Detroit Tigers potential collapse and ticket blunders

For those that saw or listened to the Detroit Tigers game today, there were a couple of things that probably made you upset if you are a Tigers fan. One, the stadium was half empty. Obviously, a noon game, hard to get to for those that work, but its not the emptiness that makes me mad. What makes me mad is how the Tigers handled last nights rainout. The paying public for last nights game had one option for their rainout tickets. They had to attend the noon game or lose out on the seats. Are you kidding me? I know a guy who got in a freaking car wreck on the way to the game, got to the game, it rained out, and you then tell him he has to come back at noon tomorrow or lose the ticket. This is a Tigers policy that has been in place for a while, but I dont agree with it. Even the Yankees, the evil empire, allows its fans the choice to use those rain out vouchers later on that season, or within a year. People shell out hundreds of dollars for this franchise and that is no way to repay them. Especially when they are choking away this division...which leads to....

My second point! What made me mad about the game itself is that the Tigers continue to blow chances. They keep leaving runners on base! Porcello pitches a gem, 107 pitches, allows one run, and its wasted! Here is a good example. First inning. Curtis Granderson gets a double to lead off the game. Polanco steps to the plate. As a manager, I would bunt the runner over. Why you ask? Because the Tigers are struggling to score runs. Get the guy over to third, now, you can hit a sac fly, you can hit a weak ground ball on the infield, or, heaven forbid, you get a hit, and a run scores! Now its 1-0, and maybe the ball starts rolling. But the Tigers dont do that. Polanco hits a ball to the left side, Granderson gets stuck at second. Clete Thomas then hits a ball to the right side for out two, and Miguel Cabrera gets out too. These type of opportunities arise with this team more than you would think. Start playing small ball now, or you might be playing small ball with your kids in two weeks.

That is all from the Mad Man.