BYOBYB: Open Therapy/Venting Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Jun 5, 2009 2:35 PM EDT
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Remember when Phil Garner was hired as Tigers manager, back in 1999, and most of the reporters on hand (Joe Falls, in particular) went after Mike Ilitch because they wanted some answers? Garner seemed genuinely surprised, and tried to break the tension by laughingly acknowledging the obvious: "We got a little hostility here, huh? A little hostility."
So maybe that's what happened a little bit in the comments to our last post. Lil' bit. We're all frustrated. We all want to see the Tigers play better, especially against other playoff contenders. We want to see some players who aren't performing up to their reputations justify the expectations placed upon them. We want to see a first-place team look like a first-place team. And when those things don't happen, we get ticked off.
I'm kind of hoping we got most of it out of our systems in the last post. (I know I did, in expressing my thoughts on Dontrelle Willis.) And while maybe this doesn't need to be said, I'd like to remind people not to make things personal. Differing opinions can be expressed without attacking one another. And let's not take ourselves so seriously that we can't take a joke, either. I realize everyone knows that, and nothing bad has really happened, but I think it's worth addressing just to put out the match.
I'd like to think we're all friends here, and this has become an enjoyable place to meet up and commiserate about our favorite baseball team. The fact that a tight community has developed here is really gratifying. Have fun, and enjoy yourself.
As wepri31 suggested, maybe we need an Open Thread for therapy. A place where we can vent. There's not a lot of news about the Tigers right now, so much as suggestions and speculation as to what can be done. And there are a lot of changes that could - and probably will - soon be made. So maybe we can talk about that stuff in the few hours before the next game is played and we can get on to enjoying some Tigers baseball again this evening.
One suggestion I have for the Open Thread, because it's something I think we do need to make a call on before we can chat about another game: Do we have a Rally Squirrel or has that furry varmint cursed this ballclub?
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that squirrel was a curse! Tigers lose, Tigers lose, Tigers lose Miguel Cabrera (hopefully not for long), Dontrelle Willis loses his composure, Tigers lose
Out, damned squirrel
My Name Is Mark.....
……And I have a Tigers Losing Problem…..It all started as a youong child and has continued to this day
The squirrel is definetly foe!
I said this in the gamethread yesterday and I’ll say it again. Willis leaves the rotation for Bondo. Both Willis and Nate Suck and are overpaid. We can no longer carry both of them and contend. Seeing as how they are equally terrible, I would rather keep Dontrelle because he has done/tried everything the Tigers have asked of him and I think he would try his best in a bullpen role. We all KNOW that Nate is not trying his best because his heart is no longer in it. Plus I tell MIner that if he continues to allow ALL inherited baserunners to score then the Frenchman will take his spot in the bullpen. Lineup wise I think Leyland is using everyone too much. We need a consistant lineup. If that means that Raburn rarely plays then so be it because he has had plenty of oppurtunities. We need starters and bench players not people who do a little of both. Hell if Raburn wants to play he should go grab some catchers gear and that would probably get him in the game twice a week because Dane does not cut it on a first place team. There now that I got all of that off my chest I don’t feel any better at all. GO VERLANDER!
by dtowntigers4life on Jun 5, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions
Also-
If it was I that came across as “personally attacking” somebody, I humbly apologize. It just got to the point to where there were 4-5ish people constantly saying the sky was falling. The score was 6-3 in the 5th* and numerous people were saying the game and/or season was over. I was just trying to extoll the virtues of patience, and to a lesser extent, make people laugh. I see now,my mission was left unaccomplished.
*All facts are off the top of my head. This is teh interweb, I don’t need to fact-check
Matt Wieters Picked Himself To Be The Best Man At His Wedding. It Was His Only Option.
And thirdly
I noticed from the original post, that yesterday was wepri31’s one year anniversary.
Matt Wieters Picked Himself To Be The Best Man At His Wedding. It Was His Only Option.
Jamie Walker to be released
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/06/orioles-to-release-jamie-walker.html
I loved that guy
Matt Wieters Picked Himself To Be The Best Man At His Wedding. It Was His Only Option.
Ahhhhhhnd in other news
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/06/rockies-dfa-grilli.html
Matt Wieters Picked Himself To Be The Best Man At His Wedding. It Was His Only Option.
holy crap
if this does not scare Dave Dombrowski into action, nothing will. Lineup courtesy of the freep, but available elsewhere.
1. Josh Anderson, LF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Clete Thomas, RF
4. Magglio Ordonez, DH
5. Curtis Granderson, CF
6. Brandon Inge, 3B
7. Jeff Larish, 1B
8. Gerald Laird, C
9. Adam Everett, SS
That, my friends
is the FIRST PLACE Detroit Tigers. Ugh. How bad is this division?
Now watch them hang 10 runs up today.
alwaysatiger.blogspot.com
NL?
This looks like a National League lineup…in fact, tossing Dontrelle in there might be an improvement.
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Out of nowhere comment
I’m looking forward to the series with Houston at the end of the month, just because if all the stars align, Pudge will face Verlander. That should be fun.
Gas to drive from Ann Arbor to Toledo-$20.00
Hens ticket- $15.00
Beer allowance- $20.00
Realizing that teamis playing in Detroit- Priceless
New beer allowance-$50.00
Matt Wieters Picked Himself To Be The Best Man At His Wedding. It Was His Only Option.
I am sorry.......
I apologize for my juvenile behavior last evening. I have no excuse. I was trying to be funny, and yes…I suppose it was a culmination of a lot of things, but it was rude and mean.
So Benny, I am sorry. I am sure you are a fine person with better manners than myself. I will self impose a one game ban upon myself. Mostly because I will be at the game tonight, but either way, everyone enjoy the game. I haven’t seen JV since ’06, so I am excited.
Again, sorry if I offended anyone, especially you Bennie.
"Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."
Has there been an update
on El Martillo yet? I see he’s not playing today, but anything beyond that?
alwaysatiger.blogspot.com
he may be ok
I never trust anything. but leyland said “we dodged a bullet” and today off was just a precaution for cabrera.
by Kurt Mensching on Jun 5, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
You mean we can sign Jaimie Walker AND Jason Grilli???
It’ll be 2006 all over again! We can trade Josh Anderson to Pitt for Craig Monroe and maybe coax Sean Casey out from wherever he vanished to…the AL will be ours!
But seriously, would Walker and Grilli really be any worse than Lyon or Nate?
Oh yeah,
good idea on the thread to whoever…although if you were in the game thread yesterday, I think that kinda doubled as a venting thread
No!
But before you know it, Dombrowski will probably make an announcement that he’s been signed. Really though, I don’t think so.
And, yes, therapy is the right call especially after the series with Boston. Hideous series!
"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
Hope
I didn’t offend anyone either. I know some of you like some of the posters better than others and that is just perfectly normal, just like in a clubhouse. But, let’s be careful how we treat each other.
"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
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