So, the Tigers improve sightly from the week before, going 3-4. They lose some tough games to the Rangers over the weekend. On Friday the Tigers trail 2-1 and C-Mo leads off the bottom of the 9th with a triple. With three outs to go and the tying run on 3rd you've got to get him home, and they couldn't. Saturday Nate Robertson goes eight innings and allows 2 hits, man I feel for him. He arguably could have 4 to 5 more wins this year with some more run support. And Sunday, Bonderman uncharacteristically (sp?) blows a 6-run lead. If it's not the pitching it's the hitting that's not up to par.

The evil White Sox are in town for a 4 game set this week and by Friday morning a lot could change in the standings, for the good and for the bad.

Also they trade for Neifi Perez, an infielder from the Cubs. He only hits in the .260 range but Dombrowski got him for the defense he provides, while the Tigers won't need him at 3rd, Perez will mostly fill in for Polanco at 2nd, and he can if needed fill in for Guillen at short.

In other baseball news, the Yankees sweep a rare 5 game series from the Red Sox over the weekend and give themselves a 6.5 game lead over Boston and send the Sox to 4.5 games back in the wild card race.

As I write this I'm half-watching the premiere of Prison Break, It's good to see William Fitchner back in action again, I was sad to see Invasion get cancelled last year. He was in a movie about 8, 9 years ago called Drowning Mona with Bette Midler and Danny Devito. The movie itself wasn' that good but Fitchner was great in the movie and I've been a fan since.

Also, I've been watching a few episodes a day from season 8 of The Simpsons and I've got to say I forgot how good a season that it was, The Springfield Files, You Only Move Twice, A Milhouse Divided, Lisa's Date With Destiny, Bart After Dark, and The Twisted World of Marge Simpson just to name a few are all great episodes. I'm halfway through the season and the only episode I haven't really cared for so far, is the Mary Poppins parody.

Finally, as I write this the Tigers lead the hite Sox 7-1 in the 7th and it looks like Verlander will get win #15. Until next week.