Friday the 13 Innings: Indians 6, Tigers 5
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 1, 2009 9:45 AM EDT
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Chalk this one up to Trade Deadline Hangover?
If watching a baseball game felt almost anti-climactic to Tigers fans after 24 hours of closely following the latest rumors - experiencing the high of getting Jarrod Washburn to help out the starting rotation, along with the slight disappointment of not finding a corner outfielder to boost the lineup - how must it have felt to the players and coaches who had to participate in it?
The Tigers didn't look lethargic to begin the game, however, as five of the first six Detroit batters reached base, resulting in two runs on a Clete Thomas single. But with two runners on, and only one out, the Tigers could've put even more runs on the board. Instead, both Marcus Thames and Brandon Inge flied out.
Missing out on that early opportunity may have cost them. The squandering was especially notable when Edwin Jackson let the Indians tie the score two batters into their lineup, on a Grady Sizemore single and Asdrubal Cabrera home run.
That first inning took 45 minutes, which hinted at what a long slog this game turned out to be. Jackson lasted only four innings, his shortest outing of the season, as Cleveland batters continually fouled off pitches, running his count up to 115. Jackson's stuff didn't seem particularly sharp, so he just couldn't put any hitters away. But credit a Tribe game plan that seemed intent on wearing him down.
Cleveland eventually took the lead in the fourth, and added some cushion in the sixth for a two-run lead. It looked like it was going to be another one of those nights in which the Tigers just couldn't score enough, a particularly demoralizing development after the front office's failure to acquire another hitter earlier in the day.
Virtually every Tigers fan has rolled their eyes over the past week when the front office and coaching staff said that a recovered Carlos Guillen could end up being the extra bat the team needs. And with one swing in the ninth inning against Kerry Wood, Guillen showed there might be some truth behind that contention. Having to throw a strike, as he'd fallen behind 3-1, Wood grooved a fastball down the middle. And Guillen didn't miss it, launching a game-tying, two-run homer to right field.
Unfortunately, those heroics only served to prolong the agony. On a night when nine innings took four hours, the Tigers and Indians played another four frames. Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon did a great job keeping Detroit in the game, with five scoreless innings. Admit it, you thought one of those guys was going to blow it. (But how did Tomo Ohka pitched four of his own? Didn't the Tigers mash this guy three weeks ago at Comerica Park?)
Casey Fien couldn't hold the baton once it was passed to him in the 13th, however, allowing a leadoff double to Jhonny Peralta and a follow-up single to Jamey Carroll that drove in the winning run. It seemed like a merciful end to a miserable (though briefly exciting) night.
Whimper:
The Tigers' pitching staff could be in trouble for tonight's game. Detroit had to use seven relievers, in light of Jackson's short outing. And with Rick Porcello probably not able to pitch more than six innings, someone else will have to help out. But only Rodney and Lyon should be unavailable tonight, as they pitched extended innings.
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we are quite literally watching paint dry here
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And your runner-up. I'll take NCDee's word for it.
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PItiful Baseball
Welcome to Detroit Mr. Wahburn, where offense is hit or miss on any give day. We’d better learn how to get it done here, people. Sox and Twins are lurking at our back door. Thanks Dave, for an incomplete acquisition we needed a bat to go with that nice, shiny new pitcher you brought home for us…. Trade fail, imo… Seriously worried about the Kid Rick tonight.
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thank you
one day I just said it to a friend of mine, she laughed in amusement, so now I use it.
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I mentioned this last night, but...
If the offense scores five runs on a night where Edwin Jackson pitches, you need to win those games. You shouldn’t HAVE to score six runs. The same applies to Verlander and now Washburn (and to a lesser extent, Galarraga). Apparently the Indians also got the ability to foul off pitches in the Victor Martinez trade along with those three pitchers.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I watched the game but did not blog (my freakin kid)
I felt it was one of our worse offensive games all season and the defense didn’t look to hot either. Santiago (well, just euchh) and Polly (defensive fail) which is not like him. It almost seemed as if their minds were all someplace else. Best play of the night…. When We all expected Magglio to get thrown out (or strike out) and he doubled. Nice. and that’s about it. No morale on the bench for some reason. Could it be they all had plans with their friend, Victor after the game and they were foiled because of the trade? One wonders. They have as many Venezuelans playing on there team as we do. And not that it matters, I called that Guillen homer from my sofa. My son was impressed, but not enough so to give up the pc
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Nope
not playing like we did last night, you sure can’t. Each one of these games count more than ever now. We are in a pennant race. It’s for all the marbles. I for one am not satisfied watching MLB players, play mediocre baseball. They were pretty pathetic out there. I am sure I’m not alone when i say pitiful. We really do need an extra bat.
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you must have been watching a different game, Bennie
offense, pitiful and defense, pitiful
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Anyone else notice that it's gonna be Stars and Buckeyes Round 2 tonight?
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lol
I am still so annoyed I can’t even spell it right. Lemme try again. Good Morning. How are you this morning?
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I concur
these next few series will determine how far we go into the post season. If it’s based on last night’s performance, one has to wonder, do we even deserve it?
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I am worried too
But I was worried when we went into the Whitesox series last week, and they DID shock me. So there’s hope
I do not do well with uncertainty
Makes me anxious. I know it’s only baseball, but I live for this ALL summer long. I want our guys to succeed. It won’t happen if we continue on like this. We really do need offense. Another bat would help immensely.
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Also
The Kid Rick does have a better record than Sowers. He needs to accurate with those pitches. I am wondering who’s available in the pen. Maybe Miner, Seay and Ni. They didn’t seem to get spent last night. But if he decides to use Fien, I hope he does it in a situation where the game doesn’t rest on the rookie’s head
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Believe me...
There isn’t much. If you want someone, they’d probably have to come from Erie or something. And I do NOT want to see Freddy Dolsi in the Olde English D anytime soon.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Fein seems
ok, at best. We need to keep him out of game winning (or losing ) situations until he’s more used to playing on this level. It’s a lot of pressure for a rookie to be under. Bott 13 tied, I wouldn’t want to be that kid, in that situation.
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It is?
Down here in SE Indiana on Crapcast it doesnt have the game being on MLB Network. Which sucks cause I only get to see when they play the white sux or cubs on WGN or when they possibly get a game on Fox game of the week which is rare down here. Other wise I get to watch em only when they have em on ESPN Which suxs as much as Ozzie Guillen and the White Sux!
by Justin Osborn on Aug 1, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
On a good note
I loved that double of Maggs. He looked good on that one. I really feel he’s coming arounbd
I concur
I love when he has a non-fail. I do feel he will come around. Many great players have an off season – and he IS a great player.
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here's another good note
The tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning from last night’s Loons game.
(But mostly I’m just playing around and seeing if I can post a link, since I know how to do pictures now – guinea pig alert!) :)
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better than 5000 people
They have been winning a lot at home and (although I don’t know how the qualification stuff goes for the Midwest league at ALL) are apparently in the race for a playoff spot. And the evenings have been perfect for spending time outside.
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Midland, Michigan
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I've seen a Lugnuts game in Lansing. (when I lived in MI)
Was alot of fun. (although they were Cubs A team)
The ball can get sloppy sometimes – I mean, it is A ball after all – but it’s still so much fun to watch. the Loons are affiliated with the Dodgers, so Clayton Kershaw came through the system and pitched here in 2007.
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Cool. Love Dodgers (my west coast local tv channel)
Their AAA was here in Vegas for years. So I got to see Loney and Kemp play
I always kind of sort of liked the Dodgers, but now I root for them as a secondary team
Because of Kershaw. And despite stupid Manny, the world oldest four-year-old child.
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Their AA organization moved to Chattanooga
and I got to watch a game there too…..although at the time (last summer) they were still affiliated with the Reds.
Well what I wanna know is
Who is this Delmonico and how do we get him here…in the Bigs?
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But right now I guess my favorite is Dee Gordon, the shortstop. Ten more stolen bases than anyone else, and Maury Wills says he’s one of the fastest players in their system.
He set up a big run last night by going from first to third on a pickoff throw that went awry. It was a lefthander on the mound at the time, and Dee was making him very nervous. I knew he was going to mess up on a pickoff throw eventually. Dee does that to people.
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The picture has to be online somewhere – found through google images or on Photobucket or Flikr if it’s one of yours.
Open up the picture in another tab or window of your browser so you have the url, then copy the url from the little window at the top of the frame with the picture (or right-click and copy shortcut).
Then go back to your BYB comment and click on the little tree icon above this text window. (You might get an info bar at the top of the page saying “click here to temporarily allow popups” – click on it.) You will get a popup window with a bar to paste the url of the picture into. Paste the copied url in that window and okay it, and a bunch of text will show up in the comment window.
Hit PREVIEW to make sure the picture pasting actually worked, then hit POST and you have a picture!
And don’t worry about not getting it right the first time – it takes a little bit of practice to figure it out, and you won’t figure it out if you don’t practice. Besides, what is the worst that could happen? Your computer won’t explode if you hit the wrong keys! :)
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sorry to keep you from your chores
But may as well encourage others to procrastinate as much as I am. Hah. :D
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Why don't they bring up Ramires for a bit
Give Raburn a break… look like he could use it. I also noticed a little wincing from Carlos. I really don’t think he’s 100%. Supposedly, he’s out mid-season acquisition…. Not sold, I give him another 2 or 3 weeks and he’ll wind up back on the DL. Carlos is playing good, but in pain. I can see it in his face.
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I can’t be mad at dd for not getting a hitter if the prices were outlandish. I like scott too, but not at a huge price. And from most accounts the guys from washington were not up for trade.
by rook34 on Aug 1, 2009 11:05 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I can
U got guys makin almost $15m a year hittin less than .250 & alot of these guys r free agents next year. I sure hope he at least tried to unload the dTrain & Robertson, who r eatin up about $15m between them.
Jose's not enough
I guess, all be it an overall sound performance by Gullion, the rest of their bats barely edged his production. Though it was arguably, if not the only, one of Jackson’s rare subpar performances. A question posed during the game would seem to indicate, to me, that pitching alone, without some form of consistency from their offense, will not win them a pennant. It can keep them in the games, which it has done all year, but if they can’t capitalize on oppurtunities, when they’re there, they’ll let CWS whose hot on their heels 2 overtake their position. Wasn’t that a supposedly weakend Cleveland team? I’m not sure why DD doesn’t believe they needed more offensivwe presence, if they were playing up to their potential, I’d say no problem, but their not & this has been a persisting problem the entire year, so far.
ha!
they framed my state cert for me and the glass was shattered and my cert was ripped. I had to have them send another.
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The post office must hate PTs
I’ve had no problems with my intern license, though the state board requires that you have to have the license ON you at all times in the pharmacy, not just WITH you.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope it's not a bad omen
That’s awful. Yell up a strom because you expect them to at least spend enough time packaging the dang thing safely since you spent so much time studying for it.
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or a STORM, even - that might be better yet
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they don't really package it
it comes like a paycheck, where you have to tear off the stubs and whatnot
perforations are lame
The least they could do is stick a little gold star on it or something.
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I would call Lansing on Monday.
I know what you have, It’s blue and white. About the size of a small greeting card? yes?
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Completely OT
a friend (penpal) from Venezuela sent me the cutest link of 4 and 5 year old boys playing baseball. It’s truly adorable. If you want a smile for the day, I say watch….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8rztca1tLQ
you won’t be disappointed.
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how is this off tipic and talking about torn up mail isn't? :)
How cute! I love the kids sliding in to home plate every single time to just get dirty, and the catcher looks as though he is two sizes too small for all that equipment. Reminds me of a peewee hockey player. Nice to not hear screaming parents in the background abusing the coaches and their own children, too.
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off TOPIC
I’m fine, but my fingers might be hungover or something.
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I do that all of the time. I just attribute it to never having typing lessons.
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I actually had typing in junior high – in case I ever needed the skill to keep me out of a military action like my geography teacher did. :)
Usually I catch it before I hit the POST button. I’m not young enough to have the casual text-friendly attitude toward spelling that some people do, so even though I know perfectly well that my point is clear, I still feel compelled to correct as many of my typos as I can.
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That
video makes me smile every time I watch it… he also sent me another of Miguel Cabrera when he was about 10, after he won a little league trophy.
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That's adorable!
Reminds me of when my nephew was starting in T-Ball. First day — coach was teaching them base running and told them how important it was to touch each base as they ran. So sure enough, as they started practicing, every kid ran up to first, stopped, leaned down and touched the base with his hand, then ran off.
I see your OT and raise you another OT
Little kids and sports are just too damn cute! Baroque will dig this hockey fight vid…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjm3A0N_VE
craft store
Plain white t-shirt and get some fabric paint pens.
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I know.
I am so jealous. Monday’s my birthday, and Verlander’s pitching.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The only other time I saw JV pitch
he beat C.C. 2-1 I think. It was the game where Pudge had to come play 2nd for Placido. Hopefully history does not repeat itself…I don’t want to see Laird playing 2B.
I have also only seen JV once
It was in ’07 against the Rays. Ironically, the starting pitcher for the Rays that night was Edwin Jackson.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Of All the Starters JV is the one who catches my attention the most
Warming up
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I hope you have fun
I am headed down on Wednesday, the 5th.
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I'm headed up there on Saturday, the 15th
As it stands right now, I believe I will get an Edwin Jackson start.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I just woke up
apparently hungover
I hope Ricky is good tonight or I may cry, I am very delicate and emotional when hungover
I'm off to work now
I’m hoping Ricky is good because I’m anticipating a long, stressful night at work and I need some good news to come home to. I’m the closer at work tonight, and closing on Saturdays is a tough go cuz it’s just you and the pharmacist.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 1, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
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