Strange Days

Max Scherzer got the W despite allowing four home runs; two Jorge Posada blasts and the weekend's third Tex message. 

Two Cabrera homers, and one Boesch blast, gave the Tigers an early lead. Boesch's 5 for 8 in the opening series foreshadowing a return to the Brennan Bash we saw in the first half of 2010.

In the middle of this afternoon's homer fest, snow began to fall, in big, fat, wet flakes. For a while, the mess outside became a white-out, punctuated by the occasional crackle of T-storm static on the radio.

Phil Coke allowed one run in two innings, but actually restored order. He got the game to Joaquin Benoit, who pitched a scoreless eighth in his Tiger debut. Jose Valverde got the save to preserve a 10-7 win. For this relief, much thanks (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1). 

Everything that isn't cement now wears a thin coating of snow.The calendar page says April 3. Didn't Al Gore say that the earth is getting warmer?