The Detroit Red Wings

The NHL playoffs have already started, and the first round is complete. The Red Wings had all of us scared for a little while Sunday, when Detroit was crushed in their Game 6 against the Cyote's. The Red Wings are the Red Wings though, and they had their own rout in Game 7. A 6-1 victory. This performance was a great way to make it into the next round because it will give Detroit some momentum. Their next series is on the West coast again vs. San Jose. The past couple of years have been a joke for San Jose. They get the #1 seed, and blow it in the first or second round. Hopefully, the San Jose Sharks will choke against the Red Wings, the team that nobody wants to play.

     Jimmy Howard had a very mixed up series. That series was his first playoff series ever, and at least he won it. Some of the games were horrible, some were not. He will need to step it up in the second round and on because the competition only gets tougher. I know he is only a rookie, but he plays for the Red Wings!

Joel Zumaya

Joel Zumaya has started off the 2010 season great. I'm really happy for him because the past couple of years, he has been injured over and over again. This year, he looks like the Joel Zumaya of the 2006 dream season. The back of the Tigers bullpen is very strong and very fast. Almost all of them throw in the upper nineties. This will probably be one of the strong points for the Tigers this season. Joel Zumaya, Ryan Perry, and Jose Valverde will lead the way for a very strong bullpen this season. Hopefully, the starting rotation will catch up because they are doing horribly. Although Jeremy Bonderman had a good start in last night's 8-6 Tigers victory.

Here are Joel Zumaya's great stats so far in this season.


record - 2-0
era - 1.42 (all last night)
games - 9
innings pitched - 12.2
runs - 3
earned runs - 2
home runs - 0
walks - 0
strikeouts - 14
average against - .240
whip - 0.95


GO TIGERS!!!!

Baseball

     Well, baseball season is under way, and I can't wait for a whole summer of it! The Tigers have started the season with their best start since 1985. Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez are tearing the cover off of the ball, and the two rookies are doing very well. Austin Jackson has been showing all the Tigers fans why the Tigers traded him for Curtis Granderson. Justin Verlander started off this year slow, although that is what he did last year, and look how he ended up. Hopefully, he will start pitching like the ace he is.

     Also, the Whitecaps have started their season. They have not started as well as some people might have hoped. 1-4, but Jacob Turner, the Tiger's first draft pick last year, had a great start the other day. He struck out 8 in five innings, and only let 3 men reach base. Turner could make the Tiger's team late this year or next year. It will be very interesting to watch him progress in his career.