nooo!

It started last winter. The Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons both played strong during their seasons and ended with the best record in their leagues.

The Red Wings promptly lost in the first round to Edmonton.

The Pistons, favored early in the playoffs to win the championship (with amazing 2:1 odds) lost in conference finals. I watched most of their 82 season games, and they let me down hardcore.

Now the Detroit Tigers, a cinderella team coming from several sub-.500 years including a 106-loss season in '02, spend most of 2006 with the best record in baseball.

They beat the Yankees, then swept the pennant series.

And then, they rolled over and lost the World Series 1 game to 4. How do my awesome sports teams lose so badly? Will the Michigan Wolverines choke like that?


But
The Tigers are still the coolest-looking people in sports. Check out these mugs:

Maglio Ordonez:










Curtis Granderson:










second baseman Placido Polanco is still the bomb-diggity. Check out the grin:








my second favorite Tiger, catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez:














and Kenny Rogers, who among a team of greats stands out as the greatest.













go 2007 Tigers!