“Oh yeah, I tried out for the Tigers.”

[Oblong]

http://www.lftblog.com/2008/03/oh-yeah-i-tried-out-for-the-tigers/

I wanted to share this great blog entry for the Lakeland Flying Tigers, the low A affiliate for the MLB Tigers. One of the writers went to an open tryout. It's a great story. It's been picked up by SI and by Deadspin.

[Jjav829]

I was gonna post this after I read it yesterday, so thanks for doing it. It's a pretty cool story.

[spawn]

Great story. Thanks for sharing Oblong.:smile:

[Huisj]

I especially enjoyed the comment about the Moises Alou batting gloves. hahaha

[manders_01]

I especially enjoyed the comment about the Moises Alou batting gloves. hahaha

I enjoyed the comment about the guy from Arkansas flying in who hadn't played for 6 months. :?:

[knocko94]

I give this article a D-

[FloridaTigers]

I give this article a D-

You're in the minority

[itsnotrequired]

I give this article a D-

Posts like these are the airline food of the messageboard world.

[FireMariotti]

Posts like these are the airline food of the messageboard world.

I give this analogy an A+.