Game 97: Tigers (48-48) at Orioles (46-49)
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles, Jul 19, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Nate Robertson (6-8, 5.26) vs. 
Daniel Cabrera (6-5, 4.33)
Thursday night, the Tigers brought the big boi bats. Last night, the Orioles swung the big sticks. If this series continues to follow the rhythm of its first two games, tonight should be the Detroit's turn to knock out some long balls. And Daniel Cabrera could be just the guy to accommodate such an outburst.
Last time Cabrera faced the Tigers, they hung five runs (four earned) on him in five innings. And he didn't make things easier on himself by issuing six walks. What may have been most memorable about that game, however, was the showdown between Cabrera and Gary Sheffield. Cabrera plunked Sheffield earlier in the game, but Sheff got the last word by hitting a two-run homer. And it was such a titanic shot that Sheff couldn't help but look at it.
"I was always told by Dave Parker," Sheffield said after the game, "whenever you hit one like that, you have a right to look at it."
Cabrera didn't much care for that, giving Sheff the stink-eye as he circled the bases. But really, who won bragging rights in that match-up? Do not poke the bear, Daniel Cabrera. You'll just make him angry.
Nate Robertson is back to alternating good starts with bad starts, and if that pattern continues, he's due for a good game tonight. In his last start, the Twins pummeled him for five runs and 10 hits. Before that, however, Robertson held the Mariners to one run over nine innings. Last year, he won both of his starts against the Orioles, which boosted his career record against Baltimore to 4-1 with a 3.05 ERA.
UPDATE: Check out who's playing third base for the Tigers tonight.
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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. Matt Joyce, LF
7. Jeff Larish, 3B
8. Edgar Renteria, SS
9. Brandon Inge, C
BALTIMORE
1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Nick Markakis, RF
3. Melvin Mora, 3B
4. Aubrey Huff, DH
5. Kevin Millar, 1B
6. Luke Scott, LF
7. Adam Jones, CF
8. Ramon Hernandez, C
9. Brandon Fahey, SS
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions
If Cabrera was throwing at Sheff there...
He’s a complete idiot.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:09 PM EDT reply actions
"Let's Go Tigers!"
That almost sounds like a Detroit crowd there!
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:10 PM EDT reply actions
Man oh man,
I can see this one getting out of control.
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I could watch Miggy hit to right field all day
He just blasts it in that gap.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions
Nate can already give up his usual 4 or 5 runs
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions
zing
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey....thought I'd join the party!
How does Larish see that ball with the helmet pulled down so low?
Dang…that was a nice shot
What could the O's pitching coach possibly say?
“For the love of crab cakes, just try to hang on until we get someone warmed up”?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions
Luke Scott might need to bust out his gun
to put Danny Boy out of his misery
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
how do you even make that bad of a throw?
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Okay, seriously
Melvin Mora is not this good.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:29 PM EDT reply actions
nate will give this one right back.
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He does have killer stuff
But the proverbial “10-cent brain”
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
You think Freddy Dolsi wants to shear Maggs?
Just a thought, after looking at Inge’s “Bondo” haircut.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions
just checked the score from my iPod
what a pleasant surprise :)
so a big black box with random letter and number combinations keeps popping onto my tv screen. does anyone know what that means and/or how to get rid of it? i turned the tv on and off a few times but it keeps coming back!
I'd stay away from the windows
That’s where the aliens suck you into their ship.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
err
Renteria hits the ball to the left side, but no one is covering third and where is Larrish? Still standing on second…
anyone else...
feel like 7 runs may not be enough?
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No, he stinks
Dude was handed a 6-0 lead and he can’t even finish three innings.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Water covers 3/4 of the earth...
Curtis covers the other 1/4.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
Pardon my French...
But this is fucking disgusting.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions
yep.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
if...
the Tigers lose this one, they may as well sell off their players, the season would be over. May as well get ready for next year. You can’t recover from this shit.
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Run to the store
for 15 minutes and all hell breaks loose.
What pisses me off even more...
We can’t blame this on Grilli.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions
this applies somehow as well...i think...
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Chicago
is losing 3-0 at least…......for now anyway.
also...
are we really allowed to scoreboard when the team is 7.5 games out of first place and not even in second place? we need wins.
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scoreboard watch*
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw this afternoon
I’m kind of wishing I waited until tonight.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I had Rod Allen's faith
Coming back to win this game? We’ll see, Rod. We’ll see.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply actions
I dunno, I have faith that Edgar will GIDP here
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 19, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather have somone up from West Michigan or Lakeland...
in there than Renteria. What a waste of space.
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It's not like their pen in unhittable, trust me, I have Sherrill on my fantasy team
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 19, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
i almost hate to admit it, but i have nate on mine. shredding their bullpen would suit me just fine tho.
Ouch.. theres GOTTA be someone on the wire that’s better than Nate
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 19, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
So yeah, 'The Dark Knight'...
Really liked it, but found it a bit overwhelming.
As the credits rolled, I thought “I have to see that again.”
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:50 PM EDT reply actions
I realize it's a totally different movie than Iron Man, but would you say it was as good or better? (If you saw it)
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 19, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, they're definitely different
Iron Man was a much more fun movie.
But I think The Dark Knight aspires to something bigger. Meditations on chaos and order, good vs. evil, etc. It’s really swimming in the grey areas.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Heath Ledger’s Joker is reason enough to want to see it again for me
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
be honest...
is this the sort of thing that gets sent through the hype machine because he died? or is he/the movie, really that good?
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
You know...
I think he might be getting even more praise if he hadn’t died.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
The praise HAS been excessive
But I think that’s geek culture overtaking film criticism.
Is it the greatest movie ever made? No.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't too sure going in about Ledger
Iand you may have to give some credit to the way it was written, but man he was creepy
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Maybe, but I’m willing to bet like $20 that its closed captioning!
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 19, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Understandable, I just remember seeing the same kind of thing before and it was CC
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 19, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I never thought I'd be glad that Daniel Cabrera is out of the game
but runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs, and I’m a happy camper
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
The stride is different, though
Maybe that was an extreme example, but he looked more wild and off-balance in the swing from May.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
as much as I hate to see Thames on the bench
Matt Joyce needs to play
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Need a scoreless inning here
Otherwise, we could be here all night.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
Hate
to be the scoreboard watcher but Min is whooping Texas’s butt and Chicago down 5-1. I’d say this is a must win for us.
rodney..
scares the shit out of me.
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Stoney & Wojo
They had an interesting chat about this yesterday. Who would actually scare you more in the 9th? Rodney or Jones?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
this doesn't need to leave this "room" but...
anyone else here jealous of the twins?
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rodney..
he dominated jay payton. why can’t he do that all of the time? or most of the time? or even half of the time?
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Maggs and Miggy
they’ve driven in 6 of the 10 runs, yet only have 1 hit betwenn the both of them
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
who is left
that can come in and play SS? that’s more than enough out of edgar renteria (another poor fantasy pick for me). walks are good, but i’d like a hit.
Renteria running?
I don’t think I had THAT much to drink tonight
by pfuhrmeister on Jul 19, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea why you would...
ever hit and run with Inge. That just makes no sense to me at all. Oh well. Just a weird night.
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Hit and run with those two just doesn't sound right
Maybe we should call it a “limp and pray”
by pfuhrmeister on Jul 19, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
watch the radar when this guy pitches. unreal.
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dang.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Cult Update
Clete was 3-4 with 2 runs scored and 5 rbi, including a GS tonight in the Mud Hens’ 13-5 pounding of Pawtucket.
Clete's responding better to this demotion than his last one
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Good evening to you, sir
Glad you stopped in.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
man...
i miss him already. too bad he can’t play short.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
10th anniversary 'Lebowski' DVD?
This is for Blake.
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/07/19/new-lebowski-dvd-may-be-right-up-your-alley/
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions
jesus.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
eight year olds, dude.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
The whole bullpen might have to get sheared
Even you, Jonesy.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I've had a few whiskey and cokes...
so forgive me if this comes out of nowhere….
I do not like, nor do I trust Todd Jones in anyway. I also think he’d look even weirder with a shaved dome.
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also...
if jones blows this one, he should be run out of town.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
i was at comerica...
a couple of weeks ago and jones and zumaya both pitched…the guy next to me didn’t know the tigers at all and asked my why our closer threw in the 8th instead of the ninth. he was dead serious. i had to explain to him why jones was the closer. it was tough.
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Does any other team's fans have to make that explanation?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
nope.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That was horrible English on my part.
Too many pops?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
if this game...
is 10-9 in the bottom of the ninth and jones comes in to “close” what percentage chance is there that the Tigers win?
My guess: 45% chance.
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pretty sad...
that that has to be optimistic.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
What percent of BYB fans
Will have heart attacks?
by pfuhrmeister on Jul 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Anybody read the article in the four letter mag
about Zumaya? His old man sounds like a live wire. I actually didn’t make it through the whole thing but it talks about “injury”.
I read that on the web yesterday
interesting stuff
by pfuhrmeister on Jul 19, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Smashing the computer outside?
Yeah, he sounds like a pistol.
But you know what? None of that crap came from the bloggers.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
this is completely off topic
but it makes me laugh.
http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w=/2008/open/mlbam/2008/04/20/mlbtv_175676_400K.wmv&pid=gen_video&vid=7778&cid=mlb&v=2
that's the main difference between you and leyland.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Zumaya is a beast. No reason to even have Jones on the roster.
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See
This is what Zumaya needed. Learn to PITCH not just throw. These 80 mph curveballs are every bit as important as the 100 mph fastballs.
who's the tiger you'd most like to see hit by a bus?
i think that’s what they’re asking.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
to rehash the old Tim Cheledae joke
the bus would go right between Renteria’s legs
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
Zoolander
I shouldn’t admit this, but I ROR’d him off my fantasy team, and every since then…he hasn’t lost.
I don't like...
people making jokes about how Jones makes you nervous but “gets the job done”. He’s just bad, can’t we ever just leave it at that?
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there's...
a big shiny quarter for all of you if renteria gets a hit here.
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whew.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
you wanted that quarter bad.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
My only concern
is that Zumaya might not be available tomorrow
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
Show up tomorrow...
and I may be crazy enough to offer up more quarters…
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Do whatever you need to do to give Zumaya all your energy
This could be the game that changes the closers role for a very long time…....
lkajg;liagnl;isahnwLIEGJNwelingvalke
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if we lose this....
i don’t know….
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look at jones all smug on the bench...
probably thinking he could have done better. and also thinking about how much he dislikes homosexuals. what a jerk he is.
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Um
Homosexuals? Where did that come from?
by pfuhrmeister on Jul 19, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It's my fault....blame me
I just picked up Zumaya in my fantasy league in the top of the 9th….thinking he would now be the closer of the future.
Jinxed it. Damn.
come on!!
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
totally his fault.
I’m with you.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
probably did some voodoo shit
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Sherrill is warming up?
that guys arm is going to fall off.
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hernandez homer
I bet zumaya just put that first pitch in there and thought there was no way hernandez was swinging. zumaya has still looked great tonight.
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I can't believe I'm about to type this
But Zumaya can’t face Melvin Mora. He has to get Markakis out.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
way to go, ian.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm wide awake...
who’s game for a five hour game tonight?
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there are more of him doing keg stands...
class act all of the way…
http://drunkathlete.com/2008/04/21/joel-zumaya-keg-stand.aspx
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the flat-bill look is just dorky
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s the sandals-with-socks look of baseball.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
dear Sheff
get something cooking in that kitchen! see you on ….......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bang-bang, maybe
But Polanco’s foot touched the plate first, then the tag was laid down.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
First look, I thought he was out
Replay had that foot in first!
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
wow
that should have been an easy call.
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That umpire
should get freakin suspended and fined…..
Where’s that bus you were talking about earlier?
48-48
They either win tonight and lose tomorrow … or lose tonight and win tomorrow. Either way, it’s a .500 team.
Fuck LUKE SCOTT
Do you hear me, fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
careful man...
he’s packing heat and not afraid to let people know about it.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
The new bullpen strategy
Apparently, it’s serve up a home run ball on the first pitch.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
Ugh....
Will we become sellers soon? After the KC series we’ll know for sure.
Until tomorrow….....crappolla
sure...
we got screwed by the ump there, but we also blew a 6 run lead and a one run lead in the bottom of the ninth.
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with blake on this one
Wasn’t the ump’s fault the Tigers gave up 11. They just stink.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 19, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
hahha...
you are so bitter.
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by spotstarters on Jul 19, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
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