Comments on: Game 106: Tigers at Devil Rays

By: jim

jim — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:02:25 +0000

Clevlen is the next Chris Pittaro

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:55:19 +0000

yeah, Jeff, I do. I’d forgotten that. I stand corrected on that point. The crowd last night was about 15,000, and I’m guessing well over 33% were Tiger fans – I saw a bunch of us (like me) wearing Tiger paraphernalia. By the way, if any of you guys saw someone in the crowd with a visiting Tigers jersey on, over on the 3B side…….it was me……….

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:21:56 +0000

I can see that Clevlen has the Travis Fryman syndrome from his first taste of the bigs, cocky attitude for someone who hasn’t been around for long. Hope some of the vets let him know his place.

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:03:28 +0000

if Clevlen would have been in the Tiger’s system 5 years ago he would have already have been traded to Houston for Doug Brocail.

Is Brocail available????

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:21:54 +0000

Scott,
Don’t you consider Johan Santana major league quality pitching? Clevlen went 2-3 in that game

By: Kyle J

Kyle J — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:08:43 +0000

Good point, Bilfer, about the Tigers matching last year’s win total. Amazing related stat: They have only 38.5% as many losses (35 vs. 91).

By: Dave T.

Dave T. — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:48:10 +0000

Who drafted Clevlen?
He isn’t a Randy Smith draft pick is he? Are there any Randy Smith guys left in the system? This is one of those years where all things seem to go right…if Clevlen would have been in the Tiger’s system 5 years ago he would have already have been traded to Houston for Doug Brocail.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:23:47 +0000

After Clevlen’s debut against Johan Santana, Tampa pitching must look pretty good in comparison.

I like his defense. If he controls his batter better than in Erie, great. It’s hard to say when we’ll know more though. Shelton hit for a month and looked pretty good doing it.

Scott, how’s the feel of the crowd? On TV, it sounds like the crowd is pretty pro-Tigers.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:50:39 +0000

I remember Ron LeFlore and other players from the ’70s like Aurelio Rodriguez (who had even worse luck than LeFlore on a recent visit to Detroit) as sort of the transition from the Kaline era (which I do remember, barely) to the Sparky Anderson era. Plus there was that made for TV biopic about LeFlore, something along the lines of “from Jackson prison to Tiger Stadium”. Does anyone know his connnection to Fla? Is it just where he lives now?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:00:16 +0000

more Clevlin thoughts: so far, he’s looking real good. But he’s only faced a AAA-caliber staff in Tampa. Once he comes up against some real major league quality pitching, up against pitchers that can really rip a hard curve or slider, or a sinkerballer, then we’ll know more. We now know he can hit a fastball……..and he’s got a pretty good arm out there for the OF…….

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:34:18 +0000

Anyone notice that Gullien missed the cycle by a HR a week or so ago (maybe the Cleveland series, hmmm)? Nice to see him get it this time. He’s been on fire.

By: Marshall in DC

Marshall in DC — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:46:30 +0000

Needed that game.

I just love that Everyone says casey has no power and what does he do? Homer in his first game.

Sort of how the season is going . . .everyone says one thing but the tigs go out and do the opposite.

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:22:58 +0000

While it was pretty cool to see Guillen hit for the cycle,I wondered about him taking the extra base with a 6 run lead that late in the game.It wouldn’t surprise me to see him get hit by a pitch tonight(I’d bet on it if Lou Pinella was still managing TB).

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:07:13 +0000

I attended this game, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone hit for the cycle in person. My days following the Tigers goes back to the 60s watching games in Tiger Stadium. So, I’ve seen a few. When Guillen first hit that soft liner in the 9th, he ripped it right out of the box; he was thinking 2 bases from the get-go. As I saw the play unfolding, I thought Guillen would be out at 2nd. But the Tampa CF either didn’t get a good jump, or kind of dogged it getting to the ball, and Guillen didn’t even hesitate rounding 1st. Without benefit of re-play, I thought he was safe at 2nd regardless. It’s funny, the double was the ball he hit the worst; must’ve been close to the label – it was a soft liner kind of dumped into right-center field. And his triple was a mis-play by Crawford in left; Crawford let the ball get by him and carom away. So, really and truly, with proper fielding, Guillen’s night should’ve been: 2B, HR, out, 1B, 1B. But hey, it was fun to watch; a great performance, and his hustle got him the cycle….I’m starting to be impressed with Clevlin; his future looks bright to me……The ump’s strike zone tonight was weird; more than once, I questioned his call; but I was sitting by 3B, and could miss the close ones on the corners. Verlander wasn’t sharp, but must’ve been close to 100 pitches to be taken out after 5? …. I may have to make another appearance at the ballpark on Thursday….

Rock on, boys

By: matt -dwd

matt -dwd — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:07:53 +0000

casey, clevelen, this is pretty exciting to see these guys get in the mix just a few games in. other then that breakdown in minnesota tigers seem to be the real deal!