15th
May
2008
Game 40: By the numbers
posted in 2008 season |Royals 2
Tigers 0
Recap by the numbers:
- 1. The number of pitches Magglio Ordonez took to ground into a double play in the eighth inning after the first two baserunners got on, thus ending any real hopes the Tigers might score.
- 2. The Tigers lost for the second straight quality start by a pitcher.
- 3. Marcus Thames struck out three times.
- 4. The Tigers are .400. (OK, that one was a reach) this season.
- 5. The Tigers are 0-5 against the Royals this year.
- 6. The Tigers just got shut out for the sixth time this season.
- 7. Justin Verlander owns seven losses this year.
- 8. The Tigers are eight games under .500, the worst all season.
- 9. The Tigers stranded nine KC runners but still didn’t win!
- 10. Well I don’t really have a 10. but I felt like I needed one
- 0. The number of extra-base hits by Detroiters. (Also 0 seems more fitting than 10.)
Other notes:
Gary Sheffield didn’t play because his shoulder hurts. Shocker, I know. That experiment really lasted long. No mention of DL. Why in the world won’t the Tigers put him on the DL? I don’t get this and I get it less and less and less. Is he threatening things in the background or what?
The Tigers are in last. Well, laster than normal.
Analysis:
- It’s nice to see the pitching come together.
- Justin Verlander needed a start like this. Clay Rapada has been great. And Freddy Dolsi pitched the Tigers out of a bases loaded jam. So that’s awesome to see.
- But nothing is coming together. This team can’t score, and it has a good pitching performance. This team scores and has a bad pitching performance.
- This team makes very little sense. In like, any way at all.
Watching the tigers is starting to feel like watching the lions.
When things don’t add up and things don’t come together in anyway it’s usually time for a shake up. Something needs to change. I’m not just talking about a change in the lineup, players needs to go, a coach/manager needs to go. Something drastic needs to happen, these guys need a jump start.
Not manager firing-drastic…
Leyland’s antics and illogical decisions are cute when the Tigers are winning but downright annoying when they’re losing. At least you can’t say he manages by the book. I think random-number generator is more likely.