Game 19: Yankees at Tigers
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 27, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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PrintNew York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, Apr 27, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
CC Sabathia (1-1, 4.81) vs. 
Justin Verlander (0-2, 9.00) , 7:05 p.m. EST
After a 5-4 road trip, the Detroit Tigers return home (and, thankfully for most of us, to the Eastern time zone) as a first-place team. For only their sixth home game of this young season, the Tigers welcome the vaunted New York Yankees to Comerica Park. (It's okay, Peter Abraham. You won't get mugged.) And the Yanks might be smarting a bit after getting swept over the weekend in Boston.
CC Sabathia was roughed up by the A's in his previous start, giving up six earned runs (and four walks) in 6.1 innings. Mr. Baggy Pants only faced Detroit once before getting traded to the National League in July, and the Tigers hung nine runs on him in just four innings. For his career, Sabathia is 13-9 with a 4.70 ERA in 26 starts versus the Tigers.
Justin Verlander doesn't have much to brag about from his last start, either. Though his stuff seems to be back, any thoughts that it was coming together for him went out the window against the Angels. Verlander gave up seven runs and nine hits in five innings, and looked traumatized in the dugout afterwards. Maybe returning to his home park will help settle him down, though the Yankees probably won't do him any favors. In his lone start against the Bronx Bombers, Verlander was bombed for eight runs (five earned) in just 1.2 innings.
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Mr. Abraham can.....
in the immortal words of one Frank Zappa, “Ram it, ram it, ram it….ram it up his poop shoot.”
I’m not from Detroit, nor Michigan, but he can stay in NY and get the flu……
not since the firebird
though I never really wanted one of those either.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
wait
this game isn’t in HD either? I can understand the road games, but home games when no other detroit team is playing? no excuse, FSN
lineups
EVIL EMPIRE
D. Jeter SS
J. Damon LF
M. Teixeira 1B
H. Matsui DH
R. Cano 2B
N. Swisher RF
M. Cabrera CF
J. Molina C
R. Pena 3B
P: CC Sabathia
TIGERS
C. Granderson CF
P. Polanco 2B
M. Ordonez RF
M. Cabrera 1B
C. Guillen DH
G. Laird C
B. Inge 3B
R. Raburn LF
A. Everett SS
P: Justin Verlander
Full disclosure: Yankees Fan here
A couple of us over at PA were wondering whats up with Verlander the past year or so. A lot of us felt he was gonna be the next Smotlz or something.
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"-Daniel Plainview
by yankee come lately on Apr 27, 2009 7:06 PM EDT reply actions
a lot of us Tigers fans are too
Last year, his fast ball was off. He just never seemed to get untracked. This year, his stuff has been good but he’s had innings unravel on him. 12 up, 12 down against Seattle, before he imploded in the fifth.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
looked good that inning
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"-Daniel Plainview
by yankee come lately on Apr 27, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
expect that
he’ll look great. the only question is if he looks great the whole game or not. and that, I don’t think anyone has the answer for.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
anytime I see Damon getting ready to throw
i start giggling uncontrollably
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com/
in Detroit
apparently like 70 or 75.
way up north, colder than a witch’s … so quite comfortable by our standards.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe not that straight
but I’ll take it.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Raburn take 75 south...
why not give Wilkin Ramirez some big league at-bats and see what he can do? Do they just want him playing everyday?
probably that
and he’s not exactly beating up the international league right now either, like Raburn did.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you checked justin.tv?
In the meantime, MLB.com’s gameday is awesome if you haven’t seen it
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_04_27_nyamlb_detmlb_1&mode=gameday
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 27, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I love MLB’s gameday, but up until recently the “in-game” video was free. Now you need an account to see it.
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 27, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Mack...
Just wanted to let you know that the Champaign Cars were great yesterday in their warm up for The Greatest Spectacle in Racing….the Indianapolis 500!
here's what I don't get
Indy cars are undoubtedly awesome. But why is their biggest event one where they just turn left repeatedly?
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm rolling right now!
You must be a closet Champ Car left over! I am not sure I can answer that except to direct you to the history that is IMS. It isn’t what it used to be back in the 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s (well before my time) when you could build your own car and show up. Also, the big attraction used to be hearing Tom Carnegie say “It’s a neeeeew track record!” They don’t allow that to happen anymore, you know…for the sake of lives. If you have never been, I would highly recommend it. It is pure awesomeness.
Granted, I like street/road courses too….
I like road racing, and rally cars
I’m not so much for anything that goes around an oval, except bristol is kinda cool. American Le Mans, when it’s on TV, is pretty cool.
I do like rally cars. Now those are real cars. You show me something that can race in the snow and mud, that’s exciting. And the little XGames style event is awsome, too.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked Swish
and then he went and played for the two most evil teams in baseball…
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
The Tigers
HAVE to have the hardest throwing pitching staff in the majors right? With Verlander, Jackson, Perry, Zumaya, Rodney, etc
Verlander
Seems like he is finally pitching the way we had hoped he would this season. That strikeout to runs given up ratio is still puzzling,
Verlander
That may be the best inning I’ve seen out of him in a couple of years. To bear down like that with two on and no one out.
That’s been what he’s been unable to do in his last starts.
Good Point
Hopefully, we can look back at that inning as something that totally got him over the hump.
repost: I like road and rally racing
Since it’s getting scrolled way up there:
I’m not so much for anything that goes around an oval, except bristol is kinda cool. American Le Mans, when it’s on TV, is pretty cool.
I do like rally cars. Now those are real cars. You show me something that can race in the snow and mud, that’s exciting. And the little XGames style event is awsome, too.
I don’t mind rally racing, but if you grew up in Indiana, INDY is/was it. Like I said, if you have never been it would be well worth it. We actually camp from Friday until after the race at a school across the street. This will be my 12 year in a row. It is just something that gets ya when you’ve experienced it.
Rod and Mario
were discussing FB and the Tweet. Rod was asking if Mario Twittered, yada yada….
I just had nightmares of general silliness breaking loose daily.
regretting benching him in fantasy :(
First Greinke the other night and now him… I should win worst manager of the week.
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I was talking about my main league I'm in with some friends...
I haven’t been following BYB intently considering I forgot about the draft…major derp
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ha, so did I
and I’m in second. luck of the draw.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not proud that I mailed it in after missing the draft
my team wasn’t that bad… I’ll start paying more attention
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in my keeper league
I started both CC and Verlander. I figured either it could go really good or really bad
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
JV dealin’ some tonight, huh?
wasn’t sure there was a game tonight….not that with all I have to get done in the next three days, I need another distraction…
I think he was just following the signs
He left a little early and CC threw to first, then they got him at 2nd
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 27, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
JV is sitting in the free agent pool in my paid FBB league
I’m thinking of dumping Clayton Kershaw or Matt Garza for him..
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 27, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Pen
Long as the pen doesn’t mean B.Lyon we’ll be fine
He went for around 2 innings yesterday
So hopefully he’s not available today
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 27, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
...
Hopefully that means he’s burnt until June
Sadly I feel like I’m just waiting for the Rodney melt down…just can’t accept him yet as a closer for some reason
by SkylineSeats on Apr 27, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
he looks like a new pitcher to me
but everyone blows saves, so it will happen. it’s how he responds to the first blown save that we’ll learn a bit.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
that HR yesterday didn’t help his case, despite the perfect save percentage
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 27, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly…though the change-up has looked mighty fine at times
by SkylineSeats on Apr 27, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
great line by Rod
CC Sabathia “not having the athletic ability that most pitchers have”
That means he’s fat.
Mack Ave
Hey Kurt, used to love your blog at the mining journal.
wow, thanks
It felt like nobody was reading it, then we turned off the comments on the web site, and it REALLY felt like nobody was reading it. Eventually I just let it die. Thanks for reading though!
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
ha, yeah, the website needs to get into the digital age.
by SkylineSeats on Apr 27, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
it's kind of an MLive deal
Corporate built one style of web site for the entire company and it’s awful, but nothing that could be done. Blogging on it was awful. Everyone at the MJ hates it.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
tigers_fg tweet
4-0, 94 % to Win, Bot 6, 1 Outs, _, Magglio Ordonez home run off pitcher CC Sabathia.
Grandy
When Granderson gets moving and starts to lean and swing that arm, I know he is about to score with some ladies tonight.
'Ya got me
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
haha
Thanks and MitdaKayo announced it to me on twitter haha
by Detroit4lyfe on Apr 27, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
My MLB.com feed
is about two minutes behind real time. I’m glad you guys let me know when to pay attention.
I think so
nothing says he’s running out of gas.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Good point
He’s still pitching well, why spoil it?
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 27, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
real close
wish he’d have bunted a bit softer.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, yes he did
and it was effing close.
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 27, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Laird
I think he is a great addition to this team.
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 27, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
he was my vote in the tigerscrush poll
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugly? Oh,no. Looks good in the tools!
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
that falls under the technicality
of was that two years ago, or do we count it as 3 now?
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Magglio
is getting a ton of action in Right tonight. Good to see that hair floppin again. (oh god, I sound like Rod now)
Good evening, all
I’ve actually been watching for the past hour, but was afraid to enter the GameThread while things were going so well.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 27, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
best thing about playing the yankees
we’ll actually get on baseball tonight and sports center before the final 10 minutes
Sure
I can see the teaser now “Yanks lose fourth in a row!”
by pfuhrmeister on Apr 27, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Last time Rodney pitched in a non-save situation
He wasn’t good
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
bit surprised to see Fernando here
but Leyland must really want to get the series off to a good start. … hopefully it works.
I agree.......
He pitched yesterday……..Tigers up by 4…..why bring in the closer……Zoom Zoom was warming up…..doesn’t make sense.
share one with me
and I don’t even smoke!
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
good thing it was a 4 run lead…is the beginning of the end for Fernando (ummm, i say heck no, for the record, but since someone’s gonna say it….)
a HR the other day, TWO WHOLE RUNS today, OMG! EEEEK! WE ARE SOO DOOOOOMED!
and then I think back to the halcyon days of Todd Jones as a closer…..and start laughing hard enough that it took me 30 second to finish typing this sentence….
the way I see it
at least he’s getting it out of his system without losing.
that and Ian’s right, no more non-save situations for Rodney!
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 27, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Back to celebrate....
well done! First game of the series win, JV looked good, and Maggs power display continues.
Great night. Feel free to come to the Yard anytime, Coach.
Good pieces!!!
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
Good win Tags
2 runs in the 9th don’t really bother me when it’s all said and done… I’d almost rather he get his bad outings out of the way when we have a cushion as opposed to one or two-run games.
Pinstripe Alley
WEAK.
14 comments for the whole game? I guess the Yankees ARE a small market team, so maybe it’s understandable they don’t have many rabid fans to populate their message board…
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