Gamethread 25: Angels at Tigers, 1:05 p.m.
by BigAl on May 1, 2010 11:27 AM EDT
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PrintLos Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers, May 1, 2010 1:05 PM EDT
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Los Angeles Angels Saturday, May 1, 2010, 1:05 PM EDT Scott Kazmir vs Jeremy Bonderman Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.
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Pitching matchup:
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The Tigers are 3-1 on the current 6 game homestand, not bad at all considering they were coming off a 11 game west coast road trip, haven't had a day off since April 15, and won't have another till this coming Thursday. Keep in mind Thursday is the Tigers' only day off till the last week of May. Absolutely silly, I know.
The MLB schedulers have done the Tigers no favors. It's to their credit they have a winning record.
Items of note from the various game previews:
Magglio Ordonez left the Friday's win with what the club calls cramping of his abdominal muscles. He's listed as day-today after undergoing tests late last night.
There's a new law taking effect in in Michigan today. Bars, restaurants and other public work areas are now smoke-free. You can add Comerica Park to the list. How will noted smoking evangelist Jim Leyland function without his beloved Marlboro Reds? Via Jason Beck, Leyland had the following to say...
"I'm a law-abiding citizen. That's just the way it is," Leyland said after Friday's game. "We're not supposed to smoke here, and I won't do it. I'll try to find someplace outside somewhere, I guess, but I think you're not supposed to smoke at all in the park."
He complained a little about Comerica's cigar bar...
"It's kind of freaky, because we have a cigar bar up there [on the suite level in the park], and it's legal to smoke cigars up there, but you can't have a cigarette in the cigar bar. I'm not into making the laws and everything. I'm into abiding by them. I'll just have to do what I can and I'll be fine."
But he was going to get a few final smokes in...
"I've got till 6 a.m.," Leyland said Friday night. "That could be two cartons."
Will we see the lack of cigarettes screw up his judgment? Will Fox Sports Detroit cameras cut to the bench and catch Leyland going through nicotine withdrawal? We shall see.
The status of Carlos Guillen has not changed. He's eligible to come off the DL next weekend, but...you know what's coming...it's still uncertain if Glass Joe Guillen will be healthy enough to return. And so it goes...
Johnny Damon's 4th inning double against the Angels was the Tigers' 66th of season, leading the AL. It's the highest total by the Tigers in the month of April since 1952, the earliest such records are available. It's also the most April doubles by any AL team since 2003, when the Blue Jays pounded 78. Making this all the more impressive is the Tigers were LAST in doubles in 2009.
How crazy good is Austin Jackson's start to the season? He's 36-99 at the plate. No player in Tigers history has had take many hits in his first 100 at bats at the MLB level. Nothing Jackson does surprises me at this point. He's been that damn good.
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lineup
Jackson cf, Damon lf, Ordonez dh, Cabrera 1b, Inge 3b, Raburn rf, Laird c, Sizemore 2b, Everett ss
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Full lineup via Beck
Jackson, CF
Damon, LF
Ordonez, DH
Cabrera, 1B
Inge, 3B
Raburn, RF
Laird, C
Sizemore, 2B
Everett, SS
P: Jeremy Bonderman
Erick Aybar, SS
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Bobby Abreu, RF
Hideki Matsui, DH
Kendry Morales, 1B
Juan Rivera, LF
Mike Napoli, C
Brandon Wood, 3B
Reggie Willits, CF
P: Scott Kazmir
by john.kmiecik on May 1, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
naw
want to hear only the sound of the woods, water and birds
by Kurt Mensching on May 1, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I am too, lots of stuff to get done today
I’ll take Dan and Jim with me though
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by JoelZumayaKegStand on May 1, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I did that at about midnight....
woods and night time is amazing.
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Watch Leyland today, see if he gets jittery, what with the smoking ban going into effect
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5153747
Half jokingly wondering if that’ll affect his managing at all…
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and yes, I did read the game intro
it’s a different link :p
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I love afternoon games
the day after night wins.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman
I'll be watching...
but not really commenting because like always I have to work soon. I just don’t want to get too hooked into a conversation.
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G$ mows him down at 2nd!
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Howdy!
I assume that the fact that you’re hear and posting means you had nothing to do with graduation today (since those folks should be getting home at oh…4 PM)
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you're HERE, that is
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman
Nope, didn't get to go
I really wanted to, but it didn’t work out. I’m home from school (only temporarily, I’m living in Ann Arbor this summer) and I wouldn’t have been able to get back there in time. Plus I’m sure it was a complete madhouse.
by kendra.michelle on May 1, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
i wish the damn game would load. sigh
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Starts out where he left off
I like this Jackson kid
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Damon!
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman
Whew
Whenever I see in play, out(s) with runners on and Magglio at bat, I think of GIDP.
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Whew
Whenever I see in play, out(s) with runners on and Magglio at bat, I think of GIDP.
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watch out, they've got the telestrator going
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I feel like Rod could have way more fun with that than he does
He probably has to restrain himself
by kendra.michelle on May 1, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
We should see his shopping list on the screen at some point
1) toilet paper
2) coffee
3) cotton candy
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Bases loaded for Brandon
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Good sac, Binge.
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anyone have a link?
its not on extra innings today :[
by BearedPlayoffJesus19 on May 1, 2010 1:24 PM EDT reply actions
well, it's been worse this year than last
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and on my screen
I’ll rec them both, though.
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Raburn Fun PHACTS!
Did you know that the series Lost was originally set to be about Ryan Raburn’s path taking skills in the outfield?
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by 13194013 on May 1, 2010 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I can see Locke saying to Rayburn....
“Do you know why you’re on this island?”
"There's no crying in baseball"
one of our pitchers just had a 6 pitch inning
I don’t know what to do with myself
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actually i kind of want to take a nap. to be honest
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i just stayed up too late
so I dont know how much of this i am actually going to watch
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haha. why haven't we thought of that before
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K-jax, Johnny K-mon, Magglio Kordonez, Miggy K-brera, K-inge, Kaird, Kopie, Krazor
i didn’t get a lot of sleep last night…
C'mon, Opie
You’re due
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Hah! Opie walks.
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Hah! Opie walks.
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thats what we got him for
his speeeeeeeeeed lol
by BearedPlayoffJesus19 on May 1, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
OPIE STEALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He hasn’t seen the plate from that area of Comerica in a loooong time
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Aw, nertz.
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i am probably going to nap in a few
so if the comments get over 400 and no other editors are here, feel free to post a fanshot overflow
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Bonderman better not let that double leak into the next batter
He needs to learn to have a short memory.
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oh my
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When he makes a play like that
He’s “Raburn”
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Miggy gets a pass on that one.
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Aiyiyi
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman
Ryan Raburn's Bogus Journey
Join Raburn, his Mr. Magoo sense of outfield direction and his magic collapsing glove in the outfield and watch as hilarity ensues*!
*not hilarious for Tiger fans.
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Thank you, Gerald
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Keep dogging Raburn guys...
And David Tokarz will write a 1,000 word essay on why Raburn is better than Austin Jackson.
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Raburn isn't the worst.
He just seems to make the same mistakes in the same situations. It’s like he as a 6th sense of when something important is going to go down and just completely forgets what to do. It’s infuriating but he’s still a better option than Carlos in the outfield.
However, I think there are better in house options and it may be time to cut losses with Raburn since he doesn’t provide much except an upgrade in the field over Guillen. Let’s be honest, though, most anyone is a defensive upgrade over CG.
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He's bad
He can hit a little bit – has power, which lacks on the Tigers for the most part. However, he’s not good. I’d argue he’s not that much better of an option in the outfield than healthy-Guillen, either. At least not enough of a better option to ever have him take Guillen’s bat out of the lineup. Both of their UZR’s are in the negative. In 116 games in LF Raburn has made 7 errors. In 48 Guillen has 3. Biggest difference I see between the two is Guillen makes the routine plays look easy – Raburn makes very few plays look easy. Raburn does have the better arm and runs better but I’d kind of hope so – after all, he’s 6 years younger and isn’t made of glass.
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at least he comes back and makes up for it this time
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Raburn Redeemed
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Actually
He just makes incredibly bone headed plays that makes everyone forget that he isn’t the worst fielding OF ever. In fact, some of his problems lay in the fact he can get close to making certain plays but either bones them or makes a poor decision.
It’s like he becomes a deer caught in headlights in critical situations. It gets worse because it keeps happening.
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Make 'em pay, Opie
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Hey! He moved the runners up!!!
Baby steps.
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Is it just me
or has this last half inning lasted 4 hours?
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Finally!
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minimized damage.
Time to score some runs. Bondo’s pitching fannnnnnnnnnnntastic.
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minimized damage.
Time to score some runs. Bondo’s pitching fannnnnnnnnnnntastic.
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Bondo labored in that innning...but still only has 82 pitches.
I’d say he’s done all right today and I’d like to see him start the next inning.
minimized damage.
Time to score some runs. Bondo’s pitching fannnnnnnnnnnntastic.
Damn you playoffbeard!
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Packey double posted so I was going to triple post his message.
Then you came in and ruined my plans. I shake my fist at my computer screen in mock anger.
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Could Raburn have caught that?
is time to be officially horrified by the holes in outfield?
Quality start
I’ll certainly take that.
by kendra.michelle on May 1, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Opie Opie Opie Opie Opie
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman
Dammit Dammit Dammit Dammit Dammit
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Argh
Computer acting up. Time to head to the park and listen on At Bat.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." Walt Whitman
Tigers scored on a sac fly in the first
Angels scored on a terrible play in the outfield by Raburn. Angels took the lead with a rbi single in the 5th, Miggy tied it up in the bottom. Bondo pitched well the first 3 started to struggle as the game wore on. Oh and Johnny Damon threw someone out at home.
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Hey, is this like when a guy hits a home run
and everyone leaves the dugout? Where did everybody go?
Miggy had a misplay on a pickoff
and yes Raburn had a ball land in his glove that he wasnt able to hold onto yet again
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One of them
the other two were Miggy.
by kendra.michelle on May 1, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
It is great how dependable the bullpen is these days
remember the horrors of 08?
This night side worker is finally here...day games can be tough
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Rodney in non-save
anyone have a jpg up a rollercoaster going up?
Sorry, my computer can stream GameDay
or load pix, not both. But I think we all have the mental image.
Oh, hello there.
Listening to some of this game, thought I’d jump on here and see what was cookin’. Interesting one so far.
I am cooking rice.
Doggie ate half a bag of cough drops and I an taking preventive measures against the runs.
Oh, hello there.
Listening to some of this game, thought I’d jump on here and see what was cookin’. Interesting one so far.
C'mon, it's Fernando in a non save situation
Don’t tell me he’s lights out now without the pressure, too?
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please tell me that wasn't just a typo
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complete with defensive failures
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complete with defensive failures
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Rodney v. Ramon
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On the plus side
The Tigers either get a second inning of non-save Rodney, or Brian Fuentes
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Top of the order
Jackson, Damon, Maggs
by kendra.michelle on May 1, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
howie shouldn't have done that
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glad the Billy Zane has caught on a little bit!
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Walkoff Winner!
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Johnny take a walk!
All the way around the bases!
WHEE DOGGIE!
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A little offense to go with the defense in the 6th?
Right on, Johnny, right on!
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Nice win
1st homer of the season for Johnny in walk-off fashion. I like.
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1st bomb as a Tiger?
why not!
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no worries, I'll watch it again later
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I was listening on the radio in my car
and felt for sure that if they could just get Cabrera to the plate he would win it for them. But the Tigers didn’t give him a chance!!!
Kinda sucks
stupid mlb extra inning didnt show the tigers game today :[ first game i missed this year and its a walk off boo and yay!
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The excitement of the walkoff
was too much for my internet connection. But I had to come back to say:
WOOOOOOOT!
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