Game 96: White Sox at Tigers
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 25, 2009 3:45 PM EDT
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PrintChicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, Jul 25, 2009 4:10 PM EDT
Gavin Floyd (8-6, 4.40) vs. 
Edwin Jackson (7-5, 2.52), 4:05 p.m. EST
The Tigers got their pivotal weekend series with the White Sox off to a great start by sweeping the opening doubleheader. But building on that with at least one more win and taking the series would make a far more definitive statement in the AL Central.
For the White Sox, Gavin Floyd has won two of his past three starts (and four of his last five), despite allowing 13 runs in 20 innings. He's also served up five home runs in his last two outings. But Floyd has quite a record against the Detroit Tigers. He has never lost to them, compiling a 5-0 record and 3.55 ERA in 11 starts. He's also never lost at Comerica Park, with a 3-0 record and 4.03 ERA in five appearances.
The last time Floyd pitched in Detroit, however, he threw seven walks in five innings, and the Tigers tagged him for six runs. Amazingly, he still picked up the win, as Zach Miner was absolutely terrible, giving up eight runs and nine hits in just 3.1 innings. But the White Sox aren't facing Miner today.
Last Sunday at Yankee Stadium, Edwin Jackson took the loss, despite giving up just two runs in seven innings. He wasn't great, issuing five walks, but with even minimal run support, he probably wins that game. It's been the story of his season. Virtually the same thing happened to Jackson the last time he faced the White Sox. At U.S. Cellular Field, he allowed two runs, five hits, and four walks in five innings (one of his shortest outings of the year). But the Tigers couldn't get their offense going until after Jackson had left the game.
At home, Jackson has a 4-1 record and 2.73 ERA in eight starts. He is also massively tattooed, which I don't think any of us knew (unless you were hanging out in the Tigers' clubhouse or intimately involved with him) until Thursday night. The Tigers should consider getting Jackson to take off his shirt and show that heavily inked back to the opposition before they come to the plate. How intimidating would that be?
Today's game is third on the FOX regional telecast totem pole, so if you're not in the Detroit or Chicago markets, you're probably getting Cards-Phillies or Twins-Angels. Hopefully, you're keeping up with the Tigers and White Sox here in the BYB GameThread.
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Starting Lineups
WHITE SOX
1. Scott Podsednik CF
2. Alexei Ramirez 2B
3. Jermaine Dye RF
4. Jim Thome DH
5. Paul Konerko 1B
6. A.J. Pierzynski C
7. Carlos Quentin LF
8. Chris Getz 2B
9. Gordon Beckham 3B
TIGERS
1. Curtis Granderson CF
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Clete Thomas RF
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Carlos Guillen DH
6. Ryan Raburn LF
7. Brandon Inge 3B
8. Gerald Laird C
9. Ramon Santiago SS
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 25, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions
The Sox only have two players not hitting over .300 in the month of July.
Dye (.274) and Podsednik (.280).
I can definitely see Floyd shutting us down today
But I can also see Jackson shutting down the Sox lineup pretty nicely, too.
My prediction: 3-2 Tigers
I see Thames coming off the bench and providing the deciding homer.
Why not another 2-1?
It’s only fitting….as long as we have the 2.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Dear DD,
I have plenty of board games at home. I don’t need anything else from Milton Bradley.
Sincerely,
Austin
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
I totally agree
This move would not make sense at all.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear Fox television
I live two hours from Chicago. Why does the cable guide suggest I will be watching Pooholes/Phillies instead of Tigers/White Sox?
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haha
Dear Fox television,
I live in the great state of meeeeeechigan. I’ll really enjoy the Phillies game while the Tigers are playing.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
This should be a part of the next collective bargaining agreement. The players (and owners) should be invested in what their fans want…..I know, a little too optimistic. One can dream.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
everytime i think of the owner's meeting
i picture a scene from “Idiocracy”
“I like money”
“I can’t believe you like money too. We should hang out. "
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Sounds like that Geico commercial
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Want to hear something that will piss you off a bit?
I live in Lubbock, TX and I am getting the Tigers game here. I think FSN just starts throwing darts at a map to determine blackout areas.
They're getting the Tigers in Bangor, Maine too. Go figure.
It’s times like this that I’m actually glad I live in Toledo (though I have no idea what would happen should the Tigers and Indians BOTH have games on Big Fox).
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Luckily
It should be a while before the Indians are worthy of playing in a big game. If anything they’d probably just flip a coin and make the decision. The winter months suck here because the Mavs and the Stars share FSN and only FSN. If they play on the same night the Mavs get precedence over the Stars because apparently basketball is a bigger sport than hockey (ugh) so I get to watch the stupid Mavs play like 3 times to the Stars 1.
I think Detroit would get precedence because of the Mud Hens...
…but I’m not sure.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yay stupid blackout rules
my MLB.TV subscription is useless on Saturdays…yay
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Gotta love blackouts
Back during the NHL playoffs I tried using Center Ice or whatever it’s called to watch the Wings games. Some of the games were only shown on NHL Network which is technically national television, leaving Center Ice users high and dry with black outs. I live in an apartment with basic cable so of course I didn’t get NHL Network. So frustrating…
hockey broadcasting is the most screwed up ever
It shouldn’t be required that sports fans go through such manipulations (including backdoor internet feeds, so I have heard) just to watch their team play. It’s old-man, technologically-impaired b.s.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Yeah
Every time I try to watch a Wings game without Center Ice here I feel like I’m a techno wizard or something trying to manipulate my machine and connections to get the thing to work. And even then I get to watch the game on a fuzzy feed on a 2×2 inch screen with laggy audio. Hey at least it’s hockey right?
if I ran the NHL
I would tell all the television networks to get bent because they are old technology, and start my own subscription service for all hockey, all the time. It would be an annual fee of some sort, but any subscriber could watch any game they wanted, no fear of being preempted for horse race pre-game shows, they would have the option of either the home or away feed, and any archaic blackout rules would be irrelevant – and it would be available world wide without needing a proxy IP, so a Red Wings fan in Michigan would have as easy a time watching his team as a Leafs fan in Toronto or a Flames fan in Germany or a Flyers fan in Australia.
And for additional broadcasting I’d add the Swedish and Finnish leagues, maybe the AHL, maybe the KHL, maybe college hockey, so a fan could also get a look at their prospects or a favorite player that had left for the European leagues. And everything would be archived, so a subscriber could call up a couple of games to check on someone they just traded for to see what their team got.
No fluff or b.s., just all hockey all the time.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
welcome back
Where did you go? Anyplace unusual, or just getting away for some quiet time?
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Spent a week in Jamaica, with a couple of days in Boston
in a couple of weeks to see the Tigers. My wife is damn cool.
That sounds nice.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Yup. They did have YES, oddly enough.
So I got to see Zoom’s meltdown. Swore off checking on the games for the rest of the trip after that.
so you could watch the Tigers in Jamaica
yet, a lot of us are shit out of luck trying to watch them today?
hi
so I’m stuck watching the cards until I finish fixing my parents’ laptop and go home in hopes it’s on FS detroit.. blehhhh
they have to be on Flikr or Photobucket or something
then click on the little image icon (the tree above this text window), and paste the url for the picture in the pop-up window.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Click on the tree in the comments box
and then post the url in box that pops up. And Preview is your friend!
While they're talking to Mark Buehrle on the pregame show
I think this is a good time to share with y’all my father’s response to finding out that Eric Cooper was the home plate ump for both the no-no and the perfect game:
“There you go – Eric Cooper either had some ‘perfect game’ bet somewhere and profited if he called it right, or he’s Buehrle’s secret gay lover and they liked the no-hitter so much they decided to add a perfect game to Buehrle’s list.”
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
Much as I try to dislike Buehrle...
it’s tough. He’s a pretty genuine guy, with an odd down-home kind of charm.
He is one of the guys who has a good rep around town here...
pleasant, actually pays for his food, etc. Lot of the Sox are like that, annoyingly enough.
Yeah, I don't dislike him either
just found the comment funny. Probably funnier for me because it came from my father.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
To beat a dead horse
Dear mlb.com:
Give me one reason on Wieter’s green earth I would CHOOSE to watch a baseball game on my computer if it were available on television. I live in North Carolina. I don’t have cable. I should be able to watch any damned game I want at this price.
Thank you.
"Jim Thome has 60 career home runs against the Tigers"
That’s cuz he’s played for a thousand years, largely in the same division as the Tigers, and the Tigers sucked for most of that time.
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He has indeed played for a thousand years.
And looks almost exactly the same as he did when he showed up.
maybe he's a robot
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I don't mind listening to Jim and Dave
but I do so LOVE watching Mr. Jackson pitch. Poetry in motion.
Starting the day off with a K
Gotta love it
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
"All the Tigers gave up was Matt Joyce"
Hey, some of us liked the Thundercat…
I root for the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and yes, the Lions.
www.twitter.com/zajareich
Matt Joyce is exactly one year younger than me.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm watching MLS
refuse to give fox my eyes of they’re gonna be so retarded about their game decisions
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anyone know if ...
maggs is on pace to vest his contract extension?
these announcers aren't as horrible as the last game
They are kind of dim, but at least have an inflection and expression in their voice so they don’t sound like they have overdosed on OTC sedatives.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
that looked ugly
But good for the Tigers!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Maggs wont make it if he continues to platoon
Does anyone think that he stands a chance if he files a greivance if he doesn’t get it.?
by Barry_The_Tiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
doubt it
His stats warrant a platoon, so they can justify the platoon on purely baseball reasons. If he was playing great and it was clearly purely a financial decision, then yes (and in that case he should do so because that is crappy).
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Well, in comparison to Mark Grace
Polanco is speedy.
I root for the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and yes, the Lions.
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True
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Dibs on the next batch
I root for the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and yes, the Lions.
www.twitter.com/zajareich
Small ball, big boi!
Miggy, taking what they gave him.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
because he's not as fast as Grace thinks he is?
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Well
Does anyone here ever think to maybe have Miggy steal and maybe have the catcher throw out to 2nd and have Polly take home?
So that graphic brings up a question
Are their any White Sox (or other rival) killers on the Tigers?
We know the Tigers killers, who are the Killer Tigers?
I root for the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and yes, the Lions.
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I asked that question a couple months ago
I didn’t get a response.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Harrelson...
still complains about the failure to get out Craig Monroe in 06 and 07. No current players seem to bother him too much, although he does moan about how they let Grandy get away since he’s a Chicago boy.
Granderson?
He seems to do a pretty good job of stimying other teams. Not sure what specific team I’d say he kills though.
I should think not
after he robbed Grady Sizemore and all
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Polanco used to own the A's
But not so much anymore.
And Miggy put up some big numbers against the Indians last year.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
*strip
Wonderful spelling on my part.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Good job, Mig
this Chicago Seattle game is getting intense, Thorrington and Ljunberg just got red cards 5 minutes apart, they’re playing 10 on 10
hey, a second run, too! Nice to see a crooked number already!
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Oh no!
That stupid Taco Bell song is back!
At least it wasn’t as long this time.
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27 pitch first inning for Floyd
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Great inning
Now they need to keep it going and not shut it down. We’ve seen that a lot this season, too.
Edwin is confused
He was probably headed back out to the field when Polly came back to the dugout thinking the inning was over after the 1 run.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:34 PM EDT reply actions
Wait what?
My Tigers game just cut to commercial and came back as… Wait for it… The effing Cardinals/Phillies game. That’s it, there’s no other way around it. Fox Sports is run by Satan incarnate and is fueled by the tears of orphans and the blood of unborn babies. Spread the rumors.
Fox Sports is pro-choice?
(re: the blood of unborn babies comment)
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Satan incarnate is on deck...
wearing the uniform of Carlos Quentin. Fox Sports is an assistant, though.
Inge rocks defensively
GOOD AT BASEBALL
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I mean, it helps that Paul Konerko is the slowest runner in the division...
But it was still amazing.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
What the hell are they talking about
saying Pierzynski is a favorite everywhere he goes?
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:37 PM EDT reply actions
sarcasm
Referring to the boooooooing on the road all over.
The blonde dye-job increases his douchenozzle-factor exponentially.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Not as bad as Jenks.
Jenks actually looks like he has some sort of alien growth jutting out of his face.
I think it was a bad attempt at sarcasm.
At least, I hope it was. Then again, there was that woman in the crowd wearing the Pierzynski jersey. So nice of his mother to come to the game.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I had a thought come into my head at that ...
But it wouldn’t be nice. :-)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I hate AJ Pierzynski with the white hot hate of a thousand suns
(Who was it yesterday saying we didn’t trash the Sux enough?)
Anyone think there is anything to the rumors...
that we’re looking for a 3rd baseman so we can put Inge on the DL?
His at-bats are getting to be downright frightening.
I think it has more to do with the mental aspect. So, if they pick up Bradley (along with a team of psychiatrists), maybe that will help?
/sarcasm/
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
team of shrinks
plus a straightjacket and a taser – and don’t let him eat with anything other than plastic utensils.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I think it has more to do with the mental aspect. So, if they pick up Bradley (along with a team of psychiatrists), maybe that will help?
/sarcasm/
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Jason Beck says no way on Milton Bradley
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
When you pop up in foul territory and the second baseman catches it, I guess
It was an awkward-looking catch
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
second baseman ran a long way
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
nearly collided with the first baseman, actually
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
alas and alack
twas not to be
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Yes, this has been discussed
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by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
The slump worries me much more. Although, if he is trying to look like Tallent from the Jays….it ain’t gonna happen!
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Why do injuries always have to be so damn inconvenient?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
too bad he can't just shave that off
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Inge is probably growing the 'stache
to have people take their attention off his nose diving BA
by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 25, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Beautiful day in the ’quette? The pics you posted really make me want to take a trip up there, soon.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
if by beautiful
you mean 65, gray skied and threatening rain.
So, yeah, actually. I had to take a nice walk.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
by the way, the trees have some red leaves
you gotta plan a trip to the UP for late September, it’s the most beautiful time of the year, perfect temps, humidity, scenery.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm heading north-ish in late September
I need to take a vacation that doesn’t consist of using vacation time to do chores and run errands. :(
And I can work around a week in late September so no one will have to fill in for me too much (which limits the screw-ups I have to fix when I get back by a ton).
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I may be able to swing that. I am actually on a lake that is 1/3 in Michigan, and 2/3 in Indiana. It has been perfect since Wednesday. 75 degrees, sunny. Lots of fish, and my cousin has the a digital antenna that has a dial on it. So, I get Grand Rapids, Lansing, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Toledo. There was no way I was going to get blacked out today!
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Bass? Bluegill? Green sunfish?
Sounds beautiful. I’m not a fisherperson, but I like being around the water.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Mostly largemouth bass with a few gills in there. I don’t keep them. It’s just a good form of therapy for me.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
nice
I like bass fishing, but trout streams are where life really peaks.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I really prefer to river/stream fish for smallmouth bass, but anytime you can relax on a lake….I will take it and whatever comes with it.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
water is water
it’s all better than the alternative
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
amen
I’ve lived several different places, but just feel better if there is some water around. Lake, stream, burbling brook, whatever – I guess I’m just a Michigan girl at heart.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
That’s pretty much how my dad fishes, too. Catch a few with his buddy and throw them back.
That and keep his friend’s golden retriever from trying to jump out of the boat to go after ducks – or retrieve one of the fish they just threw back in the lake. :D
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
ripped
These men need a thesaurus, STAT!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Mark Grace usually has a larger vocabulary.
Chris Rose I can’t vouch for.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Either Jackson will find his control,
or these hard line drives will start hitting gaps and the seats.
Except when we SHOULD be swinging
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Odorofierous...olfactory...emancipations
Flipped to Major League II on the commercial break. The Rick Vaughn Right Guard commercial never gets old.
Now…
is that Manager Jim Leyland or Audience Jim Leyland?
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions
Any predictions on any potential trades?
I will predict that we will pick up Freddy Sanchez to hit leadoff
by Barry_The_Tiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:04 PM EDT reply actions
You know that scouting report telling pitchers to throw low fastballs to AJ?
Throw it out. It’s a bunch of BS
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Cabrera with a nice dig there.
His defense has really been a pleasant surprise. I think he only has 4 errors this year, and he has made some fantastic plays.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
And that one error yesterday
was on a diving stop
by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 25, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm impressed with how hard he's worked on his defense.
He’s turned himself into quite a solid fielder.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
anyone else listening to the radio?
everytime they come in from commercials you feel like you missed half the story.
I am so effing sick of the Comerica Bank commercials
that guy’s voice is haunting me in my sleep
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
that's what I like about him
he finds a way to be productive.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I've never been overly enamored of Guillen...
…but at least he can come up with some long at-bats.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Too much speed from Ryan. :(
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
pretty cocky from A.J. Douchezinski
Considering that if he hadn’t overslid you didn’t throw him out there.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
i hope that counts as a pickoff not caught stealing
I would hate for jerkassinski’s stats to improve
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dagnabit raburn
how the heck do you allow Piersdouchenozzle throw you out?
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Guillen...
If he can’t swing from the right side yet, maybe they should get him some work hitting lefties while batting lefty. It’s not like people don’t do it every day. Worth a try anyways. As we saw yesterday, anytime it’s in the later innings, the opposing team will force him out of the game.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
it's part of his game
maybe he saw something that made him think he’d make it
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Did I miss something?
Is Mags playing right field today?
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Maggs may not have a lot of range...
…but he generally does not leap at balls and have them roll by him when he doesn’t catch them.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammit dammit dammit :(
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Edwin's gone from falling behind everyone...
…to giving up a bunch of two-strike hits.
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I'm not sure I can take much more of Chris Rose's mancrush on Gavin Floyd
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You know...
We HAVE gotten as many as six runs off Gavin Floyd before. Why can’t we tap into that?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
so I'm home now
and there is hockey on FSD
and we aren’t winning anymore
also, case of beer I bought crashed down a flight of stairs on the way up here. BLAH
HOCKEY!!!!!
//flips to check
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
The Twins went out to the west coast
and their pitching died.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
hee-hee-hee
Squished twinkies are funny.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Meanwhile that "solid" Seattle pitching has been mangled by the Indians over the past 2 days
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
probably too depressed at the score
Poor little rodents.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Why do we stop being aggressive when we fall behind?
If it was by three or four runs, I’d understand, but it’s ONE run.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I was gonna ask why EJ was giving up so many rocket shots...
…and then THAT happened. Yuck.
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Tigers lead the majors in Grounding into Double Plays with 93
I think that might be the most telling stat of our piss-poor offense.
Not necessarily...
The Twins have grounded into 89, and they’re a good offense. I think it’s more telling that we’re either slow or not very aggressive.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
It would have to be now, wouldn't it?
Figures.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I woudln't have needed the question mark!
I was thinking "fuck the what is he doing?! "
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I think EJ is allowed a hiccup here and there...
He has been lights out, and he isn’t pitching terrible today….just not how we are used to him pitching.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Yeah, but could he hiccup on a day where we've scored more than two runs?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Since when did Fox decide to depict Floyd vs. Jackson as David vs. Goliath?
With Floyd as David?
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AB’s have to come into that equation too, though.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Well, Evan Longoria leads the league...
…so sometimes those stats are just wacky and random.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Need Raburn to be clutch here.
Problem is, with Guillen, we need a long double or better to score him.
There was a time when Raburn was clutch.
What happened?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
Harry potter wasn’t much either, so either way I would have lost 2 1/2 hours of my life
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I saw that a few days ago...
…and I’m going to see it again tonight at the drive-in.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
So
Just turned on the game….maybe I should turn it off?
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F.
But if we can keep it at 1, we’ve got a shot. Floyd has maybe one more inning, and the Sox bullpen is nothing special.
what else can you say about these white sox
except…at least they’re not from canada
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As
I tuned in the 1st thing I heard was the fox commentator was he had doubts about us going to the post season, because of seeing how Jackson is pitching today. National commentators suck.
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Yeah they both picked the Sox to win the division
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
When he made his prediction he said it was because of their ptiching not being good enough and didn’t even mention Verlander ….or the fact they are 2nd in the AL in ERA.
It's absurd
I’m pretty sure he based that prediction on this game alone.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
what is strange
is that Rose mentioned how the Tigers had Sizemore in the monirs if they didnt re-sign Polly.He had me fooled for a second that he knew more than the average Fox colour analyst.
I swear.
One bad game does not a division lose. We have great pitching. These guys are turds
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Usual anti-Detroit nonsense.
Only talking head I’ve seen that gives us as much as a snowball’s chance in hell was Gammons.
He said he gave the edge to the White Sox because they've "been there before"
So…Verlander, Jackson, Polanco, Inge, Cabrera, Guillen, Everett, Granderson, Thames, and Magglio have NEVER been in the postseason (among others)?
And that TOTALLY won the Red Sox the World Series last year. Wait a minute…
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Meh, normally I like Mark Grace...
…but he’s funnier when “his” team is losing.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
and then they have the nerve...
To whine about how newpapers are dying and bloggers get all the attention even though they “didn’t have to go to school to get a degree to say stuff from their basements.”
Here’s an idea, a******s – try putting some THOUGHT and EFFORT and maybe a little bit of WRITING ABILITY into the crap you spew out, and maybe someone might bother reading it. If you are incorrect, blathering, ignorant, and your facts can be checked (and found WRONG) in about 30 seconds worth of googling, you don’t deserve to have use of the oxygen used to power your metabolism because you just plain flat-out suck like “chrome off a trailer hitch” level suckage.
God, I DETEST elitist “sports journalists” with a superiority complex totally out of proportion to their talent, ability, or writing skill.
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More bad Michigan news...
next week’s Buick Open outside Flint will be the last. PGA moving the event according to multiple sources.
Inge....
Tom Emanski should try to sign him up. TE definitely needs to overhaul his image, and Inge would be perfect!
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
all dogs are the bestest dogs :)
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Speaking of overhauling images...
Somebody needs to tell Jason Beck that his twitter photo looks like a senior picture from 1987.
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No one
ever has anything good to say about us, if we win they will talk about how the other team screwed up, not what things we did to get the win…and if we lose they always talk about the things we did to cost us the game. Tigers are red-headed step-children of bb
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Good point.
Remember how Joe Torre took a lot of flak for “letting” us beat the Yankees in ’06?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
That's just a function
of the media’s disdain for the Midwest and Michigan/Detroit in particular. I also enjoy people citing the Sox tradition of “success”. So, one world title in 90 years, throwing a World Series, disco demolition night, and the biggest clown in Major League Baseball as your TV announcer is a legacy of success? You can keep it.
Detroit gets no love
It just ain’t fair.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
the chi sox's 1-5 hitters
have got to be the best 1-5 combination in the AL Central if not the AL
"The Tigers have done nothing with that pitch so far"
So do something with it, damnit!
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You know, Laird may not be as fast as the Tigers' press would have us believe...
…but he’s not ungodly slow, either.
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So the Fox jokes make no sense
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
So
if we needed a pinch runner today, where would he come from? Since Joshy is gone?
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Ha!
no they mentioned Laird needing a pinch runner, but I’ve never thoguht of him that way. But once they mentioned it I thought of pinch running in general
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Everett?
We’d have to be really desperate.
by StringTheory on Jul 25, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering the only other choices are Thames, Magglio, Dusty Ryan, or a pitcher...
Hmmm….that might be a problem.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
marcus could play the OF, though not well
And we could have moved clete or raburn to CF
by Motown'sFinest on Jul 25, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
He did walk Cleetus yesterday....if I need to remind anyone..
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by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions
Meh
I’m not sure I’d call it a “golden” opportunity, especially with Granderson against a lefty
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't Granderson hit lefties last year?
Also, Leyland probably wants to keep Marcus Thames to pinch hit for Carlos Guillen.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
it's a tough call
can you remember thames ever being successful in pinch hitting role
by Motown'sFinest on Jul 25, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
He's hit at least two pinch-hit home runs
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
OT
There is this Catholic Church in my neighborhood Called St. Hedwig. They have a little league field attached to the grounds, it was in really bad shape. So, Ordonez donated 100 grand (out of his own pocket) to renovate it. It looked so nice new fences, benches, the whole works. Last week they (meaning low life crackheads most likely) stripped it clean….the ribbon cutting was supposed to be next week sometime… fn sad.
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I'm not a violent person ...
But some people really aren’t worth the price of a bullet it would take to finish them off. Worthless pieces of s**t.
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you know
he did they same thing for the park across the street from my house last year. He gives it to this foundation and they disperse it for whatever needs to be done. Point being, no one has touched anything over here. Just goes to show you what a difference 2 miles can make as far as population…
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I get the feeling that if OUR guys just threw the bat at the ball...
…WE would not be getting base hits like that. Why must things be so unfair?
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Rollins got it together all of a sudden didn't he?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Brandon
playing injured is a bad idea. It looks like its affecting his performance. IMO
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It's at least affecting his offense
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Since when did Cleveland have pitchers not named Cliff Lee who throw shutouts?
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Hitters don't have to wear sleeves, just pitchers
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
even more stupid
That’s discrimination based an position.
Some pitcher should get ill with heat stroke (only a mild case) and point out that if he hadn’t worn sleeves, he wouldn’t have overheated and had to spend the night in the hospital for observation.
The players’ association should make themselves useful for once.
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It's MLB rules
If a pitcher has tattoos on his arms, he has to wear sleeves. That’s why Zumaya always wears sleeves when he pitches.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I know Biggy has several that are always visible, si it is only pitchers, eh? That just makes no sense.
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Zumaya doesn't always wear sleeves
did he?
by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 25, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
stupid rule
I feel more edgy for not having tattoos, they are so common now.
Cranky old men shouldn’t make the rules for a world they don’t understand anymore.
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no shit
I feel pretty lucky I found a decent job with the ones I have, and they aren’t even sleeves or anything. just one on my neck and wrists
needles freak me out something amazing
Otherwise I’d be tempted to get one.
I can see how if it’s tasteless or crude – like not wearing a suggestive t-shirt to work – but if there is nothing objectionable about them, especially in an environment where there is nothing unusual about them (sports isn’t exactly a front office of an accounting firm), why bother worrying about them?
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Wasn’t trying to “get you” just didn’t think that rule made much sense and I remembered seeing Zoom’s tattoo countless times while he was pitching. Maybe if it’s on the pitching arm…
by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 25, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure it's a fairly new rule.
zoom always used to wear short sleeves, but has worn long sleeves all year this year
Justin Miller
(currently with the SF Giants) is the pitcher who caused this rule to be put in place, but I don’t know when that was.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
too many tattoos or were they just dirty?
Doesn’t seem fair to only subject pitchers to it. Stupid as a bucket of hammers.
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I know that Justin Miller's arms are absolutely covered with tattoos.
So I think it’s more quantity than content. Hitters were complaining that they were distracting.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
impressive
I wonder how long it took to get that all done? (Cumulatively, of course – that kind of work isn’t done in just one shot.)
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hitters are such delicate flowers
They complain about too many tattoos, they complain about jewelry that is too shiny … maybe some of them just hit like crap.
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Yeah he has
Toledo did him some good
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
looks like
he’s got much more control than when he went down.
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Let’s get two here, and not worry about Jenks, shall we?
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good at bat, but...
nothing to show for it
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Miggy has a home run career against Dotel too.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
how about it carlos? be a hero!
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HAHAHA
some fan is pointing a laser pointer at the hitters in the phillies/cards game.
They’re trying to find it right now
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
WTF is that growth on his chin? That’s HORRIBLE!
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Jenks
and AJ look like boyfriends, they match so well. Blondies
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cardinals game is stopped right now
because a phillies fan is shining a laser pointer in the cardinal’s batter’s eyes
they're looking all over the stands for the person doing it right now
no one is pointing the person out
What is that guy yelling?
Something to “Bobby”.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
I don't know.
But someone should have told him to shutup.
by StringTheory on Jul 25, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
That was one sad at-bat.
It helps when you only have to throw two strikes. That first one wasn’t even close.
Just out of curiosity...
Anyone know what Marcus Thames’s numbers are against Jenks?
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Trust me...
If he’d come to the Tigers he’d’ve hit, like, .147. Detroit is where good hitters come to die.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
And that's why our catcher is better than yours, White Sox
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Laird, maybe?
Maybe Raburn, although he and Inge both have home run power.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Perry wants a win
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahahahahahaha
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
my theory = mold spores
I saw something just that fuzzy on some fruit cocktail that was in the fridge for about two months because it got shoved to the back.
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Oh gag me
Clutch performer of the game? Give me a freaking break.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions
Oh good they're pinch running for him
Save those knees
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions
"Bat dies a hero"
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would have been for Verlander
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Or lines into one, etc.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Curtis, this is your chance to shine baby.
You get a double here and we all forget about your .253 average
Dammit Ramon
Stupid Tigers.
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Granderson or Polanco?
I’d think Jenks would want to go after Granderson. His numbers against him are awful.
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEE
Hell ya
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FINISH THEM!
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i love explosions of comments
because gamecast is 5 seconds behind and I know something good happened.
Jenks is sweating
nerves… hahahahahahaaha LOVE IT
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STFU, Gracie.
You weren’t impressed by the Tigers before, so don’t start sucking up now, you phony.
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He's better than Tim McCarver, though
McCarver would be talking endlessly on how the White Sox “screwed up”
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
fingernails on a blackboard are better than McCarver, though
He doesn’t exactly set a very high bar. ;)
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bacon bacon bacon
nom nom nom
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my heart hates you
by taste buds, on the other hand
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Hey!
It’s the first extra-innings game at Comerica Park this year!
But please don’t use Rodney unless you run out of other pitchers.
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Who's coming to the mound
Lyon? Bobby Seay?
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We have 3 BYB bloggers
there…..we will win. Rally BYB
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that's right
Wepri, Zappa, and Ian – BYB Powers, activate!
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BUT NOT A WINNING SITUATION
So maybe good ’Nando?
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He's blown some tie games this year...
…but not in extra innings.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
RUN AWAY!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Question
Has Granderson ever had a game winning/tying hit in the 9th or extras before? I was thinking as he fell into that 0-2 hole that I don’t think Granderson has ever had a big hit like that, that I remember him ending games with strikeouts more than not…..I’m glad my thought jinxed it though, if it’s even true….
thats a good question
AND….What ever you did worked. This is good
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i remember a game in 06 vs. Cincy he hit a game tying HR in the 9th
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retrosheet has my back
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my thoughts exactly
I can’t even remember how many times grandy had a chance for a hit like that and ended up striking out.
I think he HAS hit a walk-off home run before
He also had a game-tying RBI groundout against Boston last year and he homered off Jenks in Chicago back in June to tie the game (though the Tigers eventually lost)
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok
Yeah I figured I was wrong, but it just feels like he always strikes out in those situations while my memory serves me poorly in remembering anything positive out of him in those situations
by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 25, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
oh lord have mercy
Fernando? //closing eyes
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Tigers: We know heart failure
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So, uh, what's going on, guys?
Did I miss anything?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 25, 2009 7:12 PM EDT reply actions
run of the mill
come back in the ninth to tie it off Bobby Jenks, nothing exciting
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I feel like I have
Sweating like a… a… sweaty person.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 25, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
living up to your other blog name?
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fantasy team kicking ass today
jimmy rollins 5 RBIs and a GS
chone figgins HR 2 RBI
kubel 3 rbis and a HR(in a losing effort for now)
Fox does it again.
Apparently Rodney now throws a split-fingered fastball.
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you *are* having a rough day
sympathies, m’dear
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the universe has peed in your Cheerios today :(
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We can!
Yaaaay!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll pretend he meant to walk Konerko
Just to get the DP
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
WHEW!
i saw a blue dot on game day, and I thought, oh shit, home run
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He looks like
such a badass in that picture
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Man, that's an OLD picture
I kinda miss the braids, actually.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
No walk off walk potential here, Clete....
you’re just gonna have to hit it over the fence, buddy
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Biggy
can he do it? I think he can. Clete singles and Miggy has a walk off?
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devouring a slab of bacon
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Have you seen that baconaise stuff?
Amazing invention
by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 25, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
BEHOLD!
The power of the rally bacon.
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that's what I'm talking about, Dontrelle Willis!
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He's trying to drive it outta the park gang
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He just needs a base hit
Clete can score on most singles.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Because he was gonna drive in the run, man
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
because he can do THAT!
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Carlos hit a single up the middle to drive in Clete
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Carlos is doing great
I take back all the evil things I said about him
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The white sux just got Guilen-tined!
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Hahahaha
That is so totally COTN there
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
shocking, isn't it?
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only needs one hand for that
so he should be okay.
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Here is a list of things that will be true no matter what happens tomorrow:
1. The Tigers will win the series.
2. The Tigers will stay in first place alone.
3. AJ Pierzynski will still be a douche.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions
thats 3 in a row guys......
……..Its the Grandy Gullien show!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions
We
are going all the way this year. I have felt it since before opening day.
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I'm eating pork chops and considering it close enough.
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
same animal, different cut
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might have to go hit the library
it’s a bar :)
and they have a kickass ABLT, blt with avocado…
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I made pizza an hour ago...
…then the game got exciting and I totally forgot about it, so now it’s cold.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
world sweries bound and pickin' up steam
Go get em Tigers
There’ll be joy in Tigertown
I’ll sing you songs
When the Bengals bring the pennant home
Where it belongs
We’re all behind our baseball team
Go get em
Detroit Tigers
Go get ’em, Tigers!
Yep.
Can’t remember crap from yesterday, but I can remember stuff form 40 years ago. Would you like me to sing “Tigers, Tigers, Rah Rah Rah?”
Admitedly, this one's a little easier
ahem
Tigers, Tigers, Rah Rah Rah
Cardinals, Cardinal, Boo Boo Boo
Tigers, Tigers, Rah Rah Rah
Cardinals, Cardinals, Boo.
Tigers, Tigers, Rah Rah Rah
Cardinals, Cardinals, Boo
Tigers, Tigers, Rah Rah Rah
Cardinals, Cardinal, Boo.
AGAIN
STFU, Gracie. :)
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I hate these FOX guys
blah blah and the tigers show why they are a first place team blah blah blah
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Exactly.....
….plus I never new Rodney was throwing a splitter….idiots
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
besides
The correct terminology is “split-piece.” Even if he was throwing it. Which he isn’t. :)
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no rod till tuesday, in Texas. I bet him and Mario will have great things to say about our guys
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I think we are off on Monday
In Texas Tuesday…. will look now
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We are wrong
Monday we play… Off on Thursday
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In Cleveland
over the weekend….next weekend
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So is this this.....
…..the bacon bennieblades streak?
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions
everyone, don't change a thing
and that includes your unmentionables!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
but what if theres a fire
or I am in a car accident?
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uhm, blame the accident for anything unsightly, haha!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 25, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok....
……Borrow someones house and dont drive anywhere
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Well its only been 3 games......
…..but hes been hitting and thats what we need
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
All I wanted is for him to look good when he got back
and he truly does. I am proud of him, and you for sticking with him. And ashamed for offering him duct tape
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Hey....
…..I stuck by my man Dontrelle too….However at least Guillen is delivering…..I stil do but hes not going to pitch in Detroit again….I wish him well.
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm so glad he's healthy
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
How 'bout a SWEEP???
or would that be too presumptuous?
I like the fact that Minne-haha is falling apart out west….they’re under .500 now…
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They got Chi Next.....
…..I say goe Twins!!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I would say it's presumptuous...
…except we’re on ESPN tomorrow and it’d be nice to win there, for a change.
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
No matter what happens,
this team gives us moments like today. People had ’em dead and buried 48 hours ago, and they take three straight.
This is one tough bunch of dudes.
You die with 'em, and then you gotta love 'em
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 25, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Ever
since I can remember. The store guy told me, sometimes you just gotta turn the TV off and walk away, I was like whatever, buddy. Thats never gonna happen
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Hahaha amen
I stay with them till the bitter end every time
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I never give up until
the last ball has been thrown. Ever.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
you have to with baseball
Other sports sometimes run out of clock, but as long as a team has an out, they have a chance.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
agree
things change so fast in this game. When I go to the game and people leave in the 9th, I am like wtf… I could never do that. Especially if we are behind. I have seen things turn around to many times. A good example is the recent Raburn walk off against the Cubbies. Bottom of the bottom of the 9th…win.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
last ballgame I went to (minor league)
People were leaving after the 6th inning! WTF? The weather was beautiful (cool, but if you are too stupid to not bring a sweatshirt to an evening game in Michigan when the weather has been cool for the last month, you deserve to be chilly), the game was good (we were winning), and I live in a city of only 35,000 people. There isn’t any traffic worth mentioning to beat!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
On another note......
….At least EJ doesnt get a loss!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions
Who gets the win? Perry? and a ND for Edwin?
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
No Rodney got the win
ND/Quality Start for Edwin
by kendra.michelle on Jul 25, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that’s actually Rodney’s first win this season, too.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Rodney loves the drama.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
if so
His wife had better be calm, level-headed, and organized out the wazoo. I can see Rodney as the kind of guy who can’t remember where he put his car keys and his sunglasses and his cell phone and his wallet while he gets ready to leave in the morning, and his wife knows exactly were everything is and manages to get him out the door on time anyway. :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Rodney Pitched 10th...
….he gets win
by BennieBladesFan on Jul 25, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Good evening, everyone.
See you tomorrow night – and bring the brooms and the bacon! :)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
Most satisfying game I've been to in a loooong time.
Probably because it’s the last time I’ve seen them beat the Sox in a looooong time. Especially is such dramatic fashion!
Thank you, Ian
for the link to Grandy’s fundraiser and Mr. Jackson. Oh, to be a twentysomething again. I got your back, 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
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