Raburned! Tigers 5, Cubs 4
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 23, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
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PrintBYB's newest tagline - "A Theme Park Ride of Emotions!" - isn't just there because it's pretty. It has the clear ring of truth to it. Cedar Point ain't got nothin' on the ride the Detroit Tigers gave their fans tonight.
Edwin Jackson held the Cubs to two runs and four hits over seven innings (though he was hardly at his sharpest, as his four walks indicate). And thanks to Brandon Inge's two-run homer in the seventh, Jackson had a 3-2 lead when he came out of the game. But he came out of the game, and that's where the trouble began.
Joel Zumaya took over, and was throwing rockets. He touched 103 or 104 m.p.h., depending on whose radar gun you prefer to believe. With Milton Bradley and Derrek Lee having no chance against that kind of smoke, Micah Hoffpauir decided to sit on an off-speed pitch. And unfortunately, Zumaya accommodated him, following three straight fastballs by hanging a 85 m.p.h. change-up right in the middle of the plate.
(Zumaya admitted in a post-game interview that he shook off Gerald Laird three times before throwing that pitch. And that might be the last we see of the change-up for a while, based on what Zumaya said.)
Hoffpauir wasn't the only one with some late-inning heroics in him, however. Carlos Marmol mowed down the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth, but they still had a chance in the ninth against the Cubs' closer, Kevin Gregg. After walking Don Kelly to begin the inning, Gregg hung two sliders high in the strike zone to pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn.
But that second one caught much more of the plate. And Raburn didn't let it go by, launching a bomb to left-center field for a two-run, walk-off home run, and bringing the thrill ride to a fantastic finish.
Roar:
Inge not only struck what looked to be the game-winning homer, but he did it as part of a touching tribute. He visited a patient at Mott Children's Hospital earlier in the day, a boy who autographed Inge's right forearm ("Tommy"). Inge returned the favor by giving him one heck of a memory later in the evening with that two-run shot (and a 2-for-3 night at the plate).
It's certainly much easier to root for Inge when he's putting up the numbers he has this season. But this was a reminder that he's a player worth cheering for, regardless of performance.
Comment of the Night:
Well now
If Maggs hadn’t started, they wouldn’t have replaced him with Anderson, and then replaced HIM with Raburn.
That Leyland. He sure can strategerize.
by NCDee
Calling Inge's homer is good for a runner-up, don't you think?
Oh, and I'm not sure how the ladies of the BYB Bunch feel about it, but we might have ourselves a new Rally Mascot. And this one was pretty effective tonight.
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Hey, Wendy called the Inge homer a few innings too early!
I think you just picked Vegas Tiger’s cause you could got a photo of Megan Fox on the screen!
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 23, 2009 11:04 PM EDT reply actions
This was considered by the COTN Selection Committee
But was it a general call for an Inge homer? At any point in the game? Or for that moment?
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 23, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Still grinning
What a game and I was listening to 97.1 after the game and heard DD’s call of the homer… it gave me goosebumps.
I really like Dickerson
with XM i get to heard all the opposing announcers. What i like about DD is he gets exicted when a big play happens regardless of team.
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com
props to Don Kelly for a nice at bat to get on base as well
And thanks to Pinella for throwing Marmol out for the 8th instead of the 9th
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com
Squirrels, Foxes... It doesn't matter to me
DETROIT CHICKS DIG THE LONGBALL!!!
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
by Detroitchik on Jun 24, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey,
You couldn’t have picked a better game to be at!
by VegasTigers on Jun 24, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha!
I have to tell you the Sunday Afternoon game when the Halos were in town and last night’s game are in the "best of “09” catagory for me so far this year. That was the day Clete bailed us with that Grand Slam, after Zoom Zoom has walked in runs. Both were great games for me.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
by Detroitchik on Jun 24, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I can't speak for all the ladies of BYB
but if Megan Fox gets it done, she can stay. I’m a straight gal myself, but after tonight I sure wouldn’t kick her out of bed.
Hey, you already got the COTN
No need to top yourself.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 24, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
wow
awesome game, wish i could have seen it
by Motown'sFinest on Jun 24, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed
I hate not being in my basement, watching my big screen, Tigers in HD, following along in the gamethread. Stupid trade shows in California.
by explosivo2k2 on Jun 24, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I second, or third this...
Stupid jail issue 19" on the wall 15’ off the ground and 60’ away. I hate my job…lol
Did they show rally Megan
It needs to be a national highlight like that monkey was a few years back.
WOW
Just got home from the bar and watched the last inning on my DVR (per my brothers advice) I absolutely can’t believe Raburn is the hero, and absolutely love the new rally mascot… actually i am very happy about the new mascot… Might turn off the lights right now and express my love for the new mascot.
i'm glad it was raburn that hit the homerun
i remember in one of his first games this year with the team he made an error that ended up costing us the game, you could tell by the interview he gave after the game that it really bothered him. a lot of the fans really got on him early as well when he wasn’t hitting, though i can’t say i blame any of them.
it’s good to see him come up with a big hit and redeem himself.
You are assuming ...
The the women expect any more from the men. If we are smart, we don’t. :-P
I love walk-off wins. :-)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I had the most wonderful dream last night.
We were behind 4 – 3 in the bottom of the ninth and Ryan Raburn came up to bat and on the second pitch hit a 2 run walk-off homer.
What?
Oh.
by NCDee on Jun 24, 2009 8:20 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Rally Mascot
Ordinarily, I’d be all indignant over a sexist mascot, but if she works, I’ll stifle my objections anytime!
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
Only one bad thing about that game last night...
…I can’t bitch about Raburn anymore. It’s like that walk off HR Munson hit against AZ a few years ago, I couldn’t stand that guy until then. Walk off HR’s are God’s second best creation! Women who think the same are his 1st! Go Megan Fox, Go Tigers…ah hell…Go Raburn!
Such a great game last night
and I’ll rally around Megan Fox all the time, anytime!!!! Beats the rally mullets pics used on hockey boards!!!!
I suppose the next rally creature should cater to the ladies....
Here’s the rules, pick whichever guy you want, you can vote on it amongst yourselves, so it’s ready to go when it becomes required…bonus points if you can find a dude with an animal name, like “Wolf Blitzer”, or playing a character with an animal name…
Official BYB Juju Consultant...now accepting rally creature applications!
LMMFAOOOO
HA… Lemme find a rally dude… TYVM
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
by Detroitchik on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I can't speak for all the ladies but I'll take Rally Kirk
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
by Detroitchik on Jun 24, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
He makes me pine….
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
by Detroitchik on Jun 24, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I can live with that. :)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Or ...
What about rally Hugh Jackman? A wolverine is an animal. :D
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Also Chris Pine must have
a hell of a publicist because there are very few pictures of him in casual garb but at least there’s no tie in this one. Which I love by the way, a man in a suit is fine with me…but I want to make sure everything’s copasetic with all of us ladies. And I of course am not the Juju consultant and don’t want to step on any toes, but we can certainly let our resident Juju consultant what we find pleasing. Yes?
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
We didn’t make him the Official BYB Juju Consultant just because he’s handsome, folks.
Look at that. Getting it done.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 24, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Just in case you weren't aware
Detroit Tigers: 5 GM winning streak….longest current streak in Majors
Detroit Tigers: 3rd best record in Major League Baseball, behind only Red Sox and Dodgers
Don't Shake Off Laird, Nuke
This kid’s throwing 104 mph with a ludicrous curve and he’s shaking me off? Alright meat, here comes the changeup. And when you speak of me, speak well.
hate to be a downer but weren’t they down when Jackson left the game? at least according to the box score..
jackson did not leave the game until the top of the 8th when Zumaya entered
So Jackson was on record for the win.
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 24, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually, I thought so too
And I had it written that way, until I went back and checked the Yahoo! boxscore again.
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 24, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I read in the ESPN box score that
LYON got the win. WTF. 1 batter…….
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
yeah, that's what FSD said at the end of the game last night
but I am retarded when it comes to the WP/LP nonsense, so what do I know!
it’s kind of why wins and losses is so meaningless.
What about the vulture win? Relief pitcher blows the lead, his team retakes it, now he’s on line for the victory? I hate that one.
I think it’s OK to look at what happens when a pitcher starts the game but you just can’t take the actual W-L record too serious.
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 24, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
This was probably the greatest Tiger game this year...
Yet ESPN only aired the game winning home run on the replays and barely talked about. The Red Sox got about a 5-6 minute run down, where as the Tigers was about 15-25 seconds. ESPN is really bias…
I live in Illinois and on the WGN Chicago feed color man Bob Brenley called the change up that Zumaya threw that was jacked out the dumbest pitch he’s ever seen anyone throw ever.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jun 24, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
The only real things holding us back from being an ELITE team right now
1. Nate is just wasting a valuable roster spot that could be used by someone else who could potentially be key to this team.
2. Magglio still isn’t hitting like Magglio.
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