That blows
posted in 2008 season |Orioles 11
Tigers 10 (10 innings)
Blowing seems to be the theme tonight. Tigers, games, umpires, standings, season. You name it.
When they led 6-0 with just one out in the first inning, I think you had to chalk this one up in the win column. And then Nate Robertson did an accelerated version of his “6 innings, 4 runs.” It still added up to 10. He pitched into the third inning and gave up seven runs.
There were plenty of highlights, plenty of lowlights, some questionable calls — Joel Zumaya pitching a second inning, the home plate umpire calling Polanco out when instant replay showed him safe — well, typical baseball game really. Nothing to be really upset over except the Tigers’ play. Misdirecting your ire at the ump or Leyland would be mistaken, I have to say. When a baseball team scores 10 runs, it should win. Unless it stinks so bad it gives up 11.
I really don’t know what else to say. The offense was great. BUT: The starter stunk. The bullpen did OK but not great. The defense had times of looking utterly ridiculous. If anything, tonight’s game, and last night’s, prove the Tigers are not really a contender. I don’t know why the national media keeps saying they are. Maybe they are not watching the games. Or they’re optimistic. But the Tigers are really just a mediocre team. Sometimes they play great and win. Sometimes they play poorly and lose.
I, for one, will just be glad when this season is over.
Sphere It
I’m with you Kurt. This is not a contender. It just isn’t. Anyone who has watched 10 or more games knows it. I still love the Tigers and hope for the best, but I can also recognize when it’s not meant to happen.
I disagree with you though on being glad when the season is over. The off season is boring and ripe for growing expectations.
well, I admit that the offseason is too long and I get a bit confused about what to watch on TV. But you know, sometimes I really just want to wash this season away. “Out damned spot” it.
I’m with “Not Casey” Blake. I think the first thing that went wrong with this season was…the preceeding offseason. Not necessarily the trades, but the hype and weirdness that came along with them. And who is looking forward to another round of THAT.
Go lions?
Who do we trade away?
Can I rephrase your question a bit, FJ?
“Who CAN we trade away?”
The answer there is “Not too many of the ones we want to” unfortunately. I think they’re stuck with Renteria and Sheffield. I don’t think they’d get anything for Rodney. No one’s going to want Robertson.
So to answer your question, they CAN trade Pudge, apparently, and probably should. Obviously the fear is Inge’s oblique at this point. But as long as there are breathing catchers in the system who can fill in, it’s not really a question of wins and losses, because this team just isn’t going to have enough of the wins to matter.
Anyone else, they should probably keep.
they won tonight though. Verlander, brilliant again. He is such a good student of the game. He really knows how to execute a game plan. A guy who can pretty much strike out ten and allow three or four runs or have a game like tonight. He studied how they had been hitting over the past few days and went after their over-agressiveness at the plate.
And Brandon Inge, the best play by a 3B all season. One of the top ten best of all time (at third). What a throw!! How did he get anything on it after all of his momentum was carrying him the other way. Wow! Wow! If you haven’t seen it yet go to detroittigers.com and check it out. 5-1 Detroit. Verlander allows three hits through 8 2/3.