Leroy Hoard
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As far as Ballfour goes, his last trip to Detroit he blew a game as I recall. Just being a d-bag in apparent victory I guess.
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teamramrod
Footballguy
sigh.......
peace
peace
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
And he lets Sanchez face a LHB that flat out owns him in Seth Smith.
Coming into today, Smith was .368/.429/.895 v Sanchez with 3HR in 21 ABs.
Da Guru
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Bought 2 OF Box Sec 117 Row 4 for 59.00 a piece for todays game on StubHub last night around midnight. There were over 5K tickets available as of last night with some really good prices. Amazing what a loss can do to ticket prices, They win yesterday and these same seats would have been at least $150.00
Just checked there are still 3500 on Stubhub at 11:30am.
Just checked there are still 3500 on Stubhub at 11:30am.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
The Tigers have the look of a beaten team and the As look energized. But as the skipper says "You are only as good as your next days starter"hmmmm..depressing that the season is coming down to this. Not sure what to do to get the bats on fire. Strippers in the dugout maybe?
I would have liked to seen the Tigers come back with Max today and have Fister and Porcello on high alert from the get go. Fister is more than capable but I would rather go down or up with the Cy Young winner.
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bicycle_seat_sniffer
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yeah I dont get it, used to be that 3man rotations were the norm in the playoffs not too long ago.The Tigers have the look of a beaten team and the As look energized. But as the skipper says "You are only as good as your next days starter"hmmmm..depressing that the season is coming down to this. Not sure what to do to get the bats on fire. Strippers in the dugout maybe?
I would have liked to seen the Tigers come back with Max today and have Fister and Porcello on high alert from the get go. Fister is more than capable but I would rather go down or up with the Cy Young winner.
Just too many dead bats in this lineup.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
New manager? Talent's getting them only so far.hmmmm..depressing that the season is coming down to this. Not sure what to do to get the bats on fire. Strippers in the dugout maybe?
Eephus
Footballguy
The extra round makes 3 man rotations difficult. It's one thing to ask a SP to pitch on short rest once or twice. But with a maximum of 20 possible playoff games, I don't see how you can go to the well that early and often.yeah I dont get it, used to be that 3man rotations were the norm in the playoffs not too long ago.The Tigers have the look of a beaten team and the As look energized. But as the skipper says "You are only as good as your next days starter"hmmmm..depressing that the season is coming down to this. Not sure what to do to get the bats on fire. Strippers in the dugout maybe?
I would have liked to seen the Tigers come back with Max today and have Fister and Porcello on high alert from the get go. Fister is more than capable but I would rather go down or up with the Cy Young winner.
Just too many dead bats in this lineup.
tri-man 47
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Same line-up with AJax at the top. And same start with lead-off man Crisp getting on base. There's the series in a nutshell.
It is not like 2 thru 8 is getting on base either. When you are 0 for 9, the lineup really does not matter.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I think ive seen enough of Austin Jackson
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Jim Leyland is a brilliant manager for putting Peralta back into the line-up. It's like we're watching managerial genius right before our eyes.tri-man 47 said:hmmmm..depressing that the season is coming down to this. Not sure what to do to get the bats on fire. Strippers in the dugout maybe?New manager? Talent's getting them only so far.
Limp Ditka
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He did load the bases up with no one outs. He was brilliant getting out of that. Smyly could have pitched two innings and given up only one run too. Then we still have Max for Tomorrow and JV for game one of the next series. It was a desperation play to pitch Max IMHO and unnecessary.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
There is no tomorrow. If you have a likely Cy Young winner at your disposal, late in a tie-game situation, you use him. Not really sure what else qualifies as desperation.
Couple that with having Verlander sitting there ready for Game 5.
No brainer
Smyly has been one hell of a relief pitcher for the Tigers. Throwing Scherzer in a relief situation is dicey. It is a different mentality and not his normal routine of getting into the right mindset. It worked, but by no means a slam dunk. Having JV pitching well as of late is a big help.
tri-man 47
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Max took too long to become Max, but those three outs were epic. And yeah, now we have a hot JV for game 5.
Great series.
Great series.
Doctor Detroit
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Agree with Limpy on Max, he was the guy to pitch the 7th and 8th for sure. If you lose with your best guy, that's a tip of the cap to the A's. Smyly hasn't been brilliant since June, he's not the guy there either.
I was already to call Kirk Gibson in the 5th, but we survive another day. Today's game certainly woke me up, seemed like it woke up the Tigers too. I also owned Danny Knobler on Twitter, that was also pretty fun.
I was already to call Kirk Gibson in the 5th, but we survive another day. Today's game certainly woke me up, seemed like it woke up the Tigers too. I also owned Danny Knobler on Twitter, that was also pretty fun.
Frostillicus
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igbomb
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igbomb
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Was at the game last night. Phenomenal!
The crowd was all kind up amped up at the start of the game until that friggin leadoff triple put everyone's butts back in their seats. And through the 4th, the whole crowd was miserable.
But that first bloop for Fielder just lit it up again. And then Jhonny's homerun blew the whole place up. When he headed back out to LF after the inning, he got a standing o and chants of his name from the crowd. Awesome.
Then between Victor's homerun and Max's 8th, I don't think my heart has resumed it's normal pace yet.
The crowd was all kind up amped up at the start of the game until that friggin leadoff triple put everyone's butts back in their seats. And through the 4th, the whole crowd was miserable.
But that first bloop for Fielder just lit it up again. And then Jhonny's homerun blew the whole place up. When he headed back out to LF after the inning, he got a standing o and chants of his name from the crowd. Awesome.
Then between Victor's homerun and Max's 8th, I don't think my heart has resumed it's normal pace yet.
We were fortunate as hell that Scherzer found his stuff after giving up a run the inning before than loading up the bases with no outs in the next inning. That was a very long shot to get out of without giving up no runs. No reason at all to think Smyly could not have done just as well in those two innings. I don't care how good Scherzer is, there was some luck involved that one of the hitters did not put a ball in play and score a run or two. Scherzer has a routine he goes through before he starts a game. He was not himself prior to striking out those three. Hindsight is 20/20, let's move on.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
I'm still surprised they haven't made more use of Porcello ...early relief of Sanchez, or even last night in the 7th (though as noted, hard to argue using Scherzer, knowing a hot JV is ready for game 5). The one pitch Porcello did throw was a great pitch - down and in.
Da Guru
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Best 118.00 I spent in a long time. They were selling tickets below cost outside the park yesterday..scalpers must have taken a good beating.
Before Peraltas HR you could have heard a pin drop in Comerica. What is up with Fielder? The way he is hitting we should put him at leadoff...slapping the ball to left like Ichiro with zero power. I thought for sure he was going to bust out with a HR or some gappers yesterday. Can`t remember the last time he drove the ball with any type of power.
Looked like we caught a break on Jacksons ball..the play was right in front of me and it seemed Reddick help up a second at the start. A-Jax needed a hit so bad.
If Peralta does anything on Thursday could he be the series MVP? If anything J-Honny is locking down a nice contract somewhere for next year..power hitting shortstops will be in high demand.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Glad that the umps did not create a "Detroit Bartman" on Vmarts home run. I would have hated to be that guy.
Looked to me like the glove never high enough to the spot where the ball was headed.
Looked to me like the glove never high enough to the spot where the ball was headed.
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Doctor Detroit
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Doctor Detroit
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No one thinks we can do it now. Red Sux, Cards and Magic **** Doyers left. Underdogs, now it can actually be fun for the first time in 2013.
JV earned a few months worth of checks in that series, unbelivable.
JV earned a few months worth of checks in that series, unbelivable.
fred_1_15301
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Good luck Dr. D and all. I'm a Tigers fan for the rest of 2013........
tri-man 47
Footballguy
I actually like Detroit more in a 7 game series than the 5 gamer due to depth of the pitching staff. If Detroit can 'steal' one in Boston with Sanchez or Fister, then it's back to Detroit with Scherzer and Verlander.
But what to do about AJax? Hope that a fresh series/fresh slate is enough? His last AB, and last swing, were pathetic. I would drop him in the order.
But what to do about AJax? Hope that a fresh series/fresh slate is enough? His last AB, and last swing, were pathetic. I would drop him in the order.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I agree on dropping him down but I doubt if Leyland will do it. Can only hope he bounces out of as he has before on occasion. It's really amazing they won with so little production from the top of the lineup.
Doctor Detroit
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Fister is pitching in Boston???? Should be Max game 2 no?
Leroy Hoard
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I found this, not 100% on the source:Doctor Detroit said:
Game 1, Oct. 12, Sat. 8:00 pm - Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox, Sanchez vs Lester, live on FOX
Game 2, Oct. 13, Sun. 8:00 pm - Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox, Scherzer vs Buchlolz, live on FOX
Game 3, Oct. 15, Tue. 4:00 pm - Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers, Lackey vs Verlander, live on FOX
Game 4, Oct. 16, Wed. 8:00 pm - Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers, Peavy vs Fister, live on FOX
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15726075-alcs-playoff-schedule-detroit-tigers-vs-boston-red-sox-schedule-start-time-prediction-mlb-playoff
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Leyland got it right. Have to set it up so Max and JV get a chance to pitch twice.
Ilov80s
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
per sbnation:
Tigers 2013 ALCS RosterStarting pitchers (4): RHP Max Scherzer, RHP Justin Verlander, RHP Anibal Sanchez, RHP Doug Fister
Bullpen (7): LHP Jose Alvarez, RHP Rick Porcello, LHP Phil Coke, RHP Al Alburquerque, LHP Drew Smyly, RHP Jose Veras, RHP Joaquin Benoit (cl)
Infielders (6): Prince Fielder, Omar Infante, Jose Iglesias, Miguel Cabrera, Ramon Santiago, Hernan Perez
DH (1): Victor Martinez
Outfielders (5): Torii Hunter, Austin Jackson, Andy Dirks, Don Kelly, Jhonny Peralta
Catchers (2): Alex Avila, Brayan Pena
The Red Sox are more effective vs. right-handed pitching, putting up an .818 OPS vs. them compared to .751 OPS against left-handers. David Ortiz especially shows a split, hitting for an OPS better than 1.000 vs righties and .733 vs lefties in 2013. So carrying an additional lefty in the bullpen might be a bit of a preventive measure.
Left-handers Jose Alvarez and Drew Smyly are both in the Tigers' pen, making Coke more of a second or third option.
Tigers 2013 ALCS RosterStarting pitchers (4): RHP Max Scherzer, RHP Justin Verlander, RHP Anibal Sanchez, RHP Doug Fister
Bullpen (7): LHP Jose Alvarez, RHP Rick Porcello, LHP Phil Coke, RHP Al Alburquerque, LHP Drew Smyly, RHP Jose Veras, RHP Joaquin Benoit (cl)
Infielders (6): Prince Fielder, Omar Infante, Jose Iglesias, Miguel Cabrera, Ramon Santiago, Hernan Perez
DH (1): Victor Martinez
Outfielders (5): Torii Hunter, Austin Jackson, Andy Dirks, Don Kelly, Jhonny Peralta
Catchers (2): Alex Avila, Brayan Pena
The Red Sox are more effective vs. right-handed pitching, putting up an .818 OPS vs. them compared to .751 OPS against left-handers. David Ortiz especially shows a split, hitting for an OPS better than 1.000 vs righties and .733 vs lefties in 2013. So carrying an additional lefty in the bullpen might be a bit of a preventive measure.
Left-handers Jose Alvarez and Drew Smyly are both in the Tigers' pen, making Coke more of a second or third option.
Doctor Detroit
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Coke owns Ortiz over his career, I am completely fine having Coke pitch to Ortiz. The problem is...Jimmy wants Coke to get three outs and he gets Ortiz out and the other two guys double.
Man I wish we had Rondon.
Man I wish we had Rondon.
Doctor Detroit
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"@GeorgeSipple: Tigers are first team in postseason history to record back-to-back starts where starting pitcher went at least 5 IP and didn't allow a hit."
Greco
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Why aren't people all over Torii Hunter like they are Austin Jackson? Hunter's ABs have been horrible. I get Jackson has been striking out a ton, but when he does hit it at least he has, for the most part, been hitting it hard. Hunter should take whatever it is Jhonny Peralta has moved on to.
Doctor Detroit
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Rondon started a throwing program this morning to test the elbow, hope that goes well.
Speaking of relievers, really like what Veras did last night. Not surprised by Al Al, he can do that one night then be completely terrible the next.
Speaking of relievers, really like what Veras did last night. Not surprised by Al Al, he can do that one night then be completely terrible the next.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Veras pitches looked very sharp//curve was unhittable. I love when AA gets an 0-2 count on hitters. The feeble waves at the slider are fun to watch.
Eephus
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tri-man 47
Footballguy
Good point. If just one of these two would start hitting, it'd do a lot for the team's offense.
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