Game 101: Tigers at Indians
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 6:40 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, Jul 31, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
Edwin Jackson (7-5, 2.59) vs. 
Fausto Carmona (2-6, 7.42), 7:05 p.m. EST
After salvaging a win Wednesday night in Texas, the Tigers' road trip continues with a weekend series against what's left of the Cleveland Indians. (Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration. The Tribe isn't quite the Pittsburgh Pirates.)
Fausto Carmona is back from the minor leagues after getting a Dontrelle Willis type of demotion. He'll take over the departed Cliff Lee's spot in the Indians' starting rotation. Progressing through each level of Cleveland's minor league system, Carmona compiled a 3-3 record and 2.72 ERA in seven starts. Against the Tigers, Carmona has a 6-3 record and 3.49 ERA in 10 career starts.
For the Tigers, Edwin Jackson is winless in his past two starts, despite allowing five runs in 14 innings. Run support continues to be a problem. (We can only imagine what he was thinking during the Tigers' 13-run outburst on Wednesday night.) He's been spectacular against the Tribe in two starts versus the Tribe this season, giving up only one run and nine hits in 14 innings, with 11 strikeouts and three walks.
Let's Go Tribe has your SB Nation opposing view for this three-game series.
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Starting Lineups
TIGERS
1. Curtis Granderson CF
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Carlos Guillen DH
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Clete Thomas RF
6. Marcus Thames LF
7. Brandon Inge 3B
8. Gerald Laird C
9. Ramon Santiago SS
INDIANS
1. Grady Sizemore CF
2. Asdrubal Cabrera SS
3. Shin-Soo Choo RF
4. Jhonny Peralta 3B
5. Travis Hafner DH
6. Chris Gimenez C
7. Andy Marte 1B
8. Luis Valbuena 2B
9. Trevor Crowe LF
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions
I felt bad for Martinez after watching that interview.
Before today, he said he wanted to be an Indian for his entire career.
Tomorrow is Victor bobblehead night.
I had better still get my bobblehead to taunt my Tribe friends with.
http://designaterobertson.blogspot.com
Thanks to everyone for jumping around to the different threads
I know it got kind of confusing with the Open Thread, then the Washburn post, then the Live Chat.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions
Mario: "Clete's swing seems tailor made for right-handed sinkerballers."
Nick Blackburn nods in agreement.
This is going to be a looonnnnng night.
Both teams look like they spent the whole day on the internet, checking out trades.
Given all the trouble scoring runs of late...
You’d think Jackson would try and take better care of a 2 run lead. “No Squandering” should also apply to the pitching staff.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions
We've been playing baseball for 30 minutes
And we are still in the bottom of the first with one out.
I actually like him a lot...especially now that he's no longer an Indian
and on Boston instead. I think everyone should have concluded by now that Boston is my favorite team that is not the Tigers.
Any time a player
wants to stay with the same organization and gets traded, I feel for him. Martinez crying made it even more difficult.
So at this pace...
This game should be over at about… 1 am?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions
Looks like the AL Central was the place to be on trade day, huh?
Washburn and Peavy and Orlando Cabrera incoming, Victor Martinez heading out…
here’s to a great August for the Tigers, cuz with Peavy slated to come back at the end of the month, we might need a cushion…
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So, Mr Sunshine
You may be a bit too Houghton for this reference but we’ll see.
I went up to the Yellow Dog River and it rained. It was sunny in Marquette when I left and when I got back. Go figure!
50 pitches and only through 1.1 innings
Not good.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions
Give us a review afterwards
Hoping to see ‘Funny People’ tomorrow.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice Houdini act, EJ.
Still, it looks like we’re going to get healthy does of middle relief with EJ’s pitch count being as high as it is.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Born to be on TV
Keeps looking right at the camera.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I kept waiting for Rod or Mario to ask a follow up question.
by StringTheory on Jul 31, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Though given what DD’s said about trying to get a corner outfielder, you’re probably right about Rios.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi everyone, how was the livechat?
Sorry I missed it (work). The Peavy deal kind of burst my bubble even though he’s on the DL. (sorry if this was already covered)
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Yeah, it burst mine, too.
But I also think the Sox may have given up too much.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I so love that your handle is BarbaroGarbey
I hope you sponsor his page on baseball reference
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I think so, too
That’s a lot of good young pitching to give up.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
The live chat started out hectic, but Billfer and Kurt eventually tamed the beast and it worked out pretty nicely.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Kudos to Bill for sure
he’s the leader of this pack!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 31, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
tuckered out
trade deadline, live chat, hiking, and an hour long first inning
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 31, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
FYI: LAA 2 MIN 0, NYY 3 CWS 0
Both early, though, obviously.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions
I'm following on GameCast
Any one up in the bullpen yet?
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
Maggs totally would’ve gotten to that.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Ian, I so thought you above cheap shots.
You must not bad mouth mi Magglio.
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I admit I was steamed when Kinsler tagged from first on Magglio's flat footed catch.
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yeah, he probably would have barehanded it
right after it hit the wall and bounced off the warning track a couple of times
89 pitches...after the 3rd innings?
Gonna be a long night for the bullpen.
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The Tribe are redefining "squandering" tonight.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions
EJ doesn't need the defense giving away extra outs right about now
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this is painful to watch.
I know they’ve only gotten 2 runs, but EJ has to come out of this game. He’s working WAY too hard for every out.
How exhausting would it have been if the Tigers hadn’t made a trade?
I’d have felt like I was wasting my life.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
All that build up with no excitement
would have been all too reminiscent of more that a few times in my life……
I keep checking in, wating for something exciting.
But honestly there’s a really good Claudette Colbert movie on TCM, and I’m much more interested in it than the game.
And she can be over the wall dramatic
(as in this one) or screwball funny (as in It Happened One NIght) Love those cheeks of hers!
Best road trip snack?
I always find Combos strangely appealing on road trips.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay
The Twins and Sux are both winning all of a sudden, so these cats can feel free to get their shit together ANY TIME NOW
by BigDaddyJC on Jul 31, 2009 9:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Just noticed that...
Leave it to the Tigers to help Doktor Fausto rediscover his pitching form.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
been watching the game
but i haven’t been on the thread in awhile…been playing starcraft with the girlfriend. i got a gamer girlfriend dances
oh, and jackson wasn’t doing so hot tonight. what’s with the cleveland hitters though? fouling off everything!
Yeah, Jackson never looked comfortable. One of those nights where he “just didn’t have it”?
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
oh, and Kurt
i saw your earlier comment about rain. i know perfectly
i live a mile from tech’s campus. i can walk east to class and the wind will be blowing right in my face. an hour later, i walk west to my house and the wind is still blowing in my face. the UP’s weather is just…assinine
Hi all
Just got home. What happened with Jackson? None of his numbers look particularly bad (although the eight hits are a bit much), but how’d he throw 115 pitches in four innings?
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So the Indians are now the Red Sox?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
seeing their "live" race
reminds me that CoPa’s dunkin donut race on the screen is so lame—you have to at least do it live
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still can't get over leyland putting inge in
to spare Raburn’s sensitive feelings the other night
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I think it was actually to get Magglio out of the game
Raburn went to left, and Clete to right
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed the second half of that game.
But I saw Inge came in with a huge lead. What happened?
by StringTheory on Jul 31, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Leyland specifically said
he wanted to get Raburn out because he had three hits, but had made an error and he’s so sensitive leyland didn’t want him to beat himself up over the error—last time I checked this wasn’t little league!
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
Leyland needs to be like my imaginary Leyland
Cursing out everyone with two fisted Twinkie eating and smoking action with a bottle of whiskey somehow thrown in there.
Take off his shirt, like Tony Bernazard?
“You wanna see what a MAN looks like, Raburn?”
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Well...
Even without Martinez and Garko, the Indians still have quite a bit of offense. If you don’t execute, they can still hurt you.
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They gave the error to Polanco
I didn’t see what he did, though.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
wow.
now i know how everyone who can’t actually see the game feels. this sucks. must find place to live and buy mlb.tv.
i sure wouldn't make it one day without it if I lived out of market
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I saw that.
I’m totally cashing in on that deal. But I don’t have an address to sign up with. Sucks, yeah?
I know!
Suddenly our defense is middle-of-the-pack instead of high ranking
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They beat the Nationals, though...
So I’m not sure how much stock you want to put into it.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to mention Ryan Zimmerman...
but who do they have from a pitching standpoint?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Real life doesn't have a "Force Trade" button?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
i kept thinking, they'll announce that a deal was made right at the deadline
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I don't remember Peralta holding the bat straight over his head like that before this year
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I always wondered if he hauls that thing in every game
or if the Indians let him store it somewhere
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
When all else fails
Remind us of The Catch.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
Gimenez?
I’ve been pronouncing it like “Jimenez?” It sounds wrong the way Mario says it.
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So Perez is all over the place, then paints the corner for strike 3?
I don’t get it.
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come on now, we've got to be able to get to the sieve of a bullpen
the Indians run out there
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excuse me, Tigers
can you please stop letting the Indians pretend like they belong in the major leagues?
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It would help matters if OUR bullpen would stop giving up runs
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
the guy from, is it Taiwan, does not impress. Not ready for prime time, imo.
"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
Victor Martinez or no
Cleveland’s offense is hot right now. They’ve scored a bunch of runs in the past week
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
What's up with all these called third strikes?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions
Okay, Miggy...
Can we stop with the ridiculous Sock Rally now?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions
Cardio Team One has some freaky looking guys on it.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions
Bat's not gonna help if EJ only goes four innings
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
That's my thought too.
Personally, I don’t think any of the bats “available” would have been a cure all anyway.
This team’s offensive problems can’t be solved with a single trade.
Tigers look like dead men walking , tonight.
"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
backseat bobby for the out!
now put that pop down, robert!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 31, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
That's definitely a concern
with Porcello pitching tomorrow.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Throw strikes
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions
Holla!
This game may be over by 8:00 AM tomorrow….
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Can anyone on this team drive in some runs?
"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
Can anyone on this team catch the freaking ball?
Seriously, we’ve had a rash of sloppy defensive baseball lately.
I know!
Suddenly our defense is middle of the pack instead of high ranking.
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
How do you do a complete 180 like that?
It’s the same guys, and you don’t suddenly forget how to field/throw.
I wonder how many of those are pitcher errors, though.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure I'd pinch hit Maggs leadoff.
Although, it’s mathematically impossible for him to hit into a double play this way.
Dear Brandon,
surprise me.
"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
has he hit a bomb since the all star game?
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no el squandero
grammar schrammar
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thanks
"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
Keep it up!
You’re 2-for-2
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Not very punchy tonight. They might have Trade Deadline Hangover, too.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
my eyes, please post a picture of EJ and Grandy without their shirts
to erase this image from my retinas
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Until Maggs' double
I think the highlight of my night (since about… 7:20 pm or so) was brushing my teeth. They feel great.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
Laird can't hit shit!
"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
just because it's the Indians
I’ve been feeling like the Tigers would win this game…see if that amounts to anything, or turns out to be gas, like most feelings….
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hahaha...
no, just seem to be noticing a lot of situations lately where a little speed would be nice!
You like cash….he is cash! (insert Geico music)
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Sorry, I was actually bored enough to search for this.
by StringTheory on Jul 31, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
moved the runner over for the savior
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I've been pushing the nickname for two years
it hasn’t caught on…
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how's about a trip to grandyland?
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I see an inside curveball in his future...
yep, there it was. How bout another?
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
feels good when it's the other team, huh?
and we are the beneficiaries
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hey Wendy
How’s tennesee? (however da eff you spell it)
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it would be strange if hillbillies came from a flat place
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 31, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I lived in Knoxville for a hot minute...
and that is quite true. Both parts of it.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
It's soooo hot here, and I'm not even to Texas.
I’m going to melt. I want my Michigan October mornings.
That was anticlimactic
What are you swinging at, Grandy?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions
oh Curtis
ball 4…let it be
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High fast ball and he goes for it!
Pathetic.
"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
high hard ones, can't hit 'em, can't lay off 'em
it rings true all too often
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At first glance...
I thought you said “Laird swings at ’em too often”
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a huge frown on my face!
"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
Apparently that at-bat needed some reverse psychology
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
Angels pushed one across. Tie game with Minny.
Sox still up one over the Yanks.
Grandy had no business even thinking of swinging at that.
Remember last week, when the Yankees were red hot?
Why can’t they be red hot now?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, look at that!
Somebody hit a triple.
"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
I anticipate loathing Trevor Crowe for years to come
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
It must only work with hitters
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He hasn't pitched since Saturday?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Jim figures he's due for a meltdown, and wants to get rid of it in a lost cause?
Yeah, that feeling the Tigers were gonna win? It’s gone…
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clutch
That’s right, Jim. Just switch to another pitcher. I wonder what the new guy thinks after witnissing the Tigers up, close and personal. Can’t hit for shit, is probably what he thinks.
"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
Why can’t we have a spellchecker, Ian?
"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
please
"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
Brewers were trying to teach a masters level course on squandering
Bases loaded, none down, but then the next two guys get out, and the pitcher’s up next…
and the pitcher gets a hit…
THE PITCHER! Are you taking notes, Tigers????
(of course, Braden Looper apparently has 7 rbi this season, so we’re not talking regular pitcher hitting abilities here)
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The Indians
MUST know about the Bernstein advantage…..don’t you?
(side note: they are getting down to some John Denver their in Cleveland!)
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Today's 4:30am wake up call caught up to me.
I need to crash. G’night kids! The next time you hear from me, I’ll be in Texas!
For what it's worth...
The Royals have lost
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions
I don't think so...
…but right before the All-Star Break, he was hitting under .200
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
So...
Rally reverse psychology?
It seems to be all we got.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions
That Kerry Wood guy, he's a hall of famer
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Just to add to the Brewers story
with the help of a missed call on a bang bang play, they’ve scored 7 runs with two outs in this inning…
I hope someone in the dugout is watching and taking notes…
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3-1
no swinging at ball four, Carlos
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My Hair!
“They turned him into a …..horny toad.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Hey, it's working!
Keep up the reverse psychology!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
Carlos is Clutch!
"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
Cabrera can't clutch
"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
Okay, this is just cruel
If this thing goes to extra innings
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Well, now you're gonna have to wish it goes extra innings.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You take your time, Marcus.
"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
one last Brewers stat
5-9 with runners in scoring position….in the second inning alone
I’m jealous
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they haven't been doing much lately
Scuffling, as the Cubs and the Astros are making runs…they split a series with the Nats, and had to win the last two to achieve that…
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Finally,
I get out of work and the tigers are still playing. This means I can participate in my first game thread. All though now I’m sleepy.
maybe even until the NEXT trade deadline
we could have a whole new roster by the time the game is over
The HP umpire, apparently
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, dear
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
You know how it is in a non-save.
"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
Fernando seems to have remembered it's a non save situation
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That's the way to get some calls, FRod.
Hit the freakin’ ump, secondary to you not being able to hit the strike zone.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
He wanted those changeups inside...
and damnit, he was gonna throw them!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
rodney
should never EVER be out in a non-save situation. put lyon out there for the 8th and we’d be winning right now
I thought Seay game up the run in the 8th?
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He did
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Indian walkoff wins = bigger pain
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
That drum hates my cardiac health
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
mental health, too, by the looks of it
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YAY TIE GAME!
I came home, flipped on my television, and first thought the sound was broken until I saw that Guillen hit a two run homer.
My lucky shirt is now 5-0 as the Loons came back to win in the bottom of the 9th and I ran into my parents at the game so we could all point and laugh at the people who left after the 5th inning. :D
GO TIGERS! BONUS BASEBALL, PLEASE!!!
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I take it the game has been stressful, then?
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radio?
They broadcast on FM 100.9. At least you can listen.
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The Midland Meijer? On Eastman Road?
That is my grocery store. :)
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ah, okay
I just got back from Meijer so I thought it would be hilarious if you worked in the same one I was just at.
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there is still all of August
You have more opportunities. :)
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couple things
Cover your date’s ears or your own during their new American Pie-dol promotion (Traverse City Pie Company sponsor) – as far as I can tell the purpose is to find the two most tone-deaf people in the stadium and have them embarass themselves in front of the crowd.
Also, we have a rally camel now. Yesterday might have been it’s inaugural appearance, but as long as it works, it stays.
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yup
Fell behind 2-0 in the first inning, then gave up another run later – but scored one in the 7th, one in the 8th, and two in the bottom of the ninth. FANTASTIC game. :)
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Mario's ready to go
already reciting the closing credits.
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throwing too hard
as Leland would say.
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I feel sick.
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1st and third look like strikes on gameday
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By the way..
Jayson Nix has a steal of home in that White Sox-Yankees game. I wonder if it was a straight steal or a botched squeeze play
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:03 PM EDT reply actions
Trevor Crowe, Tiger Killer
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Oh, shit.
Crowe in this situation. It’s like Vaughn walking that guy to get to Parkman in Major League II.
Groovy!
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The Tigers had a game like this last year, too
I remember it well. It was the night they traded Pudge and I was in a totally foul mood for the whole game.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Fernando Rodney:
Crowe killer?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions
Time to take a break from Reverse Psychology.
Leyland has to pull every trick possible to win this game. Not only are both rivals in position to win, we’ve burnt almost the entire pen and we have a guy going out there tomorrow who looks fried.
3 black holes due up.
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too bad Laird can't bunt worth squat
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oh hell, why not, one for the ladies
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I'd post a picture, but they're huge
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, yes you were
and we boys thank you :)
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I still can't believe San Diego had the balls to request
Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin for Heath Bell
Did they ask for both?
whatever I heard, I interpreted as one or the other
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According to this guy, yeah
9:19am: Juan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel says the Padres wanted Cameron Maybin and Miller for Bell.
Watch him whiff
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A hard-hit squander at that
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's another squanderer.
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OK curtis...no swinging at ball 4 this time, mmm'kay?
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Look for that high fast ball, Curtis.
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both those pitches look good on gameday
ump not squeezing just the Tigers, anyway
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The king of squanderers.
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Huh
•Via Twitter, Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that the Padres almost dealt Heath Bell and Adrian Gonzalez to the Dodgers for James Loney, Russell Martin, Blake DeWitt, James McDonald and Ivan Dejesus. Wow.
We had our chance.
2 innings in a row and couldn’t follow through.
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LET'S GO TIGERS!
clap clap clap-clap-clap
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I also got several compliments on how apropos it was for a ballgame
So I told them where I got it and encouraged them to get their own. Hopefully they will.
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Lyon...makes a good set-up man
Closer??
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they like our pitchers, that’s all.
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Grady Sizemore
Mr. Clutch.
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We are going to have no bullpen after this weekend
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions
brandon not wasting time, is he?
Wants to get to that Choo walk off without delay, I guess
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just give 'em an rbi, Lyon.
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Jhonny Peralta, clean up....hahahahahahah
sorry, even the reserve psych them of the night can’t stop me from cracking up at the thought….watch him hit the game winner now
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Goodnight, it's over.
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I see a walk off walk in the near future
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You have to play the game so we can lose.
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Wow
Rod was not impressed with that pitch
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
Angels went up on the Twinkies
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They're wore out!
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It doesn't matter, we're gonna lose anyway.
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Never hit 'em when we need them.
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Would someone remind them that
they’re facing Toma Freaking Ohka, for chrissakes.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 11:29 PM EDT reply actions
I was just thinking the same thing
You are Miguel Cabrera. He is Tomo Ohka. Crank it out!
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
that pic of Magglio on Game Day makes me sad
it’s still got him with all the hair
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his performance at the plate
makes me sad, too
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That's preferable to the awful Photoshop job FSD puts up
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Not that I have found
Washington ended up making Willingham untouchable though so I don’t know if any offers were even made
Time to put the bullet in the chamber
and play Russian roulette with the Tigers bullpen for yet another inning.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
ahtrap and densogirl = FAIL
we tried.
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Remember about five months ago when we acquired Jarrod Washburn?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s already re-signed with the Mariners.
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
that made me crazy when they kept repeating that he’d prob. resign with them after this season
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took a look at our offense and backed out.
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It's now 10-5 Angels over Twins in the 11th...
…and still nobody out
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
As it stands right now...
Galarraga is still in the dugout. He has not moved to the bullpen. Yet.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Santiago?
Inge? Raburn? Take your pick.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Wonder how the knee might affect pitching?
and laughing at the absurdity of wondering about about the 3rd sacker coming in to pitch out of necessity
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that was quick...i only managed to put three or four books into a box
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Carlos has a good arm. Let him do it.
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usually this is no big deal for me
but long day, I want a nap.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 31, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
12 innings
Maybe a camel will help. :)
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the Loons apparently have a rally camel now
I think they started it in they extra-inning game yesterday (it was 12 innings, but four hours 37 minutes long, so the announcers on the radio were getting punchy). They showed a camel on the scoreboard captioned “RALLY CAMEL” and going along with this odd mooing sound. :)
Bizarre, but they won 11-10 in the 12th yesterday and rallied to win tonight, so I guess it will stay at least until they start losing.
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little pop up
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only with my xanax
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yes
But I’m still buzzed from seeing my local minor league team rally to win in the bottom of the ninth.
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so the shirt worked?
cool :)
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5-0
My shirt is undefeated!
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don't feel bad
They have won the last four games in a row – they are bound to lose sometime pretty soon (and with as sloppy as they were to start this one, I thought they had no chance to pull it out).
I hope your date is okay with a loss, though. I don’t want the two of you to have a disappointing time.
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Thanks
I appreciate it.
But you guys did the work.
All I did was put up a post “Hey, Tigers got Washburn.”
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 31, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Good night, Ian.
Thanks for providing an internet Tiger fan asylum for us to virtually self-commit ourselves to. :)
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the third inning has been his downfall before
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Hahahahahah
I remember when someone on here GUARENTEED me that would never happen again.
I hate stupid people.
That's okay...
Texas and Seattle are in the bottom of the seventh and have been in a rain delay for several hours now.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
FYI: Cliff Lee is pitching 1 hitter for Philly in SF.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions
He goes to one of the best offensive teams in the NL,
and he still gets no run support.
by StringTheory on Jul 31, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
He spent his childhood pulling the wings off flies
You can genetically engineer flies to be wingless for lab experiments – and yet they still call them flies. they should call wingless flies “sinks” or something.
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guess I'll have to chug one of those "five hour energy" drinks--no crash!
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Kudos to you, Brandon Lyon.
Nice work out there. Enter Fien?
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
I am so glad I don't go to work until 3:00 tomorrow...
Well, I won’t feel that way when I actually go to work. Closing on Saturdays is usually rough.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
"As we go to the top of the 13th inning"
“With some bad dancing at the ballpark”
LOL @ Mario
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:55 PM EDT reply actions
It's a hit! Off of Toma Ohka no less
Praise be the Lawd.
by BarbaroGarbeyc1984 on Jul 31, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
oh well
least it wasn’t a GIDP
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It was almost a line double play
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, Santiago magically turned into Everett!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
LOL @ Armando with rally cap
He looks tired
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by SabreRoseTiger on Jul 31, 2009 11:59 PM EDT reply actions
he does have sleepy eyes
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Stop throwing to first base!
You are just making the game even looooooooooooooonger.
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is Carlos just gonna have to do everything by himself?
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I gots me an idea.
Cleveland can just forfeit. That would fall into the other category of the new poll question.
I'm not elying
I was thinking that I hope Miggy lays off the first pitch…
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Who was it that said the Brewers don't squander?
Their pitching just squandered a 7-1 lead.
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I said they didn't squander the bases loaded no out situation
I’m watching this travesty, the brewers announcers are going on about how the Padres have one of the lowest batting averages in the NL
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Padres just took the lead
The last of the Mujicans is now in line for the win (Edward Mujica, padres pitcher)
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Happy August, everyone!
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y'know
I don’t think I’ve ever had a happy august greeting….thanks!
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considering so many friends are here, I thought it appropriate
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Should we be mad at Guillen?
He caused us to use three pitchers it turned out we didn’t need to.
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We need a gas can. Fire.
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EPIC SQUANDERAGE
Stupid Tigers.
Stupid, stupid Tigers.
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deflated and depressed
And hopes for a win popped all over the floor. :(
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Truth be told...
On a night you score five runs and Edwin Jackson’s pitching for you, you need to win. You should not HAVE to score a sixth run.
And why did our lefty relievers suck tonight?
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