Game 156 Overflow Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 29, 2009 1:03 PM EDT
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PrintSo far, the Tigers are hitting Nick Blackburn pretty well. One run to show for it.
Meanwhile, Rick Porcello looks sharp so far, with his sinker working well.
Tigers have a 1-0 lead over the Twins, as we head into the fourth inning.
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missed the first thread
who’s being negative?
by Detroit4lyfe on Sep 29, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I do
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Porcello is looking good so far
That’s always a positive…..holding their most productive hitters to nothing!
It's because we're in Detroit and don't have jobs
I’ve heard
by happydrifter on Sep 29, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a job
I’m just trying to peek in in between data entering tasks. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Yeah
that happened to me too. I have the first two comments on my browser and it was like a good 2 minutes before any others started showing up…weird
by Detroit4lyfe on Sep 29, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
something is up with the server I think...
I’ve been having problems all day.
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If I were you, I wouldn't miss a feeding....ever
or you might find one of those knives sticking out of your back…or ankle, whatever
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Buddy scares me
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
Jose can you see?
The bench, it’s waiting for you!
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I just ate brownies for lunch
Why? Because I can
by happydrifter on Sep 29, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, yes it was.
Amazing.
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like that day off was good for Brandon!
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5 minutes and I get to go back to watch the game
Go Binge!
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man we're beating up Backburn
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
Works for me
Blackburn typically rocks us pretty hard, anecdotally. I’m not in a good position to look at stats though.
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
alli i joined the game thread!
but too busy biting my nails to contribute. Lets not squander another leadoff hit!
+1
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
hey kurt
is it freezing over in marquette? i’m in my room wearing my winter jacket it’s so cold…maybe i should turn on the furnace
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well, it's around 40 and windy
but I just wore a sweatshirt when I was out and about earlier.
this weather is awesome!
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 29, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
60 and sunny in beautiful Winston Salem
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
it's more that it was so sudden, but that's about what it is here
wind is pushing the flags sideways completely. my body hasn’t adjusted yet. and we haven’t turned on our heat yet, which usually helps.
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I was out at the lakeshore getting hailed on in 50 mph winds to take photos yesterday. The october-november weather is half the joy of living up here.
I just can’t believe I was at the beach eight days ago and now it’s under water.
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 29, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Bah
2 pitches far outside. He needs to take there.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
all three were in gameday's strikezone
is their window off today?
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oops, wrong at bat
I was talking about Grandy’s turn at the plate
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Maybe if we didn't lead off the inning with a hit, would that work?
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I hate this...
This could be dangerous.. DANGIT
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
does anyone else have a bad feeling about this?
squandersquandersquandersquandersquandersquander
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
not really
this kind of feels like every game, to be honest
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 29, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
true...
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
that picture did not work...
to the scrap pile of ones and zeroes for you.
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not trying to be negative.
Just frustrated.
by rook34 on Sep 29, 2009 1:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Is the game on in our area?
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it online?
Or just on MLBTV?
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
OK, time to switch sacrifice movement to the off position
Need hits, no mor sacs
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we got ourselves a ball game
I hope we can win easier, for the sake of all our nerves, but I’m thinking walk off win this afternoon !
I think I'd collapse by then
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't make outs!
Blackburn is a pansy- finish him!
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sweep the leg!
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not watching the game
but from the looks of gameday, it looks like Rick has been holding his own and blackburn is struggling. is this accurate in any way?
just now?
Not for months?
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
GOD F****ING DAMMIT TO HELL!
Not at all pleased by a freking tie game.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I believe in God
I just believe he hates me.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't believe in god...
but i DO believe he hates me…
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
We really are desperate.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
nevermind...
i see he was .198 coming into today for the Tigers…
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If there is a playoff roster
I don’t want to see Huff on it.
If there isn’t one, it’s because huff is cursed to bring down whatever team he’s with.
by grounding out to second.
or first.
Can we trade him back?
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Washburn was damaged goods, though
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i like the fact Mauer is 0-for-3...
until he comes up in the top of the 9th w/ RISP…
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
Don't
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
is Rick allergic to 1-2-3 innings?
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm back (for now)
I see the Twins are being pesky and Blackburn’s pitching right to his M.O. And Polanco has had three really bad at-bats?
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
QS from Porcello
Time to go to the ’pen, it looks like.
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Totally
But 99 pitches is enough for Kid Rick.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I would like some runs in this inning.
Actually, I would like a lot of runs in this inning, ala last weekend against Chicago.
+50
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
hey guys
i’m back. campbell’s chunky new england clam chowder. never had it before.
WE NEED SOME MORE TIGERS RUNS
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Have we reached the point in the afternoon where we don't get another baserunner?
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
Apparently
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yet
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry...
Channelling my inner Epic89.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
GGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.emperor-penguin.com/penguin-chick.jpg
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
work posting FAIL due to distraction
Here we go.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
in the name of productivity...
I’ve been working on a song while I’ve been watching and it’s sounding pretty epic.
Thought I’d share. =)
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blackburn is locked in.
Two innings to nathan. Where are the runs going to come from?
by rook34 on Sep 29, 2009 1:46 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I see TBS has decided who's winning the Central
Their commercial had a big prominent shot of Mauer and nothing of us.
http://tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com
C'MON TIGERS! DO IT TO PISS OFF TBS!
you’d hope they don’t need the added motivation, but just in case
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I'll take it...
as long as he doesn’t get shelled…
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
As pessimistic a bunch as we usually are...
…it’s always a shock when someone like that Epic89 cat can come around and raise (or is it lower?) the negativity bar that dramatically.
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Don't invoke his name
Lest he start trolling
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
we have Baroque to keep us optimistic though...
it’s effective neutralization.
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I'm trying my best :)
And normally I’m incredibly cynical and not all that optimistic, so this is taking an incredible effort.
APPRECIATE ME, TIGERS!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Whoa
Since when did Porcello have a beard?
(Bear in mind, I just got home)
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Not a bad look, actually
Once it gets shaped a little better
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Just today apparently.
PLAYOFF BEARD
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
well it wasn't there in the first...
he must’ve hit puberty or something.
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A giant box of fail
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Always funny how hard knees start snapping when Polly misses a play
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey now
I’m firmly entrenched in the “Scott Sizemore” camp.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey all. Just turned on the game.
Did I hear we’re 2-11 with RiSP? At least the bats are alive today. I smell a win.
Baseball Geek
by StorminNormanCash on Sep 29, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, we've been bad with RISP.
Bunch LOB
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
That's typical Blackburn, though
He’s known for giving up lots of hits, but not a lot of runs.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
no...
that’s the smell of squander…
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
bye rick
Sorry we couldn’t score for you.
by rook34 on Sep 29, 2009 1:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
He has incriminating pictures of Leyland?
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Porcello has thrown 110
That’s why
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
So what's the excuse for the 900 other times we've walked him this year?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He's their Polanco basically
At least in the batter’s box
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Barbed wire?
Try bazooka.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
i hope...
Nick Punto goes to hell… then dies…
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I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
You want him to get traded to Cleveland?
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
throw him in the burning river...
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Trade him to the Washington Nationals. Then we won’t have the chance to walk him all the time
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
That works
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven't heard that Seay is good to go yet
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
He was warming up in the 'pen, I thought
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
1 for 3 lifetime.
It was a triple.
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by john.kmiecik on Sep 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
well peeps...
I’m gonna have to take off. Sometimes my life was less exciting so I could watch more baseball. But I will be eating pizza….
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
As long as those nothings
had to do with scoring runs…
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
My name is KIIIIIIIIIIIIID RICK!
I’ll take 6+ innings of 1-run ball. Thanks, Rick.
Now it’s time for the rest of the team to join us in near-playoff baseball.
(Pokes Aubrey Huff)
“You’re not actually dead, right?”
Is Huff's first name really Bernie?
That would explain so much
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i would much rather have Lyon here.
Come on Zach, prove me wrong.
by rook34 on Sep 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
This worked last time I did it.
so I am going to make the sacrifice and leave work early and listen in the car. And if we rally, I’ll be the one circling the block.
now get cabreara before that scary man comes to the plate
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Got him
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 29, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
did I hear a K on the radio from the next room????
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
i seay what you did there
and I like it, I like it!
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It' gonna be OK
See, told ya.
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by StorminNormanCash on Sep 29, 2009 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY SHIT I LOVE YOU
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Miner should've flipped his bat there
Oh, wait a minute…
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 29, 2009 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 1:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Runs please - Mauer , Kubel and Cuddyer open next f**king inning
2-12 is better than 0-4 , but still suck
Santiago Granderson Polanco
You’re on notice starting now! Score some runs or suffer!
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well, so much for the Rally Razor...
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Casilla stays in the game
Hitting .196. Gardy thought he could get away with it, but Morales is hitting north of .300. He gambled and lost.
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It dos look good for beheading zombies though
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by David Tokarz on Sep 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone else feel extra innings coming on?
Or is that just my own personal feeling of dread?
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
about 15 or 16 innings in the day...
then play 11 or 12 more at night?
Is this legal?
I don't know. It's fun, though...
by moonshineboy on Sep 29, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions &nb