• Me in '23

    Pitch, please

    The 2023 Major League Baseball season opened this week, and my beloved Detroit Tigers lost to Tampa Bay, 4-0. One game in, they are in the AL Central Division’s basement, tied with Kansas City. Just 161 more games to go. It’s a little early for panic mode, so I’m going to take a beat and not shame-blog about my Boys of Summer. Yet. Instead, I’ll highlight an unusually fun aspect of baseball, still known as “America’s pastime” in this digital age of tiks, toks and twits. I know, I know. Using “baseball” and “fun” in the same sentence may elicit some eye rolls. “It’s sooo boring,” you say. Or, “I’d…