Game 81: Tigers at Twins
by Ian Casselberry on Jul 5, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, Jul 5, 2009 2:10 PM EDT
Rick Porcello (8-5, 3.90) vs. 
Nick Blackburn (6-4, 3.10), 2:10 p.m. EST
And so we've arrived at the halfway point of the 2009 season. The Tigers will return to Detroit still in first place, which might be seen as a victory in itself among many in Tiger Town. But can they also leave Minneapolis with a series win?
For the Twins, Nick Blackburn has lost his past two starts, giving up 21 hits in 14 innings. Yet he somehow allowed only five earned runs in those two games, extending a streak in which he's given up three runs or fewer to eight games. In his last start against the Tigers, however, Blackburn allowed several more runs than that. At Comerica Park in early May, he was roughed up for six runs and nine hits in just 3.1 innings. Blackburn has yet to lose at home this season, posting a 3-0 record and 2.61 ERA in six starts.
In his last start, Rick Porcello pitched one of the worst games of his rookie season, giving up nine hits in just 4.1 innings versus Oakland. That was the highest number of hits he's allowed since his debut in Toronto, in the second shortest of his 15 starts this season. Porcello's best start of the year, however, came against these Minnesota Twins in that early May series at Detroit. In seven innings, he held the Twins scoreless, allowing only four hits. On the road this year, he's 5-3 with 3.72 ERA in eight starts.
Miguel Cabrera has a .444/.444/.889 batting line against Blackburn, with one homer and six RBIs in nine at-bats. (The Tigers' next best hitter vs. Blackburn is in Toledo, with Clete Thomas batting .500/.500/1.083 with one homer and four RBIs.) Both Brandon Inge and Marcus Thames are 0-for-7.
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Tennis, Indy Car, and Tigers...oh my....
"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. "
I don't get tennis because they can't count properly
But I was rooting for Andy Roddick because he is the underdog and then I got really nervous so now I can’t watch it.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Agreed,
not a tennis fan at all, but they are great athletes (if you have ever tried to play, it is HARD!). Would love to see Roddick pull it out.
"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. "
great athletes, but a sport more fun to play than watch
I assume it’s fun to play anyway. I’d rather golf.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
That's why I can't watch!
I started off just kind of thinking it would be nice if Roddick could win, because Federer has a butt-load of trophies and Roddick gets so much crap from people, but not thinking he had a chance – and once it did look like he had a little bit of a chance I got nervous.
I don’t get the sport so I can’t look at it and think in my own head what someone needs to do to win, so it’s more stressful than if I understood it. Or considering my baseball and hockey-generated heart failures, maybe not.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Poor Andy. :(
At least he shouldn’t get crap from people after this match (game? tournament?).
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I don't even know the right terminology
But I don’t know why they count 0 – 15 – 30 – 40 either. Tennis is strange.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Yeah the scoring is extremely strange
You have to win 6 games to win a set, and you have to win 3 sets to win the match (in men’s Tennis at least, women’s is only 2 sets)
Oh and to win a set, you also have to have won at least 2 more games than your opponent (i.e. you can’t win 6-5, you have to win 7-5 or 8-6, etc)
Is there crying allowed in Tennis?
because there is no crying in baseball
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I don't blame him
He’s got to be physically and emotionally spent.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Oh, I know he'll survive
But she has to wait until later to console him.
Right now he has to be disappointed as hell.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
IS THERE AN ERROR WITH YAHOO'S LINE UP????
Diamond Don Kelly clean up? OMR has LOST his mind!!!! What the ????
"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. "
Yeah Jason Beck has the same lineup on Twitter
Hey, why not bat bINGE 4th if you’re giving Thames the day off?
With Leyand
It’s hard to say why he does what he does when he does it…
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C. Granderson cf
R. Santiago 2b
M. Cabrera 1b
D. Kelly lf
B. Inge 3b
M. Ordonez dh
J. Anderson rf
G. Laird c
A. Everett ss
D. Span cf
B. Harris ss
J. Mauer c
J. Morneau 1b
J. Kubel dh
M. Cuddyer rf
J. Crede 3b
D. Young lf
N. Punto 2b
"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. "
Indy Car > Tennis...ABC!
"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. "
I’d like to see Magglio a little lower in the line up until he really proves himself. That old GIDP is a scary thing.
but if they were on base at the same time
Neo would probably pass him…
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He shoudl be batting behind someone who only hits doubles.
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it doesn’t count in the GIDP category.
It’s a hard luck double play. He hit it hard but at the wrong place. I think Raburn would have been doubled up even if he’d frozen instantly, though
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd go with
“BUNT, por favor!”
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
so do we have any idea who's been selected for the all-star team?
i only see the starters on MLB.com
Am I the only one who thinks John Keating
is a wiener?
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an awesome weiner :)
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I worked alongside him once
He seemed to have the “i’m with FSN, I’m more important than the local media” syndrome.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I could see that from him
One guy who I can’t seeing with that kind of attitude is Mickey Redmond. Also Mario Impemba seems like he would be pretty approachable.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Mario is a nice guy.
he posed for a picture for me from his window at Comerica, but it freakin came out blurry and I had to delete it. I think I was shaky from all the excitement.
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If he's so great
why doesn’t FAUX sports take him to the National Level
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Ya give him the Tier 3 game that is only seen in the Indianapolis market, with teams from 900 miles away...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. "
Oh!
If you ever work with him again, we should arrange to have a bunch of people ask for your autograph and talk about how much we love your stuff and pretend not to recognize him. See if we could get steam to come out of his ears. :D
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I participated in such a thing before
A classmate of mine in college was doing local broadcasting as an internship deal – he actually was very good at it – and was with a jerk who was so full of it his eyes were brown. And my friend really had (past tense) a lot of respect for him, and was asking him if he wouldn’t mind giving him any advice. Jackass brushed him off with “you either got it or don’t, kid – some things can’t be taught.” (Such as class, obviously.)
So I got together some friends and we MOBBED him after his spot and asked for autographs and such, including one girl who asked him to autograph her chest right above the neckline of her tank top (it was his fiancee, so it was okay), and then one of us (who may have been me) turned to Mr. Jackass and asked, all innocent-like, “are you his assistant for this assignment? That’s so sweet of you to help him! Isn’t he doing a wonderful job?”
I thought his head was going to explode. The best part of it was that my friend didn’t know we were going to do this – all he knew was that a few of his friends were going to show up for moral support. Total surprise. :)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
What?
I just have a very low jerk tolerance, I guess.
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That
is a great story and I am certain it made your friend feel pretty good about himself too.
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Yeah
I would be like"OMG, aren’t you Mack Avenue Kurt. Please, please, please can I have your autograph".
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well I left that career
and don’t really see myself getting back into it.
He was at the “Yooper dome” to do a feature on a Division 8 HS football team. I just needed to interview their coach and get the heck out of there, being on deadline and all, but it was like he had exclusive access.
It annoyed me.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
In honor of Baroque, I will say it
Nick Punto
is evil and he must be destroyed.
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Seriously?
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Justin Morneau, Jason Bartlett, Carl Crawford, Ben Zobrist, Michael Young, and Aaron Hill
no Binge :’(
well, i'll be back later folks. unexpected run to walmart with a friend.
jump out to a huge lead for me!
also, granderson!!!!!!!
You would go to Walmart
instead of watch this exciting thread grow, well just… whatever.
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I've seen the walmart in houghton
he’ll be back fast. it’s like a postage stamp!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
oooohh
what’d you see? I saw Public Enemies yesterday.
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how was it?
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Did they represent Indianapolis?
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Mostly just showed
the prison in Michigan city, in regard to Indiana. They seemed to gravitate toward Chicago.
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I loved it too.
Johnny Depp was hot hot hot as John Dillinger
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Johnny Depp
is man pretty. And he’s got great style. Yum.
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We want a
surprise upon your return, please.
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Drive fast!
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Inge deserved it...bummed about that.
"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. "
They're not dead!
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Only resting!
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I hope Young Rick will do well today.
last couple of outings he was kind of shaky.
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and
get him drunk… and make him wish he was 40. LMAO
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not until the offseason!
He is needed right now on the mound.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
off topic but a bunch of my NL boyfriends are in the all star game
so thats cool
yay for verlander, jackson and grandy of course
Good riddance to the Metrodome.
May the ghostly remnants of Greg Gagne’s crappy hair haunt you in your new park.
Maybe we need to bury a relic to make sure it is cursed, like a Northstars sweater or something.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Both!
You can never have too many curses for an opponent.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
MAybe we could get
Biggy to do a Santeria curse or something. I am sure he wouldn’t mind. He probably hates the Twins too.
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it has been mentioned
Discussion has consisted mostly of a bunch of ???? as opposed to real words.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Our lineup
looks so odd today. Seems like a couple of guys are out of order.
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I think Grandy has a good chance of having a good day
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
That free Arby's promotion is pretty neat.
All the M’s promote is heavy drinking and rampant sarcasm.
Has anyone ever sat up in 340-345?
peanutssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! cracker jackssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
Binge!
Is one of the 5 finalists for the last spot. Other choices are Adam Lind, Ian Kinsler, Chone Figgins, Carlos Pena.
UUhmm MrPants
where is my surprise from Walmart? hhhmmmm?
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I thought it was mrsunshine?
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Someone who knows these things needs to set up a robot voting deal to get Inge in.
Or kneecap the other four choices, whatever is easier.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
maybe a quantity discount?
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Rod just said
the Tigers were rude to Blackburn last time they faced him. Let’s hope they keep up the good work.
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they seemed awfully polite this inning
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
lulling him into a false sense of security
And when he least suspects it, WHAM!
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Almost all the Twins starters are clones of one another.
Generic anglo, control pitchers. They must have an illegal cloning farm in the bowels of the HHH Dome.
generic anglo is also a good description of Minnesota
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
that's
why they have all of those hefty bags laying around, eh? Extra parts, maybe?
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I may need to get a few more email addresses. :)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
ditto
"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. "
zobrist is leading the AL in OPS
so I can believe that one.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Air Force?
Have the Twinks found a way to garner some $$$? Small market by patooky!
"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. "
Navy? Army?
"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. "
I hate them all approximately equally
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
wasn’t on my radar, and then I hear someone say he’s got 23 bombs this year…he’s got my NL final vote, too
Official BYB Juju Consultant...now accepting rally creature applications!
Anaheim has lousy names. “Anaheim Ducks.” Marginally better than “Anaheim Mighty Ducks,” but both still stupid.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
It did give us the Triple Deke
If only the name and the Emilio picture they use so I don’t entirely hate the Disney Ducks legacy.
this is true
And they traded Pronger to Philly, so their douchenozzle-quotient is marginally lower now.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Pretty sad
that I compared Laird’s stats to Magg’s stats just now.
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some things are better left unknown
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Well on the bright side
Maggs does have slightly better numbers; for whatever it’s worth.
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Seriously
Could Wilkin Ramirez give them worse than the empty batting average Maggs has been giving them?
I prefer the spinach girl Meijer commerical
to the one where the kid breaks everything the mom owns, then she just buys new stuff
To beat you with…
"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 young Porcello
has some impressive pitches.
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I just got a picture of
Napoleon Dynamite in my head…
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Everett with some UPs!
"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. "
Holiday in the desert....
"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. "
Don't do it!
He has already earned it – one game doesn’t matter.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Blackburn is not this good
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
I just installed an SMS nuke app on my phone
Just sent 100 voted for Inge….. now I will get 100 texts saying “You have voted for Brandon Inge”…. Hopefully this won’t take all day
you'll still be hitting the "ok" prompt in the morning
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Wow
Can someone get through to these idiots that there is a game to be played.
They better not be voting for Inge.
That’s our job!
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
OT
Indy Car race is going to be 5 lap shootout at the Glen. Good stuff. Better than watching, what I just watched…..
"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. "
nope
I just added the ballot to my favorites so I can vote more for Inge later.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Rod is a way better analyst
than he was a ball player
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video?
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Had not seen that. Wow was Rod a maniac.
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LMAO
In Japan, I bet that is not an honorable thing to do. Rod should have bowed first.
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hahahahahaha
3 RBI’s in his entire career. I would not even allowed that to be published.
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I haven't maxed out yet.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Alas, I have no unlimited texting.
Need to do it over the internetwebs, all primitive like.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Dammit Rick
I going to be his new nickname if he keeps doing this.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I can't wait til next year when the Twins will have to play all of their games outdoors
on a real baseball field
it’ll be like they’re on the road 162 games!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear Twins
Will you at least serve up the behinds of our guys on a platter?
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Cue the circus muzak
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GOOD LORD
did that inning get away from the kid or what?
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I'm giving it one more inning
and if things don’t improve, I have too much to do around the house
bleh.
My thinking as well.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I am so tired of us making these clowns look like the '27 Yankees.
They are the most infuriating team to play against in their ridiculous park. And for whatever reason, they are not only in our heads, they are now settling in and rearranging the furniture.
And they aren’t going anywhere, either.
Hey
I paid the guy out front and took it home with me…
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Jimmy brought NO game today. :(
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I don't ordinarily criticize this team for its effort.
But this is pathetic, guys. I know you want to get home, but at least make it look good out there.
There has to be a better way to spend a Sunday. I am going to go look for it.
Blackburn NOT = Cy Young
Not that you would know it from the way the Tigers are hitting missing today.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Everytime Ian writes about the opposing pitcher and how bad he has been lately in the preview
We proceed to make them look like Cy Young.
Clearly Ian’s fault.
Only reverse-psychology negativity should be permitted when speaking of opposing pitchers.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Standard Template:
[opposing pitcher] has been super awesome this year! Hopefully he can keep it going and we don’t score 10 runs off of him!
by explosivo2k2 on Jul 5, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Recommended
With desperation. :)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
it's nice that the team found some warm bodies
to put on the jersey before they boarded the plane and flew back to Detroit this morning, but couldn’t they have found anyone who knows how to play baseball?
I wonder what its like to be a diehard fan
of a team who does well most of the time?
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I remember that year
and 84. Both were awesome.
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My friend is a diehard Yankee fan
I remember one year he just decided to miss most of one of the WS games to do something else…. Sick
I would never do that
ever. If I have a ticket to any game, I am going. Whether we are winning or losing. Post-season especially.
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It's like today
we suck so bad. But we are playing the Royals starting tomorrow and they suck worse than we do, but I have tickets for Tuesdays’ game, so I will be there. Rain or shine. :o)
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Red Wings
Playoffs are hellish, but the regular season can be dull – you look ahead for which teams could actually provide a challenge and watch those games, skipping a lot of the others.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
don't overlook the regular season
because as soon as the team goes all Pistons 08-09 on you, you’ll miss it.
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I know
And I do watch most of them, just because I love the team so much – but it’s a lot harder when you play a two-week stretch of nothing but the Minnesota Trappist Wonks and Nashville and the Blues. So frustrating. :(
Although at least with a much better division next year it will make the games with Columbus and Nashville and even the Blues actually mean something, and Minnesota claims to be more offensive, so that will be better. Much tougher for the Wings, especially providing half the Swedish Olympic team, and it scares me a little, but if they can survive they will be in good shape for the playoffs. If they can survive.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
As a Dolphins fan
Having a team being consistently good but never good enough to actually win a championship is one of the most frustrating things I have experienced. Then we started to suck and I missed the non-losing years.
Knapp in the dugout
chewing. Rolaids, maybe?
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I think I may prefer the Haldol/Ativan cocktail.
"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. "
at this point, forget the cocktail part
just stick to the alcohol straight up!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm back!
i see the tigers missed me…
also, i have ten 12 packs of pepsi product for only $24 and deposit
Ooh, pretty rocks.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
i am a geologist
my favorite line ever. at the airport in nairobi, leaving kenya:
bag scanner: what do you have in here, rocks?
me: yes.
also, it’s the good everclear, 190 proof. i’m scared of it.
I thought about majoring in geology
Wanted to be a glaciologist, actually – how’s that for practical? But stuck with biology instead. Still love rocks, though.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
well, glaciers are being studied heavily
especially in greenland and antarctica due to them shrinking. lots of jobs still available in geology though, it’s one of the fields hiring even with the recession
no qualifications
Have a decent job right now. And shrinking glaciers depress the heck out of me. :(
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
how about some genuine obsidian?
it’s good stuff. nice and shiny and black. i took it from a national park that i wasn’t supposed to…
is this a set up ?
because if it is I will have to refuse.
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never!
the only thing i got in trouble for on my entire trip to africa was actually when i got back. minnesota’s airport stole my absynthe that i was promised would be legal in the states since i didn’t buy it there…NOT COOL
I am with ncDee
he looks like Opie, for starters.
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During the Sixth Inning interview:
Agent Smith: Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you’re fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for the fans? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as the twins. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can’t win. It’s pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?
Neo: Because I choose to.
BECAUSE THE TWINS ARE EVIL AND MUST BE DESTROYED!
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Okay....
You spent a bit of time on that, and it’s good….but how about your mental health today?
(of course I am joking, as I am right there with you!)
"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. "
Ramon has came back to earth, so to speak...
"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. "
losing my mind
i just grabbed my soda and went to sprinkle it on my pizza as though it were the crushed red pepper
Soggy pizza = gross
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I ate a large bag of M&Ms yesterday because of the stress
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it'll be a lot closer
after Donnie hits a home run here
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there a reason Verlander is in the penalty box?
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Because the officiating is crappy?
Whoops, wrong sport!
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He doesn’t want to be contaminated with the fail cooties.
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Diamond Don is not a clean up hitter!
I am not real sure he is a major league player, but I know he is not a clean up hitter….
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I concur
I am not sure what the Skip was thinking with that move today.
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Ron Gant....
He used to be my favorite player when I was 12….
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Tigers are dreaming about golf during the all-star break
They think the lower score wins, and they’re doing grrrreat today!
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
We have established the Twins are evil and must be destroyed
SO when do we get the plan underway?
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On that note,
I will take a break from voting for the Notorious I.N.G.E. Last validation code was 66686. I’ll wait a bit….
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Well
he’s got a bunch of Twinkies in front of him, maybe he should get started.
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When Rod is talking about fashion
its not looking good.
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Fu-te Ni is pitching well.
That’s a positive. It’s a negative that he wasn’t brought in when it was 3-0, but his pitching is a positive.
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Yep. Strike 3 was not called and the inning continues
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LOL. Who is Colbert a fan of? Indians, White Sox??
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Saginaw Spirit
OHL hockey.
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handy on notice generator if you google it
I couldn’t think of anything better than a fire this quick
Twinkie experiments
Picture your least favorite Twinkie in any of these experiments!
http://www.twinkiesproject.com/
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I like the radiation exposure too
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so the twins are generic anglos
and the tigers have a geriatric anglo, you say?
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 5, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Everett seems to bobble the ball
quite often. IMO
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I'm gonna go get a cupcake and some milk
it’s gotta be better than this
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Can't bring in Miner yet
Standard Tiger Operating Procedure it to pull a pitcher after he should have been, so Miner should come in right after Ni gives up a grand slam.
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There’s a dirty joke there, but I’m not going to make it.
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yeah, right ;)
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
I love how when people say vote early and often
they really mean it and it isn’t a joke
ok cleaning now for reals
The Tigers have made me resort to ice cream.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
who let my fridge get so full of crap?
I’m not even opening these gladware containers. I would rather just buy new ones
I've done that myself
When you can’t even recognize what it is or remember when you put it in there, it’s much safer to toss the entire thing before he evolves intelligence.
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That reminds me of this gross youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcKpx2DxGwY
maybe watch that after your ice cream
What the hell is that thing?
It reminds me of the fluke guy from X-Files
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I watched it during my ice cream
When you are used to eating while doing a dissection, gross youtubes don’t bother you much.
That does look pretty gross.
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I say suffer
we are getting so used to it.
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Ya, this is what I would love to see happen to the Metro....
It’s the RCA dome in Indy, but it would be better if it was the Metro.
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gotta disagree with Rod here
I’d like nothing more to see Mauer leave for New York. He’d be great in a Mets jersey!
They are San Jose Sharks level chokers. Although they are stepping it up and being lousy now instead of waiting until the end of the season this time.
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They are above and beyond the Sharks.
The Sharks made the playoffs, the Mets meltdowns have been heroic and horrific. Of course I have Mets fans friends and they are shellshocked.
Sharks are getting there, though.
This year they gagged in the first round instead of the second, and it’s easier to get into the playoffs in hockey than baseball.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
Yeah but I expected them to lose against the Ducks.
I think it was more due to 90s Red Wings flash backs than anything else though. I still have nightmares about the SCF against the Devils.
If he hadn't distracted you
You might have been able to kneecap Morneau. :)
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And give you a personal apology for the emotional pain he has inflicted on you?
He would have to grovel and be very apologetic, of course.
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it's 3 pm and I'm still hung over
good party….wicked aftereffects….and now I have to go to work….more fun
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some lame-o called in a noise complaint on us….it was the frigging 4th of July…on a Saturday night….
Must have been the horribly off key, spontaneous 2 AM rendition of the star spangled banner, while we were singing I remember thinking/hoping there weren’t any veterans in ear shot, because it probably sounded Roseanne Barr bad…
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Imagine a world where the whole
Minnesota team is on the DL…
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Granderson on the all star team?
Gotta say, I’m a little surprised…
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Between innings interview:
Joe Mauer: Mr. Anderson. Welcome back, we missed you.
[JMauer pauses and looks around at the multitude of clones he has created]
JMauer: Like what I’ve done with the place?
Neo: It ends tonight.
JMauer: I know it does, I’ve seen it. That’s why the rest of me is just going to enjoy the show because we already know that I’m the one that beats you.
Like this?
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hil-arious
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I know you love Neo, wepri
But he’s looking an awful lot like the Maggs in right today.
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Well...
"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. "
I read that article and it is what made me like Leyland (well that and his time in Pittsburgh)
But now I hate Pittsburgh and the City of Crotch Punchers.
I'm pretty productive when they suck
cleaned out fridge, vacuumed, now putting away and sorting laundry
3rd shutout of the year staring at us in the face
http://www.motor-citysports.blogspot.com
This is our last chance to
avoid a shit-out..oh I mean shut -out. Yeah, that’s it.
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Diamond Don
Flexing his muscle!
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dapper don
no squandering the opportunity to avoid the shut out!
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Brandon's problem today
is he’s totally bummed by not being on the AS team
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Someone needs to tell him
That we are working on it on his behalf.
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Maybe they did!
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Inge is a Big Boi!
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Tigers showing late life
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Okay, when Binge first came up to bat i said to my famdamily, “If brandon hits a homerun, we win this game.”
That’s all, folks.
Making the case for the final vote!
ummm….you’re gonna have to excuse me if I stay away from the b-inge drinking today….
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Morneau is Army tough today....
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couple weeks ago, Blackburn was shutting the brewers down...
up 3-0 and then the brewers got a couple in and Kendall hit a double to drive the third in, the ball gets by the catcher, Blackburn tries to gun Kendall at third and throws it into left field, ballgame brewers 4-3. Dare we hope for a repeat?
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Does Mags not remember how to SLIDE?
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probably thought he was going to throw to 1st
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one more, and the tying run to the plate
just saying
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it was indeed
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everett....time to make up for that error!
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still a 2 game lead on the Twins and only 3 more games at that junk of a stadium
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or as Porcello said
“garage” Like playing ball in a garage
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at least it wasn't a sweep in the series
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is that good or bad?
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The White Sox concern me more than the Twins
The Twins rotation does not impress me and they have a lot of flawed offensive players, except for M & M.
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concur
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I wish I was there
I would shoot that stupid bear on that stupid four wheeler
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what kind of mascot is a bear for the Twins?
They should jsut go with a giant Twinkie.
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Royals in town next
gotta win the first two, before we have to face Greinke
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Greinke vs. French does not look like a favorable matchup for us
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Royals pitching
Wow, that rotation looks incredibly solid! No way the Tigers are going to score a lot of runs against that rotation, even before Greinke’s spot. Something like a 10-run game is completely out of the question, I’m sure.
(commence jinxing)
(hopefully)
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sigh
Oh, well. Good afternoon folks. Enjoy the last dregs of the holiday weekend!
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Considering the Twins are pure, unadulterated evil it seemed appropriate.
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I don't understand all the hate for the Twins
The Red Sox I can hate, but not the Twins. That doesn’t mean I like them, but they do have a good franchise and a great manager. For a small market team, they are successful over and over. They hustle and play hard. Usually no big egos on the team. Not so with Boston……..so arrogant. I can’t stand them.
Please don’t hate me, for not hating them. I hate that they beat us, though. Really hate that!
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I hate any of the other teams in our divisions
Rivalry. The Red Sox, I can like.
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this
It’s nothing personal, they are just in the Tigers’ WAY of getting ahead in the division. If they weren’t in the way, I’d like them fine. Like if I get stuck behind someone going 10 mph below the speed limit at that exact moment I despise that particular person because she is IN MY FREAKING WAY and I’m trying to get somewhere and just because she doesn’t have anything better to do than poke along doesn’t mean that I have a ton of time to waste, too. As soon as they get out of my way, all annoyance evaporates because the person is no longer an obstruction.
Boston and the Yankees I don’t like because they are full of themselves and I dislike them no matter who they play. I dislike division rivals purely because they are division rivals.
Move the Twins to any other division, and I’d root for them like crazy. Smart manager that I like a lot, many players that I have cheered for enthusiastically as soon as they went elsewhere, keep finding good pitching, excellent defense, fun to watch against anyone else – but they are in the way.
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Well, they certainly didn't make us look like we're in the driving seat.
just back seat passengers. The Tigers better get up and start rollin.
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That was expressed very well.
Also the Tigers have not looked good at all, lately. They need to get those bats going in a major way, or they will certainly get left behind.
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no kidding
Right now I hate the Tigers nearly as much as the Twins, just differently. :(
There are very few teams in any sport that I hate regardless of situation – generally it is only in comparison to the teams I like and how their level of play affects my own favorites. If they aren’t a threat, I don’t hate them.
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I think with our guys it's more like
disappointment. It’s sort of like when you study to ace that test and end up with a B or go up for that promotion and are passed over. That’s the kind of feeling I have.
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Ron Gardenhire is a smart manager
and seems to get the best out of his players. I’ll take 30 lashings if need be, but that’s how I feel. Really, it’s the Tigers who need 30 lashings.
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Yes, the tigers certainly do.
Personally, I like being a fan of more than one team in the same division. I ALWAYS root for the Tigers first, but if they fail, I have a fall-back team.
same here.
If we can’t win it, then I’ll root for one of our division rivals.
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I respect the hell out of the Twins
And yeah I guess if they Tigers were completely out of it, I’d root for them over the White Sox. But playing against them is a bear. They just wear you out, especially at home, and that sucks when your team is playing them.
All that being said, I think the Tigers will look much better next week, at home, and against the bottom 2 teams in the division. We’ve owned both of them (excluding Greinke) this year and that should continue, especially at home.
Again, Home 25-11, road 21-26. We suck on the road.
Well I am surely hoping for a series win over the Royals
I hope JV does well Tuesday and gets plenty of run support, I’ll be there and there’s nothing worse than losing when your at the ballpark. Been there, done that and its a real drag.
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