My daugter, who has let me know he is only a little over 4 years older then she is, calls him The Ninja after he popped up behind AJax when he was holding his shoulder in center field. WTH was he doing behind AJax all the way out there. We have watched more baseball together since he had joined the team than I can remember in the last 3 or 4 years.Da Guru said:Unreal DP turned by Iggy! Jim Price just said he has never seen one like that ever.
It is awesome that Defense is finally helping the Tigers win games. The Tigers will be the Iggy and Miggy show in the post season.My daugter, who has let me know he is only a little over 4 years older then she is, calls him The Ninja after he popped up behind AJax when he was holding his shoulder in center field. WTH was he doing behind AJax all the way out there. We have watched more baseball together since he had joined the team than I can remember in the last 3 or 4 years.Da Guru said:Unreal DP turned by Iggy! Jim Price just said he has never seen one like that ever.
Iggys double play.It is awesome that Defense is finally helping the Tigers win games. The Tigers will be the Iggy and Miggy show in the post season.My daugter, who has let me know he is only a little over 4 years older then she is, calls him The Ninja after he popped up behind AJax when he was holding his shoulder in center field. WTH was he doing behind AJax all the way out there. We have watched more baseball together since he had joined the team than I can remember in the last 3 or 4 years.Da Guru said:Unreal DP turned by Iggy! Jim Price just said he has never seen one like that ever.
he had the tribe shut out on sunday. and his curve looked nastyIt has been a while since we have seen a real Fistering. Great to see. Now Justin please follow suit.
Saw stats that since the All-Star game, Detroit's batting has been #1 (by far) and pitching #4.In the last two months, Porcello is 7-1 with an ERA of 3.36. Not bad for the #5 guy.
so whats going to happen when this kid gets a few year in the bigs under his belt...Da Guru said:Unreal DP turned by Iggy! Jim Price just said he has never seen one like that ever.
Heard this morning on The Ticket it was a "shin" issue with Iggy.Doctor Detroit said:4-6 vs the A's, Indians and Red Sux, not exactly a confidence builder. I was hoping Dotel would return so we didn't have to have Al Al on a possible postseason roster, but that hope is now gone. I guess you could call Al to get one out or when you needed a K, but he's just not very good and walks too many. Rondon, Veras, Smyly and Benoit is a good backend with Coke as a situational guy and maybe Al Al also. Bonderman as the last guy although with Porcello in the pen in that scenario, maybe he doesn't make the divisional series roster.
Hopefully Iglesias just twisted an ankle, not comforting that he was pulled but maybe just precautionary. As great as he's been in the field, he's been solid at the plate. .290 average, beats out a lot of infield hits and runs the bases extremely well adding another dimension.
Yeah. That would have been the smart move. Easier to say now though. But I don't like how leyland uses Smyly. His last outing was like one batter. That is crazy.Heard this morning on The Ticket it was a "shin" issue with Iggy.Doctor Detroit said:4-6 vs the A's, Indians and Red Sux, not exactly a confidence builder. I was hoping Dotel would return so we didn't have to have Al Al on a possible postseason roster, but that hope is now gone. I guess you could call Al to get one out or when you needed a K, but he's just not very good and walks too many. Rondon, Veras, Smyly and Benoit is a good backend with Coke as a situational guy and maybe Al Al also. Bonderman as the last guy although with Porcello in the pen in that scenario, maybe he doesn't make the divisional series roster.
Hopefully Iglesias just twisted an ankle, not comforting that he was pulled but maybe just precautionary. As great as he's been in the field, he's been solid at the plate. .290 average, beats out a lot of infield hits and runs the bases extremely well adding another dimension.
Did Leyland go a little too long with Porcello last night? It was obvious he was getting hit hard but the game was still up for grabs at 4-4. I thought last night would have been a nice situation to get Porcello out of there and give Smyly a shot to pitch a couple of innings to get the tigers to the 7th or 8th.....but that was before the dam broke.
and the trend after blowing a team out?Leroy Hoard said:Didn't mention it yesterday fearing "the jinx," but the few times they have been blown out recently tigers bounced back the next game.
In an effort to reverse jinx, pretty bad.and the trend after blowing a team out?Leroy Hoard said:Didn't mention it yesterday fearing "the jinx," but the few times they have been blown out recently tigers bounced back the next game.
I think both teams will lose in the first round.Looks to me like the winner of the inevitable Tigers/Sox postseason clash is your WS champeen.
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This has your famous reverse-jinx shtick written all over it.I think both teams will lose in the first round.Looks to me like the winner of the inevitable Tigers/Sox postseason clash is your WS champeen.
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Red Sux are peaking too early and their pitching is very suspect for a playoff run. Rays and A's are the teams to beat, Tigers better step up their game because they have been on cruise control for most of the season. Would be nice if the Indians would fade some so we could rest Cabrera, but that doesn't look like it's gonna happen.
Why even show up in September, it's over right? They got this, no problem. Cruise control...#nevereasy![]()
just buy me the ws champs shirt so i'll know it's over. they're too hard to watch.Why even show up in September, it's over right? They got this, no problem. Cruise control...#nevereasy![]()
Why is he even in the game??Doctor Detroit said:Alexei Ramirez had 18 walks in nearly 600 plate appearances this year, and Alvarez walked him on four pitches. That's efficient!
Alvarez actually has done a nice job, more a reflection of my frustration with the team than with him. I understand it's a long season and sometimes you aren't at your best, but they just look like #### the past three weeks or so. They need to win four games this week, period.Why is he even in the game??Doctor Detroit said:Alexei Ramirez had 18 walks in nearly 600 plate appearances this year, and Alvarez walked him on four pitches. That's efficient!
8 1/2 went to 4 1/2 pretty dam fast.
Dombrowski made it clear Iglesias is the SS, which is fine. Peralta would be a great PH option, probably our best option to be honest. With Tuiasasopo fading and Castellanos still not being ready, the bench options are limited. I loves me some Dandy Don but this team is shallow. Would have been really nice if Castellanos had shown he belonged and deserved a platoon like Garcia did a year ago, that would fatten the bench options.Tigers are bringing back Peralta for the end of the season. Good move.
I hate the concept of instant replay in MLB.Jim and Dan said they talked to White Sox players today and ALL OF THEM said they were surprised by Cabrera's ejection last night. Cabrera is not known as a complainer or a malcontent, so MLB has to do something about this crap. How can you throw a player like that out at the plate without a warning, not once, but twice in the same season? How many players are ejected twice in a season for arguing balls and strikes? Guys like Kevin Youkilis comment to the umps on every call they don't like, and rarely get tossed. That is horse#### IMO.
Porky's gonna be a good #3 type starter by the time he's a free agent.Playing like hell? Oh!
Wait for Porcello.
Been a while since we've had a complete game victory ...can't remember the last one.
Speaking of Tuiasopo & Castellanos they even mentioned using Jhonny in LF against lefties. Either way another bat never hurts and with Porcello maybe joining the bullpen postseason they could go 14/11 hitters/pitchers if they want. Not really a need for an 8 man bullpen with all those extra days off come playoff time.Dombrowski made it clear Iglesias is the SS, which is fine. Peralta would be a great PH option, probably our best option to be honest. With Tuiasasopo fading and Castellanos still not being ready, the bench options are limited. I loves me some Dandy Don but this team is shallow. Would have been really nice if Castellanos had shown he belonged and deserved a platoon like Garcia did a year ago, that would fatten the bench options.Tigers are bringing back Peralta for the end of the season. Good move.
Peralta can also play 3B, so that gives some insurance for Miggy, Prince and VMart also.
A luxury Detroit has is to consider home/away performance. Looking at the stats, they'd want to use JV in a day game and Porcello at night (also Fister during the day and Max at night). Sanchez is better at home; Max and Porcello are better on the road. If they throw out any presumptions of #1-5 (or #1-4 for the playoffs), they could set up the rotation based on pitchers' strengths.Would anyone complain if Sanchez started the first playoff game?
1. Sanchez
2. Max
3. Still up for grabs