No other TV announcers know the Detroit Tigers quite like the play-by-play team of Mario Impemba, Rod Allen, and Kirk Gibson.
And, no other desk crew knows the team and the fans in Detroit like Craig Monroe and John Keating.
Unfortunately, ESPN turned what would have been a fabulous Sunday afternoon Kids’ Day Game into a late 8:08 PM first-pitch game. Along the way, they managed to bring back all kinds of hurt by reflecting back on the sorest spot for the Tigers and their fans: the bullpen.
We already know about the closers
They did it with a reflective piece about the failures of the relief pitchers since Joel Zumaya in 2006.