Game 112 Overflow - Tigers at Royals
by Rob Rogacki on Aug 5, 2011 9:29 PM EDT
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- Austin Jackson and Brennan Boesch led off the game with back-to-back triples, putting the Tigers up 1-0. Magglio Ordonez knocked Boesch in with a sacrifice fly.
- Alex Avila added another run with a solo homer to deep center field in the 5th inning. That is his 3rd home run in his last three games.
- Rick Porcello = filthy. 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 K, 0 BB. 57 pitches. To quote one of the great young minds of our generation:
Rick improved substantially in the 2nd half of both the 2009 and 2010 seasons, and I don't think it's any coincidence that he's pointing towards the same trend in 2011.
Topics from the previous thread:
- Children's books and their plot twists
- Meteors and volcanos
- Pictures from the BYB meetup
- The podcast and how awesome it is
- Crappy beer
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great screen name
can’t wait for the Wings to start
by KGW on Aug 5, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Mario the jinxmaster
shut it
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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night, Rob :)
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
So I found a couple fun stats on ESPN today
The philles have more wins than the giants have home run and the least surprising one but funny is that Dunn has more K’s than hits.
If the guy can't get around on a fastball, he's toast.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
And he looks like a Dr. Seuss character with that button nose
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Its a vaild question
His bat speed was worrying people last year and it seems to have really gotten worse this year. I think he might be a .240 15-20 homer guy
I wouldn't be surprised if that was true in every season of Dunn's career.
He’s never really been a “put the ball in play” type.
Just looked it up.
He has never had more hits than Ks in a season.
This year, however, he almost has three times as many strikeouts.
38 hits to 60 k's
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Even the blind squirrel will find the nut eventually
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially if that squirrel bats cleanup
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
rally cleanup squirrel?
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Now I have visions of a Photoshopped image of a squirrel with a mop
Doña of the fractured Venezuelan Mafia
Haunted by the ghosts of Tigers past
Hell hath no fury like a woman with a sword
by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
flicking his tail with annoyance
When someone wanders by and tosses junk on the floor instead of using the trash can. Then he chatters at them.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
I just tried a Google image search for "squirrel with a mop" and got a bunch of pictures of paintbrushes
Doña of the fractured Venezuelan Mafia
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
And then there's this
Doña of the fractured Venezuelan Mafia
Haunted by the ghosts of Tigers past
Hell hath no fury like a woman with a sword
by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
yes!!
theres so much right with this picture!
by baffled on Aug 5, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I guess we should try Jedi squirrels, then
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
they need no mops
Jedi squirrels clean the floor using the Force.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
that gets a rec
OMG, squirrels with lightsabers!
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Lmao
That’s a rec
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Impressive. Most Impressive
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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squirrels are hilarious
They have so much personality, and almost all of it is contained in those big fluffy tails.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
i'm scared of squirrels
one got in my car once and would not leave! I couldn’t go in it for days.
Rooting for Tiger stripes, not pinstripes
by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
aww
Too bad you couldn’t scare it out with a borrowed puppy.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
I think I see what you did there
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
yea at my parents house
the people they bought it from used to feed the squirrels shelled peanuts. So one day when heard a bang on the doorwall. The squirrels learned to back on the glass with their hands and butt when they wanted peanuts
they also are really friendly at on the EMU campus
a poor guy was walking eating a donut and the squirrel stopped in front of him, tugged at his pant leg, freaked the guy out so he tossed a piece of donut on the ground and the squirrel at it and ran off
campus squirrels
Act like the own the place.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
what color are squirrels in Detroit?
I was totally freaked first time I saw a black squirrel in New England
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't know about Detroit
They’re brown in Toledo. The squirrels in Granville are gray and skinny (speaking of campus squirrels). The ones in Toronto are black
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Ive only ever seen brown ones
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
(In Detroit)
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
wow. brown.
that’s news to me. I don’t recall seeing any the one time I was in Detroit
Rooting for Tiger stripes, not pinstripes
by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
not sure
In my town when I was a kid, the only place you saw the black morph of the standard squirrel was by the woods near the hospital, but now they are all over. Genetic drift I guess.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
In england, we had red squirrels.
they were incredible. Then the grey squirrels cam and wiped em out
by baffled on Aug 5, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just know
I’m gonna have nightmares tonight about the rainbow coalition of squirrels. And the royal blue ones will be probably be the scariest!
Rooting for Tiger stripes, not pinstripes
by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd have to move!
pronto
Rooting for Tiger stripes, not pinstripes
by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Aw damn, I missed meteors and volcanoes?
Those are some of my favorite disaster movies!
Doña of the fractured Venezuelan Mafia
Haunted by the ghosts of Tigers past
Hell hath no fury like a woman with a sword
Hetobeto is trying to warn me away from getting another shirt
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Buy it! Buy it!
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I will buy it
That home run convinced me. Also I love a catcher who wears 13. And I need to get a Clayton Kershaw shirt anyway. #justification
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Were you a Vance Wilson fan too?
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Lance Parrish
After the labor stoppage I didn’t watch baseball for many years. Just started paying attention again really in 2003 a bit.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
The labor stoppage probably kept me from really getting into baseball for over ten years
I was starting to watch a little bit more (not real regularly, but I was starting to learn) in 1993-1994, and then the strike happened.
Doña of the fractured Venezuelan Mafia
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too.
I was a bitter 11 year old. :( Didn’t get back into it until the McGwire/Sosa homerun race.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I got busy with stuff
In high school and college and afterwards. Easier to follow baseball with the internet around, because I have ready access to recaps and discussion and such.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
The reason I was starting to watch more in '93-'94 was that I used to go to my grandparents' house after school
They didn’t have cable, so I would watch the Fox after school cartoons, but sometimes there would be a Tigers game instead, so I’d watch that. By the time the strike was over, I was allowed to stay home alone, and we had cable at home, so…
Doña of the fractured Venezuelan Mafia
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Hah!
I had just posted a comment on Porcello. Story of the game thus far.
Buster Olney just posted a tweet about how the Yanks and Boston would rather face the Tigers than TEX or ANA. Careful what they wish for. If we get Rick and Max on track, the Tigers are their worst nightmare!
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
You mean the Tigers that just took 4 of 7 from those two?
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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Yep. And we'll take 4 of 7 from them again!
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Wouldn't mind the Rangers
besides Ogando we’ve handled their pitching pretty handily
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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Funny, when I polled my friends who are Yankees fans in '09, they preferred Minnesota because our pitching scared them.
In fact, most of the Yankees fans I follow on Twitter prefer Minnesota/Texas/Anaheim to Detroit.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
There were lots of comments about that
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
You have friends that are Yankees fans?
Traitor!!!
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I only follow the smart ones!
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
So...2? Maybe three? :P
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
More like ... four. ;)
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here
My mentor is a Yankees fan and he says the Tigers play the Yankees tough. I know he doesn’t want to see Verlander anytime soon
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That's exactly what one of my Yankees tweeps said. Verlander + Cabrera in a short series scared her.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I just dry heaved at the mere thought of JV in pinstripes.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe this helps: Cano @ 2B, Gardner patrolling LF
Gary Sanchez in the Tigers system to take over for Avila when he transitions to DH full-time.
Oh, and Dellin Betances or Manny Banuelos thrown in by Cashman to make it all happen.
4 for 1.
I want Jesus Montero if we have to trade Verlander.
:p
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus is MLB ready now,
and doesn’t project to be as good defensively at catcher as Sanchez.
that said, the scouts have been impressed with Montero’s efforts to improve his backstop skills.
If that ever happens
I need someone to shoot me.
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
And me.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
We could probably get a quantity discount on bullets.
"Some guy told me I should walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded" Ken Singleton
any other players being traded to the yankees that would make you guys want to pop yourselves?
cabrera, verlander, avila are the only ones atm that would make me do it
I wouldn't want to see Maggs anywhere else
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
that one, you probably will have to come to terms with
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
he may not have much of choice
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He said he wanted to finish his career in Detroit
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
its a two way street
Rooting for Tiger stripes, not pinstripes
by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
If that happens, then it could well be that next year's Mafia could be Miggy, V-Mart, maybe Villarreal, and a bunch of ghosts
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Peralta
Even though that would never happen cuz of a man named Jeter
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Verlander, Cabrera, Scherzer, and Avila for me.
Although I said the same thing about Granderson and I got over it…
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I just thought of the movie The Mist
Where there aren’t enough bullets in the gun to kill us all. Someone’s gonna have to sacrifice, man!
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I was looking for that Masada (1981) quote
Something about taking their victory from them.
I bet it could be adapted for this.
You know I'm right about this.
Hey, the Red Sox writers are firm in their belief of this
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't one of their writers suggest the Tigers might/could trade Cabrera to Boston for Lars Anderson and Daniel Bard?
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Ken Rosenthal wanted to trade Miggy to the Red Sox for Mike Lowell and Jonathan Papelbon
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And Bill Simmons kept acting like the Tigers would just give Miggy to them for nothing in return
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
but some baseball writers
Are mentally disadvantaged. Like if they didn’t have computers, they couldn’t ever write a story because they would keep eating the crayons instead of writing.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
the only player Dombrowski has declared off-limits to being traded
in fact, Dave has said it makes him physically ill to field phone calls asking about him:
Miguel Cabrera.
Dombrowski has also stated that a team like the Tigers can only afford 1 $20 mil (or whatever the rate is that season) player.
JV jumps from about $12 mil to $20 mil next season,.
the deciding factor could well be Jacob Turner
if Turner turns out to be “all that” then JV likely becomes tradeable—esp for the right pieces coming back in return.
better
Rotation of Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello, Fister, and Turner.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
by Baroque on Aug 5, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
considering it took Verlander
A few years to really show what he could do. Turner would take a while, too, and for the first few years he would be relatively inexpensive. You don’t disassemble a good starting staff, you build on it.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Agreed, except if there's a buyer desperate
to overpay for an ace starter. Brian Cashman could well be that guy.
At some point, the collection of players coming back for JV > keeping JV.
that said, I’m not sure how much Cano saves you. Maybe he signs a new deal for $15 mil per season. But if 2B is a hole the Tigers need to fill, and they get the under team control Gardner for LF as well as some catching and pitching talent for the farm system…at some point, you let JV and his $20 mil payroll commitment go.
If Cashman loves to overpay for starting pitching
then why didn’t he trade for Ubaldo this year, or Cliff Lee last year?
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
id never take that chance
guys like verlander dont come around that often. also verlander + turner is better verlander or turner
He will soon amend that statement to:
“The Tigers can only afford two $20 mil players.”
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but he said that b4 JV had this "OMG SUPER EPIC WIN SEASON"
He will change his mind :P
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
...I don't understand why they would have given him that contract then, if they knew they wouldn't be able to afford it in as few as TWO YEARS
by thepartybird on Aug 5, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because you'd rather have that contract in hand
as a tradeable commodity, than either have to lose the guy to free agency or have to negotiate an even larger annual salary
I mean, sure.
But if they’re so short on cash that they’re considering trading away a Cy Young candidate in the absolute prime of his career, why did they go crazy with Benoit and VMart this offseason? It makes zero sense.
by thepartybird on Aug 5, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Close enough.
brb, retching.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
/hands over airsick bag
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Thank you.
Then Mike Lowell would’ve retired and … and …
I’m going to be sick again.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I WILL ABDUCT HIM AND RETURN HIM TO DETROIT
HE IS GOING NOWHERE IN YANKEE PINSTRIPES. THEY WILL NOT GET HIM. I WILL WREAK TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTION ON RANDOM PEOPLE AND OBJECTS.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
*mental note*:
Don’t get Miss B mad. Ever.
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Seeing our franchise players suit up for the Yankees or Red Sox would make me so sad I would stop watching baseball.
And I followed the Tigers reasonably closely in 2003, mind you.
by thepartybird on Aug 5, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The Tigers probably aren't as good as the Rangers, but they're pretty much perfect for the postseason.
Dominant ace, great lineup. That’s pretty much all you need. Oddly enough, the Tigers are probably more similar to last year’s Rangers than this year’s Rangers are.
That’s an uncharacteristically dumb thing for him to say.
To be fair, he polled his twitter followers who are Yankees or Sox fans and said 65% of them preferred to face the Tigers.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, anyone watching the Royals broadcast ....
what the hell was that!??!?
Rooting for Tiger stripes, not pinstripes
I'd say Verlander minus 2
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
a couple ticks short of JV
Ground ball throwing machine. He’s been smooth and in no trouble at all.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
uhm, 7?
porcello reminds me of some of the better games from 2009 that gave us such hope
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 5, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Im gonna be honest
The only thing I remember from Porcello’s 2009 season is him manhandling Youkillis
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
that was awesome though
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
rookie overconfidence :)
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
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Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey the Rangers finally stopped the Indians from scoring in an inning
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
Ubaldo at 80 pitches in the 4th
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
fastball up to 98
average speed around 95. So better velocity than in Colorado.
but he’s not been efficient
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 5, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
only going by gameday
Through 4 innings, 6 hits, 2 walks, 3 runs, 5 Ks 84 pitches (50 strikes 34 balls)
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
Not liking the relative closeness of this game
Royals have a Tribe-like knack for late game comebacks
Get lengthier, Rick!
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Sometimes
When Rick is really on and getting a ton of ground balls I picture Maggs sitting down in RF and playing with Dandelions…
by wilsonm24 on Aug 5, 2011 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Right field -- it's important you know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXVnb0wveRg
"Some guy told me I should walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded" Ken Singleton
That is kinda what I was thinking actually
You always put the bad players in RF (not that I think Maggs is bad…) and they were always so bored.
like Ferdinand the bull?
This is the children’s literature thread, isn’t it?
Flashing lheather.
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I didn.t see the "L" at first
and thought, you could probably get arrested for that
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy really does make it look easy
by Bret Boone's Farm on Aug 5, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
If only he had just a little better range
because his glove has been spectacular from what I’ve seen this week.
God I love me some good pitching
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-Jacques Plante
Even more so when it's one of our guys
God ain't got no use for a 180 lb bag of sugar.
Hosmer's face looks skinnier?
Or is his hair shorter?
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Sayonara, Paulino.
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Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
Ciao, Paulino.
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Has Kid Rick ever had a CG SO in his career?
Cuz I think he’s pretty close…
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-Jacques Plante
Well not if Betimit has anything to say about it
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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not sure
There was that one dominant performance earlier … when he was TAKEN OUT DESPITE HIS DOMINANCE. /glares at Leyland
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He might do that here too
Especially if we’re only winning by 3.
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by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
That one I understand, because it was a National League game and he was scheduled to bat that inning
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you jinxed him.
Or spooked Betemit.
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Betemit is flighty
Like a nervous cocker spaniel.
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Betemit is nervous
Like a flying Cocker Spaniel
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Uh oh
Damn. Knew I shoulda waited til the ninth to post that…
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by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd actually support that
I should keep my mouth shut :(
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by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
defennnnnnsseeee
come on
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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Umm, have I come at a bad time?
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Jedi squirrels!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh Coke
I’ll pass
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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They'd probably bring him in to face a lefty and if he's been good at one thing this season it's been facing lefties.
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Or DP
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Super Mario Brothers needs to ground into a DP
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This would be a great time for one of those ground balls
for a GIDP
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I SAID for a GIDP, dammit!!!
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In play, run(s)
Fuck. I jinxed it.
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
Looks like it's Coke.
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:05 PM EDT reply actions
Bye Rick
Good job, kid. Now for the bullpen to finish it off.
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Oh, Phil.
Please don’t do anything stupid here.
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Rick got jonesed
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They're called the "Lights of Northern Aggression" down here
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by rock n rye on Aug 5, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I think may have gotten more recs
if not for all the suck on the field at the time … well done
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks
I work better in obscurity
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okay, Phil
Please don’t suck.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
You have GOT to be fucking kidding me!
There is NOTHING wrong with Porcello. Barely 80 pitches.
Grounder through Betemit that was clearly an error.
Grounder through Guillen that any decent 2B turns into an out, if not a DP.
Sac Fly.
Grounder through the right side.
And he brings in a pitcher that’s been shit for two months????
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
he did actually have a nice run of games remember
but yeah still scary
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 5, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, but it's Leyland over managing again
and because a lefty was coming up. Does nothing else matter to him? Sigh!
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
My twitter timeline is freaking out.
If he gets out of this, they won’t know what to do with themselves.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:07 PM EDT reply actions
That's why
.071 against lefties. Leyland playing the numbers again
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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I think they're lying down under the Coke train now
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They're gonna have to get him turned around
They need someone into the bullpen to get lefties out, and Coke is probably the most likely to be that person
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Pitcher that's been sucking vs. batter that's been sucking
something’s gotta give…and it’s us
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And there we go...
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Great move
screw you Coke, screw you defense
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FUCK
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
**&^$(*&%@&(^%(*$^(*@^*^%&%$&!*(*&)$*(
I probably don’t really mean it and I hate to even enter this league, but
FIRE LEYLAND FIRE LEYLAND FIRE LEYLAND
Because no other manager would EVER do this
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Like I said, that was a not-very-great moment.
But that was a really stupid hook. I mean really stupid.
by thepartybird on Aug 5, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
FUCKKK!
Meanwhile, hello Pauley. Try not to suck, okie dokie? :)
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
he was okay in his first appearance
Two batters, two outs, I believe.
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in other news
Kindergarten Cop is on TBS
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From MLB Trade Rumors
Clint Barmes (33)
Willie Bloomquist (34) – $1.1MM mutual option with a $150K buyout
Orlando Cabrera (37)
Robinson Cano (29) – $14MM club option with a $2MM buyout
Jamey Carroll (37)
Alex Cora (36)
Craig Counsell (41)
Mark Ellis (35)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (36)
Aaron Hill (30) – $8MM club option for 2012 and $8MM club option for ’13
Omar Infante (30)
Joe Inglett (34)
Kelly Johnson (30)
Adam Kennedy (36)
Felipe Lopez (32)
Jose Lopez (28)
Julio Lugo (36)
Aaron Miles (35)
Augie Ojeda (37)
Brandon Phillips (31) – $12MM club option with a $1MM buyout
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Orlando Cabrera would be funny
Just because it would be another Cabrera.
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Isn't Orlando Cabrera the magical playoff guy?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
not sure
I think it would be hilarious to see a team with an all-Cabrera infield. It could happen with the Molinas if all nine of them didn’t decide to catch. :)
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one and the same
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd give all our infielders in the entire organization (not named Cabrera) for Cano
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Betting Inge is back at 3rd next year
maybe a new 2B, unless Guillen gets a one-year deal
Wait til October...
That's why I didn't bother posting 3B
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I was trying to think of some joke about Pauley and a parrot
but I’m too nervous to think of anything.
This Pauley's Tiger debut?
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Sigh.
"Some guy told me I should walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded" Ken Singleton
On Monday Rob Dibble will say "I just don't believe in the Tigers because of Porcello
When it dodn’t have a FUCKING THING to do with Porcelo
that's because Rob Dibble isn't very bright.
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Plenty of idiots have radio shows.
Several of them are on 97.1…
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I wouldn't give much to anything he says.
Even if he’s telling me how to pitch, I’d probably listen to Peter Gammons or something instead of him.
by thepartybird on Aug 5, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Peter Gammons is fantastic.
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
I don't think he has a ton of credibility in how to pitch, but yeah.
Dibble wouldn’t have gotten past AA if he had average velocity, so he’s no hypothetical expert either.
by thepartybird on Aug 5, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
stupid floater
Sigh. Tie game and no decision for Rick.
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I hate the Royals
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I guess I should stop liking Coke now.
Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:13 PM EDT reply actions
someone needs to
I like him, too. :-/
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
I don't want to. And I probably won't.
But all the wank on Twitter is irritating the crap out of me, even though I know he’s sucked lately. siiiigh.
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I blame the extra bone in Coke's ankle.
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
stupid ankle anatomy
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DFA that extra ankle bone!
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
give it to the squirrels
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by Baroque on Aug 5, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ANITPATH!
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
5 words I said and not one could be printed in a family newspaper
fortunately I can say them here. Cock-sucking mother-fucking bitch.
maybe Kurt had no hyphens in his head
"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." --Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
i'm probably not going to harp on pulling porcello too much in the recap
because I do’nt want to steal tigerdog’s sunshine
I saw that comment like a nanosecond after my minirant below.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
That was one damned long innning.
"Some guy told me I should walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded" Ken Singleton
I think we should make it a habit
to denote the length of an inning by how many extra "n"s we add to it.
why the fuck
Don’t you let Rick pitch himself out of this? With 80 some FUCKING pitches.
by longview on Aug 5, 2011 10:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Porcello was cruising. Infield defense and Leyland screwed it up.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Why oh why
would you take Porcello out. Yes, Jim, he must have been slowing down. I mean those 3 ground balls for hits were just hit sooooooooooooo hard, weren’t they!
Miguel loves to hit HRs late in games in Kansas City
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2 ground balls
1 an error on betemit and the other one rolls by guillen while hes flopping around in the dirt
I take it that's not what you had in mind?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I should stop posting bc I’m wasted.
by longview on Aug 5, 2011 10:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
so it's all YOUR fault then.
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We got lucky again there.
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lol
I didn’t know Miggy had that kind of nimbleness.
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Flummoxed by Miguel's lightning speed
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Texas creeping back in
down 7-5 in the bottom of the 6th
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to be honest leyland lovers is probably an oxymoron
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 5, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not about to jump into the fire for him, but he's one of my hometown celebs, so I can't hate on him too much
Especially since Katie Holmes and Crystal Bowersox are so much more annoying
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Can I interest you in becoming an antipath?
Antipaths know line ups don’t matter much. And they know crappy pitchers need to be used sometimes.
They just wish the line up was optimized and that crappy pitchers were used in low-leverage situations.
There is no need to hate on Jim Leyland. Antipathy is entirely called for, however.
You know I'm right about this.
I just don't see how Leyland is that dramatically different from 90% of managers in baseball
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Antipaths realize they might not be able to get a better manager
That’s another reason we don’t hate.
You know I'm right about this.
that's pretty much where I am
should he have pulled porcello because of bad luck and defense? probably not. Did the runs score directly as a result of said hook? Probably not. Hard to get alll that riled up.
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 5, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll do some mild questioning occasionally
But I always try to do it as politely as possible
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Well it's very easy to get all riled up
Is it worth it? Probably not
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
Why not get mildly riled up some of the time?
Join the Leyland antipaths
You know I'm right about this.
I used up all my anger in 2008
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We got a guy that hosts talk up here that defends him no matter the move
I may call Monday for the first time in weeks
The game now rests in the hands of Daniel Schlereth
If only our starting pitcher hadn’t thrown so many pitch…oh, wait.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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Toledo
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is he on this team?
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Um, cuz it's a long way from Toledo to KC.
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I think they're in Indy
is that closer?
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by JerseyTigerFan on Aug 5, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
We could also bring up Wilk and Villarreal while we're at it
If not for the fact that Wilk pitched tonight and Villarreal is on the disabled list
Damn technicalties
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by SabreRoseTiger on Aug 5, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
he only had 2 bad outings
and one of them he was put in as a punching bag for the mets. if phil coke was held to the same standard he would get sent down every 3 appearances
I thought he could of used to send down
I really like him but he was struggling with him command more than usual it seemed. You make a good point though
Is 3 batters
too many for Pauley? Or does Jim wanna test how fast we can run out of relief pitchers in a tie game?
I can save you some words
Schlereth + high leverage = walk to bathroom
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 5, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll be the voice of dissent, I suppose.
Porcello allows three baserunners (due to poor defense, to be sure). Moustakas comes up batting .071 against lefties and Leyland has an opportunity to get the bullpen some work. If Phil gets the routine out, are we still calling for JL’s head?
Absolutely not
But Phil didn’t get the routine out.
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by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol
And replace him with who?
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
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by DetroitSports on Aug 5, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
David Purcey, obviously.
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by ivantopumpyouup on Aug 5, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not like
Porcello hadn’t handled him himself
by Griffin Fraley on Aug 5, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
It's still a dumb move for me
why take him out when he’s pitching well and not even to 90 pitches yet
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Yes, actually I am
Porcello was at 60 pitches and was cruising on the road. Ther problem with percentages is that they aren’t 100%. COke has not exactly been Mariano Rivera lately and since Rick did not cause the mess let him try and get out of it. Would Leyland have pulled JV – Just asking.
Porcello threw 82.
of course percentages aren’t 100%. That doesn’t mean there’s no use playing them. But of course JL made a herp derp move, because it didn’t work.
yooooooooo
just got home from a class party, my evidence professor had an open tab
gotta love alcoholic lawyers
let’s go tigers
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I wanna be an evidence professor
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good job Schlereth
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Geez
I guess our only chance at fielding tonight is if it’s hit to Peralta
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Ryan Perry was the best Tiger reliever at keeping inherited runners from scoring in 2010
Brad Thomas led all of MLB in inherited runners scoring in 2010, with 17. Well, actually, he was tied for first, Eddie Bonine also allowed 17 inherited runners to score in 2010.
IS / IR
The best (ranked by percent allowed, lowest % to highest %)
07 / 35 Perry
02 / 09 Valverde
06 / 26 Zumaya
03 /12 Schlereth
13 / 40 Coke
The rest
05 / 14 Gonzalez
07 / 17 Ni
10 / 22 Weinhardt
17 / 35 Thomas
17 / 28 Bonine
04 / 05 Figaro
Thank you, Daniel.
you can go back to being the Alaskan Assassin.
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