Detroit Finally Gets It Together — For a Day, Anyways

[IMAGE: Don't get me started with the "images" fiasco. Just use your imagination for today. It'll be healthy for you.]

You know, the colossal kick-in-the-pants that Jim Leyland gave the Tigers before tonight’s game against the Twins couldn’t have come at a better time. They had been outscored in their previous two games (against the Chicago White Sox who, personally, I think are evil) 18-0, and the team as a whole looked, well, old. So, before today’s game against the Minnesota Twins Leyland was asked about chemistry, to which he replied, more or less, “chemistry is bull[censored for the kiddies]“. So, after that kind of tirade, how did the Tigers respond?

By falling behind 5-0, and again 9-4. Oh, boy.

However, sometime during the 6th inning the Tigers finally got their act together, scoring eleven runs in 3 innings and pulling out a 11-9 victory. Now while I’m sure that Leyland’s closed-door “speech” (which I theorize boiled down to little more than “$187 Million for this [censored] [censored]!? My grandma’s [censored] has a better chance at getting on base than you lifeless [censored]!”) will be pointed to for this win, I have another theory as to what motivated the Tigers to win tonight: Kidnapping.

Yes, kidnapping. Without going into detail, I’ll simply say that I wouldn’t be shocked if Leyland signed off on a “motivational operation” that included the following: A briefcase of money, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and a safe house in Nicaragua. Either way, congrats to the Tigers.