The Shady Milkman

He’s choosing to walk away during the Autumnal Equinox—the first day of fall—after helping metro Detroiters plan their days, nights, weekends and vacations by predicting the weather for 45 years. His calm, steadfast delivery of the forecast always made the weather seem better than it really was, even during the worst of storms. I guess that’s why they called him “The Chief”.

Winter in Detroit is going to be extra bitter this year.

Bud Selig, congratulations on your new position as the absolute worst commissioner in American professional sports. After years of trying to achieve this despicable position with your ho-hum, turn-a-blind-eye attitude towards steroids and continuous refusal to implement instant replay in baseball, you’ve finally managed to dethrone Gary Bettman from the position he held proudly for so long.

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The Captain, Steve Yzerman—my favorite hockey player of all time—is headed to Tampa Bay to be a GM.

Wish he would have picked a real hockey team, but all the best to him anyways. 

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010, is a day that will live in Michigan sports infamy. The Detroit Tigers got swept by the Minnesota Twins on their first visit to their new ballpark, Target Field, on a walk-off wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th…

The Detroit Red Wings let a 3rd period, two-goal lead slip away, losing in OT to the San Jose Sharks and falling to the assuredly hopeless three games down in the Western Conference semi-finals…

Then, the death of Ernie Harwell was announced to thousands of fans, including myself, during the broadcasts of these two collapses, and suddenly, nothing else mattered.

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