Bless you, Boys!

One of our local TV sportscasters coined the phrase "Bless you, Boys!" during the glorious summer of 1968, when our beloved Tigers won the A.L. pennant and the World Series.  Someone wrote a catchy song that year, too: We're all behind our baseball team -- Go get 'em, Tigers!  That team had players like Kaline, Cash, Horton, McLain and Lolich.  Both the phrase and the song were revived during the awesome 1984 season when our team held first place from day 1 and won it all again.  That was the Morris, Gibson, Parrish, Trammell and Whitaker team.  

Now here we are once more.  The good guys have won their division and the pennant, and tonight they face the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.  I've heard "Bless you, Boys" a few times as well as the "Go, Get 'Em" song.  It's going to be a great series with Verlander, Cabrera, Fielder and Jackson, and a whole roster of potential heroes.  Tonight is game 1, and it'll all be over a week from tomorrow.  So let's sing a round of "Go get 'em Tigers" and proudly proclaim, "BLESS YOU, BOYS".

This handsome bus driver is a Tigers fan.

Yes, that's me in my new career as a bus driver for our local school district.  After 4 years of retirement, I saw a posting for new drivers and I decided this is just what I had hoped to be able to do after leaving the corporate, office, sit-at-a-desk-all-day, work on a computer, answer the phone, attend meetings work I had done for 30 years.  I get up early to take those precious kids to their schools.  Then I'm off from about 9:30 till 1:30 before returning to drive them back home.  It's good, honest work and there's no pressure for me to perform or advance.  Plus I only drive about 2 miles to the "office."

Well, the game is on so I'll sign off.  Nothing political or controversial here, unless you're a Giants fan.  Thanks for reading, and Go Tigers!