Holy Cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I usually try to write about local teams and players on this blog, but I thought this person deserved a thumbs up for the month of April. In case you have not noticied, Larry (Chipper) Wayne Jones had an incredible month offensively for the Atlanta Braves. The 1999 National League MVP, has hit a very respectable 8 home runs and driven in 21 runs. Translation would be 40 home runs and 105 RBI's for the season. Excellent numbers, but the truly outstanding part of his April was his .410 batting average and 1.145 OPS. Chipper has a lifetime .308 average and .952 OPS. If the 5-time all-star even comes close to his April numbers, he may be adding a 2nd MVP to his trophy case. Tune into TBS to watch one of the truly great modern day ball players.

I have not written about the current Tigers team because they were not playing with the whole team. They should not have struggled as much as they did, but that is why 162 games are played. After going 2-8 through the 1st two weeks of the season and scoring a paltry 2.9 runs per game, the Tigers have rebounded to play .633 ball since while averaging 5.9 runs per game. They now have their table setter back in uniform. Curtis Granderson is probably the most important offensive player on the Tigers. He is the only 5-tool player on the Tigers. At stat to help that is, Granderson has scored 11 runs in the leadoff spot in 8 games. The Tigers scored 2 runs from the leadoff spot in the first 21 games of the season. With better hitting, the pitchers will gain confidence. The recent 3 games sweep of the Yankees produced 3 wins by the starting pitchers. A good way to start the month of May.

Congratulations to the Red Wings with their 2nd round sweep of the Avalanche. Johan Franzen hit the back of the net 9 times in this quick series. What a diamond in the rough this guy has turned out to be.

The Pistons finally started to play Piston basketball after being down 2 games to 1 to the Sixers. Bring on the Magic.

I do not have anything nice to say about the Lions draft so I am going to sum up the draft like this. It says alot when the ESPN hosts have to go to break while the Lions are announcing their pick. Anything else I say is not very clean.

Finally, I am a big fan of fire. I love camp fires, and I heat my home with a fire place. This is why I am picking Pyro to win tomorrow's Kentuck Derby. He is a 6:1 favorite to win. I am sure I will just burn my money with him, but hey I only bet on horses once a year.