8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

[l3ulvl]

Re: 8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

Yeah Cabrera, and the sad thing is this is the first year I've finally realized blame needs to be on Leyland. I've defended him all the way, gave him a pass last year because of the injury fest, and the fact we overachieved in the 1st half anyway. Now that we have a competent lineup, he sits the guys anyway. I don't understand his love affair with Raburn either, he's Shane Halter imo.

On the plus side, I saw the lineup tonight and it looks good. I'd like to see it more often (even if it includes Raburn). Avila hitting 6th, finally! I saw a suggestion on another site to try Boesch at leadoff and let AJax hit 9th where his strikeouts won't hurt as much. It's not a bad idea now that Boesch has a decent OBP, but it's not like Jim would ever try it anyway.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: 8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

Big series between the Tigers and Indians. Should be fun to watch. Oh wait...what's this? Joe West's crew? Fans lose.

[CabreraMVP]

Re: 8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

Yeah Cabrera, and the sad thing is this is the first year I've finally realized blame needs to be on Leyland. I've defended him all the way, gave him a pass last year because of the injury fest, and the fact we overachieved in the 1st half anyway. Now that we have a competent lineup, he sits the guys anyway. I don't understand his love affair with Raburn either, he's Shane Halter imo.

On the plus side, I saw the lineup tonight and it looks good. I'd like to see it more often (even if it includes Raburn). Avila hitting 6th, finally! I saw a suggestion on another site to try Boesch at leadoff and let AJax hit 9th where his strikeouts won't hurt as much. It's not a bad idea now that Boesch has a decent OBP, but it's not like Jim would ever try it anyway.

I'm the way. In the past, I couldn't always blame him, the Tigers were horrible teams the past two years that shouldn't have been in contention in the first place. They faded because they were bad.

But this year, they have one of the best lineups in baseball. Can't let it slip away.

[rspencer86]

Re: 8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

I know I said I was on the Indians bandwagon, but GO MAX GO!

[CabreraMVP]

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Austin Jackson goes deep! Tigers up 2-0. Scherzer has been amazing tonight. Best changeup he's ever had since he got here. He needed it tonight agaisnt all these lefties.

[philliesfan136]

Re: 8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

Finally back to baseball for the Phillies, this is our second night in a row with a rain delay.

[canes21]

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Who knows how many are left?

At least one more.

[Watson]

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448 for Larry.

[CabreraMVP]

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Brandon Inge called back up.

Way to ruin a good night.

[canes21]

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MVKimbrel

Did I do it right?

[Watson]

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MVKimbrel

Did I do it right?

No.


38 for Kimbrel.

[av7]

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Atleast the Rockies pitchers are making it easy for the front office to figure out who wont be pitching in 2012 with the 2 top tier pitching prospects now in the farm system.

[The Big Squeezy]

Re: 8/15 - 8-21 Game Discussion Thread

My reaction to the Indians game tonight:

Spoiler

Josh Tomlin is officially my least favorite person ever.

[CabreraMVP]

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He pitched a really solid game though. Just kind of tried to sneak one past Peralta that kind of put the game out of hand. He was good.

[Sportsforever]

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Chipper starting to swing it...hopefully we can keep him going the rest of the year. I wonder if Derek Lowe is capable of going more than 5 innings anymore, but I'll take the win.