Tigers Lose With Valor in 12th Inning, 6-5
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 6, 2009 10:05 PM EDT
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PrintIt was a five-hour thrill ride. 12 innings of emotion. And there is so much to process from this game.
There were heroes and goats. Fielding excellence and defensive incompetence. Clutch hitting, and failure to produce when it counted. There was plenty of redemption. And several players went above and beyond what they're normally called upon to do.
The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins played what has to be defined as a classic, in a last battle for the AL Central title. And while Tiger Town is surely disappointed with the final score, take pride that your baseball team fought to the very end.
Tigers lose, 6-5, in 12 innings, and thus cede the AL Central to the Twins in a heartbreaker.
There will be a recap at some point, but for now, thank you to each and every reader who devoted their night to spending their time with this community. And not just tonight, of course, but throughout the entire season. Regardless of the outcome, this was truly an amazing night, and you deserve applause for enduring it together.
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thats what the cubs say
you guys know better than that
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD YES!
www.reverbnation.com/czheckproductions
much love to you all
great ride, sad it ends before the playoffs….looking forward to next year….especially the meetup….
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Oh well...I have one last picture that I didn't use, even if appropriate.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
I think it works
It was a hell of a ride, and it wouldn’t have been the same without everyone here. The ending sucked big time – but most of it was fantastic.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Anyone else have a song stuck in their head?
I always get one stuck in my head in sad situations like this… Either a really sad song, hollow song, or somewhat uplifting song…
Tonight’s is Inside Us All – Creed.
If you haven’t heard it, you might want to listen to it, it might perk you up… Well or make you cry I guess too, but it will make you feel better.
I'm have Teardrop by Massive Attack in my head...
but the Newton Faulkner version is more or less the one I’m thinking of.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
Creed?
That’s terrible.
I have “Why Don’t We Talk About Something Else” by Detroit garage-rockers Outrageous Cherry in mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hok-14XS3s
(skip forward to the 0:50 mark, you’ll thank me for it)
by frisbeepilot on Oct 6, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Meh, it's not terrible...
It’s actually a good song… by the way, I hate all of Creed’s singles just so you know…
Creed is an awesome band...
most of todays bands play a style of music that Creed made popular. Like em’ or not they are a huge part of music history. Plus Mark Tremonti is an amazing guitarist.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
I do like Creed, I just hate Scott Stapp
And their songs off their CD that are not Singles are SO much better…
Plus I like Alter Bridge more…
No.
We are not the collapse spectacularly in the last month Mets. We are the team that saw the second place heel-nippers become white hot and take it to game 163, extra innings.
We are not the ’07 Mets.
2100 Woodward and Twitter
by john.kmiecik on Oct 6, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
the title of this thread
made me feel better … good year((fuck that extremely entertianing year) … but why did miner come out for the 7th?! …by the by I am rooting for the Twins … central division solidarity unless its the white sux!!
As long as the Twins do not win the series...
I do not give one tenth of one damn who wins. Baseball is over for me for a long, long time.
Hate 'em.
with a stupid dome, stupid turf, and a stupid dome. It bears repeating.
Welcome to the great outdoors next year, you bastards.
Yes, I am bitter.
Marsh was awful tonight
we hated him over at TT also
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Oct 6, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely
+1 on that brother.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m pulling to the Yankees.
Also, I am fairly confident this will be the last playoff run for the Twins for quite some time. Sure, all of their key players are back next year, but this is a team that played way over their heads, and most importantly, will not have the ridiculous homefield advantage next year. Next season players like Punto and Tolbert will be nearly worthless without the ability to slap a ball into the turf.
A lifelong Tigers fan
I kinda feel this way too.
I’m tired of the AL Central being the doormat. I hope the Twins sweep the Yankees.
I hope they beat the yankee's too...
despite how much I hate our division rivals, the yankees deserve nothing good…ever.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
Porcello looks exhausted.
Poor kid gave everything he had.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
You know, I like the beard
I kinda hope he keeps it.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
We got hosed by pinch-runners
Both here and back in Detroit.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I suppose I should clarify
Pinch-runners who come in, don’t score, but later on make dazzling defensive plays and get big hits.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
My bottom line
tonight sucked hard. It will hurt for a while
But I’ll take this loss 10 times out of 10 over losses of August and September of 2008
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com
by rock n rye on Oct 6, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
rec'd this
If a loss hurts this much, it means the season meant something.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I know it's only sports
but damn, when you devote every day for six months into following a team…shit like this is a huge buzzkill
I'm sure there will be multiple threads on this....
but Polly, Rodney, and Lyon may all be gone, and probably Thamesy too.
Yeah, 2010 will be a different look
but the pitching will be there – JV, Porcello, E-Jack, Theoretically Healthy Bonderobertson, etc.
I'm skipping my 9:00
And work
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
One thing that eternally sucks...
from now on, we get to hear about this team in the “Biggest Chokes Ever” lists that they always do in September. Blargh.
Rook is right
The Tigers played their game and the Twins played better.
Imagine if you’re a Twins fan and you lose 2 sudden death games in a row?
and maybe september
wasbt either … the Twins had no buisness playing that well 17 of 21!? probably wouldnt happen if the seasn was played out another 100 times
Yeah, I really don’t think people will classify this as a “choke.”
People will remember this tiebreaker.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 6, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that if the Tigers were blown out and outclassed
It would be remembered as a choke, because it would blend together with all the earlier games. The way this game went, it stands alone as a tremendous game, and how each team got to the position of being tied is far less important.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
It might be too soon...
But, I just wanted to come over from the Twins board and say nice season. Obviously, we know how much it stinks to lose a one game playoff and I can only imagine it hurt worse to lose it in extra innings.
I know it sounds cheap after that win, but I (and a lot of my fellow twins fans) have a lot of respect for the Tigers and Detroit.
It’s going to hurt for awhile, but you guys have a helluva ballclub. See you guys next year.
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day." - Earl Weaver
I hate the Twins...
Nothing against you or anything, I just don’t like anything Minnesota… Except for the Timberwolves, I never minds them…
Yeah
You’ve been a good sport. After all, it is only baseball. Good luck and all of that. I think the Yankees can be viewed as a common enemy. And again, you’ve been cordial and I think a lot of us appreciate that. Even though I really freaking hate the Twins right now.
Thanks for not being a troll.
It was civil and good conversation. Good luck.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I'm not as depressed as I thought I would be if they lost
the game was not a blow out (I was afraid it would be). Instead it was very hard fought with interesting plays and calls. It was epic baseball!
yeah
i’ll take a nailbiter loss over receiving a 8-0 buttkicking any day
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com
well, in the tradition of the hockey handshake
I’m going to wander over to the Twins blog and wish them luck. It won’t do them a damn bit of good, probably, but it was a heck of a game and both teams played their hearts out.
then I’m going to cry myself to sleep. G’night, all.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Thanks for an amazing game
I don’t think we could ask for a more exciting final game of the season. I just wanted to say you guys are great rivals. If I could make it like 2006 and get both of our teams into the postseason I would. Thanks for making me feel welcome here during the playoff race.
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Oct 6, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
thanks for being civil
There is nothing as irritating as seeing a bunch of comments like “you suxors!!!111 My team RULz!!1111” with all the intelligence of a retarded gibbon on the keyboard.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
yea
Stupid Penguins trolls were the worst last year. :(
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
God
I hate the Penguins- more than I ever hated the Wings.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
their trolls were horrible
It was an exhausting days-long fight to get them to go away and celebrate their Cup win. Unbelievable.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
And they JUST....KEPT....COMING
All summer long just to rub our noses in it. And like was said so often at A2Y…it’s like they had to keep coming to defend themselves.
zombie penguin trolls
And of course, they never bothered reading what the commenters had been typing for days before hand so it was like constantly explaining the same concept over and over and over to a senile goldfish. Ugh.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Not to mention his knees
And I do hope they overlook the batting average and give him the Gold Glove he deserves.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
and his first half has to make you wonder
if he is healthy all year whether or not he could not contribute positvely ALL year in ’10 on that side coupled with his amazing defense …. he saved the season for a few more innings tonight on the play in the (whatever) inning …
Ugh...
I really have NOTHING to look forward to now…
I just realized this… Absolutely nothing.
Hopefully the Lions turn it around and have an amazing season :D
okay, I couldn't stay away.
I don’t get FSD here, but I am watching MLB Network.
by TigerFanInCleveland on Oct 6, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
This isn't a shameless plug for myself...
but this song I wrote is also befitting my mood.
http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSgZFW2ZmE
I need relaxing music at this point to console myself.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
my newest one is "A Minor Transgression"
just added it today. They are all free to download as well.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
thanks...
music is my sanity. I just make it and hope people like it as much as I do.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
my most popular song seems to be Classically Reserved...
just to let you know.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
my interest is gone.....
I’m already sick, so I can be depressed and sick all day and it won’t be out of character… Hopefully everyone that called me during the game will understand that I’m crushed right now and leave me alone…
ugg it’s just hard being a loyal fan of the Chiefs, Tigers, Sabres, and Syracuse… not too much success there recently…
I have to say this was a great season
even if it ended crappy. Look back at the season previews and all the “experts” picked Detroit for fourth place at best.
Yeah it was a great ride at the end. The kids learned a few new words which I’m going to have to encourage them to NOT bring to school with them.
And now off to my obsession when I’m not obsessing over the Tigers…the Red Wings and all the ulcers they’ll provide me with until next spring.
Later bitches. (meant in the figurative fraternal sense of course so as not to offend any of our softer skinned crowd)
We should have won in 06.
I literally cannot move from my couch. I think there’s something really wrong with me.
Yeah
From the moment Wainwright struck out Inge I thought to myself – “they may never get this close again. Squander.”
Was Inge the tying run?
Can’t remember
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
There are only two moments since 2006 in which I willingly turned off the TV, not being able to watch
That was one of them. I’ve never seen the footage of Inge striking out.
(For the record, the other was that 2008 Labor Day game against the Yankees. It was right after Pudge got traded, and the emotions were still a little raw at that point).
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I was watching with my girlfriend, now my wife.
She looked at me like she was worried about me that night. She’s giving me the same look right now.
Honestly, I can't get up.
I can put my tickets for Game 4 of the DS right next to my World Series Game 6 tickets.
yup
How many players get one chance and never get another?
And yet, they were close to making the playoffs again. Not a bad turnaround from 2003.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Its the anger speaking
but I am so glad I wasted about 150+ days planning days, nights, and losing hours of sleep around this epic fail….
I never would feel like I wasted them
Like you, I’m just sad to have had it end so abruptly. Hell, I probably would’ve found a way to have enjoyed the ‘03 season to some degree. I enjoyed last season, but I enjoyed this season more. And part of it was because of the fact that the Tigers did what no “expert” thought they would do, but part of it was you guys. I’m glad I found you, and I’m glad you guys accepted me into your group. I’ll definitely hang around and comment on Ian’s off-season posts, but it won’t be the same as the wackiness that goes on in Game Threads.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to mention
fights with my wife over the time spent watching the Tigers, turning down nights out with my friends, to watch the Tigers, making my family mad at dinner because I’m watching the Tigers….
Oh jeese...
I guess I have to avoid all sports and news sites as well as ESPN and local channels for a couple of days.
I don’t want to keep seeing this news.
I avoided it all day today to avoid the Favre-smooching
So just need to extend that a bit until they get distracted by the next shiny thing.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
So...just out of curiosity...
Who WILL be watching the postseason?
I probably will, but I may stay away from Yankees-Twins (the first game of that series should be easy enough, it’s at 6:00 and I’m at work then). I’ll watch the other three series and root for the Dodgers (and the Yankees…sorry, but I made a promise to someone).
I probably won't...
I have lots of trouble watching other teams. I just don’t get as engaged. I’m just gonna wait for basketball.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
I dont really
like any of the postseason teams except for the Twins … they have an organization with a low payroll but smart managment … thats who I like to root for … there really isnt any other team like that …
Don't the Rockies have a fairly low payroll?
And they’re the HUGE underdogs… a much bigger deficit to come back and make the playoffs for them than the Twins.
maybe the NL
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
I certainly won’t watch any of the games for a while – after that, it will depend on how the series work out and if there is a team advancing that attracts my interest.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I've gotten so used to NOT seeing the Tigers in the postseason thats it's old hat to me now
I’ll pick a team and go from there.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll skip out on LDS
Might tune in accidentally for the LCS, will probably watch the WS if it gets interesting.
Hockey season just started.
2100 Woodward and Twitter
by john.kmiecik on Oct 7, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
New 3rd baseman
For god sakes, get rid of Inge. One hell of a 3rd baseman, to bad he can’t hit worth ….
What a load of horseshit
Where the hell were you for the first half of the season, when he hit .270 with 20 bombs? Or the second half of the season, where he played through God knows how much pain in order to try to keep this team in the race because we had no other options at third base?
Look, I’m far from an Inge apologist, but if you want to blame Brandon Inge for what happened today, you’re a fucking idiot.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Whew
Sorry about the bile… little stressed right now.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
No, there's no need to apologize
Just another dipwad looking for a simple, one-person excuse. Remember, the entire team was brought down by ONE PERSON.
2100 Woodward and Twitter
by john.kmiecik on Oct 6, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh and he has all of THREE comments
And it spells T-R-O-L-L.
2100 Woodward and Twitter
by john.kmiecik on Oct 6, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I am an Inge apologist.
I will admit he wasn’t great in the second half but damn it, he helped get us in the lead and stay there for who knows how long. His knees are shredded and today he did as much as anyone could to try and get a win.
Inge left everything he had out on that diamond.
Agreed...
Let’s just upgrade at other positions… I think 3B is fine…
If he’s healthy he should hit around .260-.270 the whole season next year, which is fine with me if he hits 30 hrs.
Like C
Or LF or DH or SP slots 4 and 5.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
C it’s hard to say. Laird obviously has offensive struggles but his defense has been top notch. I think keep him around, start to see if you can edge Avila into two (or so) starts per week and see how it goes.
LF I think we’re fine if we could just set Carlos Guillen adrift somehow and get Raburn some kind of repetition, regular playing time seems to benefit him.
DH please god. Everyone loves Marcus Thames, but it’s time to move on. Aubrey Huff? Well, at least we gave up jack crap for him.
2100 Woodward and Twitter
by john.kmiecik on Oct 7, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Here's an idea
Wait until AFTER he gets his knees taken care of and see if he can repeat the first half of his season but extend it if he is healthy before you start throwing out a guy who can play defense like that and plays with that much heart.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Hell of a game, guys
I really thought you had the game won about three times. If you had one, I’d certainly be rooting for you guiys to kick the shit out of the Yankees.
Oh, and thanks for not trolling. No way that would happen in a football game of this magnitude.
Thanks Ian - It was a helluva ride
Ian -
Thanks for hosting one of the best Blogs out there, finding it made a great season even more fun.. I said it a couple of days ago that this reminded me of 67 and unfortunately the result was the same……but remember what happened the next year! I am as disappointed as any Tiger Fan but it was a terrific season with lots and lots of highs. ANY of us would have been thrilled if we knew in April where we would be today. Start the hot stove I’m ready to make the trades and signings that will allow us to clinch in September next year.
Jim
Dewitt Michigan
I'll be here all off-season
I guess I can get a month early start on my off-season player posts.
2100 Woodward and Twitter
I'll still keep an eye here during the offseason...
I’ve spent to much time here to just up and leave now.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
same here
I need a few days to recover, but I’d miss everybody.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I'll probably be around tomorrow.
I heal quick. When I got my gall bladder removed I was doing normal activities in a couple of days. When I got my wisdom teeth out I was eating and drinking whatever I wanted the next day. When I got my toe operated on I was walking around that night. When I cut my finger wide open on the deli slicer I was cutting meat again after an hour.
I imagine my heart will heal just as quickly as well.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
hey there folks
i watched as much of the game as i could before work, listened to it on the radio during work, and watched the finale of it in our little cafe. the tigers played their hearts out.
i was angry at raburn for his uber botch (should have played that hit as a single instead of diving and letting it get past him). but he redeemed himself with the throw to gun down the runner at homer later in the inning. i was also angry at randy marsh all night. his strike zone was terrible (for both sides, at least it was even) and his miss of inge getting hit might have lost the tigers some serious momentum in the last inning.
you all are pretty awesome here at this blog. it’s a place i can come and express my love of a team and a sport and people actually understand, and embrace, how i feel. thank all of you for being a great group to watch games with.
ps…the girlfriend is a keeper. she sat and watched the game with me after work even though she should have gone home and done homework
I Like Pie
will do
she was always amazed when i said i had to watch the game with you folks because most of my friends aren’t into sports.
I Like Pie
Magglio
Man, that game tying home run was awesome as was Inge’s lead taking hit and his defensive save.
I loved this group of players overall.
He's an emotional SOB.
His decisions baffle me to the point of irrational anger at times but I genuinely like him.
he frustrated me so much tonight
IMO if the players want him still, keep him…
Even now I still want to type “take out Zach Miner…PH for Laird…Don Kelly???”
he knows he could've done better...
but we forget the fact that he took a team that missed Carlos for most of the season, had a ill hitting magglio for most of the season, a slumping Curtis Granderson for the whole season, a pitching rotation with only 3 really good pitchers, and managed to make a winning ball club out of all of that.
In all honesty I think Jim Leyland did an excellent job this season with what he had. He had next to no offense this season but still managed to have this team lead the division up to this point. To me that is very respectable and I will challenge anybody who says to fire him after this effort this season.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
he managed to put the right players in every night for a long time...
he may have failed near the end but it doesn’t deserve his job.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
He did the best he could with what he had
With that offense, I doubt anyone else could have kept a team in first for as long as the Tigers were.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
The injuries.
This Tiger team was nowhere near healthy for any part of the season. I love Leyland, despite his weird proclivities.
Yeah, look at all the key pieces who were either lost or significanly affected by injuries for part or most of the year:
Zumaya, Inge, Bonderman, Galarraga, Thames, Guillen, Robertson, and even Washburn (though he kinda came to us already bearing the injury).
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
very tough loss
twins just happened to be on the winning side today
really it coulda gone either way…..sigh
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
Watching the highlights (on mute)
Geez, the Twins scored the tying run and the winning run on two of the weakest ground ball singles you could imagine. THAT’S frustrating.
Unfortunately, the damn thing lives to see at least one more game
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not saying that the Twins have been cheating...
but we’ll definitely see how much of advantage the Dome has given them next season.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
watching the office
haven’t managed to change the channel since the game ended
one good thing, no highlights….but I haven’t managed to laugh yet, and this show usually cracks me up
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Had to work tonight...
so I wasn’t even able to watch the whole thing. However, if there is any consolation right now, Rick Porcello was a man possessed tonight. He is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the very near future…..
that he will
He was focused and determined, and with that talent he will be an amazing pitcher.
I’m glad he’s a Tiger.
(I’m also glad I got a chance to change out of my damp clothes.) :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Okay guys... Going to bed... I'm done...
It will be REALLY depressing tomorrow when the loss really sinks in.
One thing I will say
I only got to watch a little bit of this game, but it was clear to me that all our guys battled their asses off. It was a hard fought game to the end, and you couldn’t ask anything more of any of our guys. Miguel Cabrera came up big, as did Inge, as did Magglio. We didn’t lay down and die. The only thing that sucks is the score.
Oh...and I forgot to praise Rick Porcello, Fu Te Ni, and Brandon Lyon as well for their fine work.
Hopefully, all three of these guys will play a big (positive) role in 2010.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
and Rodney?
he gave up the winner but agin weak ground balls and he was at 45 pitches … but I dont really ant the Tigers to bring him back …
Yeah, forgot him, too
As I said, the game-tying and game-winning singles were not hit hard at all, and he didn’t exactly get help from his friends to start that 10th inning (got some help later, though). He held nothing back, I’ll give him that.
It would be weird to see him in anything other than a Tigers’ uniform. But I wouldn’t mind seeing Lyon inherit the closer’s job next year.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
I love these guys even more than the 2006 team … I cant stress how how much Lyon and Rodney are part of my Detroit Tigers memory but the team has used a lot of high draft picks over the last few years on relievers and they should give them a shot instead of giving out contracts to Rodney and Lyon that may hurt them in 2011 and even 2012. The same goes for Polly even though I’d hate to see him go.
I'd like to give Perry one more year of seasoning before slotting him in as a the closer.
Also, Lyon and Seay together can be the backbone needed to give some cushion to those youngsters.
Reference my earlier post...
Tigers + bad calls + Tigers toy bat + stuff on the table in front of me =
Do you live in the Toledo area?
Or is Gino’s Pizza a wider chain than I thought it was?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, I live just east of Toledo, in Oregon
But I usually just say Toledo when I’m on here cuz otherwise I confuse people.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here
I haven’t really said anything on this thread because I’m just too sad and upset to think of anything good to say.
by kendra.michelle on Oct 6, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I know
Sometimes it’s just cathartic to read all the comments and know that we aren’t alone.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I wish we could all collectively hug it out
I feel like everyone needs it right now. haha.
by kendra.michelle on Oct 6, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I do.
Actually I could use a stiff drink right now. But I despise alcohol so I won’t.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
doctors advise against it
Too easy to transmit flu. This is more hygenic.
Goodnight everyone. Talk to you sometime later – and have a good offseason.
Go Tigers! //sniff
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
One thing's for sure
We make a damn good support group.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
banding together throught the good, the bad, and the squandery
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
All for one and one for all!
Good God, I just turned us into the Three Musketeers.
That’s okay. I like fencing. Hence my screenname.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
we need a picture for this
Tigers with cavalier hats. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I could do it if I had a picture of three Tigers standing together
The only one I have is of Maggs, Verlander, and Pudge, so that’s a little out of date. Is there a Cabrera/Verlander/Inge picture somewhere?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Rec'd
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Oct 6, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Same with me
It’s mostly just sad. I’ve seen this many times with the Olympics where you have it within your grasp and at the last second it gets snatched away.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 6, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Bummer of an ending
But it was nice finding a place to talk during games with other knowledgeable Tigers fans. Thanks for the great stretch and that was one hell of a game.
This season was awesome thanks to BYB.com and the Tigers fans that post on here.
That’s what made these games so much fun – sharing the fandom. Conversely it also makes this loss sting more but at least I know there are others who share my Tigers love illness.
I can't tell if I still have adrenaline pumping from the game...
of the caffeine from to much pop. But I’m kinda shaky right now still.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
I still haven't left the couch.
Guess I’ll have to eventually. Thanks to everyone for listening throughout the season-eventually I’ll be able to summarize, but right now I am just very, very sad.
Well, I said congrats to the Twins fans
They were very nice. It would be even easier to hate them if their fans acted like douchebags instead.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Oh, I still hate the Twins
their fans, well they’re fine by me. But the team is worse than cancer. And by the team, I mean the uniforms, not the guys who wear them.
To all of you at BYB:
Here’s a little quote from Lord of the Rings that I think sums up a lot of people’s feelings:
I’m glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things.
You know what?
Now that I’ve had time to decompress a bit….this was one of the best baseball games I’ve watched in a long time. Too bad the wrong team won. I’m drunk, my throat is sore from the yelling, and I’m epicly sad but it kind of gives me that “this is why I love sports (specifically the DT)” feeling. I don’t know if that makes sense, but whatever
If my sister has that place in Arlington I may fly down and watch the Tigers.
And wonder how much dust is around.
It hasn't quite sunk in that I'm not going to see these guys again for 5 months
After seeing them nearly every day since April, I’ll going to miss them terribly. And some I will never see again, I’m sure. Here’s hoping that Inge, Bonderman, and Galarraga get 100% healthy and ready to kick ass next year, that Magglio can keep the momentum he started to build in September, that Granderson and Laird do the necessary work to get themselves more consistent at the plate, that Miggy stays out of trouble, and that Justin Verlander remains his awesome self.
and
Bonderman was one “bad son of a bitch” at one time … maybe as heathly he is a sneaky FA signing that the Tigers won’t have to make … I agree I am looking foward to what all three of these guys will do when healthy next year … plus the core of Cabreara, Granderson, Jv, E-Jax and Procello makes them competitive any year in my book …
Hey fond memory
remember Bondo’s Game 4 in the ALDS? That was some serious dealing. Wow, I guess I’ve resorted to remembering past triumphs to make myself feel better….
