Tigers suffer letdown
posted in 2007 season, KC Royals |KC 10, Detroit 2
Well, not much I can recap. I didn’t see much of the game at all. Bits and pieces, some radio. Kenny Rogers gave up six runs. Jose Capellan, with help from Jason Grilli, gave up four more. Gary Sheffield had a solo homer. “The starter stank. The bullpen stank. The offense stank. The opponent played well.” That basically summarizes it, I’d say.
Oh well. It happens. Rogers had a second bad start, but I don’t read anything into that, either. I do think maybe Capellan is playing his way to Triple-A lately.
Am I surprised that the Tigers could lose to the Royals? Not at all. They just handled Boston. They’ve been on a roll. They’ve got a good team, too. I recently picked them to finish fourth in the division, not fifth, so that means I do have some faith in them.
Am I surprised the Tigers could lose to the Royals like that? Sure. Why not? It’s baseball. These things happen. They just came off the luck of three one-run victories. Why not a little black raincloud falling upon their head?
Bunt Singles:
- Who’s your Tiger? It’s not Jason Grilli!
- How would Dontrelle Willis look in a Tigers uniform? Not too shabby, probably. Jayson Stark thinks it’s possible. Or something, anyway. I don’t really know. But I do know from now until the trade deadline passes, Detroit will probably be linked to every big name possibility. I’m sure Dave Dombrowski at last made a courtesy call to check on the price, and so the Tigers are “linked” to everybody.
- Big Al decided to answer Lynn Henning’s burning questions.
- The News (among others) reported Fernando Rodney resumed throwing in the bullpen, graduating from sessions of catch. Rodney needed a good, long rest to make sure he was really healthy before returning to the game. Maybe he can’t be 2006 form, but he needed to make sure not to continue pitching in pain or tired, thus ineffective, like this year. So I hope it’s not too rushed and it’s actually a good sign.
