Road trip ends, not a moment too soon
posted in 2007 season, Oakland A's |A’s 3, Tigers 2
This, by the way, was not the fault of the pitching. That much should be obvious. They may get the “L” by their name, but if Nate Robertson allows 3 runs in seven innings and the bullpen, bless its heart, allows no more to score, then I think the Tigers should probably win the game.
Maybe it’s the fault of the batters having injuries catch up to them. Carlos Guillen sat out with a tweak in his knee. Hopefully it’s nothing but he has two days to rest, as Thursday is an off day. Gary Sheffield is now feeling numbness after his cortisone shot. He obviously hasn’t batted with a darn since coming back from it. He’ll see a doctor.
Maybe it’s the long road trip catching up to the players. They haven’t had an off day for two weeks. They played five games in four days in Chicago before flying out west for six games. That’s going to catch up to anyone. Especially with the poor play. They went 3-8 on the trip.
Things are out of sync. Relief was fine, but the bats and starters slowed. Then the starting was fine and the bullpen blew.
Whatever it is, the Tigers look awful, they’re hard to watch, they’re hard to find something new to say about, and, oh, they are still in first place by a game because Cleveland lost again. So lucky.
But luck — bad and good — won’t last forever. At least, I hope the bad luck won’t.
Bunt Singles:
- For a different style of recap, check out Go Get ‘Em Tigers.
- Polanco is within 5 points of
SheffieldOrdonez in batting average. - And Polly keeps adding doubles.
- Wilson could still go to Motown, the rumor from Pitt says.
- The paragraph from that story below is either scary or funny.
- “Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski, it should be noted, acquired infielder Neifi Perez in an August deal last year. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“
I think you meant Polanco is within 5 points of Ordonez.
Right you are.