Verlander leads Tigers to first place at the All-Star Break

Harry Potter isn’t real? Kurt…I curse you…

and sit inge

loyalty to obviously bad players isn’t helping anyone

be a man leyland or dumbo and make this inge issue go away…

Do us all a favor and just walk away. Career is all but over.

so this is enjoyable. Obviously, it doesn’t mean anything, but it sure beats the hell out of being in last. For all the grief Leyland gets, I’m thankful to he and Dombrowski—I know they’ve made some bad moves—for bringing a culture of competitiveness and winning these last 6 years. They sure aren’t perfect, but think back to what it was like following the Tigers in the 1990s and early 2000s.

I’m hopeful that they’ll do something about Inge, but JL is pretty old school and tends to give veterans like Inge a really, really long leash. We may just have to suffer through this for a while.

Being in 1st place at the break speaks volumes of all the talent we have.

It sure felt good watching this team come together and rise to the top.

Now he thinks baseball is just about heart and grit and not about being good at baseball.

It kills me — I love Inge as a Tiger, but he’s just sucking like QA at the hose factory. If we have to let him go, they should definitely give him one of those goldbricking jobs in the front office, maybe in charge of player charity coordination or something, but it’s getting to the point where we’d be better off if someone convinced him that it was his scrappy vision that the Mudhens needed in order to finally take the pennant there.

I wonder if he’s holding on because he thinks that the Tigers are WS contenders and that this could be the year he gets his ring. If he thinks he’s the best option for third, he must think that the Tigers are a WS lock.

when Carlos Guillen comes back, all our problems will be solved and everyone will be happy again. LOL.

Raburn will be moved to 3B and Guillen will play 2B.

tigers better get off there butt and go out and get a 3rd baseman .i know the tigers do not like cutting ties with a player but Inge is killing this team.he makes some good playes but you can not use that to justify keeping him in the lineup .he has made our starters work harder with his bad playes.the man came up as a catcher and that fell apart with him.he played 3rd good for some time not anymore.if tigers think the all star break will help him they better think again.time to let him go Dave.this from someone that has played some baseball.good luck with him.

While the Tigers’ defence and pitching problems were on display in KC, we still won 3 of 4 (w/o our starting CF) and still managed to regain 1st place after 37 games in 38 days. That in itself is a good indicator of this team’s heart. The ASG break couldn’t have come at a better time; unlike last year, when the break was like a bucket of ice water on a hot team, three days rest will help a lot of guys (including Austin Jackson).
A couple of other reasons to expect a better second half than usual in the Leyland era: We’re only 2 games under on the road, we’re done with Boston and the Yankees, and have only 4 games left on the west coast (against the A’s). We start the 2nd half with 5 at home (unlike last year’s road trip to oblivion), and we’re 18-8 in our own division. And whether by design or necessity, Leyland has managed to use his bench and give the starters enough time off that they should have some gas in the tank for the stretch. I think we can win the division as currently constructed, but will need to do something at the deadline to go farther.
One last point – Ordonez is coming around offensively, and my be back to his usual numbers by the end of the season. If he is back to his old self, keep Boesch in LF, and think of batting Mags in the 2 spot. So we have: Jackson/Ordonez/Boesch/Cabrera/Martinez/Peralta/Avila, and whoever’s at 2nd and 3rd that night. We match up with anyone 1-7 with that line up… Whaddya think?

37 games in 38 days is crazy