Epic, Disastrous Fail: White Sox 10, Tigers 8

Much better (and probably more appropriate) train wreck photos were posted in the GameThread, actually. It was the only way to get through 14 innings of hell.
Words cannot explain how utterly disastrous the Tigers bullpen is right now. (Bobby Seay and Fernando Rodney - with four hitless innings between them - are excused from this discussion.) Great efforts from Placido Polanco and Ryan Raburn (and the aforementioned relievers) were rendered meaningless by another comically horrendous failure.
Absolutely no lead is safe. No win seems possible.
Kyle Farnsworth and Joel Zumaya didn't just blow the leads they were given. They coughed them up in spectactular, cataclysmic fashion, serving up fat softballs that were launched out of the park for two demoralizing, soul-crushing home runs (along with a horrible error by Edgar Renteria) that would suck the spirit out of any team, let alone one already as disheartened as the Tigers have been.
Jim Caple says closers are overrated? He obviously hasn't watched the Detroit Tigers this season.
Who can be trusted to pitch in the ninth inning now? Who's left? Where can this team possibly go from here?
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Jim Leyland is a stubborn dick
Bobby Seay has been the best pitcher in their pen for quite some time now. In fact, he’s been lights out, they said something like 23 Ks in his last 22 appearances or something, an ERA of 0.50. Why the hell didn’t Leyland leave him in to face to Alexei Ramirez, especially after Farnsworth offered up nothing but flat sliders to the Tampa hitters? This trade is looking like an utter massive pile of FAIL. I thought we were trading for bullpen help, instead we have another idiot who can’t get anyone out w/o giving up 5 runs in the process. 14 homers in 47+ innings…is absolutely laughable. Extrapolated over 200 innings, that’s almost 60 homers given up…BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
Leyland is a stubborn dick. He plays to the traditions waaaaay too much. Why in the hell would you not let Seay try and get Ramirez out? He’s been FANTASTIC. “OH NO WE HAVE TO GO RIGHTY VS. RIGHTY BECAUSE I’M A STUPID JACKASS WHO CAN’T SEE PAST ALL THIS OVERRATED TRADITIONAL MATCHUPS BULLSHIT! “
I want to kill something right now. Instead, I’ll go to work. Fire Jim Leyland. Fire Chuck “If Anything All My Pitchers Have Gotten Epically Worse Since I Got Here” Hernandez. Fire ‘em all. Trade the entire team for a sack of baseballs and a used jock-strap.
by longview on
Aug 6, 2008 7:33 AM EDT
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Sheffield=Inspector Gadget
Go Go Gary Sheffield! Yes I am comparing two cartoon characters that can not keep their eye on the ball and produce the results that are expected of them!
Inspector Gadget and Renterror deserve NOT to play tonight.
by 2btcheeks on
Aug 6, 2008 8:55 AM EDT
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I don't see...
how you stay up after a game like that and make a post. I had to wait until morning, I didn’t have the strength.
Check out www.spotstarters.com for more news on the Detroit Tigers.
by spotstarters on
Aug 6, 2008 9:30 AM EDT
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If anyone thought the Tigers were going to win this game after blowing a 6-1 lead, they’re crazy. The momentum completely shifted through out the game. It was the Sox game after they victimized Farnsworth, which seems to be the trend. Speaking of trading a sack of balls and a used jock-strap, does Farns bring anything to the table except meatballs? His line as a Tiger reads something like this: 3.1 ip / 4 h / 4 er / 3 hr. We actually gave up a big league player, let alone a future hall of famer for this joker? I remember know why i wasn’t upset when he was sent packing the first time.
You really can’t blame Zumaya, the Tigers gave Chicago 4 outs.. that’s always a recipe for disaster. Sure he served up the bomb to end it, but he never should have faced Swisher to begin with. and I don’t think Leyland coming out to the mound helped at all. In fact i think it planted the “don’t blow this” seed in zooms head. Leyland should have just let him pitch, he’s a big leaguer, he knows what he has to do. Back to Renteria, i almost put my foot through the TV after he booted that ball. Luckily cooler heads prevailed, i knew they were doomed to fail so i couldn’t get too upset. That said, the Tigers would have proved me wrong and won, had Renterror (i like that) not botched yet another routine play. The guy needs to rot on the bench for the rest of this year. He can’t hit, he can’t field. He’s useless. Put him right next to Sheffield on the bench until this disaster of a season is over.
Jeff
by cannonad03 on
Aug 6, 2008 9:34 AM EDT
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Who saw that coming?
Wow….Jones, Rodney, Farnsworth, Zumaya. Who can you trust these days. Unbelievable performance from Rodney last night. Shades of ‘06 up there. It’s unfortuNate that we got what some might refer to as a good performance out of Robertson, and we couldn’t hold on to it to give him some much needed confidence.
by Phunk on
Aug 6, 2008 9:58 AM EDT
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I turned it off after the 12th because I had to get up early this morning, but I just knew we would lose. Low and behold. Not surprised, this bullpen is so bad. I think I’m done for the season. I love the Tigers, but I can’t keep getting my spirit broken every… single… day. Here’s to ‘09!
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by Tony K on
Aug 6, 2008 10:49 AM EDT
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this terrible terrible terrible baseball team
I dont know why but reading last nights entire game thread made me feel better..to know how angry everyone else is makes it easier to deal with..I am totally done for now..I decided I am changing my text alerts so I only get the final score tonight..its so hard not to watch..but I feel the same as everyone I just cannot bear to be so angry anymore..
by PBURGTIGER on
Aug 6, 2008 11:15 AM EDT
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Kyle Farnsworth
proves once again that he is completely uninterested in being here.
He’s a punk.
by ViolaHalo on
Aug 6, 2008 1:02 PM EDT
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I have to add
that it might seem absurd that I have all of the blame directed at one player, and one NEW player at that, but it was clear from the start that he thinks the Tigers are a 2nd class organization and he didn’t want to come back. What effect does that have on the rest of the team? Well, million-dollar earning professionals or not, it has to have an impact.
Whatever, call it shades of leftover hate from the juan gonzalez fiasco, but that is JUST what it reminds me of, and it makes our club out to be a joke.
Screw you, Farnsworth. Screw. You.
by ViolaHalo on
Aug 6, 2008 1:06 PM EDT
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Moving on...
Until last night’s debacle, I wasn’t ready to give up on the season. This offseason we need to just cut our losses with Dombrowski’s two bad trades by buying out Renteria and letting Farnsworth walk. It was those two who snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory last night. With Holliman and an average reliever, this team gets a lot better, and a lot of money gets freed up for actual big league players.
by WildElliot on
Aug 6, 2008 1:09 PM EDT
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I couldn't agree more
having players that are clearly not up to the task on the roster only brings the rest of the team down. Cut your losses DB, and let’s forget about this mess.
by ViolaHalo on
Aug 6, 2008 1:15 PM EDT
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not to add fuel to the fire, but....
Check out this sentence from a Jerry Crasnick piece now up on espn.com, about the bullpens of the contending teams….
” And Chad Durbin has been a strike-throwing, double-play-inducing godsend. “
by ahtrap on
Aug 6, 2008 2:07 PM EDT
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ouch.
Yeah, I couldn’t understand why we didn’t resign him. He wasn’t an all-star by any stretch, but he was good, reliable, and cheap.
by WildElliot on
Aug 6, 2008 2:46 PM EDT
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i'm glad i fell asleep after the 9th inning...
I’m convinced Renteria is being paid by someone to sabotage our team. I’m also sure the pitchers found out and joined in on the deal. Polanco discovered their horrible secret and decided to win the game by himself, but he’s no match against that much evil.
by wepri31 on
Aug 6, 2008 2:52 PM EDT
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Who's your tiger?
Mine has been Placido Polanco for some time now, and will continue to be. Is there anyone on that team who plays above his physical gifts as much as he does? I’d say Maybe Granderson is the only other who pushes himself that hard.
by WildElliot on
Aug 6, 2008 3:00 PM EDT
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I need help
I sincerely thought they could turn around the season by sweeping the White Sox. I really did.
I watched the game on my computer on MLB TV but almost broke my remote control when Renteria booted the ball. But I didn’t – I cooled off and said that Zumaya could pull a miracle and get out of the inning.
My remote control is currently sitting by my apartment door in a thousand pieces. It happened after Hawk Harrelson orgasming over Swisher’s walk-off.
I need help. I also need a new remote control.
There isn’t really therapy for this, which is why I’m sharing.
Hi, my name is Tim, and I’m a Detroit Tigers fan.
by TFerg1103 on
Aug 6, 2008 4:14 PM EDT
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!$@!&!#&!&!$&@!&@
Sounds like you need a cheap universal remote. Busted the remote for my bedroom TV during a Pistons game last season.
As for the Tigers thing…I don’t see any cure in sight. This team is spiraling out of control. I literally don’t believe they will win another game all season. I know they’ll win again (maybe even tonite?!), but I honestly feel that any win from here on out is just a fluke, that this team is cursed and destined to FAIL, much like the ‘06 team seemed destined for success.
Hawk Harrelson has to be the worst announcer ever. His “catchphrases” are garbage, and he blows his load anytime a Sock does anything even remotely positive. Gah.
by longview on
Aug 6, 2008 4:49 PM EDT
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Clarification on what might appear to be a contradiction
Logically, I know the Tigers will win again. Emotionally, I cannot imagine a scenario where they could ever actually put it together for an entire game.
by longview on
Aug 6, 2008 4:52 PM EDT
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I see your Harrelson, and I raise you a Santo
dunno if Harrelson is a lead announcer or not, but Santo takes crappy color commentary to a whole ‘nother level. You want a cheerleader in the booth, Ron’s your guy. The majority of his commentary consists of, “that’s the way!” “Yes!” “Oh No No No!” type comments, and only rarely does he ever actually contribute to a listener’s understanding of the game. The guy brings so damn little to the table, you wonder, seriously, if you couldn’t do a better job of informing and entertaining the audience.
I don’t think the guy has Hall of Fame credentials based on his on-field achievements. His on-air performance would, in a just world, get him banned from Cooperstown for life.
by ahtrap on
Aug 6, 2008 6:08 PM EDT
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