A Royal Flogging: Royals 11, Tigers 1
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 15, 2009 10:20 PM EDT
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PrintThe less said about this, the better. Tonight's game was a disaster for the Detroit Tigers from the start.
How would Jarrod Washburn fare after skipping his last start to rest his aching left knee? Well, he struck out David DeJesus to begin the game. And his highlight reel ended there.
Washburn could not find the strike zone, throwing most everything off the plate as he tried to pitch away from the Kansas City hitters. The first Royals run was scored on a pitch far outside Alex Avila's reach. (It was scored a passed ball, but Avila would've had to be Plastic Man to catch that one.)
And when Washburn did throw a strike, it was up in the zone and hit hard. The Royals scored three more runs when Alberto Callaspo crushed a fastball deep to left-center field.
Somehow, Washburn got two more outs to end the inning. But that was the end of his evening. He was clearly having problems with that knee, limping around the mound after he got one of those outs. And the location of most of his pitches showed he wasn't getting a good push off the rubber. With that, Jim Leyland apparently decided he'd seen enough.
Washburn wasn't the only one who pitched badly tonight, however. Casey Fien served up a three-run homer to David DeJesus, eventually giving up four runs in three innings. Jeremy Bonderman gave up a three-run shot of his own to Miguel Olivo.
Actually, the pitching star of the evening was Zach Miner, who pitched two scoreless innings taking over for Washburn.
The only other thing worth noting about this game is that Don Kelly came in for Miguel Cabrera at first base and Brent Dlugach took over at third for Brandon Inge in the sixth inning. At that point, Leyland basically told everyone this game was lost.
Remember that comeback, walk-off win over the Blue Jays on Monday night? That was awesome.
Whimper:
Magglio Ordonez celebrated triggering his $18 million contract for next season by going 0-for-3. But really, it's unfair to single him out. This game was lost before the Tigers even came to bat.
Comment of the Night:
Did anyone else suddenly get a Beach Boys song in their head?
maybe it’s just me.
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Note to self:
Watch that later
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Oooh...
Sounds like a good one.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, switching from IE to Firefox worked!
Unfortunately, I dislike Firefox and the font is kinda screwy.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
Meh, I still prefer IE 6, but this computer doesn't have that
I wish I could change this screwy font, though.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
IE 6?
Too many people still use that. When redoing my web site, I actually had to make sure i didn’t do anything too fancy or IE6 people would have been locked out.
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 15, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I just don't like the layout of Firefox or IE 7/8
Plus Blogger does wonky things when I copy and paste from Microsoft Word into either of those two browsers. Of course, that may be Office 2007, another thing I can’t stand (I’m hanging onto Office 2003 as long as I can).
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
"There's no momemtum in baseball"
There’s also no crying in baseball.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
It's STILL going on?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
no, I rewound and watched the whole thing
and the resulting aftermath and replays and standing around.
Knowing me...
I would watch it from both feeds as well.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Hee hee
If you watch last night’s ninth inning on the Rogers Sports Net feed, you’ll get a hilarious shot of Alex Avila slipping and falling as he reaches first base after his single.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, with all the rain, apparently the first base bag was getting really slippery.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I was hoping with our disaster
we’d get game of the night again on big league stew. but now the yanks game will. oh well
They haven't beaten the Royals since the last time I was there :-(
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously
I won’t go. I feel like I was a jinx…. better to plan ahead. Tomorrow I will be watching from the comfort of my home…. That was soooo pathetic. If we have any hopes of post season play, I don’t think that Washburn should be an option. But on an up note we were entertained all evening… we saw some people get ejected from the park, dude ran across the field we were sitting close to this guy who got hit in the head with the Huff foul ball…$5 skyline seats in an empty park, haha… you know where I ended up…. RF box :o) great view for the first 6 innings, anyway… as soon as I saw that ball go over the wall in the first, I knew we were in for it…. But damn, Maggs looked good as in DAYUM
by Detroitchik on Sep 15, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
no he had on shorts
and no shirt. LMAO he was a BIG dude as in heavy. They had a hard time catching him. It was hilarious. The took him to the 1st precinct and he will spend the night there. The usher said the guy will most likely get a $500 fine and be banned from the ballpark…. I am hoping they show it on the local news. I am trying to find a clip so I can watch it again. My heart was broken by the score, but watching our boys play always delights me, even if they play bad.
by Detroitchik on Sep 15, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
YouTube is a good place to start
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
man!
I thought since the camera did not follow him, even for a second, he was naked! bummer. haha
I think he took miner out because washburn is a big question mark right now. miner may have to start on sunday.
We are gonna have no long men
They’re all filling in for injured starters (Washburn, Nate, and AG).
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's the photo link from tonight's game
there are a few pictures in here from the crazy dud on the field. I was gonna post the pics, but they took up so much space
by Detroitchik on Sep 15, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
LMAO
that alone was worth going, not his stomach…. just him in general
by Detroitchik on Sep 15, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't work tomorrow, so I'll be able to watch that game
But I’ll miss the games Thursday (lab), Friday (work), and Saturday (work). Eddie Bonine had better give me something I can savor.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Bonine
will do fine. For the life of me I couldn’t understand why Jimmy put in Casey.
by Detroitchik on Sep 15, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He said he didn't want to burn up Miner
Either as insurance for, if not tomorrow, then Thursday, plus it looks very likely that we’ll need someone else to fill in for Washburn.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Be back in a few
I gotta print off notes and take my contacts out.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
I'm back...
…but I’ll be going to bed soon.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:22 PM EDT reply actions
That 4.5 games would sound a whole lot better if we didn't still have seven games left with them
And (up until this recent hiccup with KC), Minnesota is the one team in the Central that we have NOT played well against.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Morneau and Crede being gone help...
But our pitching is a mess. Other than Kid Rick the other day, our starters have been pretty awful since Tampa.
Damn, and I had visions of that save he blew against the White Sox
And I swear I have not heard of half the Indians nowadays. Lou Marson? Sounds like someone who played in the 1940s.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmmm
When you turn on Dodgers games, you don’t expect the first thing you hear to be Vin Scully saying “Every bulging vein in his tank-like body”
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions
Got a video of it.
Posted as a fan shot.
My first ever streaker. When I got home I watched a bit of the re-broadcast but of course they didn’t show the streaker or the take down.
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Okay, I'm off to bed
Early day tomorrow. Plus I have an exam in Pathophysiology & Pharmacotherapy, then I have to pick up my car from the mechanic’s (who just happens to be my uncle), and at some point I have to buy scrubs because they changed the dress code at work and never bothered to tell me.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 15, 2009 11:43 PM EDT reply actions
wow...
i’m kind of glad i missed this game. had work and shopping. tried to listen to it on the radio for a minute, then heard the score and inning and shut it off.
i have good news everyone! my girlfriend and I were picked to meet two of the mythbusters on saturday! Grant and Tori are coming up to tech to speak; afterwards a few of us students got picked to meet with them personally!! i’ll try to bring my camera and such.
I Like Pie
Dude, that's awesome
I love Mythbusters
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 16, 2009 7:10 AM EDT up reply actions
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