The resurgence of Rodney and 'the sunday problem'

Well folks, we're what, 3 weeks into the baseball season now and I'm loving it. (if you just count the fact that the Tigers aren't 0-7 to start the year then we're already onto a winner!)

After watching several Tigers games this year, including today's rubber game 3-1 victory in Kansas city over the Royals, I'm pretty happy with what I've seen so far. Here's what I'm liking:

• Fernando Rodney looks damn good. He's throwing strikes, and getting outs. And that's what counts. One thing Tigers analyst Rod Allen pointed out today was how Rodney is not falling violently off the mound so much anymore after his deliveries. It seems this is leading him to more strikes. Good on ya Fernando. Keep it up.
  
• Brandon Inge is red hot. Seriously, I'd heard Inge made a couple of subtle changes to his swing, and I gotta tell ya, they're working alright. While we know the power from Brandon has always been there, it's his ability to put the ball in play so far and avoid the strikeout that has most impressed me. even though he K'd twice on friday night against Zack Grienke (to be honest, who didn't K against Grienke on that night??) he's shown solid consistency. Let's hope he can keep this going.
• I love Josh Anderson. Speed definitely has an impact. And Anderson, everytime he has been in the lineup, has contributed somehow, whether it be beating out singles, stealing bases, whatever, it's having a positive impact on those guys like Inge, Santiago (who is also scorching hot) and Adam Everett.
  
• Joel Zumaya made his way back and appears to be healthy. That can only be good news for Tigers fans.
  

And while today is a Sunday, I've got to say as a fan living in the UK, sunday's are awesome days for baseball. You get all of the games during the UK evening hours instead of what usually happens, that being most games beginning at 12am with those on the West Coast at 3am. Brutal.  

And there's nothing better than watching live baseball. I just love flipping between multiple games. However, there enters the dilemma. With so many games to choose from, how does one decide? Does one watch a different game every half inning? Does one utilise Mlb.tv's multi-game viewing capacity and bust out 4 at once? Or does one try and break it down a little and just concentrate on one or two games? Today, I was utterly torn. Tigers/Royals. Stop. Flip to Cubs/Cards to watch Pujols hit. Stop. Well how about young Jordan Zimmerman taking on the Mets? Stop. It's 9pm already. Turn over to San Diego to watch Jake mow down the Pirates. Hang on. Back to the Tigers game. Wait, Pujols is on deck. Now can you see my dilemma? That said, I wouldn;'t change it for the world.

Add in the fact that it's real baseball, at least according to the great Lou Gehrig:

'Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sushine' I just love to see the sun shine down on a major league field and listen to the crack of the bat and the pop of the mitt.

And make sure you don't miss Yankees/Red Sox tonight (or tomorrow in my case) on ESPN's sunday night baseball. It's gonna be a beauty.