Tigers, Pistons, Lions

The tigers, stones, and lions have created a bit of an uproar these past few days. As for the tigers, they dropped the first of three games to the Royals by blowing a lead in the late innings only to win the next two games of the series. Also, in relation to my previous post, Adam Dunn is no longer going to be traded according to the Nationals GM so forget about it. As for Luke French... all I can say is wow I am impressed that he was able to beat out Greinke, one of the AL's top pitchers. Some trade talks have been surrounding the Detroit area about Roy Halladay. My opinion is, get it done if we want another pitcher. I know Halladay is 32 years old, and we would have to part with Porcello, but this guy has another 7 or 8 good years in him. He is arguably the best pitcher in the majors right now and I say we ship Wilkin Ramirez, Ryan Perry, and Rick Porcello for Halladay and a mid level prospect. Can you imagine a rotation with Verlander, Jackson, and Halladay? WOW!

Moving on to the Stones... BG and CV are officially members of the pistons, which means rip is on his way out. Just trade him for Boozer already and deal with the injury prone, yet powerful scoring PF for one year. His contract would come off the books for 2010 and we could sign a premier PF such as Chris Bosh. I've also heard some talk of a Maxiell and Kwame Brown for Tyson Chandler deal , which I would also like if we are able to pull off a Brandon Bass signing as well. What I would like more though, would be a Tayshaun for Chris Kaman straight up deal... it leaves a whole at SF but we drafted three of them this yr so throw one of them into the fire. A legit big like Kaman would be amazing for this team.

And lastly... the lowly Lions. Talk has been swirling that although Daunte Culpepper has shown great signs of wanting this starting job by losing 30 pounds and mastering the playbook, all signs point to Stafford starting the season. ....heavy sigh..... please Lions, just start Culpepper for the first six weeks til the bye week, prep Stafford and start him after the week off. It would be the ideal situation for Stafford to learn in. I'm getting anxious for the NFL season to start even coming off of an 0-16 season. This team DOES show promise no matter what anyone says about the draft from this year. Every position can't be filled in one season and the Lions are headed in the right direction. Right now I'm predicting 4 wins... and a couple years away from playoffs once our young guys mature a bit. It's looking up Lions fans whether you want to believe it or not.