Stalled Again: Rangers 5, Tigers 2

needs to do some work with these guys. I will stick by that statement to the death. For 2 months our defense has been horrible, with the exception of a few lucky swings. Get with it Lloyd. Poor Armando struck out 12 last night and still had to take the loss in my opinion he looked pretty good out there. We need offense, badly. Apparently " todos necesitan run support". Bleccchh, just bleccchh. But I still love these guys. :o)

…when the Tigers lose a game 7-8 or even 6-5. Until then the debate on what this team “needs” or what will “help” is extremely one sided. You have to score runs to win ball games. When Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson have pitched the way they have this year, you will occasionally win/lose a close low scoring game. That’s acceptable. What the Tigers have done since the All Star break is simply pathetic. Yeah, I know they won a monster series against the White Sox, and have effectively been in first place for what seems like forever now…but they can’t keep this up. Consider, for a moment, that they don’t even try to add a bat this week. What if the players presently on the payroll, just start doing what they are supposed to. When are Granderson, Polanco, Cabrera, and Ordonez gonna start hitting like MLB hitters? Yeah, I know Cabrera’s season still looks good on paper, but bases loaded with a 3-0 count…you think Albert Pujols strikes out in that situation? The fact is…Cabrera has been flat as an open bottle of Faygo for what seems like two months now. Granderson can keep hitting solo shots, but for God’s sake, how about doing it with a man on once in a while?! Polanco and Ordonez have been anemic at the plate! If Guillen can be even servicable and those four can start to hit the ball with ANY consistency this team has limitless potential. Until they can find a way, however, to hit with RISP this team is lucky to be where they are at.

laughing at Biggy’s avg the second game of the season. It was .989. Outrageous. I knew it wouldn’t stay that way, he had great day opening day. But it has been in a steady decline. Over tha past couple of months it just keeps dropping and dropping. Not good. A guy like him should be able to hold at least .350. I noticed lately he takes a lot of 1st pitch swings. His average in the early part of the season on those pitches was .439 (give or take a little) which was one of the league highs. I can not imagine what it is now. but it sure aint over .400

I did listen to most of the game on the radio. Dan and Jim never did figure out Tim McClelland’s strike zone. And it seemed every time there was an opportunity (with the exception of Cabrera striking out with the bases loaded), whoever was at the plate would either hit it right at someone, there was a wacky strike call, or one of the Rangers would make a spectacular play (We were out-WebGemmed?). Am I correct in this assessment?

By the way, you guys are discovering what I observed months ago: Galarraga just isn’t getting run support this year. If he had been, his record would probably be closer to 9-7 or something like that. Pretty much the only starters who get run support with regularity are Verlander and Porcello.

Also, I’m not ready to kick Cabrera to the curb. The guy has been driving in runs for too long to just lose the ability. He’ll find it eventually. I’d just prefer that happen sooner rather than later.

DetNews: Offense again squanders chances as Tigers lose opener http://bit.ly/s2IOR

That Magglio’s grand slam is the only home run the Tigers have hit in the second half that wasn’t a solo shot?