The Squanderers: Yankees 2, Tigers 1

and didn’t record on the DVR. Was that the jinx? Oh, man, not pinch hitting for Maggs is inexcusable. These Tigers are breakin our hearts.

Some games are so predictable it’s not even funny. Count this among them.

And for all the love Brandon Inge gets this year, how many feeble popups does he hit in crucial situations? Lots. And he always flips his bat and raises his hands as if to say “I can’t believe I just did that.” We can, Brandon. You do it all the time.

And these days, there’s just not a lot of pop on the bench. Everyone keeps talking about Clete Thomas, but he rarely pulls the ball. That short fence in right field ain’t gonna help you if you’re hitting the ball to left. Santiago’s having a career year in the home run department, but nobody’s expecting him to do it with any sort of regularity. Josh Anderson’s a speed guy, not a home run hitter, and he doesn’t walk enough to justify pinch-hitting. And finally, Dusty Ryan has power and definitely has the ability to hit the ball out to right field, but that’s not an ideal situation, especially when you consider that he has not played since July 4th (not to mention the fact that you’d burn your backup catcher).

And I absolutely love Verlander, but he saw what was going on with the offense, and therefore he has to find some way do a better job of keeping the Yankees off the board. The home run was disappointing enough, but he just can’t be giving up extra hits with two outs that lead to add-on runs. If it were Porcello, Galarraga, or French I’d understand. But if the offense is not going to score, Verlander and Jackson have to carry the team. And that’s a tremendous amount of pressure. Sooner or later even they are gonna crack. That’s the cold, hard truth. By the way, this is an unusual loss for Verlander, cuz he rarely loses when he gives up three runs or fewer. Usually when he loses, he positively deserves to lose (as in, gives up five or six runs). This is more of an up-for-debate ambiguous loss.

…..The Arod short porch excuse……I mean is a little depressing….However are guys can hit that way too….Great Game….Tough To lose though……Edwin will shut em down tomorrow….Im predicting 4 – 2 win tomorrow….With Laird the other way for a HR….Go Tigs!!!

We get another guy who has no clue. Reading tomorrow’s game preview, this is what Jared Diamond had to say about Joba Chamberlain:

This will be Chamberlain’s first career start vs. the Tigers after having made five relief appearances against them.

So who was the look-alike who pitched against the Tigers in April?

And by the way, tomorrow’s game is also on TBS. Can we actually look good on national TV for once?

in their tricked-up park with four runs in two days. And it’s not whining. That stadium is tricked-up. They have to fix it.

Doesn’t matter, though. We simply cannot score enough runs to win consistently at the moment.

We’ve had two games that were pretty well pitched by both teams. We’re due for at least one team to have a stinker tomorrow. Let’s hope it isn’t us.

 From tigers.com (emphasis mine)

After flirting with his first career cycle twice in the past month, Lakeland’s Michael Bertram finally got it Saturday night.

But he doubtlessly would have preferred to accomplish the feat under better circumstances.

The 25-year-old third baseman went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and four runs scored to become the first Flying Tiger to cycle in more than 11 years, but Lakeland squandered a late eight-run lead in a 12-11 loss to the Charlotte Stone Crabs.

and this time I’m setting my DVR. That ususlly brings me home happy. We’ll see.