Sweep Emotion! Tigers 5, Rays 3
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 6, 2009 8:15 PM EDT
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Does anyone else have Journey running through their head right now?
Don't stop believin'... Hold on to that feelin'...
I know I'm not the only one. C'mon. Don't be shy.
For the second consecutive Sunday, the Detroit Tigers brought out the big stick for some late-game heroics. Last week in Detroit, it was Placido Polanco's three-run homer in the eighth that stole a victory from the Tampa Bay Rays. Today, Brandon Inge got to wear the cape.
Inge was looking like an unlikely hero heading into the ninth inning, given that he was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts. He was getting fitted for the ol' golden sombrero. But with the bases loaded, Russ Springer had to give Inge something to hit after trying to get him to chase two pitches high and out of the strike zone. Springer then hung a slider out over the plate, Inge didn't miss it, crushing it to left for a grand slam.
Just like that, it can change. Especially when facing that Rays bullpen.
The Tigers were down 3-1 in that fateful ninth inning. But as with the other games in this series, they hung around until Joe Maddon brought in the wrong reliever to give up the big hit. This time, it was Springer. He can commiserate with Randy Choate, J.P. Howell, and Grant Balfour. Detroit has been equal opportunity destroyers in their seven games versus Tampa.
One week into September, the Tigers now have the look of a team coming together. We wondered how this team would respond to the pressure of the pennant race, with the Twins and White Sox seemingly ready to pounce on a late-season downfall. Obviously, there's still plenty of baseball left to be played. But winning the first six games of September, including a sweep of the defending AL champs in their ballpark, certainly sets the tone.
So does a seven-game first-place lead on Labor Day.
Roar:
Okay, we've talked plenty about the offensive heroics, but what about the pitching? Edwin Jackson came into today's game struggling a bit. But against his former team for the first time (one night after receiving his AL championship ring from the Rays), Jackson looked more like the pitcher who's helped lead this playoff drive. Throwing eight innings - his longest outing in his last seven starts - he held the Rays to three runs and six hits.
And how about Brandon Lyon? The guy who was presumably signed in the offseason to be the Tigers' closer notched his second straight save, filling in for Fernando Rodney. Once again, Tigers fans were treated to a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
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Oh, there are just so many options to choose from. But let's go with the first one to express this sentiment.
inge
gets a whimper for tonight. but hey, the 8th is coming up and their bullpen is coming in…
by mrsunshine
Oh, we tease because we love. Besides, it's not like he was the only one.
Hey, I'm the guy who stopped watching the game early for "family time." Bah. Family. Why don't I just stick with that which brings me joy? But I did have a feeling (and thanks to ahtrap for pointing that out).
By the way, if you want to see some great burying of the lede, check out the recap at DRaysBay. Again, we tease with love.
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Galarraga out of the rotation
Per Beck (or whomever is covering for him this week)
Now to pray Nate doesn’t turn back into a pumpkin.
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I don't want Galarraga in the 'pen
I’d prefer that they just shut him down right now. He did not look healthy to me last night. Give him rest, get the arm back to form, and get him ready to reclaim his spot next year in Spring Training.
In the meantime, milk Nate for all he’s worth.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds good to me
Maybe use Galaraga (or Zach Miner) as a spot starter to take some stress off Kid Rick’s arm.
I really want to make sure Porcello doesn’t pitch too much down the stretch.
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agree
Let Galarraga get healthy and bring him back when he is 100% and can pitch to his full capability. The team has a bazillion pitchers right now – use the guys who aren’t hurting.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I imagine the move to the bullpen is more out of respect than anything else.
My guess is he’ll be used only in severe mop-up situations.
Prepare for a treat.
And maybe get some ice cream ready.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Rally ice cream!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
DO NOT QUOTE JOURNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry to go all-caps on you like that Ian, but that was and remains the White Sox official song. I know it works, esspecially on a glorious day like today but I want nothing to do with it. Just one (fat) mans opinion, other wise I love everything.
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
by tigerfaninChicago on Sep 6, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions
I like Journey
I also like Styx, Survivor, and REO Speedwagon (all three are bands from Chicago). Chicago’s churned out a lot of good music. Unfortunately, they also churn out obnoxious baseball teams.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
disturbed is also from chicago
i know cause i went there for a concert and they told the crowd
I Like Pie
I think quoting Journey is fine.
When I think of that song, I think of the crowds at Joe Louis Arena singing along with the “South Detroit” part at hockey games. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I was not aware of the White Sox connection
I will definitely consider that next time I feel inspired to sing along.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 6, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
AJ claimed it as the White Sox anthem in 05.
He was joking, but it caught on. It’s the only time you can hear Chicago sports fans sing the word Detroit without the word Sucks immediately behind it.
Hawk and AJ can cram it. Nine back in the loss column.
sorry, AJ
Losers lose their songs. Spoils of battle and all that jazz.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
+1
Lets claim it as our anthem in 2009.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 7, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I did kind of throw two song references at everyone there…
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 6, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Sunday night baseball is paying homage to Harwell.
Jon Miller is so great to listen to. I always watch because of him, no matter how meaningless the NL games are to me.
Question
Were they hitting the balls hard off of Jackson?
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Not especially.
Just normal hits, pretty much, that you would expect from a good hitting club. For the most part he was very good. It wasn’t like they were knocking the cover off multiple baseballs.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
The strikeout walk ratio bothered me
That’s why I asked. It seems E-Jax is getting tired.
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He got his championship ring last night.
Maybe it was emotions. First time he faced his former teammates, I think.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Man, I thought I had a chance at COTD with my Mr. Burns impression
the “Excellent – I see we’re setting up another come from behind victory” one
Then again, Mr. Sunshine did predict the hero, more or less :)
How do you set up a link to jump to a particular comment? I don’t see any specific identifying info on individual quotes, so I have to be missing something.
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i was just as suprised as you were at the COTD
however, i DID apologize to brandon later in the thread… and if you notice the comment right below the runner-up is me telling inge to hit the ball…
I Like Pie
The timestamp on the comment has the link.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 6, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
//sadness
Can you catch the FSD replay at midnight? (Although the best part isn’t until later.)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
that'll be way to late for me....
I got stuff to do tomorrow unfortunately.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
too bad
you can’t set an alarm for 2:30 am and catch the last half hour, then go back to sleep.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
at 2:30am...
and I’m sorry to say this….I couldn’t care less about baseball.
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don't be sorry
Caring about baseball at 2:30 am is the sign of mental derangement, I think.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Jim leyland does need to take it easy on JV and Jack though.
these wins won’t mean a think if our top 2 don’t have any gas left at the end.
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Hopefully he'll let them take advantage of the off-day to get an extra day of rest
…though I swear I heard Mario and Rod say that Verlander was scheduled to start in Kansas City
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
they're skipping the fifth starter
Nate to start Saturday.
Seems to me they should find a spot or two to skip Porcello pretty soon here. But Jackson and Verlander need some rest too. maybe if they’re up by sizeable amount with two weeks left we’ll see more use of bonine and company
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 6, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe he'll also reduce their innings?
He has a very large bullpen now, and last time Porcello just pitched around 80 pitches. Maybe Leyland will keep them on their regular schedule, but use the bullpen for more innings each game.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
that would make sense
don’t want rust. Just not a lot of extra work. But you know he’s not taking anything for granted. He’s not counting his chickens before they’re eggs, right? ;)
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 6, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
My cat approves
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
so cute
We got Jesus Zoidberg up for the afterglow, though.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Blech
I wanted to watch the FSN Final Score, but they still got stupid college football on.
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just finishing up
There must have been a stupid incident of testosterone-fueled stupidity at the end or something.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Anyone see the footage of Prince Fielder's walk-off?
The celebration at home plate was so stupid, but it made me laugh anyways.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
didn't catch it
I’m watching the most horrible movie I’ve ever seen – on purpose. I started compiling a list of the science and biology errors, but got writers cramp and stopped. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Which movie?
By the way, the Tigers game must’ve been the first one they did, cuz I missed it. I’ll have to check out the 11:30 showing of FSN Final Score.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
A direct to DVD deal on SyFy channel. I had heard it was bad, but oh, my god it was horrible – horrid stilted dialogue, horrid stilted effects, horrid faks “science” – it “starred” Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson.
Wow was it ever bad. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
horrid FAKE science
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
awhile back, a grad student and myself had a discussion
making a class where every week you were taught things about real geology, meteorology, and astronomy. then you would watch a movie that basically craps on those sciences, and your assignment each week would be to point out a few of the scientific errors in the movie.
we even thought of which movie would be the final exam: The Core
I Like Pie
The Core
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
In this movie, “science” apparently consists of pouring colored liquids from test tubes to beakers to flasks to graduated cylinders until they start to glow green, which means you have made pheromones to attract a mega shark to San Francisco Bay and a giant octopus to Tokyo Bay after they have already spent time eating inanimate objects such as boats, oil rigs, fighter jets, and a freaking passenger plane. And this is after two main characters take a tumble in a janitors closet in the midst of their research. Plus the shark fin was CGIed in so badly that it left no wake. It could also swim underwater at 500 knots.
But I knew it was going to be fantastically horrible when the opening scene had an ice shelf and hammerhead sharks in the same part of the ocean (hammerheads are tropical). It just got “better” by the scene.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I'm actually disappointed that this isn't on right now
I guess I’ll have to do with syfy’s current classic offering, “Spring Break Shark Attack”
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Syfy (and I hate spelling it that way) certainly digs up some really bad movies on the weekend
Reminds me of stuff that used to show up on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (I love that show)
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
when did they change it, anyway?
Hope they didn’t do it thinking it was a hip and cool change up, because it comes across as really dumb
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copyright issues
They changed it a while back because “sci fi” is not copyrightable since it’s a recognized genre. Syfy is usable as a trademark while the other isn’t. I don’t know why they just didn’t call it the SF channel, though.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
on YouTube
You can find the trailer, a highlights clip, and the scene of the shark taking down the passenger jet. The plane attack clip was the one that I watched about four straight times just laughing at it.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
I found the scene of the plane
That was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 7, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I know!
And the guy who spots the shark out the window: “I’m getting married in two days.” What? Is this a transparent movie device to make your impending death more poignant?
Either the shark was propelled by butt rockets or he ate too many beans. And he must also possess ESP to know that a plane is crossing overhead. And be desperate to spend so much energy LEAPING into the air for a minimal amount of food. So very much wrong in so very little time. :D
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
As an aspiring filmmaker...
I could make a better movie in my sleep. In fact, I think my college senior project is better than that movie (though I did not make that in my sleep)
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 7, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
When I took Physics in college...
Our very first assignment was to watch a scene from Total Recall where the bad guys cut off the circulation of air to an underground city (so basically, no new oxygen would be introduced). We then had to calculate how long it would take for one person to exhaust the oxygen supply in an area the size of a dorm room and then extrapolate that to this underground city. The movie makes it look like the people have only a few hours before the oxygen ran out, but in actuality, it would take several days.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 6, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
yup
The buildup of carbon dioxide would be a much greater problem, anyway – but the only movies that really cover that are movies with submarines. Everywhere else there is worry about the oxygen running out.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
That would make a great freshman seminar
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by David Tokarz on Sep 7, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
eh, you gotta love it when grown men act like kids sometimes
Makes me wish I’d made the trip out to Miller Park the way I was thinking last night…waking up at noon doesn’t make for getting out to Milwaukee by 1 PM, though…
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Tigers didn't get a whole lot of coverage on the FSN Final Score tonight
…but it’s more than what the Angels and Royals got (basically, a brief shot of Bobby Abreu hitting a 2-run double).
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Doesn't make sense
A division leader and a team still in the chase (more or less), featuring a game winning grand slam? Should be worth a couple of highlights, at least.
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Well...
ESPN mostly covered the game from the Rays’ perspective. Like the Tigers had nothing to do with it.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 7, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
perhaps
ESPN confused Tampa with Boston or New York.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Well, the "prolific" Yankees did not pitch well and made four errors...
…not to mention a collision in the outfield and Josh Towers hitting a batter in the face.
So they had to make a substitiute somewhere. Besides, it’s not like the Yankees are providing them much drama in the division race.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 7, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
ESPN
The World Wide Leader in covering the New York Yankees (and Yankee substitutes) for three decades!
Blech.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
Speaking of which...
Has anyone else seen this? It’s the ad campaign for TBS’s coverage of the postseason. Now, you’d expect to see a lot of footage of the Red Sox, Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers, and Rays in such a music video, as all those teams are likely in the playoffs or were in the World Series last year. But there’s quite a bit of footage of the White Sox and Cubs, which makes not sense. And the Tigers? All that you see of them is a blink-and-you-miss-it split-second shot of Miguel Cabrera hitting a home run. I suppose it could be worse, though. As Kevin Kaduk pointed out, there isn’t a shred of footage of the Rockies, and they’re very much in the playoff chase.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 7, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
ok am i reading this right?
I’ ve got a bit of the Crown royal in me, but 7 games up in the Central? Outstanding!
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by rock n rye on Sep 6, 2009 11:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
With all the movie talk, I have a question connected to the bonfire we had here tonight....
Has anybody seen the MOVIE for Alice’s Restaurant?
We're not the only ones who hate Hawk
Wandered over to Mccoveychronicles.com, wondering what Giants fans thought about the Brewers celebration of the Prince Fielder walk off HR (one old guy hating on it, the res don’t care, the way it oughta be). Was amazed to see over 4500 comments on the game. Granted, it went 2 innings, but FORTY FIVE HUNDRED COMMENTS! Wonder if they’re always so chatty?
Anyway, in scrolling through, I saw that, apparently, the AFLAC trivia question on the Giants broadcast of their game vs the Brewers asked about the only 4 Hall of Fame broadcasters to have played in the Majors (tie in with Bob Uecker, longtime Milwaukee radio guy, I guess)
The first response below is one person’s guess, followed by a reaction that wouldn’t seem too out of place among AL Central blog traffic. Enjoy!
Hawk Harrelson
by satyricrash on Sep 6, 2009 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuckin’ Hawk Harrelson. Is he really in the Hall?
by cornball on Sep 6, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ahahaha no
by CB30 on Sep 6, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh thank god. I nearly killed someone there.
by cornball on Sep 6, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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I just did some research on the dude...
and I’m never calling Magglio “Maggs” again. Hawk doesn’t deserve the right to dish out nicknames.
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I'm still calling him Maggs.
You lose the player, he takes the nickname with him – he and his nickname belong to the Tigers now.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
^This
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 7, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree...
but now I’m gonna think of Hawk when I hear “maggs.” This is my reasoning.
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Magic Number NOW 20!!!!
If the Tigers play .500 the rest of the way 13-13, they will probably play way over that with 14 home games and 12 road games remaining.
The Twins will have to play 20-6 .770 with 12 home and 14 road games remaining.
the Sox will have to play 20-4 .800 with 12 home and 14 road games remaining.
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