Game 113: Tigers at Red Sox
by Ian Casselberry on Aug 12, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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PrintDetroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox, Aug 12, 2009 7:10 PM EDT
Zach Miner (5-2, 4.60) vs. 
Josh Beckett (13-4, 3.12), 7:10 p.m. EST
Okay, back to baseball we go, after last night's drama. One player we know won't be around to play tonight, however, is Kevin Youkilis, who will begin serving his five-game suspension after dropping his initial appeal.
As I write this, Armando Galarraga is still listed as the Tigers' starting pitcher, but that is subject to change. Galarraga was sick with the flu last night, and sent back to his hotel room. He was still scheduled to pitch, but as of approximately 4 p.m. EST, he was seeing a doctor. That doesn't sound promising.
I'm guessing that if Chris Lambert hadn't pitched (and imploded) last night, he would've gotten the nod tonight. But since he's already been used (and subsequently sent back to Triple-A), there really isn't anyone else to take Galarraga's place. It's also possible that Galarragga sitting out because of some rumbly in his tumbly might not play too well in the clubhouse after the 20-year-old rookie body-slammed an opponent to the ground. But that'd just be speculation on my part.
UPDATE: Zach Miner will start tonight's game, as of 4:30 p.m. (via Jason Beck) And Galarraga is actually out with a severe sore throat.
Josh Beckett comes into tonight's game having won his past three starts. And in his last two appearances, he hasn't allowed a single run over 14 innings. Only gave up 10 hits, too. And those starts were against the Yankees and Orioles. He wasn't facing the Mariners or the... um, Tigers. Against Detroit earlier this season, Beckett gave up no earned runs in 7.2 innings, and struck out nine batters. And for 6.2 of those innings, he had a no-hitter going. So this should go well tonight.
Carlos Guillen gets the start at first base tonight, while Miguel Cabrera nurses his bruised hand. Does Jim Leyland remember that he used to play Marcus Thames over there, by any chance? Thames will be the DH and bat clean-up. Adam Everett gets the start at shortstop. Be nice.
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I hope we have an enjoyable game to watch.....
I heading out to a bar to watch since as the MLB.TV at the hotel locked up every 20 seconds last night. Have fun.
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
Jackson Suspended too!
Just saw on MLB TV that Edwin Jackson is suspended too!! and Porcello has dropped his appeal?
this is getting nuts.
Suspended?
Last I heard he was fined. A suspension for him would just add to the absurdity of the situation.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
if jackson is suspended...
They must appeal. This is beginning to take on the appearance of a season killer.
by rook34 on Aug 12, 2009 6:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I hate it when some random comes and makes posts like that
so many people on here are gullible and it just creates one big chain reaction
GO TIGERS TONIGHT!!!
As Ian said, I’ll be nice. But I’m still mad at Youk for what he did last night!
I think I'd be more aggravated if he made real contact with Porcello
Instead, Youk went out there like a punk, and then got taken down like a punk. The only thing he got right was getting Porcello ejected alongside him, which allowed the Red Sox to come back and win…
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my bad
I swear i was just so in shock that Jackson was even being dragged into this, i thought i heard the worst.
i looked over at the SBN sox blog last night right after, and a couple of guys made some noise on Porcello, but more were pissed at EJax trying to stir stuff up even after the initial brouhha had subsided.
I didn’t see it, so I can’t really say, but from the MLB perspective, I can see why they don’t want players instigating in the midst of a volatile situation, especially since most bench clearers are much ado about nothing (see San Fran, today, for example).
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he was pretty fired up
Probably some left over feelings from the Rays-Sox battles
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by rock n rye on Aug 12, 2009 6:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
more than likely...
but I like to think that it’s going to my Tigers. (I’m not a huge Hockey person)
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or Mr I's new hairpiece
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by rock n rye on Aug 12, 2009 6:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yay! Poopz has some time off from Meijer. :)
I have a brother who works at Meijer – but he is in the bakery, not deli.
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our only hope is that....
Becks figures this ones in the bag and makes a couple mistakes. Great as he is, he is prone to losing focus on the off occasion.
by rook34 on Aug 12, 2009 6:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Word from Beck's Twitter
Mando starting Sunday, Rick Tuesday.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions
IS HE
HELL YEAH!!! I am going to be a that game. Standing O for Kid Rick. I’m calling it.
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this facebook quiz is to long.
I’m on the 54th question. Thought I’d let you guys know.
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HAHAHA
That’s gone viral. I’ve taken that test about five times in the last 30 years and I’m always the same — INFJ.
heres my result.....ISTJ
You are quiet, serious, and earn success by thoroughness and dependability. You are practical, matter-of-fact, realistic, and responsible. You decide logically what should be done and work toward it steadily, regardless of distractions. You take pleasure in making everything orderly and organized – your work, your home, and your life. You value traditions and loyalty. Famous people with your same ISTJ personality include: George Washington, Harry Truman, Queen Elizabeth II, investor Warren Buffet, and boxer Evander Holyfield.
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I’m glad this one’s got a few questions to it, and seems legit-ish, anyway, because most of the quizzes pretend to determine your personality from how you answer a question like, “What color do you think the pimple on megan fox’s backside is?”
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The FB test questions
are really a short form of the longer test and pretty true to the original. I’ve found it to be a pretty accurate assesment of how you relate to the world, not really your “personality”.
yeah...
Most of these facebook quizzes are jokes but this one was pretty well made. it finished around 65 questions I think.
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His Japanese adventure was linked to over in the Sox game thread last night. I’m pretty sure they didn’t realize he’s the Tigers announcer, or they probably would have said something about it.
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I just watched it for the first time...
heard of his adventure of course but never felt the need to watch it until now.
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unforunatly they still have Beckett
If only there were some way to have him removed from the game…
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by rock n rye on Aug 12, 2009 7:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
bean him.
while he’s in the dug out.
I’d like to here the explaination as to how it wouldn’t be intentional.
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That's why we should've brought D-Train back for this game
at that point the umps would believe anything
lol
I tried thinking of a pitcher to throw in my post and Dontrelle escaped me. I must be blocking him out at this point.
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could have used Nate for your example
and none of us would have batted an eyelash
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hello all
been busy trying to talk sense into red sox fans. not easy.
Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider!
one dude told me he hopes beckett retaliates
and for once i agreed with a sox fan
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The scouting report on Beckett
has nothing to say except “Legitimate #1” and “tremendous competitor.”
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 7:12 PM EDT reply actions
hi from bed.
I refused to get up after laid down to rest and my house got all dark with impending rain clouds.
I was out at a farm once when there was a solar eclipse
and all the sheep started preparing to go to sleep when it started getting dark, it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen
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This is the game for Avila to use his powers.
He needs to rip a hit right through the middle and decapitate Beckett with the baseball. Dramatic, messy, effective, and 100% unintentional.
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I wish I had more conficence in our starter
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thanks
I forgot about that…. now I have another reason to worry
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I thought about switching to u verse while moving
didn’t end up doing it, it cost more, and I figure, better the devil I already know
Definitely have to look into sports packages, though…been too many years not being able to see Detroit sports on any kind of regular basis.
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here is the plan...
Maybe becks drills thamesy. Country strong can then charge him and throw a bat, thus getting becks ejected. Nah, could never happen.
by rook34 on Aug 12, 2009 7:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
some one less important
say….everett? With beckett as the target there’s a good chance he might actually hit it.
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alright zach
dont throw anything inside or all the sox will charge you
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Probably because of that horrible neck beard
He needs to clean himself up a little. :)
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Big Papi
Now with added steroid enhancement for your viewing pleasure.
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I like your music
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"The Riff Between Nations" is kind of addictive, actually. :)
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So far, so good.
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is cabrera in the lineup?
i missed that part of the pre game
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I want Biggy back :o(
I am feeling very melancholy since the adrenalin rush from last night wore off
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I don't get this commercial
The old lady lets the nice man help her get her salad dressing, but then she wants another one and is too embarrassed to ask him to help again so she knocks them all down and then runs away?
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions
yeah
Thus leaving a mess for him to clean up. Bizarre.
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funny story...
some lady told me that there was a spill in aisle 13…so I told a lowly cart pusher to clean it. Even though he’s probably been there longer than me.
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commercials are weird...
anyone else notice that “bailout” is a new buzz word?
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You know
if our guys charged the mound every time one of them was hit, well, between Polly and Binge someone would always be suspended and fined. Those 2 are like breathing targets.
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maybe they are ball magnets
It’s an advantage when fielding, but not so much when hitting.
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Watch out
Rod might be trying to horn in on your man
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
don't sell yourself short
You are obsessed with far more than just his batting stance. ;)
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:o)
Well,I am sure I do not know what you mean.
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Must be Lowell's
mom? because Lowell is hardly a Spanish sir name.
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Wiki says....
He is the son of Carl Lowell, a Cuban exile of Irish and German descent who established residency in Puerto Rico from 1962 to 1974.
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That would make a great bumper sticker
You’d make a fortune selling them outside Comerica this weekend.
My mom: "That guy looks crazy"
My dad and I simultaneously: “He’s a Boston fan.”
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
or for the lack of offense so far
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I am with you on that
he’s gonna be in an old English D for a while, me thinks.
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Great AB
Really close. Mario got my hopes up.
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
I have sympathy for
Opie, because he’s really looking bad up there.
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howdy folks
shopping trip ran late and i just got back. i see miner gave up a homer and that we haven’t even been on base yet…
I Like Pie
I know that I don't get paid a gazillion $$ to play a game
but 17 days without a day off sounds horrible
Those early morning check-ins are EXHAUSTING!
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Kmnann: are you a tigers fan? Don't watch and post with that attitude
by Tigersin2010 on Aug 12, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
especially when the team is losing and hasn't got a hit yet
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First of all, creative with the name.
Second of all, I hate losing and would much rather see a brawl again. Because they’re fun.
And I love the Tigers more than most people.
clarification
Do you love the Tigers more than most people love the Tigers, or love the Tigers more than you love most people? :)
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you guess?
Hope she likes the Tigers, too – or you are in big trouble, mister. :D
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I could never have anyone who didn't love baseball
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She's gorgeous and funny and awesome
and not emo, so … I really could care less. She likes the Pistons a great deal though.
I am sure that's all well and good
But… you gotta love baseball to hang with me.
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I really think Opie should take one for the team and charge the mound
couldn’t hurt
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an ice cream spade
Nice thick handle, so it’s easy to hold.
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I think he's doing okay so far
I don’t like HR either, but at least he’s not getting lit up like a pinball table
we have everything working against us
cabrera out, miner, and beckett pitching
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can you squander
with no baserunners? I think the Tigers could pull it off
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just that you have so much in common
It’s funny when people seem so alike. :)
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maybe polly is on a diet
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I am very envious that you live in Texas, you know
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my fav taco place gives you so much fajitas for their tacos
that I have made five out of an order that came with three
cmon thames
be strong. be country strong.
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My biology teacher was, like, 25 and hot (for a teacher).
Mike Lowell does not fit the “biology teacher” image in my mind. Though I see what you mean.
he looks like one of my history teachers in college
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
I dated a guy once and taught him a few things
he was not from around these parts. I made him watch baseball every night. He really didn’t understand it. He spoke English well enough but what he really understood was Spanish. So I made a booklet with all the basics and another with the rules in Spanish and I made him read it. He now lives in Jersey and the b@stard is a Yankees fan and told me once if you don’t have good pitching…. you’ve got nothing. Go figure
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yeah
that’s what I get for hating futbal (soccer) to us americans
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breaking up the no hitter....
Would serve as a victory tonight. Awful. I’d say go king felix but the way things are going, it doesn’t matter.
by rook34 on Aug 12, 2009 8:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Lowell with another bomb??
Can we let Youkilis back in the game?
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Hey
I said I wasn’t going to be here tonight, but seeing as how Galarraga wasn’t able to pitch…
Could we please get at least a HIT?!
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
Oh, you mean a hit that stays in the ballpark?
Sorry, no can do
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c'mon guys...
my day has been pretty bad so far…give me something positive.
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HAHAHAAHahahahahahahahaiee
lol Carlos. YAY. he read the book
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no-hitter averted
and shutout averted
With one swing. :)
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This Guillen guy...
he’s proving to be a pretty good pickup at the trade deadline.
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Yeah
Couldn’t Porcello have hit someone whose removal would not necessitate the inclusion of Mike Lowell?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 12, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Avila almost impressed me terrifically tonight...
I did an entire quarter-mile on the treadmill and had time to sit down before his at-bat was finished. That impressed me. The routine flyout to right did not impress me.
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Well
that’s what Maggs gets for swinging at the 1st pitch…..
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That wasn't Maggs
That was Avila
And after such a long at-bat his first time too :-(
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 12, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
you mean like whack him?
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Suddenly this turned into an episode of The Sopranos
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
it wasn't my suggestion
I was just clarifying. :)
It would be effective, though.
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Maybe he's trying to tempt Josh Beckett into retaliating and getting thrown out
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 12, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone else notice
how similiar that pitch was to porcello’s, only a little lower?
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Hahaha Rod
“you gotta have a little fluffiness on you”
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions
too hot in August
To wear a down vest. That’s the only way Curtis gets fluffy.
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I wasn't being sarcastic
I really do appreciate the fact that he didn’t make me want to pukeilis like he normally does
that's also what my Dad would say
When he was teaching college chemistry. :)
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home runs aside
not a terrible start by zach on short notice
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^am hoping not to get
banned or go to hell for that.
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banned or hell?
Which one is worse? :)
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tigers bullpen
the cure for all hitting ailments
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wow according to Gameday four of those pitches were strikes.
I know the ump hasn’t been calling the inside pitch but wtf.
This is why I don't like Freddy Dolsi...
The Tigers had been SO good at not issuing bases-loaded walks recently
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
WTF!
"Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not"
by Zappatista on Aug 12, 2009 8:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Guillen…..proving to America that he can’t field a lick.
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by Zappatista on Aug 12, 2009 8:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Passed ball?
IMPOSSIBLE! The lord doth not make such errors!
by kendra.michelle on Aug 12, 2009 8:57 PM EDT reply actions
barf puke retch vomit
That is probably the most accurate representation of my feelings regarding this game. :(
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no kidding
Right now they are losing 1-0. :(
They miss my lucky shirt. I’m going tomorrow (probably) and definitely on Friday, though.
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Sample size too small to determine for sure, though.
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and this time I'm snagging earplugs from work
for the “American Pie-dol” abomination!!!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- Philo of Alexandria
But Mario, I don't want to stick with Freddy Dolsi
I want Freddy Dolsi to go away.
Can we send him back to Toledo now?
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