Starting pitcher Max Scherzer leaves Saturday's game in the seventh inning. Things promptly went south from there for the Tigers. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Those just-the-facts chroniclers at The Detroit News clearly aren't superstitious. They probably walk under ladders, cross black cats' paths, break mirrors without concern and talk prematurely about no-hitters.
That reasonable conclusion is based on an unusual weather/sports mash-up Saturday headlined "Colder temps expected for World Series' first game."
World Series schedule for Comerica Park games not happening.
Yes, with the Tigers just one loss away from the ALCS elimination that indeed occurred in a 5-2 loss, the paper tempted fate by looking ahead to the forecast for a World Series opener at Comerica Park.
Temperatures promise to be even colder for the first game of the World Series set for this coming Wednesday.
If the Tigers triumph over the Red Sox this weekend, they can expect to play in temperatures that will only make it into the 40s, according to the National Weather Service in White Lake Township.“We have a cold front moving in on Tuesday . . .,” said meteorologist Sara Schultz. . . . “We’ll have a 30 percent chance of showers on Wednesday with a high of about 48.”
They report, you decide whether that foolishly tempted fate and invited the disappointing outcome that came to pass at Fenway Park. . . if you're superstitious about these kind of things.
(This article's writer, a former Detroit News assistant metro editor, omits the reporter's name -- an ex-colleague -- in the belief that he drew an assignment short straw.)
