Ugh. New storyline, please
posted in 2007 season, New York Yankees |Yankees 9, Tigers 3
So we’re back to this again. After having won 3 out of 4, it’s back to the same storyline. Let me consult my template.
- Starting pitcher XXXX failed to earn a quality start
- Bullpen member XXXX couldn’t keep the game close.
- The Tigersfail to get timely hits.
- Final reliever XXXX threw gas on the fire.
- Tigers lose.
So OK. Jeff Jeremy Weaver Bonderman walked — 4 guys was it? It felt like more — in the first two innings. He only allowed one run. Par for the course, I guess. Bonderman pitches like crap to get in trouble, then pitches like Bonderman to get out of it. Somehow, that guy is both awful and truly excellent, and often in the same inning. Getting tired of waiting for him to make that leap forward. So anyway, he somehow pitched six innings and only gave up four runs. One was unearned when Brandon Inge was given an error for what the radio guys thought was a realllly bad hop. Seems like the Yanks got a lot of breaks this series. But that break would turn out not to matter either way.
With a 4-3 deficit and Zach Miner follows up his beautiful 4 strikeout performance of Thursday by giving up a pair of two-out runs to make it 6-3. Not unconquerable, but getting there with the Yanks bullpen.
The hitting got stifled, failed to get timely hits by anyone not named Magglio Ordonez pretty much. Oh, and Mike Rabelo, who had a three hit day. The backup catcher continually gives Tigers fans reason to be glad to see his name on the lineup card. Brandon Inge is apparently benched. For now. Normally to rest a day, I don’t think Leyland would really announce it like that, so who knows how long this is for. In any case, his defense might be missed a bit, as Ryan Raburn isn’t exactly my top choice for infielder.
And then Aquilino Lopez goes and does it. The only ways you can become Public Enemy #1 with Tigers fans is to a) be worse than Jason Grilli, or b) be so bad Grilli keeps his job when Joel Zumaya returns to the team Tuesday. So Lopez gave up three runs, pretty much taking care of both points A and B at once. So frustrating. Grilli will finish the year a Tiger. I just hope when the 40 man roster expands, the Tigers find a way to play him like, never.
So, I guess the details range a bit, but this storyline is pretty much the same.
Tigers lose.
Cleveland did too.
Blah.
Bunt Singles:
- Fire Joe Morgan snarled its teeth at a Jerry Green piece in the News. I didn’t read it initially, as is my norm with Green’s writing, but I did read it through FJM. Green wrote something about home runs not being for the team, or something. I’m not quite clear really what he was writing about, but I think he meant “clutch” home runs maybe.
- More analysis on all the Tigers awful situation to follow Monday evening.
Your template describes the momentarily situation of the Tigers very well.
Very frustrating last 3 Innings yesterday. Lopez Performance may let Grilli of the hook .
And now again the Indians and 4-times the Yankees. No excuses, we have to win both series but definitely the Indians series. Seems the division title is easier to get than the wildcard. 10-21 that’s 0.333 Baseball since winning the last series, unbelievable
It is on the line now.Win the series against Cleveland and split with NY or c
chase them all from behind.