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mediocrity and the -Cubs have shown
flashes of brilliance, but still no appear-
hot August
ance at the Big Dance. A number of
afternoon at
Major League players' strikes through the
Comerica Park last
years briefly soured me on the sport, too.
year, the hapless
T ast season's incident would have
Detroit Tigers faced
soured
me on the Tigers for good, but
the Cleveland
things
happen.
Indians in a game
During a visit to the friendly confines
that was pretty much
of
Wrigley Field last month, I'm walking
HARRY
over by the third
down Clark Street on a Friday night
KIRSBAUM inning.
after a game.
Columnist
Indians fans out-
A drunk is hanging out of his second-
numbered Tigers' fans
floor
apartment, screaming at the fans
among the 3,000 or so people in the
below.
seats. If you were sight-impaired, you'd
"CUBS WIN!!" he shouts. "CUBS
need a talking GPS locator to reassure
*(^@#*%
WIN!!"
yourself that you were still in Motown
When
I
glance
up at him and smile at
and not near the Rock and Roll Hall of
the
enthusiasm
that
can only come from
Fame in Cleveland.
a young drunk 20 games into the sea-
Disgusted with the score by the sev-
son, he looks back at
enth inning, we left our
me.
seats near the Indian
"Why can't you
dugout and stopped by i
show
more love, you
2,
the "Tiger Den," the
*^@#*%#*%!"
he says
rows of extra-wide seats Ir1.
thoughtfully.
"Why
located just before the-
are you even here? I
concourse, to get out of
hope you *^@#*%
the sun and finish our
die!"
soft drinks.
During a Jewish
When a ballpark
employee appre-
News
usher approached and
ciation
day last week, I
asked to see our tickets,
find myself sitting in
it didn't matter that we
the upper deck behind
were the only occupants
the plate on a perfect
of the entire Tiger Den
Thursday
afternoon.
section, or that it was ,
The
Tigers,
going for
Dmitri Young g ets some love.
close to the end of the
their
first
seven-game
game. "Mr. Official" had-
winning streak since 1992, are behind
n't had the opportunity to be official
3-1 in the fifth inning when Dmitri
day, and we became his first lucky recip-
Young
smacks a grand-slam home run
ients. He booted us.
and
more
than 25,000 fans go nuts.
I've been a baseball fan most of my
The
Tigers
eventually lose in extra
adult life. When I moved to Chicago in
innings
and,
as
of press time, they
1981, I couldn't change baseball
haven't
won
since.
alliances, so I took the safe route and
But there's some hope that the Tigers
became a National League Cubs fan,
can
turn things around. They're on their
too.
way
back up, the winner of 37 games,
I followed the great 1984 season game
only
seven games behind Minnesota.
by game from behind a bar. When the
Last
year,
it took them until September
Cubs found themselves one game away
to
win
37
games.
Baseball is the only
from beating the San Diego Padres to
game
in
town
right
now. Instead of talk-
play the Tigers in the World Series, I
ing
about
how
bad
the
team is, it's evi-
was going to wear a hat — one-half
dent
by
the
mood
of
the
club, the fans
Cubs, one-half Tigers — I planned to
and
the
now-friendly
ballpark
officials,
sew together myself, but it wasn't neces-
that
there's
still
hope
for
a
decent
show-
saty. Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe doesn't
ing.
intentionally walk Steve Garvey in
Spending the day surrounded by col-
Game 5 of the National League
leagues
watching and talking baseball
Championship Series, and two hats
has
taught
me a valuable lesson.
were saved from a pair of scissors.
You
can
come home again.
Since then, the Tigers have slipped into
And whoever said you can't is a
*^@#*%#*%, and I hope he *^@#*%
Harry Kirsbaum's e-mail address is
dies.
hkirsbaum@thejewishnews.com

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