Cobb Dropped Dope On Tigers!
I remember last year claiming that the Tigers had a championship season coming, but I did not realize that I had crossed up the years. Cobb dropped the dope on me the last time I visited his Mausoleum before the spring of 2005 in Royston, Georgia near where I grew up.
The following is the post I left at DetroitTigers@yahoogroups.com:
"The Detroit Tigers will be America's team in 2005. They will puttogether a winning club and be the dominating factor in Major LeagueBaseball. Some people may think that I am on something to make such a forecast."
"Ty Cobb will be coaching from his heavenly bench and Detroitmanagement, YES!, there will be some Angels in the outfield."
"Worst to first? Call it as you may."
"The stage has already been set from the baseball heavens. Detroit will host the All-Stars game in July and Augusta,Georgia has beenselected to host the South Atlantic League All-Stars. Augusta waswhere Ty Cobb got his start in professional baseball back in 1905."
"Detroit deserves this honor as much as any club in the league.Their fans have been supportive through their highs and lows. Detroit is a baseball city and will soon be riding high on the crest of popularity and renowned fame in Major League Baseball."
The last of outfield Angels came through Magglio Ordonez, the Tigers' right fielder - a position that Cobb held 100 years ago- when in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and two on, he smashed a three-run shot to left field to thrust the bengals in to their tenth world series appearance.
I don't believe in communicating with those beyond, but Cobb suggested that the series will only go to five games giving Detroit their first and long-deserved championship in 22 years.
Nevertheless, Cobb sealed his prophecy for the 1913 Presidential election and only missed it by one electorial vote, so I am placing my undivided support for the detroiters in five games.
God bless the memory of Ty Cobb and go Tigers!
Wesley Fricks,TY COBB Historian
posted by Wesley Fricks @ 11:49 AM
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