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Game 113: Tigers (55-57) at White Sox (66-44)

Watchmen_button_tiny by Ian Casselberry on in News

Detroit @ Chicago


Justin Verlander (8-11, 4.49) vs. John Danks (8-4, 3.31)

Grumble, grumble...

Okay, I'll add a little bit more than that.  Mostly because I took the time to boot the computer up and all that.

I hope (and believe me, I realize the cruel irony in using that word tonight) that Justin Verlander throws strikes tonight.  Because after so much of the b-b... I almost can't even say it... bullpen was burned off last night, he will probably have to pitch deep into this game.  This 110-pitches-in-five-innings junk is not what the Tigers need. 

Just to make you feel better, Verlander's career record against the White Sox is -7 with a 6.03 ERA.  At U.S. Cellular Field, he's 0-4 with a 6.19 ERA. 

But the schedule says this game has to be played, so here we go...

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Starting Lineups

Ryan Raburn has been freed for another night!

1. Ryan Raburn, CF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Carlos Guillen, 3B
4. Magglio Ordonez, RF
5. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
6. Gary Sheffield, DH
7. Marcus Thames, LF
8. Edgar Renteria, SS
9. Dane Sardinha, C

CHI WHITE SOX

1. Orlando Cabrera, SS
2. Nick Swisher, CF
3. Carlos Quentin, LF
4. Jermaine Dye, RF
5. Jim Thome, DH
6. Paul Konerko, 1B
7. Alexei Ramirez, 2B
8. Toby Hall, C
9. Juan Uribe, 3B

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 6, 2008 7:08 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Yet another Leyland waste of our time

Nice to see Renteria and Sheff in the lineup!

Mack Avenue Tigers

by MackAveKurt on Aug 6, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

either leyland is a very positive thinker or a very large asshole

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 7:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I just don't understand anymore

Leyland makes big media news two days ago on how there will be changes…...the only change I see thus far is no Joyce and more Raburn. If I was a cat (Tiger) I would be on my last life of faith – see I’ve lost eight so far (nine lives – get it). Fine I can live with more Raburn…..but why still all the old, rusty parts. The Tigers are on the very fringe of losing it. I still have one life of faith left due to having five more with Chicago and three more with the Twins. Why, why, why is Renteria and Sheff in the line-up? What the hell does Renteria have to do to kicked off the team? He freakin gave the White Sox a fourth out in the 14th inning yesterday. As pissed as I am, I can live with Zoom Zoom’s pitch – the batter did have to go down and get that one. Renteria needs to leave now. The only way to energize the Tigers is to get some youth in the line-up. I don’t care what management says….it’s time to panic now. Why keep playing players that got us in the mess the first place…..at least if Clete and Joyce play they will get more experieince for next season.

This f**king team as put me through so many crappy emotions this year. I was at a block party last night and I joked when I left that I was going to go watch the Tigers and see how they were going to blow the game…...I stayed up to 1am to watch them blow up…this joke isn’t funny anymore.

I live in Grand Rapids and bought tix for this Sunday’s game back in March…...I’ve never been so unexcited to go to a Tigers game in my life. I bought tix back in March to go to a Sox/Tigers September game in Chicago. I can only imagine how fun that is going to be.

What a waste of money this team is.

by MSU4LIF on Aug 6, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

dude ill be at the tigers sox game on the 12th in chicago so i know how you feel.

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

14th here

Have you been to Cellular Field before…....first time for me…..anything to suggest that I shouldn’t miss at the stadium?

by MSU4LIF on Aug 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

first time for me also

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Unfortunately, there's nothing around that ballpark

It’s in a terrible neighborhood.

Unless it’s improved in the six years since I’ve been there.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 6, 2008 8:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Leyland

Wow…..Leyland just said in an interview that he hasn’t coach good enough….....there’s a f**king understatment.

by MSU4LIF on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I'm pretty sick of Juan Uribe

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

So...

not a lot of people here huh? Can’t say I blame the absent.

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

no

I’m not actually watching the Tigers yet. Figure I might as well see some other baseball teams, as the Tigers aren’t going to be in the hunt. Right now I’m watching A’s/Jays because I wanted to see how Gio Gonzalez looks.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Granderson

Ummmmm….once again…what the hell iss wrong wiith Leyland…....why is Granderson out of the line-up? The guy is playing in his home town, he’s jacked to be in Chicago, he hit a home run last night and his thank you is to take a seat on the bench.

If Leyland wants to give him a freakin day off can’t he be proactive and do it in Tampa instead of against a team we’re trying to beat so we can make the playoffs?

by MSU4LIF on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

didnt they ALL just have a day off on monday???? why does he need to be giving our main players unneeded breaks?

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

goes back to him being a slave to platoon splits

Danks is a leftie, and Grandy has historically struggled against them.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I thought....

if you break down the stats that Grandy is hitting .300 against lefties this year?

by MSU4LIF on Aug 6, 2008 8:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

he is

but still, Leyland has a history of sitting Granderson against tough lefties.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 8:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

.295

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

hi folks

my name is wendy and i’ve watched 2 games in the past 8 days. i’m not sure this series is a good place to start again. is the doctor in?

by wepri31 on Aug 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

okay. now i KNOW it’s not

by wepri31 on Aug 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

shit.

big surprise.

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

here we go again

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

this is the worst.

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

think we might have to invite chuck out for a visit?

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Let me know how Gio looks

My interested has been piqued.

by explosivo2k2 on Aug 6, 2008 8:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

probably would say no

Gio had some rough outings in AAA, so over the last few months I don’t know if he’d necessarily outperform Volquez.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 8:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Fair enough

Volquez is my only weak spot in my starters since the break

He still strikes out a ton but has given up lots of runs in few innings

by explosivo2k2 on Aug 6, 2008 8:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

he had some nerves in the first

gave up a few hits and a HR. In the 5 innings since, 0 hits, 1 walk, 3 Ks. Got a big breaking curveball.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 8:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Why are the white sox

so skanky?

I liked it better when they sucked.

by ViolaHalo on Aug 6, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

If Sheff...

gets doubled up here, I’m done for the game.

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

tough to get the bat off of the shoulder sometimes.

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 8:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

How about

striking out looking?

by ViolaHalo on Aug 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

i think we could clock cabrera with a sundial

by HavocRox on Aug 6, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

HOLY CRAP!

renteria got out? i don’t believe it.

by wepri31 on Aug 6, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

what the fuck kind of lineup is this

if any of you douchebags told me that at this point in the season Dane F’ing Sardinha would be starting for us, I think I would’ve killed myself

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

top 5 leadoff hitter in baseball...

not playing against a soft tossing lefty

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

FWIW

“Curtis Granderson isn’t in the lineup because he’s 0-for-9 against lefty John Danks and because “if you can’t use a guy after a four-hit game (Ryan Raburn), when can you?” said Leyland.” – from the Gage article mentioned by Ian.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 9:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Here's the lineup I want to see.

CF – Granderson
2B – Polanco
DH – Cabrera
LF – Joyce
RF – Ordonez
3B – Guillen
1B – Hessman
C – Inge
SS – Santiago

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 9:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Along with Blaine Neal

Who, you know, maybe could’ve helped the bullpen.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 6, 2008 9:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

you get why I put the lineup like that...

since we have no legit “slugger”...

I think Joyce could flourish as the LH hitter sandwiched between Cabs and Maggs considering neither of those guys are true cleanup hitters

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 9:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

and when

Joyce needs a breather, swap Guillen’s spot with Joyce’s and put Clete there with Guillen batting 4

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 9:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

oh and...

Porcello better get at least 1 start this season, I’ve got #1 waiver priority

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 9:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

This news will seem even more comical, considering the score

But according to Tom Gage, Farnsworth is apparently the closer tonight, if it were to come to that.

Pre-Game Wednesday Night

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Aug 6, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Why not?

Who HASN’T been the closer recently?

by pfuhrmeister on Aug 6, 2008 9:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

b.inge should pitch tonight since he’s not catching. he’s got a nice little fastball

by wepri31 on Aug 6, 2008 9:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

inge was a closer

in college

perhaps he could close for us?

by Boney on Aug 6, 2008 9:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

This elevator is going down...

Get rid of Leyland. We go from almost best, good, bad. If we don’t get out of third place in this division or, God forbid, drop even further, surely they’ll ask him to leave.

by densogirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Dane

Hope they get him working on his hitting this winter. He appears to be a pretty good cather, just can’t hit.

by densogirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Out of sick fascination

I check in on the game. Tigers losing and being two-hit. Shocker. I’m past the point of getting angry. Just hooping some guys get some chances after Sept 1st to give some hope for 09

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/

by rock n rye on Aug 6, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I won't bother thinking they're back in it

if they score 10 more runs this inning.

by ThaWalrus9 on Aug 6, 2008 9:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Marcus is due for a homer

but why get your hopes up only to have (insert anyone but Seay) give it away

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by rock n rye on Aug 6, 2008 9:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Unfortunately he’s been due for 16 games

by explosivo2k2 on Aug 6, 2008 9:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

snoozer.

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by spotstarters on Aug 6, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

So glad I turned on to watch the 8th and 9th

Good thing the first Michigan game is only 24 days away.

by Juskimo on Aug 6, 2008 10:35 PM EDT