# I'm back! new username

Category: Getting to Know You

## Post 1 by sparkie (the hilljack) on Sunday, 02-Sep-2007 19:33:51

Hey all. I'm back. I've just been so busy with job stuff and other stuff lately I haven't been around much. This is Troy use to be t-roy/sullidog. Sparkie is a nickname at work. I don't know how I got it but that's what they call me.:)
Have a great day everyone!

## Post 2 by ~*Dark_Light*~ (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 03-Sep-2007 1:06:46

Hey Sparkie {not Anderson} smiles
TIGERS don't win CALIFORNIA does!
"There was no clubhouse destruction afterwards, no cursing, but also no sense of hopelessness. There weren't many emotions at all. There was just a general blank look from a team that realized the opportunity that had come and gone from their grasp.
"We needed to have this one, because everybody lost," said closer Todd Jones, who gave up Kurt Suzuki's game-tying two-run homer in the ninth. "It's frustrating, for sure. We needed this win, big time. You can look at it as we didn't lose ground, but we need to be gaining some ground."
Jones was aware of the losses elsewhere in the league, since they happened before their game was over. Still, it wasn't just the situation on the scoreboard, but the situation in the field.
The Tigers held a 7-0 lead at the game's midway point following a five-run fifth that included a two-run double from Ramon Santiago, his third extra-base hit of the game. They took a 7-2 lead into the seventh with Fernando Rodney, Joel Zumaya and Jones lined up to finish it off.
For a team that has been short-handed almost all season in one way or another, this was its best in the situations it thrived in. Seemingly everything was going right for it on Sunday. It still didn't work" (1a)
Keep The ROAR Alive
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
{Personal though of MAYBE how ya got "Sparkie" nickname..??}
FootNote:
(1a)
Bullpen falters as Tigers lose in extras
Seven-run lead slips away as bullpen gives up six runs
By Jason Beck / MLB.com Go To:
http://tigers.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070902&content_id=2185209&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=det

## Post 3 by ~*Dark_Light*~ (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 03-Sep-2007 1:11:17

should have read:
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
{Personal thought of MAYBE how ya got "Sparkie" nickname..??}

## Post 4 by motifated (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 03-Sep-2007 5:05:57

To the last post, that's interesting. Troy, I'm not sure how this started, but I knew a guy who was a dog guide user, and he regularly called his cane Sparky. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
Lou

## Post 5 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Monday, 03-Sep-2007 6:48:01

welcome back troy, we've all missed your postings