1. The Tigers have announced that there will be no memorial patch or uniform tribute to honor Mark Fidrych. Apparently, the Tigers have only worn uniform memorials twice in their long history; black crepe for former Detroit Free Press sports editor Bo Needham in 1901 and a black armband for former manager Charlie Dressen in 1966. Considering the history, I am ok with this. As the Tigers have the best home uniform in baseball, the less alterations, the better I guess. I wouldn't have howled though if they added a discreet sleeve patch this year to honor The Bird.
2. Kudos to Jerry Manuel of the Mets who broke with tradition and brought in his closer K-Rod to pitch the ninth even though they were down a run. I would think that this situation is a bit more critical to have your best reliever pitching than saving him to protect a 4 run lead in the ninth in some other game. Double kudos to Manuel who also has the excellent J. J. Putz as his set up man and could easily have just followed the script here.
3. The new Yankee Stadium debut: Indians 10 Yankees 2. Grady Sizemore with a grand slam.
The House That Sizemore Built?
4. Barry Zito hammered again. In other news, the sun rose in the East this morning. (Hat tip and inspiration from Craig Calcaterra on this one)
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