Game 27: Tigers (11-15) at Yankees (14-13)
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 6:51 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at New York Yankees, Apr 29, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Kenny Rogers (1-3, 7.66) vs. 
Phil Hughes (0-3, 7.85)
After a tough series against the Los Angeles Angels, the Tigers take on another playoff contender in their final visit to Yankee Stadium.
Kenny Rogers hasn't been very good in his last three starts, calling into question whether or not his days as a major league starting pitcher might be done. I suppose it depends on what happens tonight, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Rogers come up with a case of "tired arm" once Dontrelle Willis completes his rehab assignment and rejoins the Tigers. In 36 career starts at Yankee Stadium, Rogers has a 14-14 record and 5.48 ERA.
Phil Hughes might have turned himself around in his last start, but we don't know for sure because a rain delay limited him to just two innings of work. In his two starts before that, he gave up a combined 12 runs over 7 1/3 innings. Hughes has faced the Tigers once before, and he was roughed up for five runs in six innings.
Alex Rodriguez is out of the Yankees' lineup tonight, resting a sore quadriceps muscle. Morgan Ensberg (.256/.275/.333, one home run, three RBIs) will take his place at third base.
Meanwhile, nobody's sitting for the Tigers. The regular lineup takes the field for the second straight game.
Pinstripe Alley (who played "Blogging With the Enemy" with us earlier today) has your SB Nation opposing view for the next three nights of baseball from the Bronx.
One housekeeping note: The weekly sidebar poll has returned, as I finally remembered to add it. It's just below the FanPosts as you scroll down. Vote for who you think will get squeezed out when the Tigers call up Francisco Cruceta.
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Starting Lineups
DETROIT
1. Curtis Granderson, CF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Gary Sheffield, DH
4. Magglio Ordonez, RF
5. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
6. Carlos Guillen, 3B
7. Edgar Renteria, SS
8. Pudge Rodriguez, C
9. Jacque Jones, LF
NY YANKEES
1. Johnny Damon, CF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Bobby Abrey, RF
4. Hideki Matsui, LF
5. Jason Giambi, DH
6. Shelley Duncan, 1B
7. Morgan Ensberg, 3B
8. Robinson Cano, 2B
9. Chris Stewart, C
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions
Detroit where you at? I'm in the D!
April in the D April in the D!
Guess what? It’s APRIL 29!!!
Tomorrow is the last day in April!
You know what that means! W00t!
May in the D?
I’m already looking forward to seeing that ad… a lot.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 7:00 PM EDT reply actions
Telecast Note
Forgot to include this in the GameThread post. If you don’t already know, tonight’s telecast will switch over to FSN Plus if the game goes past 10 p.m. EST. FSN Detroit will switch over to Game 3 of the Red Wings-Avalanche playoff series at that time. (I had no idea that series was already at Game 3. Sheesh!)
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 7:04 PM EDT reply actions
I expect you guys to give good commentary!
I’ll only be flipping to the Tigers occasionally tonight. I have the Pistons on (it is the playoffs), and I’m working on a Lions blog post, so I expect some pithy commentary and copious notes from this game thread. Capice?
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You lucky dog
The Pistons aren’t really doing a great job of reaching outstate with their TV20 stuff.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Al,
It is a good thing you didn’t just see Shef strikeout on 4 pitches with 2 on and 0 out….
(hows that?)
Maggs!
Was Damon so awkward-looking in center when he was with Boston? Has he really slipped since joining the Yanks or is it just my bad memory.
He was already slipping with Boston...
but, yeah, he’s definitely lost some defensive ability
Alright, before the night's over
Everybody here (that’s in MI) needs to flip over to the Pistons game and see how extraordinarily stupid Sam Dalembert looks with a mohawk.
Hey, I'm in Michigan
at least that’s who gets my tax money. Upper Wisconsin, Lower Canada, whichever, seems more accurate though.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Pistons on a 16-2 run in the 1st quarter
Dalenbert’s mohawk isn’t helping…
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Chris Rock
I think he should give Sheff a between innings chat.
“What do you want, a cookie? Get a hit! Get! A! Hit!”
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply actions
I'm amazed
Pudge ALREADY has 5 walks. Granted, that’s not really good, but a major improvement over 9 all of last season.
Oh crap
This has all the makings of a slugfest. I don’t see the Tigers winning a 5-3 game here, they’re gonna have to probably score 7 or more to win this thing…
I'm actually starting to miss Joe Morgan
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 29, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Michael Kay?
I think he was one of the reasons I didn’t shell out for MLB Extra Innings.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't go that far
But I too am suffering through the YES broadcast on MLB.tv. Why is it so hard for them to give you the option of home or away TV broadcast?
GRANDYLAND!
Man, it’s good to have him back. He crushed that ball!
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply actions
seriously
I hate to say it about the No 3 hitter, but before the pitch crosed up the catcher, I’d hsave agreed.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
More cortisone!
The shoulders appear to be fine.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 7:58 PM EDT reply actions
hey
that should have been your blogging with the enemy :P
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate this, but
I have to go play softball, which will be in about 38 degree weather, woohooo! You can root for our team by supporting us, we’re “Delicious Veal” mmmmm.
GO Tigers!
“I’ll be back”, “grab my hand”, “get out” !!! (arnold’s voice)
Rogers' plant foot stopped short
It looked like his cleat caught in something as he planted.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
What was that? Clete?
Oh, they were talking about Kenny Rogers’ cleat.
We don’t need any more mound mishaps with the Tigers’ starting pitchers.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
if watching rogers walk a guy from 0-2 makes you feel uncomfortable
you can spend a minute or two watching jenny finch pitch on espn2 !
is it too much to ask...
for Kenny to at least make it to the 4th inning
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Exhale!
Whew! That was a tough at-bat by Cano.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions
Jeez...
If The Gambler is going to stress me out like that, I’m going back to the Pistons game!
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Not that I'm encouraging anyone to change the channel...
But if you want to remember what Alec Baldwin looked like when he was thin, turn to NBC.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:36 PM EDT reply actions
Curtis
Is it possible last season wasn’t the best we’re going to see out of Curtis? Obviously, he had a moster year, but he’s looked like an even more dangerous hitter this season than he did last year…
Amazingly, there's still improvement to make
What if Curtis cuts down on his strikeouts, for one thing?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
It's all coming together...
Sheff hit a home run, Polanco’s getting base hits…
The machine is starting to look good.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions
No...
Left Field is still a dark, nasty, black hole, even though we’ve got a number of guys we could put out there.
Yeah
But I think Jacque will play better. Let’s not get too spoiled, he hits ninth. That being said, why haven’t we seen more of Marcus?
But...
Clete and Inge are better fielders, have better arms, and have been hitting better. I’m not too convinced that he’ll get it together. He never really did last year.
Actually, if memory serves...
Jacque did pretty well after the All-Star break last year. He batted something like .345 with 20 RBI’s for the month following the break.
By the way
I’m not saying that if Jock continues to scuffle that the Tigers should just wait it out. If there are better options (and right now it appears that there are) we should use them.
I mentioned that Rogers has thrown 75 through 3...
Hughes just threw pitch #77 to Polly. Yankee middle relief has been comperable to Tiger middle relief.
Say it ain't so, Joe!
Don’t take Hughes out!
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:41 PM EDT reply actions
Ross Ohlendorf???
I think I gave that guy a wedgie in High School
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
just by the name
I picture him sounding like Professor Frink…Fastball in the GLAVIN!
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Chris Stewart
Dude’s not having a good night.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
Will need two quick innings
to make it through 5
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 29, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
he's at 87 pitches
I think unless he starts walking people leyland will let him try.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
What was that
a 12 pitch inning? He might make it.
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 29, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone ever realize...
..that all our foreigner players are bunched together
4. Ordonez
5. Cabera
6. Guillen
7. Renteria
8. Pudge
Nice snare at the line
And the flip to Rogers looked very smooth.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Jacque Jones' arm
Man, it is not good. He can’t even get a ball half way to the dirt on the fly.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions
They should do it like pro wrestling
Just bring out Cruceta with no one expecting it.
“Francisco Cruceta is on the mound! I can’t believe it! Where did he come from?”
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
But then you'd have to say
CRUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUCETA!
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 29, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Eli Zaret is talking to Bob Seger during a Pistons TO
I’m having flashbacks to 1980! I suddenly feel veeeery old…
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Bob Seger's white hair
makes me feel old. He looks like Arthur Penhallow.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
well Al
I was probably in diapers still in 1980… sorry buddy!
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It's okay
You blog like a man half your age, Big Al.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Seger is a hell of a nice guy.
He used to come north to my hometown of Alpena (he had some family members there) and he’d go to a place called Joe’s where my dad was the bartender. We saw him at the Palace one time and my dad introduced me to him. Seger carried on a nice conversation with us like we’d known him forever even though I’m sure he didn’t remember my dad. Good guy.
Meanwhile, Pistons about to go up 3-2
Maxiell has had three huge dunks in just the limited amount of time that I’ve spent watching during this quarter.
I was going to say...
Maybe the Tigers should sign Maxiell as a closer, because he can sure as hell finish.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
With authority!
Kenny finished off that inning nicely, making Damon look foolish.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions
Boy, Kenny looked really good there.
I think the problem with the starts earlier this year is that we didn’t leave him in long enough. Clearly he gets better as the game goes on. Sure, we might have been down 20 by the time he got to the seventh but he would have settled in nicely by that point.
I was beginning to wonder if we'd ever see another one
from someone other than Galllaarragga.
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Never should've traded Devin Harris
He could’ve at least slowed Chris Paul down.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Haw-Haw
Looks like the only thing Jason Kidd can beat are ex-wives
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Trouble brewing
Living here in Connecticut, I guess I’ll have to stay off this board if the Pistons play the Celtics in the playoffs.
That dude dancing
He had the moves! And the shirt! Somebody’s getting lucky tonight.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions
I was thinking the same thing
Maybe Rapada is really the LOOGY now, and Seay is just the seventh inning set-up man. That is, if Leyland even has the bullpen roles defined like that.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I love seeing that shift work
Is Jason Giambi the hitting equivalent of Barry Zito? Has he even come close to living up to that contract?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions
That is insulting...
to Zito, who has worked so hard for the title of “worst contract ever in any sport”
Nowhere near it
Zito is already in the tank after a lousy year one, and a disastrous start to year 2. Giambi hit 41 HRs in each of his first 2 years in NY. He then had 12, 32, 37, and 14. Still, it’s ridiculous he’s making 23 million this year (and made 23 mill last year).
TheWalrus
Speaks the truth, it’s not even close.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I still think that distinction belongs to the former Detroit Lion
Kalimba Edwards.
Matt Millen gave him a $20 million contract based onlyon the HOPE Rod Marinelli could make him a pass rusher, after sucking hugely his first couple of seasons.. Talk about throwing money down the crapper. At least Zito and Giambi had track records…
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Ryan Raburn = Human Victory Cigar?
Not that I’m getting cocky…
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
"A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke!"
Hey, I rarely get to use cigar quotes!
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Who the hell
Is banging two steel pipes behind the plate? I’m beginning to feel that noise in my head.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions
The dude with the pan
looks like your typical annoying Yankee fan…Or New Yorker, period.
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It's an ongoing fued
To see which fanbase can be more obnoxious: Red Sox fans or Yankee fans. Steel pipe man just pushed the Yanks back into the lead.
listening to John Sterling and Susan Waltman on XM
puts the Yanks waaaaaaaaaaay into the lead
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Susan Waltman
I would put knitting needles in my ears, man.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Sterlings no picnic either
“And theeeeere’s the pitch”
“Juuuuuust outside”
and every pop up is a potential home run
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
And the worst of all
Theeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win!!
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 29, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Say, do you think... ?
Bautista could fire a pitch at Spoonman?
Pudge should go to the mound and tell him to do it.
“Trust me. Hit the Spoonman.”
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
Should I have put Bautista in the poll?
He pitched like he wants to go to Toledo when Cruceta comes up.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
What the hell was that?
All of a sudden, Bautista can’t find the plate. Everything is far to the right, outside to lefties, inside to righties.
I think it WAS the Spoonman.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions
I can't take credit for that.
When he was with Chicago, a Cubs blog called him that. —hirejimessian.com
The Cult of Clay!
Might have to make some new t-shirts…
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions
night guys!
I gotta get to sleep. (Ask Big Al when I replied to his post this morning!)
And after that last inning, maybe that’s for the better! Go Tigers!
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 29, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply actions
Have a good night
One more day of April in the D!
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
How dare LaTroy Hawkins wear Roger Clemens number?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
That whole Clemens - McCready thing is..
disturbing, to say the very least.
But NY and that Pail O’Neil number issue is just stupid silly.
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Ohhhhh, burn!
It’s always good to have some fum at Roger’s expence. That man is a first-rate douchebag.
Buckle Up
This Rollercoaster moment is brought to you by Cedar Point
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Too bad Jones probably won't face Jeter
He could get revenge for that Gatorade commercial. Maybe tomorrow or Thursday.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply actions
I know
Spoke way too soon. Shut up, Ian.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Jonesy Being Jonesy
Not that it’s any fun – at all – to watch.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Jonesy has been bored these past few games
and wanted a little excitement before settling down
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Nice!
I think you’ll get to use that photo another 30 times this year, at least.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
nice bounce back win
now to the Wings game to see if the D can go 3 for 3 tonight
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
holy balls
i turn my head and it’s 2-1 Wings. Thank you Joel Quennville for starting Theodore
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
I won't be able to sleep
I’ll keep hearing that incessant banging from Spoonman all night.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 29, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
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