Grapefruit League Gamethread: Tigers at Nationals
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 9, 2010 12:00 PM EST
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PrintDetroit Tigers
at Washington Nationals
When: 1:05 p.m.
Where: Space (Ghost Coast to) Coast Stadium, Viera, Fla.
Media: MLB Network will show the game in the Michigan market - this will also be on mlb.tv if you're a subscriber.
Tigers pitchers: Porcello starting. Bonine, Figaro, Perry and Valverde also on the list.
Tigers lineup: Jackson CF, Thomas LF, Ordonez RF, Cabrera 1B, Guillen DH, Kelly 3B, Avila C, Dlugach 2B, Santiago SS. (Sizemore was scheduled to start at 2B but is getting the day off due to stiffness in his hurt ankle)
Nationals pitchers: Stephen Strasburg. Do any of the others matter? Not today..
Nationals lineup: Morgan CF, Guzman SS, Zimmerman 3B, Wllingham LF, Kennedy 2B, Desmond RF, Duncan 1B, Whitesell DH, Nieves C.
Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson is scheduled to be the first batter against the Nationals' 2009 first-overall draft pick, Stephen Strasburg, who will be making his Grapefruit League debut. Casper Wells, who hit a grand slam off Strasburg in the Arizona Fall League, will travel with the Tigers to have a reunion.
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the Front Office just tweeted sizemore is scratched
due to stiffness. Dlugach in for him at 2B
Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
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Free Ryan Raburn!!!
If Sizemore is out during the season, here’s hoping Raburn gets some ABs in there…
A lifelong Tigers fan
Finally I get to SEE Tigers
in uniforms and everything. And Strasburg. Last time I was this excited was Wieters Eve.
this should be the first test of mlb.tv's bandwidth
hopefully things run smoothly.
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I think gameday is still being worked on
it exists but is usually a half inning or so behind. gameday.mlb.com
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I am in heaven
I have both sound and picture being it is one TV. I am using a very old computer while mind is getting fixed and it has no sound.
I finally get to SEE our boys...at least some of them
I suppose I should ask…Is there anyone stuck at work (or whatever) and needs play by play?
He's not, unfortunately
I was kinda hoping he would be
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
We also play the Nats again on the 23rd
Maybe we’ll see him then
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Funny ....
someone mentioned that MLBN poll yesterday … it was which manager do you think will be ejected most this season?
and easy ones
way too easy. quick swings. make the kid sweat a little.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
well that sucks. I saw clete's hit and otherwise it keeps dying.
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Must be your connection cuz I'm not having any problems so far
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
could be, sometimes mlb.tv doesn't do well at work
but set on low quality it’s usually not an issue
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i'm not scoring the game...
…but i think that’s three of his four outs so far. (after kennedy grounder)
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I hate it when broadcasters have the GM with them in the booth
They don’t pay attention to the game when that happens
audio to the rescue for me, i guess
hooray for archived games tonight :/
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are they mentioning the speed of every pitch on the tv broadcast?
because gameday audio is
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No, they're mostly chattering with the Nats' GM
They’re discussing DD’s philosophies
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
All hail the great Arkleseizure!
way to stay on that ball, pound it up the middle.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
JV's got that crap-eating grin.
love this commercial.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
It's an $80 million grin
well-deserved
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
no doubt.
whatsoever.
first time i saw it, i was literally laughing out loud
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
backwards K
“dah-lue-gotsh”.
didn’t know we had anyone by that name
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:25 PM EST reply actions
wonder if he's done or if he'll pitch another
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they said 40 pitches
i don’t think he’s anywhere near that. didn’t catch the first inning, but i’m thinking he’s somewhere around 20-25
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
Groundout to second, I think
I was trying to look up Justin Verlander’s numbers against Evan Longoria, so I was a bit distracted
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone getting a live online feed?
Other than mlb.tv? I’m in class helpp!
The artist formerly known as Granderson28
good to see
as to the home half, anyway. like the 0’s for KidRick
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Strasburg is out of the game
Someone else is pitching now
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:32 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Given the hype about Strasburg, this
maybe COTN
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
This game is the first time I've seen Ajax in action
His stance looks really familiar, but I can’t pinpoint it
he looks like Grandy
only from the right side. that was my first impression of him the day we got him when I watched you tube vids
The artist formerly known as Granderson28
He swung at the 2-0 pitch, not the first pitch
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
just thinking
that they probably encouraged him to go deeper into the count, maybe to the point that he looked at one too many. . .
spring training for the umps too
the ump called the same pitch ball 2 for Maggs
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Recap: No score after two innings
Gets three grounders to retire the Tigers in order in the first.
Gets the first two in the second, including a strikeout of Cabrera.
Kelly gets a base hit, Avila gets a hit, and Dlugach whiffs on a called third strike, a 3- 2 curve ball with the runners on the move. Nasty pitch.
Porcello has now gone two shutout innings, giving up only a grounder up the middle to Zimmerman.
Four ground outs apiece for Porcello and Strasburg.
Santiago leads off the third with a base hit to LCF, and steals second.
AJax strikes out.
KidRick is actually younger
With all the uber hype around Strassbutt, it’s a nice reminder from Jason Beck that Porcello is actually five months younger
foul ball...a man from Romeo gets a souvenir
by Detroit.Rock.City on Mar 9, 2010 1:36 PM EST reply actions
Many of us always have been
Sure hopes he gets more playing time thsi year. I don’t buy this can’t play every day, can’t play a whole year …. why do they let him play in the Dominican Winter League if that’s the case?
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Would be nice if we got some play-by-play in this broadcast
Instead of the first writers’ session for “The Stephen Strasberg Story”
he looks pretty smooth
seems like his footwork is pretty good. always could use improvement, but didn’t seem bad.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
he was pretty good last week at third, too
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hello ladies & gentlemen
it’s nice to see they didn’t give up 5 or 6 in the 1st today. Rick’s line looks pretty good.
sounds like rick's slider is good today
guhhh can’t wait til I can watch this at home later
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Guillen walks
Nice at bat. He and Maggs have both had good approaches at the plate.
A lifelong Tigers fan
Hello all!
My first gamethread of the season. I am in my office with neither sound nor video. Someone paint a word picture, please!
Porcello and Strasburg each pitched two innings
no runs, four ground outs apiece, two singles for the Tigers, one for the Gnats.
Then, the Tigers got a hold of Miguel Batista and beat him like a rented mule!
and in the bottom of the third
PETA came out to protest the Tigers
Official BYB Juju Consultant...now accepting rally creature applications!
I dunno...this office computer doesn't switch from the video back to BYB quickly
i should request an upgrade so I can keep up with two places.
I have them side-by-side
Although MLB.tv doesn’t want to do the Windows 7 side-by-side snap thing
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Weirdest piece of analysis I've heard so far this spring:
“That’s the difference between an old fastball and a young fastball”
Apparently if you have an old fastball you give up RBI singles
It didn’t make much sense
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
The old fastball
doesn’t understand that “rap music” the young fastball listens to these days
by Dale S on Mar 9, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
my sandwich has bacon on it
just sayin’
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I had a bacon Croissonic for lunch today
So we got the bacon mojo going
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
as did mine.
bacon goes on everything. even more bacon. it’s kinda like meat candy.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
You guys should all move to Spain.
Say “spain” to a pig and it will probably just up and commit suicide.
Whitecaps offered chocolate covered bacon on their list of possibles for ballpark food this year
I don’t know if it made the cut though
I like Don Kelly
I hope he makes the club.
That probably means that both AJax and Clete won’t make it, but I think Kelly would be more useful on the pine anyway.
Kelly, Raburn, Santiago, and a catcher
on the bench
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
Perry in...
he could fill a big role for the Tigers this year. He has to cut down on the BB’s and lower that WHIP. His last two months weren’t good.
love to see a pitching lineup
of Verlander-Perry-Zoom-Valverde or Porcello-same. Sounds ugly for the bad guys!
yeah
gave up a couple singles to the Good Guys in the 2nd, got lots of guys out and made Miggy whiff.
he was on a very tight pitch count, so he got yanked after 2.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Gnats GM said
that Strasburg would go two innings or 40 pitches
He got the Tigers in order in the first on 3 grounders, 7 pitches
haha I caught that too
“YEAH!!!”
musta thought that one was gone… didnt even leave the infield though
These two idiots are talking
about two different committees to make baseball “better.” Leyland is on the real committee and the USA Today committee is ridiculous. Read the 1st installment yesterday and they all represented self-serving viewpoints.
Did you see where the Mets are playing the Tigs this year at Citi Field?
I got my tix already! Double Tigers this year!
haven't got tickets yet but
I will be there! get to see them six times. Can’t wait. Always surprised how many Tiger fans I see at Yankee Stadium.
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
will do
hoping to save up some $$ to see at least one game down closer to the field, hard to do at YS and Citi
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
Probably
go down to Baltimore in October for a game or two, sure hope they still matter by then. Seats are still pretty cheap there, and still a nice park.
by JerseyTigerFan on Mar 9, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
too much yakking
they’re not even narrating the game. seems to be the primary job of an in-game announcer. i don’t really care about what’s happening in the minor leagues, especially if it’s unrelated to what’s happening on the field.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
Tyler Walker is now pitching for Washington
Two batters in, they finally decided to show his namekey
Ironically, he hasn't walked anybody yet
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
He Walked the Line
…and Maggs pushed him waaaay over it.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
The Jack that Maggs hit in game 163
brought back memories, and left us with a glimmer of hope over the winter, that he has some pop left in his stick. Zero homers for September was very discouraging, despite the .900 something batting average
that is one of the more colorful metaphors I have heard in a while
thank you for expanding my mind today
inspite of weak pitching in few of these early games
this team seems to be able to put up some runs on a pretty consistent basis so far
hope springs eternal!
i meant to play for the big club
no offense to the great city of Toledo or our esteemed minor league system, but putting the big D on your chest is better than a pissed off chicken.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
That's true
I root for the Tigers over the Hens every day of the week
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 9, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
all my favorite dudes are kicking ass today
WANT TO WATCH ARGH
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Kelly just made the team
if he hadn’t already ……. be hard to top the 161 games he played last year, though
I just got here
so….Strasburg, huh? 98 mph cheese to Miggy. Big whoop. Chapman apparently hit 102 yesterday for the Reds.
Does Valverde only
pitch from the stretch? noticed he’s not pitching out of the wind-up… anybody know?
"he's trying to make the club"
pretty sure Valverde’s got a job.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:27 PM EST reply actions
10th time the audio broadcasters have mentioned the miguel cabrera K
dude’s gonna need more claims to fame than that to make it in the bigs, folks
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AJAX
pities the fool who grooves fastballs.
by GreatGooglyMoogly on Mar 9, 2010 2:37 PM EST reply actions
Unfortunately
the rest of the Grapefruit League is hitting .689 against pitchers named Bonderman and Scherzer.
by ChrisDTX on Mar 9, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So many
of our on-the-cusp young guys are having a great spring and they all can’t make the team, so …..
…. who, if anyone, do you think may be traded prior to opening day/ And, if so, for what? Will it only happen if we can’t shore up the 4th and 5th rotation spots with certainty?
Chris Rock used this describing how the tiger that attacked Penn & Teller wasn't going crazy
“he was going tiger”
IOW the tiger did what tigers are supposed to do
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