Game 80: Tigers at Twins
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 4, 2009 3:00 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, Jul 4, 2009 4:10 PM EDT
Edwin Jackson (6-4, 2.49) vs. 
Francisco Liriano (4-8, 5.62), 4:10 p.m. EST
Happy 4th of July to you! How much will the Tigers and Twins have in them, after playing 16 innings of baseball into the morning, then turning around for an afternoon game today? (Perhaps more importantly, how many pitchers will each team have available?) Will more Tigers fans outside the metro Detroit area get to see today's game, unlike the last time the Tigers were on FOX's Game of the Week and at the bottom of the regional coverage totem pole?
One thing that would keep the Twins in contention for the AL Central right up to the very end would be a return to prominence by Francisco Liriano. And while he's not the pitcher he was in 2006, Liriano might be getting closer to that form. He's won his last two starts, allowing five runs in 12 innings with 12 strikeouts. (However, he's also given up 11 hits and seven walks in those two games, so it's still a work in progress.)
Liriano faced the Tigers in early May, and held them to two runs and four hits in 7.1 innings, with nine strikeouts. In six starts at the Metrodome this year, he has a 1-4 record and 5.30 ERA.
Hopefully, Edwin Jackson got plenty of rest last night, because he's due for a long outing today, regardless of how well he pitches. The Tigers used seven pitchers in last night's extra-inning marathon, maybe half of which could help out today.
But has Jackson really gone winless in his past four appearances? Despite giving up three runs or fewer in each of those games? Such is life without run support. The Tigers have won the last two games Jackson has started, however, which speaks to how he's fought to keep his team in the game while they try to scrape together some runs. In his one start against the Twins earlier this year (also in Minneapolis), Jackson gave up five runs and seven hits in six innings. On the road this year, Jackson is 3-3 with a 2.12 ERA in nine starts.
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I’d love to participate today but I can’t get the game on regular tv or mlb and gameday frustrates the hell out of me! hope ackshun jackson has a good day, have fun kids, happy 4th
not getting it down here in houston, tx
by Motown'sFinest on Jul 4, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Ordonez return to form today?
Ordonez has an OPS over 1.000 against Liriano and in the last 3 years, he has an OPS of over 1.000 in the Metrodome. If he can’t get 2 to 3 hits today, I’m not sure when he will.
http://motor-citysports.blogspot.com
it's nice to hope
but most of those gaudy numbers were put up in the past two years so I don’t think it really reflects the reality of this year … where he has an OPS of .563 in the HHH Dome. But maybe Liriano will leave one up and he’ll hit it a long way.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably
But, Liriano does struggle with his command. It might be a good matchup for Ordonez.
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
I would love to see Maggs do well today.
As well as our other guys. I’m not holding my breath or counting on anything special, just another win in the House of Horrors would be nice. I’m headed out. Have a great day gang… GO TIGERS!! Win this one simply for the sake of winning, k?
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
I'm sure the residents of Green Bay and the Fox Cities
will be simply riveted by a pair of southern california teams playing.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
like chicago not getting the game
yeah, what’s a white sox fan care what goes on with the Twins and Tigers!
Fox should make the games regional so at least there’s reason to watch
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
naw, that's fine, thanks
I’ll probably take the game in outside in the shade with the radio on
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm laptopless
I know, hard to believe in this day and age, and trust me, I’ve had my eyes on one. But then I’m like “what am I going to do with it, take it to starbucks? My PC is fine.”
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, alright
I didn’t even think about that.. I have 2 work laptops and my wifes laptop, plus a desktop PC..
too many computers? impossible.
well he's only pitched against Tigers twice since Tommy John
but you’re right, allowed 2 runs both starts
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Fox
better not cut away to show some at bat from a steroid user. That is just idiotic.
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
worst part of listening on the radio
Not Jim Price. Trying to figure out what happened from the crowd noise.
here
http://www.myp2pforum.eu/mlb-baseball/40280-baseball-today-saturday-july-4th-streaming.html
you need to download the TVants thing to watch it with. its behind a little bit, and decent quality.
The tigertown is the one you want. for the most part tigertown has virtually every game.
from the sound of it
we’re not doing very well offensively today so far…everybody is probably tired.
mags with the stand-up double
i don’t know if i want him to do well …
Part of me wants Mags to suck it up so that we can justifiably release him towards the end of the season.
i'd like him to do well if he's going to do consistently well
not “just enough to get by”
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 4, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
No, actually.
I have to get a picture of Turbo for my new icon. I bought him a Tigers hat. Have to figure out a way to get it on his head.
You think Everett’s parents ever thought, "We have “eve” as the first part of our last name, we gotta name one of our kids Adam, cuz that would be hillarious!"?
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not likely
"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
Liriano
he still has good stuff. His command is still a little shaky. But, it wouldn’t surprise me if we needed Jackson to really shut down the Twins today
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
yeah, Riley's strike zone is tight today
pain in the ass after a 16 inning game
you know
he hits with such power that I would rather him at the top to get more AB’s. he also has the speed that when he is on to get around on a miggy single.
Cabrera
just, just missed a HR there
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
Shef is up, oh the humanity!
Not only do they not allow me to watch the Tig’s, but I have to endure Shef too….
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
Ya, isn't that convenient...
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
Moreau
is really, really good. That was a good pitch by Jackson and it didn’t even matter
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
Morneau
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
Manny is back up
and they arent cutting away… Thank you for letting the little guys watch their mid market teams, thats so nice of you
Here in Indiana...
we have side by side to watch Manny being Manny, being toss him, toss him!!!!
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
Cuddyer crap...
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
stealing a thought from some other sbn blog, can’t remember which one…
trying to figure out which is the best way to rep crede from now on…
:(rede
:Crede
:<rede
if he grows a ’stache, maybe :{rede?
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way OT, but try not to pull any of theese tricks today, mmmkay?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OcIwPx-SCs&feature=related
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i dont like how the twins FSN play-by-play guy is calling this game
pays too much attention to the twins in a nationally televised game
Which website has the HD highlights
right in the middle of the screen, with the clips from each game below the screen? I do not remember where that is.
seriously need to break out of this, “every other game, we score 1 run” mode
heck, the Tigers haven’t even made it to that level yet.
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He was found shot in the head. Dead woman was found there, too. They haven’t identified her yet.
http://designaterobertson.blogspot.com
Like I said earlier
I feel its skewed since they have the largest volume of players of any league like 1,700
Remember the good old days?
When you only had to worry about getting shot if you played in the NBA?
http://designaterobertson.blogspot.com
It was either inside a bar or right outside of one.
"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
the other day all the squandered doubles almost killed me
i DVRed that game and put myself in the bubble for a day and a half to see that??
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
Can the Tigers even bunt today?
They better get going!
"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
Is it time for Megan, yet?
or is that the 8th inning thing. How ’bout the squirrel til then.
"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
Binge! (thanks for that nickname Rogo, I ALWAYS call him that now)
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
No squandering!
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
AND YES
You can post that over and over again (please!)!
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
CLEAR THE BAGS, MAGS!
"A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole. "
Haha. I got lucky
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
Poor Maggs!
"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
Baseball Reference says this it Magglio's first multi-extra-base-hit game this year
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
Baseball reference ?
Maggs hit a two run homer when the Yankees were here, he drove in Polly, doesn’t that count?
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Oh,Lord
Please hold on, Mr. 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
Seay, he threw a strike!
"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
Oh, Lord!
"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
they just showed a shot of him cheering his team/seay on
it looked like he said pick him up
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
Good for him
He’s such a quality player, it just makes his lack of run support that much more maddening.
He's still cheering on his team
My God, we gotta win this.
"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
Mauer and Morneau are good. Real good,
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
Can anybody get on base?
"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
ugh...i'm about to leave for fireworks
game is tied. my buddy who is driving won’t listen to them on the radio. rally for me eh? a win would rock
Can do!
"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
me too. I drank a whole bottle of wine last night. Heading for the fridge now!
"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
We can still win
"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
Great throw!
"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
Now we need 2 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
depending how we get out of this inning.
"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
ump screwed us. And, there is no way Punto should be able to beat us
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
It's definitely doable
"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
that was ridiculous
right now it should be 3-3 runner on 1st n 2nd with 2 outs but the ump is a dumbass
hate to say it, but that one non call changed the game
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
geez
i walked away for one second and missed it, should it have been a called strike three?
http://old-english-d.blogspot.com
honestly, it wasn't even close. The Twins batter even seemed surprised
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
I just wanna beat these assholes
Then go for the kill tomorrow
"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
We need some Megan
rally caps, big league chew, rally squirrel
"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
If Maggs go yard again
I think he’s got his mojo back. Shocking. I would be shocked.
"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 just want to win this game for all our Tiger fans!
"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 honestly can't figure out why we can't hit this bastard.
I mean, it’s a slider. At some point in our history, someone should have gotten lucky and drilled one.
Despite being a member of the Cult...
I’m not sure it matters that much. Our AAAA players are pretty interchangable. And we depend on them too much.
Oh, Brandon!
"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
We had 2 guys on base in the fist inning
and squandered.
"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
Nathan's success against us defies reason.
Seriously. He’s good, but there’s no reason he should own us like this. We’ve hit every other big-time closer the last few years but him.
At least the Sox lost.
Right where we were on Thursday. Happy 4th, everyone.
Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women.
Sorry. Jaws is on.
Over an 162 game season, you are bound
to get one game where the ump has a direct impact on the game with balls and strikes. Unfortunately, that was today’s game. We can still take the series tomorrow
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
I hate the twins
I just hate them. them and their funhouse stadium, their left handed bats, their closer who appears to be on cocaine when he pitches, and all the times they beat us when they clearly suck.
Tough, tough, loss
especially for Edwin. And Magglio hitting the game winning HR would of put a cherry on the top. Too bad.
"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
btw, what is with Grandy?
slump or major slump?
"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 think his swing is too long and he is swinging for the fences too much
His HR’s are way up this year, but his doubles and triples are down.
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
So basically the Tigers had some fun with a piss poor strike zone.
Some folks have been suggesting computers calling balls and strikes and I am starting to lean that way. Wasted Magglio’s effort. Gah!
Evening.
Sorry I wasn’t here for the game (BBQ at grandparents), but it looks as though I’m not the only one who feels sorry to see Magglio’s heroics go to waste (And that homerun was on a fastball, too!). For the record, my grandpa was questioning the umpire throughout the late innings.
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
There are a whole bunch of Tigers fans waiting to explode if Magglio gets hot.
And having his efforts go down the drain hurts just a little bit more than it should.
Magglio Ordonez
nothing else needs to be said.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
I hate the Twinkies.
I have hated them ever since 1987 – maybe earlier. I hate the stupid lawn and leaf bag outfield wall, their crappy marshmallow dome stadium, the lousy knee-destroying surface, the way they always beat the Tigers, Nathan, Morneau, Mauer, and Crede.
And I hate the Minnesota Wild and their Christmas elf uniforms and stupid retired number one for the fans by contact with spillover Twinkie bile. Grrrr …..
But hooray for Magglio! Shame it was wasted, but still nice to see.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I, too, have hated the Twins since 1987.
The Wild are no Northstars (I hated them) and I hate the Vikings and I really hate that stupid dome and the baggy and the fact they took down the plexi-glass so more homers could be hit.
Stupid bloated Kent Hrbeck and Gagne and the rest!
Gagne and his scraggly hair
He looked like such a colassal bag of douche.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
+100
I too, have always hated the Twinkies. They are wieners.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
I hate Twinkies too
True story:
This one time, I was eating a Twinkie. In the middle of said processed pastry food like substance, I noticed that there were tiny red ants crawling through it. I had totally eaten some of those guys.
So yeah, I hate Twinkies now.
Plus those Minnesota Twins guys are kinda douchebags.
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 4, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
TWINKIES EXPERIMENTS
Reminds me of some of the goofy things friends and I did in college. Just picture a twinkie of your choice in some of these situations and you will feel better.
http://www.twinkiesproject.com/
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
LOL, good link...
Too bad those experiments can not be performed on Crede, the M&M boys and various other life -size Twinkies I detest so much.
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Today's Game TV Availability
I was able to get the game on MLB.com but if you see by my handle where I live, don’t be jealous, it makes for a looooooooong drive to see games. Usually trips to Seattle have to do for the year. Locally FOX was carrying the Yankee game, probably because the feed is out of Rochester, NY. I appreciate the ability to see every Tig game where I live now on MLB but at times the connection is really frustrating…
Let’s go Tigs, get the series tomorrow and some runs for Porcy!!
How does a Calgarian become a Tiger fan? That’s an international border and a couple time zones away. :)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Probably brainwashed by Tram and Whitaker in the early 80s.
That’s how I avoided becoming a Mariners fan!
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