Can a leopard change its spots?

As the biblical saying goes

A Tiger can surely change its stripes

When slicing causes fairway woes

When the putter is thy enemy

And the sandtrap is thy friend

With his worst round ever posted

He’ll be happy to see season’s end

My Detroit Tigers are back in slump

After such a promising start

It happens every season

Predictable as a morning fart

Their pitching is pathetic

Their hitting is really weak

They try to pin it on umpires

Because their season’s up a creek

It’s the Chinese year of the Tiger

Ancestors rolling in their grave

Because Tigers are supposed to signify

The courageous and the brave

They guard against three evils

Fire and Thieves and Ghosts

So maybe it’s just too far fetched

Pondering this year’s mileposts

We had a talented golfer

Now a Ghost of a former master

And a team of stripeless kitties

Sports Thieves owning their disaster

The last of the evils may be fulfilled

Within the next month or two

When hopefully half the team is Fired

For a season that they simply blew

Copyright 2010 Patrick Granfors