Trade Deadline Day is a Governmental Holiday!

It's amazing that the trade deadline passed. It seems the season started not too long ago, but here we are over 100 games into 2007 and the Detroit Baseball Club is still in first place, up a game over the Indians of Cleveland, Ohio. The Tigers and Indians have chosen to slump at the same time, which makes for some good baseball. Meanwhile, in the Twin Cities, the Twinkies have dealt away the one player who has been a thorn in the Tigers side the last couple of years, Luis Castillo. I venture to say that no one in the Central Division in the Junior League made any significant upgrade—Kansas City made some moves for the future—so it was not pertinent for the Tigers to deal.

If Opening Day in Detroit is a holiday, then the Trade Deadline Day is a governmental holiday ... My friends and I were texting and calling all through the day yesterday, keeping in touch on the rumors and activity in the MLB Trade Universe.

I have confidence that the reason the Tigers didn't make a deal it is because they're feeling good about the return of Joel Zumaya and Fernando (really, now was he ever that good?) Rodney later in the month.

This is where I'll criticize for a moment: if the Tigers starters would throw three fewer pitches per inning, they would be able to pitch one more inning, presumably the sixth, and that would help the bullpen.