Goodbye Polanco

The Tiger's did not tender an arbitration order to Placido yesterday, which means the end of Polanco as a Tiger. The Phillies have had some interest in him as a 3rd baseman and I am sure other teams will send him some offers on the cheap. He was my favorite Tiger for many reasons. The way he wore a scuba suit in April and October(November of 2006, too). I mostly like his approach to batting. Short stride, short swing hit it where it was pitched. Not a lot of guys like that these days.

I hope to be able to have Granderson as my favorite Tiger for next year. We'll see how the Winter meetings go...

632 Games, 2589 AB, 393 Runs, 806 Hits, 139 Doubles, ,13 Triples, 37 Home Runs, 285 RBI, 26 Stolen Bases,146 Walks, 162 Strike Outs, .311 Batting AVE, .355 OBP, .418 SLG% and a .773 OPS.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20091203/SPORTS0104/912030466/Placido-Polanco-back-with-Phils---never-wanted-to-leave-


Well that didn't take long...Why didn't we offer him arbitration to get the bonus pick???????

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The best(in order so far) A mix of chain and locals. locals always get preference.

Lindell AC(RIP)
Howell's
Sandy's by the Beech
Red Coat Tavern
Mr. Joe's
Poole's
CheeBurger CheeBurger
Five Guys
Fuddrucker's
Miller's
Nemo's
Cutter's

The Good

Grenwich Time
Mason's
Fatburger
Jaws
Lakepoint Yacht Club
Harry's
Blarney Stone
Bar Louie


The Not So Good

Bagger Dave's(1st try)
Balloon Saloon
Checker Bar
O'Charlie's

CheeBurger CheeBurger/Five Guys

CheeBurger CheeBurger.Great burger. Lots of choices. They have out Fudded Fuddruckers on the free toppings. You get a 5.5oz. burger all the way up to a 1lb. burger. The burgers have a nice flavor and good texture. I put onion rings, onion, lettuce, tomato and mayo on mine. The buns taste homemade and the rings might be the best I have had. $6 for the 5.5, 7oz. goes for a buck more. With the stuff on it, the 5.5 was plenty. Good stuff, great rings 4 and a half napkins.

5 Guys does a nice job of self advertising. They will have you convinced that they invented the hamburger. It is a little over the top. The burgers and fries and quite good. The fries are amazing similar to Cheeburgers. They have skins still on the end and they are deep fried in peanut oil. The quantity they serve them is ridiculous. The small could feed 8. The burgers are made fresh, served hot. They offer about 12 toppings, all are free. Free peanuts abound as well. Very good chain burger. 4 napkins.

O' Charlie's

Oh God no. Never again. Went to the O'Charlie's in Belleville for lunch. A buddy recommended it. Incredible amounts of grease pouring off the burger. More grease than a 1/3 pound of hamburger can make. I was baffled. I didn't finish it and will not try it again. Gross. I needed a dozen napkins, but I rate this one a big Zero napkins. I hope that I don't get sick.

GM Meetings

Grandy is being talked about as trade bait at the GM meetings?

Crazy talk. He is a guy you can hang baseball, and therefore the Tigers, on in the D. He is an ambassador for MLB(literally). He does some amazing charity work. He has working class parents who instilled in the importance of an education and most of all, he is black. Detroit could use more positive black athletes and he is a great one. White, black or green kids want to be like Grandy and isn't that something we all like.

I don't want to lose Jackson either again, a nice role model. Grandy was dragging him around last year showing him how to do it.

Odds are we lose one of them this year. Arrgh.

Cheeseburgers? No paradise.

Cholesterol is high BP is high. Less red meat.

Fuddrucker's Best buns going. Doughy inside, nice bite to outside good flavor. Meat is still good at Fudd's, but not as good as I remember. Prices have gotten crazy too. $6.95 + Cheese + Wheat bun. Becomes a $8 buger pretty fast. Drinks are too expensive too. 2 and a half napkins, maybe 3 because you can put whatever you want on it yourself.

Northville Sports Pub Good burger, well cooked, might be frozen, if so, is the best frozen burger I have had, but not as good as most fresh burgers. Monday nights burger, fries and a beer for about $5 makes it taste even better. 3 napkins

Washburns 1st outing

Arrgh! That's all I've got. Washburn hasn't given up a home run in a thousand at bats and he gives up 2 of them in his debut as a Tiger. It will be all they talk about on sports radio until his next start. The offesnse was pathetic. We left more that a few runners in scoring position and scattered the hits across all nine innings.

Do people know that it is bad manners to leave or enter a row during a play? At a Red Wings game the ushers won't even let you pass by until a whistle. At the Tigers game, people will get as the ball is hit and act confused when you are grumpy.

The $1 bag of peanuts are still good.