Game 116: Athletics (54-61) at Tigers (56-59)
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintOakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, Aug 9, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Dan Meyer (0-0, 0.00) vs. 
Armando Galarraga (9-4, 3.23)
After a full night spent in the familiar comforts of home, perhaps the Detroit Tigers will come back to the ballpark with more vigor than they had last night in their series opener against the Oakland Athletics. Though I have to say, I'm baffled that the Tigers came out with such lethargy after salvaging a win in Chicago to end their 10-game road trip.
I think we've may have underestimated how much the Pudge Rodriguez trade knocked this team off-balance. That probably sounds like an excuse now, and the Tigers have used almost every one available, but it doesn't seem coincidental that they've fallen into this funk since that deal was made. (Of course, it didn't help that the player they received in return directly contributed to at least two of those losses.)
But one of the pleasant surprises of this season continues to be Armando Galarraga, and his turn in the rotation should ensure the Tigers are competitive tonight. Galarraga was fantastic last Sunday against the Rays, allowing just one run and four hits in seven innings, but a bullpen implosion let the win get away. The A's roughed him up in his "piggyback start" back in June, but pitching in relief that night may have thrown him off his routine.
It's also nice that Galarraga is pitching on a night during which the Tigers are celebrating the Latino presence throughout the game of baseball with tonight's "Fiesta Tigres" festivities. One just has to look at the Tigers' lineup, with six of this evening's starting nine from Latin-American countries, to see how integral that talent pool has become to this organization. (Carlos Guillen might get the night off, however, after suffering back spasms last night.) ¡Es razón de la celebración!
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Can't tell the players without a scorecard
Oakland
RF Sweeney, Ryan
2B Ellis, Mark
DH Thomas, Frank
CF Gonzalez, Carlos
LF Cust, Jack
SS Crosby, Bobby
C Suzuki, Kurt
1B Barton, Daric
3B Hannahan, Jack
P Meyer, Dan (0-0, 0.00)
Tigers
CF Granderson, Curtis
2B Polanco, Placido
LF Thames, Marcus
RF Ordonez, Magglio
1B Cabrera, Miguel
DH Sheffield, Gary
3B Raburn, Ryan
SS Renteria, Edgar
C Inge, Brandon
P Galarraga, Armando (9-4, 3.23)
any news on when this thing is starting?
i’m going to watch flight on the conchords until the game gets going.
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I love Flight of the Conchords!
They call me the Hiphopopotamus
My lyrics are bottomless
They call me the Hiphopopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin’ off the top of this esophagus…
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like it will start...
at 7:55
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Didn't get a chance to see last night or much of the coverage..
was it that bad? Did that kid pitch that well?
he was okay...
obviously he wasn’t bad, but it sure seemed like the tigers got themselves out more than a couple of times.
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so...
is it just the three of us tonight?
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Could be
I finished mowing the front lawn, so I’m here until they sicken me to the point where there isn’t enough alcohol in the house to deal with it.
Flipping back between us and Sox/Sox...
Contreras (sp) just ruptured his Achilles. White Sox need a pitcher.
Okay....
Regardless of what AG does tonight, I think he has earned a ticket back in 09. So, the rotation could be…you pick the order….
JV
Bondo (if healthy)
AG
Free Agent/Trade (Derek Lowe? We won’t be able to outbid people for CC)
Some left hander (Either Nate or another Free Agent Trade)
Porcello won’t be ready and we have no one else on horizon. What do you think?
More or less
You can’t expect The Gambler to be back. I don’t think Nate will be back. Miner’s a possibility, but I think DD will be looking outside again.
I agree on Nate...
but I do not see anyone taking on that contract. Maybe St. Louis or Atlanta with their reputations for saving pitchers on the skids, but I think we would have to eat some of that money.
I think Miner is valuable either as the 5 starter or a long relief/emergency start guy.
Free Ticket...
I never thought it’d come to this….
I have two tickets to tomorrow’s game but I cannot find anyone to go with. Anyone here want a free ticket to tomorrow’s game?
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I've tried giving...
this ticket to at least 15 people over the past week and no one will take it. I guess that’s what happens when a team falls way below expectations.
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i dig the home runs...
but it’d be nice if they had some guys on base when they hit them.
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Since he homered, I will ask..
Are people warming to Miggy in Detroit or is he still way up there on the public enemies list?
The last game I was at in Comerica,
He had the walk-off double that bailed out Jonesy. People did like him that night.
Cabrera
How can anyone not love the guy? Jeesh, all that drama at 3rd base when he started and then having to learn a new position. He’s been great at 1st.
How low....
will Inge’s average go? Playing almost everyday, I would have guessed it would go down. But .200 is not far off.
Is it just me
or did anyone else hear Mario and Rod discuss Polanco’s batting swing and the reason he changed it is because Albert Pujols told him he could hit for alot more power. I can’t help but feel Leland has lost control of a team when batters just decide to change their swing and aren’t having success with it. Is he trying to get traded to the Cardinals. So what if he only get singles. My God his batting average was way over .300 and he almost never struck out. Now he’s striking out like crazy with his hands moved down on the bat.
I heard it
It didn’t make sense to me either.
Weird....
Polly doesn’t seem the kind of player to make a radical change. He is very close with a lot of the St. Louis people from his time there. Not sure it is an indictment on JL, though. Polly is a vet and Leyland lets his vets do pretty much whatever they want (see Sheff). And he has done that everywhere he has been.
and as a postscript,
we aren’t trading Polly unless it is for an extremely good deal. He might be our most valuable player.
Eh.
‘Brideshead Revisited’ – seemed like there were huge chunks of the story missing. But they were all very well dressed in the film.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
This version...
made me want to see the PBS version.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Ian...
did you catch TDK in IMAX? I highly recommend it on that big a screen if you haven’t yet. Caught it last night.
Unfortunately...
I think we’ll have to see The Farns tonight.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Ian...
hadn’t put two and two together on your avatar until I saw the Watchmen trailer last night. Nice.
Oooh...
I bet that trailer looked cool in IMAX.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Seay
If he gets out of this, does Jim pitch him in the 8th? Or let Farns come in to a chorus of boos?
Two lefties coming up in the 7th
I think Seay pitches to Hannahan and Sweeney, at least.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Phelps
Gold Medal Count 2008: 1 Seven to go…
by dettigionswings'stons on Aug 9, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions
Phelps's event, that is
Not the Ken Phelps joke.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
This Cabrera kid has a future
Love those insurance runs! Viva la Cabrera!
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
Is anyone else watching the Espanol broadcast?
After that “Goodbye! Adios! Sayonara!” home run call, I might watch the rest of the game over there.
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions
How do they look tonight??
I see that they are winning, but they aint showing the game over here, they have the redsox game on and then the UFC fight?? How do they look tonight?
Miguel Cabrera looks muy bien
Two homers, four RBIs
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Over-under on homers served up by Farnsworth this inning?
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 9, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
Fiesta Tigres Night
And they bring in the Farns. Think Pudge was a bit popular with the Latino Tigers fans?
Rod
Said the fans were being a little hard on the Farns tonight
Darn
Had to pass up free tickets to today’s game because of work. Would have been a fun one to go to.
Anyone else...
Think Farns looks a bit creepy with those specs? He looks like James Hetfield gone horribly wrong to me.
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