s idea.

October 16, 2009

Voice your opinion about the ticket tax
Voice your opinion about the ticket tax

Dear Tigers fans,

As you may have heard by now, the Governor and the Michigan Legislature are seriously considering charging sports fans a 6-percent luxury tax on all professional and college sports tickets sold in Michigan.

This tax would be applied to tickets for major league and minor league baseball, football, hockey, basketball and auto racing. It would also tax tickets to all college sports including football, hockey and basketball. It would also add a ticket tax to all concerts, shows and could even include movie tickets.

This tax is not on the sports teams – it is on you – the fans. And all of us at the Detroit Tigers organization believe it is wrong to target the working families. Michigan would be the only state in the region to tax families attending movies, sporting events and concerts.

Fans Against the Ticket Tax was started to inform citizens of the potential for this legislation and to fight against this tax. We wanted to make you aware of this proposal and encourage you to speak out to the Governor and your representatives and senators in Lansing.
If you would like to voice your opinion on this issue, you can do the following:

1. Go to www.NoTicketTax.com to join in the effort and tell the governor and your legislator what you think about the ticket tax. Let them know there should NOT be a luxury tax on taking your family to a baseball game.

2. Send this email to all your friends and encourage them to get involved. Every email or phone call to Lansing will send a clear message that Michigan sports fans do not want the ticket tax.

Thanks for your help.

The Detroit Tigers

Like a son

Former Wolverine star Rumeal Robinson’s story has taken a weird turn:

His adoptive mother wants the street, Rumeal Robinson Place, stripped of its name and rededicated to her late husband. And she wants a mural of her son, placed in honor near the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School fieldhouse, purged of his glory-days image.

Helen Ford, incredulous and embittered, alleges that Robinson swindled her of the sprawling old home where she lived for 35 years and raised him. She has since been evicted, lost many of her belongings and mementos, and says she is struggling to pay the rent for an apartment in Somerville.