Blown Leads, Blown Calls: Orioles 11, Tigers 10

by Ian Casselberry on Jul 19, 2008 11:26 PM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

Giving up 11 runs is no way to get through a baseball game, son.

Blake said it in the GameThread as well as anything I could write. Brian Runge made one of the worst calls at home plate you'll ever see, calling Placido Polanco out when replays showed his foot all the way across the plate before Ramon Hernandez's glove even touched his chest. He didn't just blow that call, he absolutely destroyed it.

But it never should've come to that. The Tigers blew two leads in this game. They handed Nate Robertson a 6-0 lead in the first inning, and he couldn't even make it through three innings, in what was probably (surely?) his most revolting performance of the season. (Jim Leyland was clearly disgusted with Robertson in his post-game interview.) And Joel Zumaya and Freddy Dolsi served up two fat first pitch home run balls in consecutive innings.

Easily the worst loss of the season. And one of the most repugnant efforts this pitching staff has ever subjected its fans to.

Roll Call

Despite the blown leads that should've made most of us find something else to do, we had a great turnout in the GameThread that kept crackling throughout the evening.

Thanks to spotstarters, wepri31, explosivo2k2, pfuhrmeister, Boney, rock n rye, HavocRox, Zappatista, MSU4LIF, Wingz, skoneyhill, densogirl, MackAveKurt, dettigionswings'stons, Tony K, gf206, and ashmark for setting themselves up for a crashing disappointment. We'll all need therapy for this.

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You know what sucks...

I think we are reaching the point where wins don’t even really mean that much. If the Tigers win tomorrow, what does it matter? Yeah, the game chats will be more pleasant, but the Tigers will still be way out of contention. This just isn’t their year.

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by spotstarters on Jul 20, 2008 12:37 AM EDT reply actions

I agree....

this is just a miserable year. forget winning anything, how about just finishing over .500. All those seasons in the 90s weren’t half as bad as this…. i expected nothing. expectations are a bitch. i know i’ve learned my lesson. on paper means nothing. seriously, renteria… absolutely useless. When does football season start again?

Jeff

by cannonad03 on Jul 20, 2008 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions

I am guessing

I am guess ing most of you would agree with my blog post.
It’s white flag time

by SullyBaseball on Jul 20, 2008 4:37 AM EDT reply actions

while i do agree that trades are most definitely a good idea (maybe we could send jimmy somewhere else too and get a manager with a little common sense?)....i don’t necessarily think that they would be a white flag. look at the talent we pulled up from our farm system, mudhens get you wins! getting rid of some of our old baggage might actually help our push. maybe i’m insane, but i’m ever the optimist when it comes to the tigers. i’m about to use the lyrics of dido here, so cover your eyes if you aren’t a fan…

I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m insane and always will be

by wepri31 on Jul 20, 2008 9:53 AM EDT reply actions

Larish at third????

I’ve accepted that we’re not gonna win it all. But putting Larish absolutely confounded me. Larish, one of the most slow-footed guys on the roster (he played first base for a reason just like Cabrera does) and putting him at 3rd base when you have Raburn riding the pine. That truly made no sense to me.

by densogirl on Jul 20, 2008 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

Orioles on Sunday...

I think they have won, one game ALL year on Sunday, could be two, but the point is….If the Tig’s can’t do it today, well the get what they deserve….

(I don’t sound too bitter do I?)

by Zappatista on Jul 20, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

Time for the Tigers to dump some players that are not produing and are not in next years plans. Poor pitching-does Robertson go down to join Wills now- and lack of clutch hitting say that the year is over for this team.

by tigerman on Jul 20, 2008 11:11 AM EDT reply actions