Baseball to Football... and why Favre with the Vikings is so COOL!

The Tiger's are on the home stretch of their season and it's promising to be an exciting final few weeks.

Currently, the Tig's are 4 1/2 games up on Minnesota and 6 1/2 up on the hated Ozzie Guillen's White Sox. At this point I don't see the Sox being much of a threat to the Tiger's, however the Twinky's are a completely different story.

Even though the Twins are without Justin Morneau I am still not very comfortable with our lead. The Twins always seem to be in the hunt going into that final series, no matter who they are playing. The Tigers on the other hand seem to be getting a little tired in the pitching department right now... which was really what's kept them on top of the Central all year.

This weekend is a showdown of showdowns. The Tiger's head to Minnesota and the ugly Metrodome to hopefully keep the distance at no less than 3 1/2 games. I say three and a half, simply because it's been difficult enough for the Tigers to not get swept under the big pillow, that it would just be nice if they win one of the three, and hopefully the first one. Right now, Rod and Mario (Tiger's Fox Sports broadcasters) are reporting that Porcello, Verlander and Robertson will be on the mound for the Tigers. This is very good news for us! However, the Twins love to batter bullpens, hopefully ours holds up this weekend.

So speaking of Minnesota, I want to move on to the Vikings! Samantha grew up in central Minnesota and was gracious enough to give up the Twins for the Tiger's, but refused to give up the Vikings for the Lions, and no one can blame her!

I have found myself more and more intrigued by the Vikings, first by their ridiculous "Love Boat" incident. Now more because of their tremendous ability to make a transition and put together a VERY good football team! (I am trying hard not to be a band wagon fan, but it's been so long since the Lions have given anyone anything to cheer about! To make matter's worse I don't want to become a Bronco's fan!) Obviously Adrian Peterson has really helped the Vikings, and he is very worthy of being known as the best back in NFL, he will continue to cement that title as the season moves on!

I think one of the biggest highlights of the Vike's is their defense and particularly the d-line. Slivo always used to say that good football teams are built around the defensive line. The Vikings have done that, and it's made it a lot of fun to watch their games!

Besides Jared Allen is CRAZY and an absolute beast! I think he typifies "corn fed" crazy midwesterner!


Besides trading for Allen, and drafting for AP the other best move the Vikings have made recently is the pick up of Brett Favre... ok ok... I know this is over done... but I really think this pick up was very intelligent on behalf of the Vikings!

First of all, to be a team that was forever haunted by this guy in Green Bay, and have the guts to sign him for your team, after Green Bay basically put him out to pasture... that's cool!

I think it's pretty cool on Brett's part to. Bottom line the guy worked his butt off for years as a Packer, he has the right to decide when he's done! I don't care if he decides to play till he's fifty, he's definitely proven his worth under shoulder pads. Besides that, check out this cool commercial from Sears. Also, this guy doesn't really have anything left to prove. We know he doesn't need the money, and we know he's a lock for the hall! But to have the desire to keep playing for the love of the game is something we can all respect!

Either way, I think a lot of people expected Favre to come in and take those shots down field and force stuff to happen. Ultimately, I don't think he'll have to do that with the Vikings! His job will be to complete a high percentage of short and medium range passes and manage the football game as only Brett Favre can do! Adrian Peterson will be the stud of the offense, and I think Chester Taylor and Percy Harvin are going to have a great season as well. Ultimately the Vikings will be a better team with #4 calling the shots! And I can't believe I am saying this... but... GO VIKINGS!