MFY/Tigers Series

[smg58]

Verlander's making A-Rod look silly. He has brutal stuff, but only some of the time today.

[smg58]

Kaboom! Carlos Guillen ties it!

[Guest Rotblatt]

Woo-hoo! Keep those hits comin', Pudge!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The Carlos Factor is gonna be big this postseason.

[dinosaur jesus]

According to baseball-reference.com, which already has the stats for this season up, Carlos Guillen created slightly more runs per nine innings this year than MVP-to-be Derek Jeter. But of course Carlos doesn't have all those intangibles.

[smg58]

But Jeter doesn't have Guillen's supporting cast...

Actually, it should be pretty clear from his numbers that Guillen was the Tigers' best hitter this year, but he's been doing it very quietly. He obviously deserves more attention than he gets.

[smg58]

Verlander yanked in the middle of an at-bat. Not sure you ever really want to do that, but something about his last pitch looked wrong and Leyland pulled the plug.

[Willets Point]

Did the Tigers just go to the bullpen to face Robinson freakin' Cano?

On edit: I see smg's post and things seem to make more sense. Sucks but makes more sense.

[dinosaur jesus]

He's also an even worse fielder than Jeter. And he's not good-looking.

[Willets Point]

DEEEEEEEEEE PEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

S. just got back from her computer training. Not pleased.

[Guest cooby]

No wonder she never works. She's not even trained.

Tell her Jeter made an error

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Marcus Thames now 5-7, 4 RS in this series and standing on 3rd with one out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

cooby wrote: No wonder she never works. She's not even trained. Tell her Jeter made an error

That would be ruthlessly pricking her gonfalon bubble.

[Guest sharpie]

Granderson's the Manderson!

[Guest cooby]

You'd like to do that though, wouldn't you?

[smg58]

At least make sure she knows her team is losing.

[Gwreck]

sharpie wrote: Granderson's the Manderson!

Starting to sound like John Sterling here, dude.

[smg58]

So the numbers suggest that Polanco and Casey are the team's two weakest hitters, and they're up 2 and 3. And they leave Granderson on third. At least they got one in.

[MFS62]

I know a guy who is a Tigers fan. He says Polanco is their sparkplug - like the year Eckstein had a few years ago - always in the middle of a rally, etc. He contends that the team went into their late season decline when he was on the DL, and the timing seems to support that. Maybe he's still not healthy.

Later

[Guest Rotblatt]

A Zen koan for Yankee fans, courtesy of Rotblatt:

If Derek Jeter represents the tying run late in a playoff game and strikes out, is he still Derek Jeter?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Point Rottblatt.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm convinced that Polanco & Casey hit 2nd & 3rd because they fit "the profile".
P.P. is a scrappy 2nd baseman while S.C. is a mid-power 1st baseman w/a decent BA. Never mind that there are actually better hitters for those spots, these two are locked in by the bonds of history.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Joel Zumaya, by the way, is a real American hero.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Edgy DC wrote: Joel Zumaya, by the way, is a real American hero.

Smoke 'em inside. That guy can bring it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

By the way, what the Hell is this doing on my Yahoo page?



Get a lower bridge, fist pumper.

[Zvon]

Great game here.

[smg58]

Zu-ma-ya, my Lord, Zu-ma-ya...

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yowza! A-Rod down on K's for the third time tonight.

How badly are they booing him?

[Frayed Knot]

You'd have to be tempted to stick with Zumaya for the 9th. He's mowing 'em down and "closer" Todd Jones is the polar opposite kind of guy.
28 Ks in 64 IPs for Jones -- very [u:bb84a26998]A[/u:bb84a26998]typical for a closer type.