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Professional sports can be cruel to fans. For team owners and the pros themselves, winning is important but secondary to profit. I know, Iām a Montreal Canadiens fanā¦
The concept of āFanā (a person) gets stranger the longer you consider it. Just for starters, how does a sports team get to be āusā just because Iām wearing their logo? I suspect that thereās tribalism in our genes and if we donāt have a real tribe, that tendency will find a way to express itself. It would be really really good if we could focus that tendency on the whole world, but I suspect it needs, among other things, a way to āknowā everybody in the tribe: Kids can name all the starters on ātheirā ball team, right? (and there goes another twist: The Tigers and this kid are āusā but the kid in another school who has the same relationship with the Tigers doesnāt have it with this kid: Those two arenāt āusāā¦ unless they meet while both wearing their hatsā¦)
Thereās a whole container ship full of stuff I donāt understand about professional sports, and a bunch of those bins pertain specifically to professional sports teams and fans from Detroit. If Iām reading the sports pages correctly (is āskimming at Mach 2ā considered correct reading?), fans get pretty disappointed pretty quickly when the Red Wings, the Pistons or the Tigers fall from the upper playoff stratosphere. Attendance goes down, you donāt see as many hats and jerseys walking around, and the team-insignia tattoos fade (this last one might just have more to do with where the fan got the tattoo and how much he paid for it). But the Lions havenāt won a playoff game since the last mass extinction event, and you see people wearing Lions swag all over the place. And the stadium seems to fill right up on Sundays. I guess itās true what they say about consistency.
KenTheCoffinDweller over 5 years ago
Donāt think that has been ever since the decision was made to get rid of āThe Voice of The Tigersā, Ernie Harwell.
Bilan over 5 years ago
It could be worse,um, ā¦ er ā¦ maybe not.
tonedeafdog over 5 years ago
Try an Orioles hat!
jpayne4040 over 5 years ago
BURN!
Ralph Newbill over 5 years ago
Itās been a tough year, but a loyal fan does not abandon the Old English D! Go Tigers!
fszakaly over 5 years ago
Why was it that we got rid of Verlander? So we could get something while he was still worth something? The no-hitter kind of screws that logic.
ajr58 over 5 years ago
Rockies
sandpiper over 5 years ago
Frazzās tee logo?
TheWizardTim Premium Member over 5 years ago
Wait ātil next year.
Travis Harden over 5 years ago
Being a fan of any Detroit sports team is a faith based occupation. Trust me.
pony21 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Laughed out loud at this one!!
BluBuddha over 5 years ago
itās been 35 years since itās been a good summer for a Tigers hat ā¦.
cervelo over 5 years ago
Professional sports can be cruel to fans. For team owners and the pros themselves, winning is important but secondary to profit. I know, Iām a Montreal Canadiens fanā¦
micromos over 5 years ago
Or the next 5 years.
rlaker22j over 5 years ago
tiger fan forever even though I live now in Georgia, drive down to Lakeland every spring or at least one game
gcarlson over 5 years ago
Was hearing about that from a classmate whoād moved to Michigan, at our 40th anniversary reunion Saturday night.
wvmacleod over 5 years ago
Again
Concretionist over 5 years ago
The concept of āFanā (a person) gets stranger the longer you consider it. Just for starters, how does a sports team get to be āusā just because Iām wearing their logo? I suspect that thereās tribalism in our genes and if we donāt have a real tribe, that tendency will find a way to express itself. It would be really really good if we could focus that tendency on the whole world, but I suspect it needs, among other things, a way to āknowā everybody in the tribe: Kids can name all the starters on ātheirā ball team, right? (and there goes another twist: The Tigers and this kid are āusā but the kid in another school who has the same relationship with the Tigers doesnāt have it with this kid: Those two arenāt āusāā¦ unless they meet while both wearing their hatsā¦)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Blog PostsFrazz15 hrs Ā·
Thereās a whole container ship full of stuff I donāt understand about professional sports, and a bunch of those bins pertain specifically to professional sports teams and fans from Detroit. If Iām reading the sports pages correctly (is āskimming at Mach 2ā considered correct reading?), fans get pretty disappointed pretty quickly when the Red Wings, the Pistons or the Tigers fall from the upper playoff stratosphere. Attendance goes down, you donāt see as many hats and jerseys walking around, and the team-insignia tattoos fade (this last one might just have more to do with where the fan got the tattoo and how much he paid for it). But the Lions havenāt won a playoff game since the last mass extinction event, and you see people wearing Lions swag all over the place. And the stadium seems to fill right up on Sundays. I guess itās true what they say about consistency.