***Officialish Detroit Tigers Thread*** (3 Viewers)

[jon_mx]

We should not have lost this game.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

We should not have lost this game.

And they shouldn't have won the game on Wednesday, it all evens out.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

BTW, Casper Wells has homered 4 games in a row. Was it us who just traded for outfield support and hitting power......4 games in a row.

Please don't remind me of that god awful trade he made. It still makes me sick.

News: Seattle OF Casper Wells went 0 for 4 with a strikeout during the Mariners' 4-3 loss to the Angels on Thursday. Wells has been on a woeful slide and extended his hitless skid to eight games (28 at-bats). He has fanned an astounding 12 times during his skid and 63 overall this year.

Well played as usual Comer.

 

[Limp Ditka]

BTW, Casper Wells has homered 4 games in a row. Was it us who just traded for outfield support and hitting power......4 games in a row.

Please don't remind me of that god awful trade he made. It still makes me sick.

News: Seattle OF Casper Wells went 0 for 4 with a strikeout during the Mariners' 4-3 loss to the Angels on Thursday. Wells has been on a woeful slide and extended his hitless skid to eight games (28 at-bats). He has fanned an astounding 12 times during his skid and 63 overall this year.

Well played as usual Comer.

He's like the Tigers fans very own Powen Monster without the bipolar disorder.

 

[igbomb]

BTW, Casper Wells has homered 4 games in a row. Was it us who just traded for outfield support and hitting power......4 games in a row.

Please don't remind me of that god awful trade he made. It still makes me sick.

News: Seattle OF Casper Wells went 0 for 4 with a strikeout during the Mariners' 4-3 loss to the Angels on Thursday. Wells has been on a woeful slide and extended his hitless skid to eight games (28 at-bats). He has fanned an astounding 12 times during his skid and 63 overall this year.

Well played as usual Comer.

He's like the Tigers fans very own Powen Monster without the bipolar disorder.

Every team needs one.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Kind of hard to believe but with Santiago in there the Tigers are a really good fielding team up the middle. Peralta is sure handed, Avila has great technique, Santiago has flashed some brilliance and AJAX is a complete stud in CF. Only if Alex would throw out some more runners...

 

[Greco]

What in the #### is going on down there tonight?

 

[Power Monster]

BTW, Casper Wells has homered 4 games in a row. Was it us who just traded for outfield support and hitting power......4 games in a row.

Please don't remind me of that god awful trade he made. It still makes me sick.

News: Seattle OF Casper Wells went 0 for 4 with a strikeout during the Mariners' 4-3 loss to the Angels on Thursday. Wells has been on a woeful slide and extended his hitless skid to eight games (28 at-bats). He has fanned an astounding 12 times during his skid and 63 overall this year.

Well played as usual Comer.

He's like the Tigers fans very own Powen Monster without the bipolar disorder.

So now you start taking shots on me in other team threads. You truly are weak. Come get your beat down in the Sox thread and to the Tiger fans- congrats on a great season and best of luck in the playoffs. You not only have a Cy Young but an MVP on your team.

 

[igbomb]

Kind of hard to believe but with Santiago in there the Tigers are a really good fielding team up the middle. Peralta is sure handed, Avila has great technique, Santiago has flashed some brilliance and AJAX is a complete stud in CF. Only if Alex would throw out some more runners...

#2 in the AL and #4 in the bigs at caught stealing %. I'll take it.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Kind of hard to believe but with Santiago in there the Tigers are a really good fielding team up the middle. Peralta is sure handed, Avila has great technique, Santiago has flashed some brilliance and AJAX is a complete stud in CF. Only if Alex would throw out some more runners...

#2 in the AL and #4 in the bigs at caught stealing %. I'll take it.

Wow I didn't know that. I thought 30% would have put him in the middle somewhere, wow catchers stink these days. I expected to win tonight, the real work begins tomorrow. Tigers and Sux get the Sunday night game this week, first time this year for the Tigers. Boston and the Yankees must have a day game on Monday, no other reason for it given the utter terribleness of ESPN in its baseball coverage.

 

[igbomb]

Kind of hard to believe but with Santiago in there the Tigers are a really good fielding team up the middle. Peralta is sure handed, Avila has great technique, Santiago has flashed some brilliance and AJAX is a complete stud in CF. Only if Alex would throw out some more runners...

#2 in the AL and #4 in the bigs at caught stealing %. I'll take it.

Wow I didn't know that. I thought 30% would have put him in the middle somewhere, wow catchers stink these days. I expected to win tonight, the real work begins tomorrow. Tigers and Sux get the Sunday night game this week, first time this year for the Tigers. Boston and the Yankees must have a day game on Monday, no other reason for it given the utter terribleness of ESPN in its baseball coverage.

I think it's more that managers don't let their guys run wild anymore. Back in the days of Coleman and Henderson racking up the SBs, they got caught a ton because they were always running. Perhaps the sabermetric nerds got through to managers at least a little bit and they figured out that usually the risk is higher than the reward on a SB.

 

[tri-man 47]

I expected to win tonight, the real work begins tomorrow.

Sox are calling these two 'must win' games, and they're right. I'm again a bit puzzled that they brought Verlander out for the eighth inning with an 8-0 lead. He was 'only' at about 100 pitches. But still, what was the point? Have some faith in the bullpen.

 

[teamramrod]

Boston and the Yankees must have a day game on Monday, no other reason for it given the utter terribleness of ESPN in its baseball coverage.

Are you implying that there are other teams that play MLB besides the Yankees and the Red Soxs?

HERETIC!!!

Peace

 

[Greco]

why wasn't santiago playing 2b today?

 

[whoknew]

MIGGY!

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Wow.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

 

[Doctor Detroit]

this

 

[Doctor Detroit]

White Sux

Biggest comeback in Comerica park history!

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

Down 8-1 and they win 9-8, what a great comeback. I hope the fans stayed with that game, if not they missed a great one.

 

[Greco]

oh my.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Comer on suicide watch right now.

 

[tri-man 47]

this

Indeed!!!

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Lost in all the dramatics was 3 scoreless innings (only 1 hit allowed) by Pauley.

Also, Austin Jackson is smoking hot.

Time to get the sweep.

 

[Gopher State]

Entering Saturdays matchup the tigers are 22-8 in games Verlander started and 54-54 in their other games. He's 21-5 with a 2.34 ERA and leads the league in wins, WHIP (0.910), innings pitched (223) and strikeouts (224).

I think the tigers should tear up Verlander's contract and give him a new one

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Lost in all the dramatics was 3 scoreless innings (only 1 hit allowed) by Pauley. Also, Austin Jackson is smoking hot.Time to get the sweep.

Neither was lost on me. For some reason Leyland has relegated Pauley to mop-up duty when he should be used as a 7th inning guy along with Coke, or even in the 8th when Benoit needs a rest. Maybe yesterday's performance will push that into the right direction. What really has been lost on this hot streak is Brennan Boesch being out, a guy the team really needs to reach its full potential. Apparently he is gonna need surgery at some point but they are trying to rest and rehab for now to get him back in there. He's not gonna be 100% though, which really does suck for when they face elite RH pitching.Alburqurque back tomorrow. Bullpen has really stepped up since Coke is back where he belongs and Benoit has found himself again. Add Pauley and Alburqurque to the mix and that's a good back end. Really rooting for Max to step it up tonight, we need this guy to be excellent.

 

[igbomb]

Entering Saturdays matchup the tigers are 22-8 in games Verlander started and 54-54 in their other games. He's 21-5 with a 2.34 ERA and leads the league in wins, WHIP (0.910), innings pitched (223) and strikeouts (224).I think the tigers should tear up Verlander's contract and give him a new one

And after Weaver's poor start yesterday, you can add first in ERA to Verlander's list.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Link

Detroit Tigers outfielder Brennan Boesch out for season with torn thumb ligament

DETROIT -- Brennan Boesch couldn't hide his disappointment.

The 26-year-old Detroit Tigers outfielder slumped in a chair in front of his locker stall prior to Sunday night's series finale against the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park and admitted his season is over.

"I'm done," he told reporters huddled around him. "I'm tentatively scheduled to get surgery on my thumb sometime this week. I don't know when exactly. It's one of those things where we tried to do everything."

Boesch tore the ligament in his right thumb in an Aug. 9 at-bat in Cleveland.

He attempted to play through the pain, but he kept re-aggravating the injury in the past month until he no longer could make what he called a "major-league swing" and began to undergo different forms of treatment.

He tried injections to numb the pain. He tried rest. He got fitted for a brace.

None of it helped.

"I started with injections and then a protective pad. I tried to change my swing," said Boesch, who matured into one of the Tigers' top run producers and hit .283 with 16 home runs and 54 RBIs in 115 games this season. "I thought with my body and my pain tolerance, I'd be able to play through it, but I can't.

"It's the most frustrating thing I've ever had to deal with."

Boesch achieved the sort of consistency at the plate this summer that he lacked in the second half last season. He hadn't played since being inserted into an Aug. 31 home game against Kansas City to pinch run.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland said it's a shame Boesch can't finish the season.

"It hurts," he said. "We're going to be without him the rest of the way. There's a decision to be made whether he has the surgery right away and just be done with it. That'll be up to (Tigers president and general manager) Dave (Dombrowski) and the training staff, but I expect it'll probably happen sooner."

Boesch said the hand specialist who'll perform the surgery is based in Cleveland.

He didn't know whether the operation could be scheduled while the team faces the Cleveland Indians in a three-game series that begins Monday afternoon at Progressive Field, but he'd prefer to get it done fast.

"Hopefully, I can get it done sooner so I can start to recover," he said.

Boesch said the thumb problem has plagued him since his prep career at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood, Calif. He didn't the know the full extent of the damage prior to this season.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Boesch>wait!

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Delmon has not taken a walk in 89 PAs. Awful.

 

[whoknew]

Delmon has not taken a walk in 89 PAs. Awful.

I'm really worried they are going to re-sign him.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Delmon has not taken a walk in 89 PAs. Awful.

I'm really worried they are going to re-sign him.

I'm not worried about anything but the next few weeks but that stat makes me :X Why don't we seek out guys that take a ####### walk and then stick them up front in the order? Can't stand guys who don't take walks, this is why VMART should be hitting third.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

you guys see those bakpacks the chiSux relievers had on. LMFAO

 

[Doctor Detroit]

If they win five games this week, I think I will start to believe they can actually do this.

I'm in! What a dominant series, they were better than the Sux in every single way (starting pitching, relief pitching, hitting, fielding, everything). Awesome. Let's get at least one in Cleveland, they just won't go away. 22 games left10 at Home (3 vs Injuns, 3 vs Twins, 4 vs O's)12 on road (3 vs Injuns, 4 vs A's, 3 vs Sux, 2 vs Royals)12 wins gets them to 90, that will certainly do it. If they win three vs the Injuns, 8 will do it.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Yesterday it was 8-1 White Sux in the bottom of the 5th.

Tigers have outscored them 24-0 in the 10 innings since.

 

[MAC_32]

Told my old man when we watched the comeback during Michigan's delay yesterday that tonight's game should be ugly, but holy hell I did not expect this.

Save some of this for October fellas!

 

[tri-man 47]

What a game ...what a game tonight.

 

[Greco]

Instead of playing not to lose the division, perhaps Smokey can use a jedi mind trick on them down the stretch and try to play as if chasing down and passing the Rangers is the goal?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I know VMART leads the AL in hitting with RISP, but it just seems like he gets a hit every time in these situations. Amazing.

 

[Apple Juice]

Holy #### did Victor crush that ball. That was the hardest I've seen him hit a ball this year. What an enormous jack.

This is a huge game. Get this one and the most Cleveland can gain is a game with one series between the two left. Love watching Fister pitch. Peppers the strike zone, every pitch has movement, works at top speed. Pitching with a ton of confidence. As good as Scherzer was yesterday, Fister is the number 2 and the perfect guy to follow Verlander's power stuff in the post season.

 

[Ilov80s]

Fister is a bad mofo. Wow. I loved the match-up of the over hyped and over priced Ubaldo against the vastly superior and cheaper Fister. Tigers struck gold at the trade deadline this year.

 

[Greco]

text book.

 

[Greco]

Mark Buerhle's WAR 2.8Gavin Floyd's WAR 1.7 and going up after a gem tonightPhil Humber's WAR 2.5Max is a nice kid, with freaky eyes and a lot of potential. He ain't a 2 on the White Sox right now.

So add those up and throw in Danks and that is a WAR of 8.6. Verlander, Porcello, Scherzer and Penny combined is 8.9. Like I said, they are pretty much even starting staffs at this point. When the Tigers get Kuroda or my man Fister, look out!

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Mark Buerhle's WAR 2.8Gavin Floyd's WAR 1.7 and going up after a gem tonightPhil Humber's WAR 2.5Max is a nice kid, with freaky eyes and a lot of potential. He ain't a 2 on the White Sox right now.

So add those up and throw in Danks and that is a WAR of 8.6. Verlander, Porcello, Scherzer and Penny combined is 8.9. Like I said, they are pretty much even starting staffs at this point. When the Tigers get Kuroda or my man Fister, look out!

 

[Limp Ditka]

Mark Buerhle's WAR 2.8Gavin Floyd's WAR 1.7 and going up after a gem tonightPhil Humber's WAR 2.5Max is a nice kid, with freaky eyes and a lot of potential. He ain't a 2 on the White Sox right now.

So add those up and throw in Danks and that is a WAR of 8.6. Verlander, Porcello, Scherzer and Penny combined is 8.9. Like I said, they are pretty much even starting staffs at this point. When the Tigers get Kuroda or my man Fister, look out!

Yes, one series makes up for the other 130 games played this year.Congrats on the Central.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Mark Buerhle's WAR 2.8Gavin Floyd's WAR 1.7 and going up after a gem tonightPhil Humber's WAR 2.5Max is a nice kid, with freaky eyes and a lot of potential. He ain't a 2 on the White Sox right now.

So add those up and throw in Danks and that is a WAR of 8.6. Verlander, Porcello, Scherzer and Penny combined is 8.9. Like I said, they are pretty much even starting staffs at this point. When the Tigers get Kuroda or my man Fister, look out!

Yes, one series makes up for the other 130 games played this year.Congrats on the Central.

I didn't bump that and I think Greco bumped it for the Fister prediction, not the comparison. Just sayin'.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Mark Buerhle's WAR 2.8Gavin Floyd's WAR 1.7 and going up after a gem tonightPhil Humber's WAR 2.5Max is a nice kid, with freaky eyes and a lot of potential. He ain't a 2 on the White Sox right now.

So add those up and throw in Danks and that is a WAR of 8.6. Verlander, Porcello, Scherzer and Penny combined is 8.9. Like I said, they are pretty much even starting staffs at this point. When the Tigers get Kuroda or my man Fister, look out!

Yes, one series makes up for the other 130 games played this year.Congrats on the Central.

I didn't bump that and I think Greco bumped it for the Fister prediction, not the comparison. Just sayin'.

OK. That makes sense now that I look at it. :FISTER:

 

[jon_mx]

Somebody convince me come playoff time, Fister should not be our #2 starter.

 

[tri-man 47]

Best I could do was catch the back end of the game on ESPN radio ...announcers were befuddled as to why Seattle gave up Fister. I'm just glad that they did.