Tiger Stadium is a shell of its former self

I am here.

Certainly, the constant TV timeouts take the wind out of the building. The crowd never really and truly gets to come to a boil, just intermittent spurts of energy

But that aside, the feeling in here this afternoon was guarded. Almost as if everyone had hope but held it back because we were too afraid to get hurt again. As if, for all the talk all week, no one actually believed we were as good as advertised. We were waiting for proof, and it never came.

Tiger Stadium was not imposing tonight

This program is in an existential crisis. An absolute inability to utilize your best weapon. And that’s the difference now compared to years past. The team used to conduct the orchestra, and we would play off the music. They’ve lost the ability to create that music, or move along with it