They finally did it. The Detroit Tigers have secured their 81st win of the season. The guarantees something that true Tiger fans have been long waiting for…a non-lossing season.
While some teams fans have been spoiled by the year after year of successful baseball; year after year of playoff appearances; and year after year of reasonably expecting a chance at a World Series appearance. While some fans have become spoiled, and unappreciative those of us who have worn the badge of Tiger Fan, sometimes painfully, have forgotten the fun and joy that comes with watching your team win more games than they lose.
The last time the Tigers accomplished this mark, that for many teams passes without note, was 1993. As a way of explaining just how painful the last 12 seasons have been let me offer these points of comparison.
Atlanta Braves fans have been able to cheer their team on to 1239 regular season victories. They have enjoyed 12 first place finishes in the National League East. They have witnessed 12 playoff appearances, which included 3 trips to the World Series and one Championship
New York Yankees fans have cheered their team on to 1219 regular season victories. They have been handed 10 1st place finished in the American League East and three 2nd place finishes. Their fans have watched 11 post season appearances including 6 trips to World Series resulting in 4 Championships.
Detroit Tigers fans, who are some of the most dies hard in all of sports, have cheered their fans on to 850 well earned victories. Since 1994 the Tigers have never finished above 3rd place, and never closer than 16 games behind.
I started think what was going on when the Tigers last won more games than they lost. After a short amount of research on Google I found some interesting news events from the year 1993.
President Bill Clinton introduces the ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ policy in the military
The first World Trade Center bombing occurred.
The ATF and the Branch Dividians infamous standoff & battle occurred that year
Ruth Bader Ginsberg joined the Supreme Court
Schindler’s List was the big movie of that year
Three other events that changed the world happened hat year:
-Intel released the first Pentium processor
-Microsoft released Windows 3.1
-Mosaic WWW software was first released to the public
That's right. None of us had easy access to the internet then. In fact few of us had access to Windows then.
I’ll leave it there and let it sink in just how long Tigers fans have been waiting for this.
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Other events:
-Your sister and my brother graduated from high school.
-I made my last trip to E'ville.
-Conan O'Brien got his own show.
-Elian Gonzalez "The Cuban Boy" was born.
-O.J. hadn't killed anyone yet.
-Prince changed his name to that thingy.
Hmm, looks like you're still anxiously awaiting more, having lost 4 in a row. Just out of curiousity, how would you feel if you lost the division to Minnesota this year?
Finally! Win number 82. A winning season is finally guaranteed. The losing streak is over!
And in the 2-1/2 weeks since you've written, the Tigs have won 5 games, and seen their lead cut to 2 games.
I'm getting the fork warmed up.
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