Game 60: Tigers at White Sox
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 1:50 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox, Jun 11, 2009 2:05 PM EDT
Edwin Jackson (6-2, 2.16) vs. 
Gavin Floyd (4-5, 5.35), 2:05 p.m. EST
UPDATE: We have rain in Chicago right now, and it looks like we could have a rather long delay. Originally, Jason Beck posted on Twitter that they were eyeing a 2:30 p.m. start, but now it might be at least an hour before they play. So if you were worried about missing today's game while you were at work, you'll probably get a chance to see some of it, after all.
With a series win over the White Sox already in the bag after last night's victory, can the Tigers take it a step further? Can they make a statement against a division rival that's brought them nothing but pain and frustration? Four out of five wins in what's been an ordeal of a series would be a fantastic way to go into the second turn of Interleague Play.
If Edwin Jackson continues the "anything you can do, I can do better" game he's been playing with Justin Verlander over the past month, it could be a quick, painless death for the White Sox lineup today. But it's difficult to imagine Jackson pitching any better than he did last Saturday, when he held the Angels to one run and four hits in a complete game performance. In his last two starts, Jackson has given up just one run in 17 innings, with 12 strikeouts and two walks.
Gavin Floyd has been very good in his last four outings, averaging a 1.82 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 29.2 innings. He also hasn't lost to the Tigers in 10 career starts, going 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA. So if the White Sox are going to salvage one more win, he might be just the guy to get it. His chances look even better, considering the lineup that Jim Leyland has put together today. Warning: It's brutal.
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question: i read on beck's blog that porcello parted ways with scott boras after signing with detroit....is this true?
i cant find any links through google of such a move.
I hope this rain delay doesn't last long...
I’d love for this game to end BEFORE I go to work
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
rain delay
Some are glad of it, some like me hate it. I was hoping to see as much of this game as possible before i head to work. :( This is a big game for the Tigers…I would love to see us 10 games over 500 real fast. But I know its not going to happen if we dont start hitting the ball a lil better. But anyway those are just a few of my thoughts as i post my first blog for Bless You Boys.
Hey, thanks for stopping in
Don’t be a stranger!
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm...
We might have to write a primer on BYB GameThreads. Something like:
wepri31 loves Josh Anderson.
Boney takes his pants off for Ryan Perry.
We have to post the Roller Coaster photo when Fernando Rodney comes in for the save.
Any other suggestions? I know there’s more.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm studying to take my license exam for physical therapy
Actually, I took a practice exam today…and was pretty disappointed with how I did.
dissapointed
come on now Tagne…..I need you to get ur head right….I got you batting cleanup this evening!!! :)
My first practice test I did a lot better
I’ve got 2 more to go yet so we’ll see…just a little frustrated.
Lineup
What do yall think of this lineup this evening? I personally like the speed. Its not like we have been hitting all that well lately. might as well have some speed out there.
lol kmann
I hear ya, of course i was referring to some defense and maybe some speed turning outs into singles..and singles into doubles…u feel me?. and Ilike wepri said….there is still a bit of power in the lineup also. so we will see….hopefully soon, cuz im tired of waiting.
I think it has good potential
we’ve still got BigMig, Curtis, and Inge who can hit for power. and the other guys will be good for small ball. This could be quite interesting.
if they play it
1-0 game. one team or the other!
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
He was so inspired
by Everetts HR yesterday that he wants to give all the small guys a chance today.
I don't think our lineup looks any worse
than Chicago’s. There bottom 4 all look like automatic outs. (Which probably means they’ll combine to go 6-15 with 2 hr’s)
by tigerfaninChicago on Jun 11, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
1 error
I can understand giving players rest when a 2 ERA pitcher is on the mound, so that’s fine.
However Curtis Granderson should be batting 3rd, and Clete should be 5th. I can’t complain much, since I don’t know what their previous records against the pitching is, so that could have influenced the decision.
I am fine with the delay
I can listen to the end (or middle?) on the way home from work now. Makes the 1 hour commute go by real fast.
I feel ya
I was thinking the same thang…it will give me something to do at work…til everybody leaves. I was just gonna try and enjoy most of the game at home today. Guess it wasn’t meant to be. But I rather take a win…at work or at home..over a loss. funny how that shit works :)
See, I have the opposite problem...
I go to work at 5:00, and I won’t be able to look up the score or anything while I’m there, and I know the suspense will be killing me.
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
by SabreRoseTiger on Jun 11, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Man I just want a job!!!!
been Unemployed Since December
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
lmao
here we are worried about if we get to watch it from work or not…and you just wish u were working. I feel ya. Damn I feel ya. well hell, so far it looks like aint nobody getting there way…I wasn’t expecting the rain delay to be this long.
That Magglio HR off Street....
….Never gets old!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 2:57 PM EDT reply actions
ut oh....did i hear something?
did i hear the music stop play’n from the tv in the living room? is the delay over?? time for me to get my plastic bat and batting gloves on!?!
WGN shows a lot of ALF
I caught the end of a Cubs game last weekend and my wife watched ALF the rest of the day
http://alwaysatiger.blogspot.com
For some reason
I always get sucked into the Bob and Tom replays at night…if there’s a decent comedian on there it can be funny, but Tom makes me want to put screwdrivers in my ears.
by SkylineSeats on Jun 11, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Tigers drafted Rod Allen's son in the 43rd round
Andrew is a first baseman from Central Arizona College.
Detroit also took Rick Porcello’s brother in the 48th round.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
I wonder if they plan to sign them
or is this a draft and follw type thing
http://alwaysatiger.blogspot.com
I can say
WGN is airing their usual afternoon crap with a rain delay sign in the corner of the screen. I do live in the far western suburbs of and it hasn’t been rain free here for about 30 minutes. I am wondering if they will wait as longs as it takes anyway just to avoid having to reschedule another game for these teams.
by tigerfaninChicago on Jun 11, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Mark The Bird Fydrich Story On Fsn
…..I was born in 1976 and my dad named me after him
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions
Wunderground
Looks like on the radar the rain JUST let up. Hopefully the crew can get the tarp off the field and field cleaned up quickly.
Sure looks like chi-town got a bunch of rain in the last 24 hours…hope the outfield isn’t too soggy.
Man-crush alert
Its coming down to either “ye olde english D” on my arm, or a giant portait of JV’s face across the entirety of my back a la Steve-o from jackass. Also in the running: Bobby Higginson’s face instead of JV’s.
I can’t remember being as excited watching a tigers game as I was last night. Literally standing up and yelling at the television when Verlander hit 98 in the 9th. I woke up this morning and watched him pitch the ninth inning again on MLB.tv because the normal routine of coffee and watching the Bill Pullman’s speech from independence day just wasn’t enough to get me jacked for the day.
gotta reccomend
staying away from the tattoo of either face. stick with the D, it will be around much, much longer.
http://alwaysatiger.blogspot.com
that's true I suppose
oh, hell with it, I’ll get one too. JV, not Higgy
http://alwaysatiger.blogspot.com
Can't afford a tattoo...
but I bought a poster of JV a couple days ago.
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
by SabreRoseTiger on Jun 11, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a button....
…..with JVs pitcher and I wear it on my starter jacket
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
this is the one that had me rolling...
25. Kansas City Royals (25-33; Previous: 19) – Royals fans were hoping this was the year draft day wasn’t the biggest day of the season. Sadly …
If Detroit loses
What a terrible day that will be in Detroit sports’ recent history
But I think we’ll win.
I've noticed
some of the younger players seem frequently shocked by the pitches that they’re rung up on. They don’t know the strike zone as well as they think they do.
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
So are they really playing?
Because this has really cut into my “That 70’s Show” viewing today.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions
Gerald Laird = Sniper
He will gun you down, brother.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions
To be diplomatic
I will say that many of the items a certain MLive.com blogger posts have very coincidental timing.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
to be honest by the looks of it
let’s just say Bless You Boys helps Schmel save a bit of time when thinking up ideas
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder
How old the Bernstein kids were when their dreams of doing ANYTHING other than being lawyers were quashed.
by SkylineSeats on Jun 11, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta ask….do you guys legitimately think she’s hot, or is it a cosmic joke I’m missing out on for not having been in Michigan the last 6 years?
Hey, I hadn’t seen a picture of her until I was back home a couple of weeks ago and saw one of their commercials, so I had no idea what the hullaballoo was about….
If by good, you mean a hit
Then no. No, he hasn’t.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
Meatloaf can only count to three.
by SkylineSeats on Jun 11, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
at that point
you are probably just hoping you don’t say a name someone else called. The MLB draft is too damn long
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I hope they make Selig come out and announce all 1000+ of them
He doesn’t seem to do much else.
Alright boys...
bring the bats. Floyd’s a turd and hittable. Quit making him feel good about himself.
Ok, so Hawk is saying that we have stolen two of the last four games at Chicago.
we got help from the umpires.
I wish Sardinha
was more in love with being able to hit the broad side of a barn.
by SkylineSeats on Jun 11, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
he could never get a hit for the rest of his life
and i’d be happy if he kept catching games like that from jv
I do think he calls a good game, but sub .100? just not getting it
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
There's no way we are gonna win this or any future game
So I’m going to dinner. Enjoy the terrible future of the Tigers.
;)
Get that SOB out, Mr. Jackson!
"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
Damn
"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
I'm in love with Mr. Jackson
Can you tell?
"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
I wish Knapp would come to my office
and say whatever he said to Jackson to some of the people I work with
Floyd's got it goin on!
Whew. Tough to get a hit off him today.
"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
True, but he's throwing strikes and has tremendous movement on his pitches.
"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
If jimmy gets rid of josh: i’ll steal all of his cigarettes, chain him to a chair, and then smoke every last one in front of him. and then break his kneecaps.
I think Dombrowski probably feels the same way about Leland!!
"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
One of the few games I can watch on TV
and it has to be a downer.
done with work, gotta take my leave….sure hope the Tigers have scored a run by the time I get to where I’m going….
seeya ’round…
Oh, Lord, Lyon.
Let’s have a good day today, Brandon.
"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
3 hour rain delay?
That might have factored into this game.
"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
C'mon Tigers, get those bats heated up
or play some small ball. Gotta get at least 1 run.
"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
I'm watching on WGN
not used to hearing Chicago called “the good guys.”
I remember their ad in the 90s
“Good guys wear black”
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm gonna stick to blue socks
any other color makes me hate myself
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Sort of surprised Ozzie didn't try to argue that call
Was that interference if Raburn causes Podsednik to run out of the baseline? Or did Pods run out voluntarily?
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions
What the hell?
I leave for some dinner and right as I get back to the TV I see Santiago trotting around the bases!
hey!
I just noticed the squirrels face different directions
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If Lyon had served up a homer to Dye there
He would’ve been dead to me.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions
That was sweet
And, well, kind of surprising
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it the Gumpish cornhusker look he’s got?
by SkylineSeats on Jun 11, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
you're not supposed to turn your tv on
until the tigers are batting
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I Sat Down With.....
……My Subway melt On wheat when ramon went deep……But the sub is now gone…..what do we do????
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...didn't work
All that happened this time was Queerzynski trotting around instead….and Nate was in the game
And how...
… can they let some scrub like Floyd shut them down like that? I mean damn.
OK maybe we need a poll
I enjoy the squirrel but it hasn’t been much luck
by explosivo2k2 on Jun 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
The '06 Tigers win this game
The ’08 Tigers lose it.
Lets see what the ’09 Tigers are really made of.
Not cool
Get the ****ing leadoff man out for a change
Zumaya Will never Be a Closer....
……Doesnt have the mentaility
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions
and rodney does any better in a tie game?
though I do agree a bit
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
0-2 doesn't mean shit
He’ll just throw 4 straight balls
You know what, though?
If ANderson catches that, the runner on third tags and scores.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 11, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks Zumaya.....
….NEVER WILL BE A CLOSER!!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions
Ahem
Someone photoshop Bartman’s face onto the squirrel. Pretty pleeeeease!
by Tagne13 on Jun 11, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well listen, 3 out of 5 against the Sox in Chicago is not bad
I will take it.. I was deathly afraid of being swept.
Hell no
Zumaya will never be a closer but that doesn’t mean he’s useless
Weve Got A Ton
…..Of Young relief in the minors
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
We Need A Bat....
…..Ahwpe is 29 and in his prime…….Wed have to do that
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
let's see
reliever loses in ninth inning of tie game
Sounds like … your man Rodney last Friday!
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I Know...
……Heat of the moment reaction
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
can't feel that bad about the pen losing a game
that we were only in because their pen blew it first.
Stil Took 3 of 5
…..Good for playing in chicago
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions
Actually.....
….Pitt would be in 2nd in the al central at 28-32
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
in the AL central
i’m pretty sure they’d have been tagged with a few more losses than that.
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 11, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
IM A Zumy Fan.....
…..Except hes been off lately…..Just gets me pissed in the heat of the moment everyone
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions
It Does.....
….with all the relivers for me
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
In fairness To Joel....
……it was his 4th game in 5 days
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions
Plus we almost won.....
……wihtout Poly and Mags starting…..Good Effort…..Frustrating to lose in the fashion we did wit hGrandy having tied it off a guy thats owned……Oh well……Off to the steel city
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
I think getting out of chicago now.....
……we can get the bullpen back in order……we cant recall Perry for 10 days after sent down….so that leaves a week????…..Send Bono down to get some work in and call Perry back up…….that will get the bullpen back in order…..Lyons outting was a good sign as well.
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions
Has that been decided?
I doubt Bondo will want to go back down, but he would get a lot more help down in Toledo than sitting in the pen. I was disappointed they sent Perry down in the first place – will be good to get him back up with the big club
No No....
…..this is just my gut feeling…..It helps everyone involved
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Rick The Kid Tomorrow....
…..Needs to prolly go 6 and get a win!!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Jun 11, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions
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