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Game 161 Overflow Thread

Ron_swanson_tiny by Ian Casselberry on Comment 477 comments

So far, this game has a dreadfully familiar feel to it.  The Tigers' lineup isn't generating much offense, and taking a chance with Alfredo Figaro starting this game didn't work out very well.

Can the Tigers bats do what they did to Freddy Garcia last Saturday?  Or will there be a tie in the AL Central by the end of the night?

White Sox 3, Tigers 0 going to the fourth inning.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Bless You Boys writing staff. However, it does reflect the views of this particular fan, which is as important as anything else written here at BYB.

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is where we wont be finishing at this rate

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I had a nickel

for every time I heard “Tigers threaten but do not score” I could buy a lot more BYB T shirts!

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I smell a tie for the division. :(

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the tigers are being way too agressive

swinging at garbage.
garcia hasnt established shit…be patient!!

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

3!

that looked easy

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 8:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Why am I seriously pissed

that Galarraga didn’t get the start tonight?

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 8:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice job, Armando

But that’s gotta be it, right?

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I say

win tonight

pitch porcello tomorrow

Tie game or Game 1 – Verlander

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Meijer commercial

That dude’s head is as big as Polanco’s

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

haha.

I thought the same thing a couple days ago.

by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the saddest thing is

That this entire season, the pitching staff has deserved better. The whole time.

The offensive “offensive” players should buy each of the pitchers a house for making them not look quite so horrible all year long.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Time to take back the game.

Fasten your seatbelts ladies and gentlemen.

by wepri31 on Oct 3, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I can predict this next inning

Guillen popup
Huff groundout to first
Inge whiff

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you stop.

you’re freaking me out.

by wepri31 on Oct 3, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guillen popup

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

why do you hate me :(

me and you gotta stick together..

with Kurt and Ian jinxing the team by actually watching these games, we gotta stick together :(

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oooh, sorry

The answer we were looking for was “Huff groundout to second”

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha!

Groundout to SECOND.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

AFLAC trivia fail

I guessed Kenny Lofton

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

worst offense EVER

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hear that????

If you’ve lost Baroque, you’ve lost the country, Tigers!!!!!!!!

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

Seriously, this is so comical.

Every other team can get people on with a walk, or a single, or something, and then someone hits another single, and then a double, and then a run is scored.

With the Tigers, it is a single, followed by three straight outs that never leave the infield. This team can’t even get long fly balls until after there are already two outs, so no runs scored on sacrifice flies, either.

We have just proven how predictably bad they are.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tigers luck has run out.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet Perry is warming up

we haven’t seen 5 straight walks in a while

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

As I predicted...

Armando has run out of steam.

Not bad while he was in there, though.

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Whatever.

When they epicfail this season, the sun is still going to rise in the east and set in the west. And I’ll still be a Tiger fan in ’10. So whatever.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe next year we will have an actual offense

That will be so exciting!

And I think I’d better change my signature.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I refuse to believe there is any option other than winning the division.

That’s just what’s going to happen. They don’t have a choice.

by wepri31 on Oct 3, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And on top of all this

My ISP is wimping out on me again tonight. Time for a phone call on Monday to cancel service.

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ryan Perry

trying to take my advice from Thread #1

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So

Regardless of how this season ends…

Do we need a new hitting coach for next season?

by actioncuse on Oct 3, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I never understood how

guys that don’t have at least a .300 career average are batting coaches.. I mean we had Don Slaught and now McClendon..

Don Slaught was like a poor man’s Gerald Laird

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

Even if he has nothing to do with anything, the hitting coach takes the fall for a crappy offense. It has ever been thus.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think blaming the hitting coach is overrated

this is just a team that is aging. Guys in their mid-30’s screwed the offense with either injuries of ineffectiveness for much of the year: Polanco, Guillen, Ordonez…

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

HEY! A DOUBLE PLAY!

that’s something good at least.

by wepri31 on Oct 3, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

poor Laird is having no chance

Pitchers aren’t helping him at all.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it's the weather

but it could be the juju

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone has a voodoo doll

with Laird´s name on it.

by Dale S on Oct 3, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I blame this loss on

Ian and Kurt.

goodnight :)

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 8:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol

did rios really “steal” a base

by actioncuse on Oct 3, 2009 8:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

oh, no!

I think they are suck on the “G is for groundout” page.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

For Alli...

Rally Lawrence Welk?

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am admittedly crabby

But there wasn’t a smaller photo to choose?

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 3, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was, and I forgot to copy it

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know.

//sadness

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

The Twins took off.

As I was afraid they would, actually.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

detroit just can’t win unless there is enough pressure. Just wait til tomorrow when its all on the line then you’ll see

by tgoc on Oct 3, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

deadline trade recap

Twins: Cabrera (on fire since all star break), Pavano (Tiger killer), Rauch (win today)

White Sox: Peavy (2-0 vs. Tigers), Rios (great the last two weeks, 3-3 today)

Tigers: Wash (injured and was awful for Tigers), Huff (just one big hit in tons and tons of ABs)

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Now, Laird hit that well

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

foul, of course

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

can we safely start the “Fire Jim” and staff chants yet? losing a 7 game lead is unacceptable

by HavocRox on Oct 3, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Poor Detroitchik

I hope she brought lots of beer money.

And a flask.

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no need to put anyone on base

It would be like poking a toothless bear in the eye. Just plain mean.

So, like my new signature? Appropriate, I thought. :)

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

okay, I don't know anything about prospects and minor leaguers and stuff

But does the offense next year have the possibility of being closer to matching the pitching? We have that part down, now the Tigers just need some support for them.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We have nothing coming up next year.

Maybe Scott Sizemore to replace Polanco, but the best he’ll do is hit for average with occasional power.

by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And strike out a lot

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sorry if this has been addressed

But is he related to Grady? I wondered but keep forgetting to ask.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so everyone will have to just be healthy and bounce back

At least the long offseason will give Inge’s knees a chance to get better.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I were a sports journalist

I would look into recent cash deposits from Chicago banks into Tiger player accounts

by Dale S on Oct 3, 2009 8:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I still believe they can pull this off

but even if they don’t, please remember that the Tigers were picked by most to be a bottom feeder in the worst division in baseball. so it has been a great year to watch them

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to think

People will eventually calm down and join you in that perspective.

But I just don’t know…

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 3, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Listen

I’m always going to be a huge Tigers fan. But blowing this thing is going to take a loooong offseason to get over. At least it ain’t 119 losses…

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They've met my expectations. They're on their own now.

I said they could win between 85 and 90 games and that they could contend. I didn’t promise anything more.

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

very true

One of my brothers was on vacation with friends in Vegas before the season started, and the line on the Tigers was 81 wins. He was going to bet they would get less than that because he figured it would be an easy win.

The perspective will come for most people in time, I think – just right now it really hurts, because to get so close and see the offense let down the pitching time after time after time after time, and looking around and seeing the teams that are capable of scoring a lot of runs …

It would just have been nice a FEW WEEKS in the season to have a little bit of that when it mattered. Just a little bit of offense.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So...

…if things don’t work out in a couple of days, heaven forbid, do the Tigers make some moves and jump on Kevin Towers?

Doin' work since... ever.

by CardiacCacalacki on Oct 3, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Guillen scares me every time he goes after a ball

Who taught him how to hold his glove that way?

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HA AJ

douche

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Polanco Ordonez Cabrera.

Jeebus Christ on a hamburger bun GET THIS GOING

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol at the sign :)

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

well at least magglio showed up today

whether he wants to catch the ball or not, he’s hitting

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If you look up clutch in the dictionary

The Tigers picture is not next to it

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

15 straight scoreless innings for the Tigers

In a bad way, that is actually quite remarkable.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So...what's Miguel's excuse?

He came into the game 5-for-8 against Garcia with two home runs.

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

trying to hard...

….the tigers feel the pressure. flat out.
they are not having fun

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

pressing?

This team was playing a lot better earlier in the season – as soon as people started talking about winning the division, they got tight and tense and stopped enjoying themselves.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What a joke.

This team has no business in the playoffs. I guess I’d rather not have to watch us be swept by the Yankees anyways. Good luck, Twins.

by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't care.

I’ll root for the Rockies to take it all.

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could go for the Dodgers, too.

Loons alumni Clayton Kershaw. :)

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would have disagreed before today

But now I don’t know. I hate them both.

I think I’ll just root for the Angels.

But mostly for the Rockies to win the series.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not really epic

The Twins were only seven back and I was surprised they were ever that far back. They are a decent team.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well they have led since may 10

by rodallen on Oct 3, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but never a solid lead

There was a lot of smoke and mirrors and squeaking by on excellent pitching. They rarely looked like a team that was confident and comfortable in being in front.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they have had many chances to finish the race but could never pull the trigger

if there were ANY consistent hitting the month of September would have been anti-climatic

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, awesome. mlb.tv is getting fussy

it’s a good thing ryan perry is so nice to look at, or else I’d be losing it about now.

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the wedding cake is still safe....

But one of fhe pillars behind the head table just crashed forward, wiping out a bunch of drinks.

by rook34 on Oct 3, 2009 9:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

hee hee

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ryan Perry

skirt up, balls out

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hochevar vs. Deunsing tomorrow

at the metrodome.
any predictions?

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

13-0 Minnesota

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully the Hochevar

that had 13 K’s and 0 BB’s earlier this year will show up

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but even we lit him up

I know. I was there.

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

pain?

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Insider info

Minnesota fan here (please don’t kill me!) Pavano will be going on short rest tomorrow.

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you're cool

But I hate your team.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

(Just had to be said.)

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey

No worries, man. I actually like the Tigers (it’s breaking my heart to be rooting for the white sox right now!!) and if they make it, I’ll be rooting for your guys.

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm.

I’d have thought that they’d go with Deunsing. He’s been nails.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

Gardy doesn’t want to leave it up to Duensing. I mean, the kid’s pitched out of his mind lately, but you gotta go with the veteran. Like in the first Major League movie!

Hopefully Redmond doesn’t have to leg out a bunt to win it.

Double hopefully we don’t lose Carlos Gomez and replace him with Omar Epps next season

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ouch...

I didn’t even realize it. Sorry about the kid. He’ll probably be lights out next year.

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Omar Epps?

Don’t you mean Mike Tomlin?

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm

I thought Epps replaced Snipes in the second movie…and it was just confirmed on Wikipedia!

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

are we going to get the teaser rally?

Cruel as this has been, it seems inevitable.

by rook34 on Oct 3, 2009 9:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Since SI said the Tigs should win bc everything in Detroit is so bad...

If the Tigs lose, does Detroit automatically get a fluorishing new industry, a great mayor, and sunny weather?

by Dale S on Oct 3, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THAT'S IT!

they are sacrificing for the good of the city
I can sleep now

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pathetic....nothing more, nothing less

No patience, no ability, no clue. Garcia has not thrown his off speed stuff for strikes all night…his fastball has not broken 89 mph. Any worthy team would be lighting him up like a Christmas tree. Cabby couldn’t hit a beach ball right now, Polanco looks disinterested, and the rest seem to be waiting around for Verlander Sunday. Tigers don’t deserve a play-off spot.

by Hard Truth on Oct 3, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

You just joined to tell us that?

by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

82 pitches for Garcia in the 7th inning

//sigh

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

not even making it hard on the pitchers

I’ll bet the Tigers guys are wondering why they can’t face an offense like that. Verlander would have about 14 complete games.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wasnt Garcia in our minor league system last year

Boy, sure glad we got rid of him….

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he started a few games in Sept last year

then he got hurt again

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who would pitch for the twins on tuesday?

i thought it would be pavano. but if he starting tomorrow…

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Duensing, I guess

But WE still have to win a game, first

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my brain is too broken right now to compute

did we shell duensing last time? I can’t remember

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My guess

Is that it would be Scott Baker. He’d be on full rest and he’s their best picher.

by JTW on Oct 3, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's right, I forgot about him

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well...

Since it’s on Tuesday, I think they’d probably throw Baker on short rest.

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHY IS RYAN RABURN ON THE BENCH

HE’S ONLY HITTING IN THE .280s WITH 14 HOMERUNS AND 40+ RBI

Leyland = fail
Leyland = reason we lose this division

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't give a shit what his 4 at bats did

Inge is embarrassing
Guillen hits popups

Put someone in that swings the fucking bat when he has 2 strikes

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Raburn strikes out a good amount, too

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good for him

he’s still hitting .280 with 14 homeruns and 40+ rbi

whereas Guillen is an embarrassment as a 5th place hitter…

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If our lineup tomorrow is not

Raburn
Polanco
Thames
Cabrera
Magglio
Granderson
Laird
Inge
Santiago

we will lose. sit Guillen on the bench. I’d rather have a heart attack from Raburn’s defense than know that every flyball to left at Guillen has a chance to fall in

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is likely what the lineup will be (except probably Thames and Maggs flipped)

Guillen hasn’t been starting against lefties. Everett will probably play short, though.

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maggs may be hitting .400+ in september

but he has not used the lower half of his body in any of the games I’ve watched this entire week…

our 3rd place hitter is a very slow version of Ichiro Suzuki

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have NEVER

seen so many hitters take called 3rd strikes in my entire baseball playing life…

NEVER

Since the Tigers have been playing on national tv this entire week almost, far too many called 3rd strikes. Mostly from Inge, too.

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Usually when Brandon Ks, it's swinging

So the called thirds are mystifying.

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thoughts on the Division lead ...

Does anybody like our chances if we lose tonight? Never been a pessimist but it’s hard to stay positive here.

"I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer" - Dan Quisenberry

by 3strikes on Oct 3, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i don't like our chances

because the twins will not lose the at the metrodome and they wont have to play anywhere else

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

From another pessimist...

I still like your chances…but I’m a Twins fan, and we Minnesotans are a gloomy bunch.

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least you're a nice Twins fan

but I still can’t get over 1987 so I hate your team!

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Honestly...

I don’t think there are many not-nice Twins or Tigers fans.

It’s those White Sox fans ya gotta look out for!

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I even dated a twins fan

he’s a good guy, aside from that ;)

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yikes!

I’m dating a Bears fan…I’m a Packer fan, from MN…we’re getting counselling…

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so who ya got on Monday night?

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uff-da...

Honestly, I’m not sure what I’m going to be feeling on Monday night…I became a Packer fan pretty late, partially because I got sick of watching the Vikes lose all the time (for the record, the Pack went 4-12 my first year of full fandom)

But now, Favre…I don’t know what emotions I’ll be feeling on Monday…

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha ha ha

I don’t follow football at all, really – but I’m kind of hoping that Green Bay wins just because Farve gets so much smooching from the media, and Aaron Rodgers (sp?) dealt with so much drama and just waited until his turn to play. Most football players seem like such whining babies.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Minnesotans have been scarred too many times

At least Vikings fans have. Last year’s 1 game playoff loss has to be equally as worse in terms of the distress scale.

by JTW on Oct 3, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so ...

Go Packers? ;)

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not really

JV has an excellent chance tomorrow, but are the Twins likely to lose to KC?
then it goes to a tiebreaker in the Dome without JV to pitch

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

check out my new signature to go with my new attitude

I don’t like the Tigers’ chances at all. They haven’t even been competitive.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um well...

He assembled this lineup

by ryan_matthews28 on Oct 3, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but how much of that is left over from a few years ago?

The Tigers were so horrible they had to over pay. Some of those big contract dollars are still on the payroll now.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

only one I can think of pre-'06 is Magglio's

what about Dontrelle, Robertson, Guillen, Bonderman, and Sheffield

That’s 60 mil right there for this year and near 50 mil for next year

by ryan_matthews28 on Oct 3, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what about what about what about

What about how pathetic this team was prior to acquiring any of the guys pre-06

give the guy a break, it’s not like the guys didnt deserve the contracts they got (except Willis)

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As well as being completely aware that Washburn was having knee problems before he made the trade

by ryan_matthews28 on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

really?

you’re going there… really?

the same Washburn that the Yankees were trying to acquire?

really?

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do not agree

Dombrowski traded for a good pitcher and a good hitter when he needed to. I thought they were great trades. No one could have predicted thier collapse

"I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer" - Dan Quisenberry

by 3strikes on Oct 3, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to put this at the feet of the line up

DD realized that the porous defense cost them so much last year that he fixed it, and the pitchers have done their jobs
the batters have not been able to consistently hit and so they pitching efforts are often wasted

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bases loaded for Beckham

what could possibly go wrong?

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Beside everything?

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and failing at that

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I must say

Justin Verlander has a chance to cement his Detroit legacy tomorrow.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

if twins lose... i don't want a one game playoff

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi

by VTramsFan on Oct 3, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not the last two days

"I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer" - Dan Quisenberry

by 3strikes on Oct 3, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

HERE IS SOME OPTIMISM

If Porcello wins on Tuesday, then he should win rookie of the year

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

totally

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brandon

you are about to make me bust out the lion riding horse pic, my friend

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dear Chicago White Sox:

You have been eliminated from the playoffs, please stop trying to win.

Sincerely, Detroit Tigers fans.

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice play

now sit down for a pinch hitter?

by drew3434 on Oct 3, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Been on a Dylan kick this week, so....I've got some that are fitting...

Because something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jim?

"Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible."

by Zappatista on Oct 3, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The times they are a-changin'

i.e. let’s pound this fat Garcia fuck

by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hee hee

apparently I have reached the giggle-at-silly-insults point of drinking

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like that one too!

"Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible."

by Zappatista on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How 'bout some Dylan Thomas?

“Do not go gentle into that good night”

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Am I the only one who can't find it in my heart to blame Jim?

2006 earned him an impermeable blame shield from me.

by Dale S on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

same here

i would have like to see avila play more.
and inge get more days off.
but other than that it is not his fault.
maybe McLendon?

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the next time I see Nick Tutorro in real life

I’m going to punch him in his annoying face

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Watching the last 2 games

is like watching Nick Punto get walked over and over again. Torture

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

^^COTN

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the United Nations would rule a video like that as torture for sure

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OPIE! 1 man rally

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Adam Everett...

Still trying to ruin the Twins season even after we let him go…

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

And good god did he stink it up in the dome.

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I just never understood why we gave him a job. Most teams have at least 2-3 players in the minors who can do what Everett does and they’ll get better with experience!

"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver

by Daniel Louden on Oct 3, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

opie!

I just got here! And Opie doubles!! RALLY FULL MOON!!

by TigerFanInCleveland on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

pulling for the tigers

im a dodger fan and i dont want to see these other teams from outta nowhere aka (twins, and rockies) take our spots for the postseason….

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

then

can we borrow Manny or Kemp or Eithier or …

by drew3434 on Oct 3, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

u can borrow manny

he hasnt done crap for us lately

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 3, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how is Clayton Kershaw?

I watched him with a local minor league team in 2007, so the Dodgers are my NL team. :)

I know Kershaw was hurt earlier, but I thought he came out of the bullpen in a game a little bit ago.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

woohoo!

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

kershaw pitches tonight

last game he pitched 4 innings allowing 2 runs which is decent i guess
we need him to be solid tonight

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 3, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will wear my lucky Great Lakes Loons cap

In the attempt to bring good luck for a Loons alum. Good luck!

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 3, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

omg

figures they dont score on that play hahaa

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's pulling Garcia?

With his dominating numbers against Polanco?

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice nice nice nice

need more need more need more need more

by TigerFanInCleveland on Oct 3, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

alright I have to leave for a while.

let’s hope this completes the rally

by murrajo on Oct 3, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

good night to wear the mascot costume

Comfy warm.

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

5 assed rally monkey!

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!

by rwum14 on Oct 3, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

POLYYY!!!

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

three run homer right here

followed by a solo shot form miguel

by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Burn Pena Burn

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That was not a strike

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crap

Maggs couldn’t hit it any harder

http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

//heavy sigh

Stop kidding yourself, fool. The glass is half empty.

by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

poop

http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com

by rock n rye on Oct 3, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's Dombrowski's fault that just happened

without Dombrowski trading for Cabrera, Sean Casey wouldn’t have been batting cleanup in that position… Craig Monroe would’ve just struck out and left 2 runners on with 2 out

by Boney on Oct 3, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

maybe if we had more than 3 effective starters (lets just say under a 4.75 ERA) this season and some better hitting we’d be up enough games right now where this would mean nothing

by ryan_matthews28 on Oct 3, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ugh

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 3, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What did they do to make the gods so mad at them?

"I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer" - Dan Quisenberry

by 3strikes on Oct 3, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

geez

this has got to be the worst game cabby’s ever had?

by okie for michigan on Oct 3, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

first pitch madness

maggs had a good at bat even though he lined out. WHEN is Miggy going to learn not to go with his gut and do crap like that. he’s still thinking like he did at 22.

by TigerFanInCleveland on Oct 3, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Completely agree

What the fuck was he thinking there?

by VATigersFan on Oct 3, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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