Mr. Inge, third baseman of the Detroit Tigers American League baseball club, is my hero of the day, though he scored no runs and did not drive one in. He didn’t bemoan his just-miss luck. He hit a just-foul double off the wall, a just-foul homerun and then placidly stroked what God gave him from hard-luck CC Sabathia -- a fastball that he solved and scooted into the outfield. Check the box score.
OK, later he was caught stealing after being hit by a pitch and then struck out. Yet he started the double play that pulled the plug on the pinstripers in the ninth -- yeoman’s work in the city that is the poster child of crumbling, but still aspirational, America. Life west of the Hudson goes on. The Yankees had 10 hits, for crying out loud, and only two runs with gobs of runners left on base. No need to break ‘em up until A-Rod returns.
Can the Incredibly Shrinking Three match the moxie of the Bengalese cats of northern Michigan?
The UAW will likely own a majority stake in Chrysler according to the plan that has been hammered out among the USA, creditors and private equity owners. GM is finally smelling the coffee and telling bond holders to take equity or get lost and putting Pontiac to its eternal rest (I can still see the jaunty smile of my father when he cranked up the air conditioning of his brand new baby blue Catalina in the 1960s. I think “Help!” had just been released).
Ford stands tallest, like its home town third baseman Mr. Inge, having secured financing before the credit crunch and refusing taxpayer help. It has missed on a few home-run swings but knocked the mud off its cleats and took a single, thank you.
And we have profited as well from buying Ford common stock because the luck of investing is to settle for the infield hit that can spark a big inning when all the world expects a strike-out. Disclaimer: I’ve been a member of all the world many times. But then, it’s no fun unless somebody gets hurt, even if it’s you.
Verlander threw serious heat for the hometown team. Fastballs can be struck by the weakest among us enough times to plate several runs, yet he gave up zero.
Ford bucked the market today as well. It has further to go. Taking gains is forgiven, but its stock price will be higher this time next year. Will the sub-.500 Yankees?
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