Sigh…
posted in 2007 season, Cleveland Indians |Cleveland a bunch, Tigers a lot less
It’s not that the final result, a W for Cleveland, an L for Detroit, bothers me all that much. Cleveland must win these games. They have to kick the Tigers when they’re down. If the Indians had a two-man bench and half its bullpen injured, we’d be demanding a Tigers sweep. So be it.
But like I said, it’s how they lost. Gary Sheffield blew up. When the Tigers led. I was trying to avoid the impossible May heat by sitting in the backyard with the radio and couldn’t see the reactions myself, but I trust Lee’s read on it, which was that Sheffield shocked his teammates.
AND THAT WASN’T THE WORST OF IT! Or maybe it was. But the pitching staff had meltdowns in different ways.
Take young Mr. Verlander, who found it fitting to hit three batters. He also gave up seven runs.
And then we have the most useless player on the team. I was not all for the beating up on Neifi Perez. There’s something redeeming about Neifi. Maybe it’s because he came here in a trade. I don’t know. But Jose Mesa. He’s just wasting Detroit’s money right now. He stinks. Awful. Bad. Really Awful. Really Bad. And I repeat those words because the ones I was using at the time, and really, in my head right now, can’t be printed in a family-friendly blog. I want him to turn his Olde English hat, and his Olde English jersey, and to get on an airplane out of Cleveland and leave. I don’t want to see him put the Tigers uniform ever again. Cut ties now. Oh yah, he gave up four runs after the Tigers rallied to within two runs, if you wondered. (Update: Bilfer expanded on this rant with a full post titled “Why is Jose Mesa still a Tiger?”)
Well, anyway, what’s done is done. I expect a sweep at worst, one win at best, over the rest of the weekend. This had better be rock bottom. I find it hard to believe it can get any worse than this the rest of the season. That would be truly awful to have to watch if it could.
Sphere It
Would the rules of baseball permit the Tigers to use a tee instead of Jose Mesa? You know, like tee-ball. At least as effective, and definitely cheaper.