Game 148 Overflow

There is one more game left in the series, but does anyone seriously think they’ll win it? All they had to do was win one; guess that’s just too much to ask.

The straw just broke the camel’s back people. It’s only a matter of time now.

by Epic89 on Sep 19, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's all up to Nate Robertson

Yep, we’re boned.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the season has finally gone off the rails.

We can’t score enough to beat anyone. When you constantly put this kind of pressure on your pitchers, bad shit happens.

by rook34 on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't seem fair...

Kelly loses and can’t recover. Span loses it and recovers

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Span plays there all the time - Kelly never had

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do you become clutch performer on an error?

Whatever. I watched that eighth inning with nothing but cynical smirks on my face. It happens every time here.

by StringTheory on Sep 19, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What happened to all that math that said that the Twins would have to go 16-2 the rest of the away?

What happened to that?

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that depended on us playin .500 baseball

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we went .500

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There really is no situation so good that the Tigers can’t screw it up, no matter how much the math favors them.

by Epic89 on Sep 19, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're just that happy, aren't you?

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you really gonna get on me after what just happened last inning.? I mean, really? If you want to keep the faith that’s your business, don’t make it mine.

by Epic89 on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

It’s one game and we still have a two game lead. Seriously, if it’s that big of a deal for you, get off the bandwagon.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Knock it off with the bandwagon shit

The last couple of weeks have delivered awful Tigers’ baseball. People are going to want to vent.

by happydrifter on Sep 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Get out my face with that bandwagon shit; I just know a devastating loss when I see one. This race should have been over weeks ago. The fact that this is even a race, let alone the closest race left, is ridiculous.

by Epic89 on Sep 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's not bandwagon

It’s just being ticked off.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's a difference between venting and being ticked off

And just a constant deluge of negativity.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you think this thread has been a deluge of negativity

you may need to visit some more blogs.

by happydrifter on Sep 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup show the crowd empty. hype the postgame

by Hooville01 on Sep 19, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Here's hoping the Royals kick the Twinkies' ass into one of the state's thousands of lakes.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Stay hot, KC

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

amen. Leyland better lay into them toonight

I am not worried yet. But, I am getting there. we win tomorrow, I feel a little better.

by Hooville01 on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

robertson's starting

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by VivaTigres on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Way to crush everyone's spirits

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

mine are already mincemeat, so...

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by VivaTigres on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Nate's problem was that his groin was hurt then maybe we get the 1 run in 10 IP version

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

perhaps

http://old-english-d.blogspot.com

by VivaTigres on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

leyland yelling wont help.

We simply can’t score enough to beat anyone. Look at the results since we left tampa. We can’t score.

by rook34 on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I admire your optimism

But I don’t think it’s going to happen. And if it does, the Indians will dropkick us into Lake Erie as well.

by Epic89 on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I turned it off

is it over yet?

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

basically.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant

by madpoopz on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

spoke to soon...

double for Tigers.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant

by madpoopz on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

our first XBH in 2 years

Seems like it anyways

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What the fuck is this?

I take a nap, Tigers are up 2-1. I get up, they just had a shitload of runs scored on them. I should’ve stayed asleep. What a pile of assholes.

by frisbeepilot on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Tigers were leading 2-1 when I got home?

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's all YOUR fault for taking that nap.

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah!

Jerk. :D

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blame my couch.

It’s pretty comfortable.

by frisbeepilot on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

eff your couch

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And no, I can't afford a new one.

by frisbeepilot on Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just don't use it for games

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel shame.

I don’t even need a thread for that, either.

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Baserunner...

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey a polly double

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Cabrera, Huff, Clete Thomas????

by Hooville01 on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

forgot about Don Kelly

by Hooville01 on Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, can't hurt, I suppose.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Was the pitching change absolutely nessecery?

Are they really going to be jerks about it?

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hope springs eternal

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yay!

someone who isn’t depressed

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still want a hat like that.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure they'd be happy to sell you one.

http://www.zazzle.com/aardvark_hat-148582643048886061

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ooooh, so many color choices!

I’ve gotten stuff from Zazzle before – very happy with it. :)

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

One thing I hate about big Fox games:

There’s no postgame Leyland interview, so I have to wait forever for Jason Beck’s full article to show up tonight.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But sometimes hope dies.

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

In a fire.

A very large fire.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And then there were 2

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What? I turned it on for the last pitch?

this sucks

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This about sums it up.

by frisbeepilot on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Our hopes lie with Nate Robertson.

by StringTheory on Sep 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The apocalypse is impending

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

good bye.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant

by madpoopz on Sep 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bye, poopz

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yes, tigers you should be ashamed!

by Hooville01 on Sep 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, that's supposed to be a sad tiger, not an ashamed tiger

But who’s counting?

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

either would fit here

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would feel more comfortable if they were losing slugfests (ie scoring runs)

but this is getting very scary right now

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

The pitching has carried them as far as it could and the staff is fraying from the strain. If they don’t hit, they won’t make the playoffs.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hardly seems fair

The Twins have spent all of four games this ENTIRE SEASON in first place. FOUR.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When?

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not sure when

Baseball-reference just says they’ve had four days in first place. That could’ve been in April, for all I know.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Has to be April or early May

We’ve had 1st since May 10

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

please see 2006

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boo

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by Packey on Sep 19, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well now that I'm in a shitty mood and my eyes are all puffy

I am off to have numerous beers with my tacos.

I still love you donnie, I place 51% of the blame on the stupid dome.

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Sep 19, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't put it on Kelly.

Leyland put too much on JV
Batters were hitting Pavano, but couldn’t finish him off with a big hit

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah that's really the story

Too many LOB

by explosivo2k2 on Sep 19, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We also can't hold leads late at the Metrodome

Remember, we had a 5-0 lead in an earlier game, and the Twins scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And besides

The Tigers had one baserunner after I got home. So as far as the LOB is concerned? Didn’t see ‘em, can’t analyze ’em.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well yeah of course

JV is the one who gave up the hit, various people were left on base. I just meant for that defining moment of the game, I still love him. heh.

talk to you guys later

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Sep 19, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

see you tomorrow

it has to be better than today!

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rather be us than them

We still have a 2 game lead… slim though it may be, it’s a lead.

Go Nate tomorrow!

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That's right

We WILL leave the Metrodome in first place. Granted, we will also leaving the Metrodome hoping the Cleveland Indians continue their late-season slide.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and if they can just salvage their bats for one stupid game

They will have a lead back up to 3 games.

It would be so Tigers to win one of three games – and the least likely one going in to the series.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Better than trying to battle back to a division lead with less than 20 games left

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I won't be able to see much of tomorrow's game

at least not the beginning. I hope Nate saves us. I think he can, if he’s healthy.

by NCDee on Sep 19, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nate cant bat.

by rook34 on Sep 19, 2009 7:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

He HAS won a 1-0 game at the Metrodome before, though.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know why, but I keep going to this

In 2007, Nate Robertson went 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA in four games against the Twins. For his career, he is 8-10 with a 4.23 ERA in 22 games.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm still most angry

’bout Lairds gidp in the 5th. I know thats not why they lost but I need something after that … sucky Gerald.

by drew3434 on Sep 19, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

FYI: Beck says Kelly has started 2 games in LF at the Dome before today

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now, now...

Granderson says the sky at Comerica Park during day games is much harder than the roof at the Metrodome.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if we dont win the division...

Lloyd is fucking fired.

by rook34 on Sep 19, 2009 7:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

What do you think it is that he tells them to do that is wrong?

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe

It’s the overpaid, underperforming bat in RF (Ordonez), the black hole in LF, the absence of bats at C and SS (Laird, Everett respectively), the sudden resurgence of a bat at 2B (Polanco) and a designated hitter who can’t hit (Huff).

Just sayin.

President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I refuse to point the finger at Gerald Laird

The man throws out baserunner after baserunner. That’s far more important.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

He’s been incredibly defensively and that’s huge. We should be able to make up for what he lacks in offense.

by kendra.michelle on Sep 19, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

*incredible

by kendra.michelle on Sep 19, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe the point was

you can’t blame McClendon for Laird not having a bat when you’re not playing him for his bat, you’re playing him for his glove. Ditto the shortstop. And really, ditto the second baseman.

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by MackAveKurt on Sep 19, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's fair

Really, it’s nothing against Laird, Everett and Polanco. But if it’s the case, we can’t really complain when we don’t have any offense.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Sep 19, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When Lloyd is able to go out to the box and hit one down the line and score runs (but doesn't)

then (and only then) can he be fired. Until then it’s on the guys getting $$$$$$ to hit the little ball with the big stick

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

MLB.com headline "Saved by the roof: Twins within two"

how many variations on that headline have there been over the years?

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe they're counting down til they play outdoors

why would you give away the biggest home field advantage in baseball willingly?

Mack Avenue Tigers

by MackAveKurt on Sep 19, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're right

of course the guys that put up the sign want to sell season tickets
/in Minnesota
//in April
///sucks to be them

by murrajo on Sep 19, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i am shutting myself away from all coverage.

It is the only way I can stop from being a complete mess.

by rook34 on Sep 19, 2009 7:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

So I watched the whole game, just didn't get on the thread because I kept having to do random shit

but I was laying down in the 8th inning, starting to fall asleep (football Saturdays are always so tiring…but at least I got to see one good sports game today) when all hell broke loose. I think this is the first time I feel legitimately, seriously worried about us.

by kendra.michelle on Sep 19, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's your rational side

Baseball Geek

by StorminNormanCash on Sep 19, 2009 7:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

So...

Anyone want to speculate if the Rangers actually score a run in their game?

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

to cheer people up

Check out the list here. Entries in a contest for the worst opening line of a novel ever – amazing and hilarious what people can do when they are trying to write awful stuff.

It will put a smile on your face and take your mind off the Tigers for a bit.

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill

by Baroque on Sep 19, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You realize that if this hadn't have been a big Fox game it would have just started?

:-(

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Awful.

Watched the last three innings from an east lansing bar, and I’m pretty sure I was the only one there watching that TV. People also seemed confused when I started cursing at the TV between downs. Screw the Twins.

by rcpratt on Sep 19, 2009 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What in the world is going on in the KC-White Sox game?

David DeJesus leaves the game in the middle of the second inning, John Buck replaced Miguel Olivo behind the plate in the third, and now Dusty Hughes has been replaced by Yabuta in the bottom of the fifth. I only have Gameday up. What’s the deal?

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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 19, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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