Comments on: Game 135: Angels at Tigers

By: Jeff Mo

Jeff Mo — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:49:38 +0000

Where ya sittin tonight Dan? I might be willing to let you buy me a beer.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:20:08 +0000

I was in my car on the way to Detroit last night as I listened to the game. Beautiful, and it made for a nice drive from Chicago.

Kenny Rogers has been brilliant, and he has definitely defied my expectations.

I’ll be at the games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. I need one of them to be easy and stress-free like yesterday’s!

By: Marshall in DC

Marshall in DC — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:03:00 +0000

TSmith – Jeff Mo : Makes me think that Leyland is getting advice from Marinelli and Millen on how to motivate people. However – I too think that is one thoery that seems to make sense.

Great win – I like the line up – it isn’t overpowering but the dead spots are limited…(Nefi out. Coincidence?) Here to hoping that Leyland won’t “jinx” them and go with a different line up.

BTW – Kudos to Leyland for the shuffle in the the pitching rotation.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:02:58 +0000

Woops…sorry Jeff Mo…I credited Michael in my post above for your posit about Leyland playing Nefi as part of a grand scheme…

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:57:26 +0000

I’m seriously considering Michael’s comment about Leyland playing the Nefi card just to pump up Infante..seriously, what else explains it? While I was screaming at the TV and pulling out my hair everytime I saw Nefi in the on deck circle in cruial at bats, I honestly for the life of me couldn’t figure out what the hell Leyland was doing. At least Michael poses some kind of explanation, as absurd as it it…to employ an A.C. Doylism “…when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth…” fits perfectly with Michael’s hypothesis. It’s the only thing that makes any kind of sense at all.

Question to mull over: with Leyland ejected in the Yankee finale, who made the call to pinch hit Casey for Perez in the ninth? Maybe the Ump was doing the Tigers a favor by tossing Jimmy. At least with Casey at the plate we had a chance to tie the game…I can’t honestly believe that Leyland wouldn’t have made the same call, probably with Casey, but hey…I’m through calling the obvious when it comes to Leylan’s decisions and his affair with Perez…

All August I was completely ridden with anxiety…I never really felt good going into any game. Somehow I feel we may be over the lull. September may just be our next roll. That said, the Yankees are beginning to display their usual Sept./October dominance. A-Rod now well out of his slump (2 hrs tonight against the Twins). Everybody’s talking about us going .500 here out to squeak out the division…but I’m thinking the way the Yankees and A’s are playing .500 ain’t gonna cut it. We need to have a Fall showing like we did this Spring to truly condend in the post season…

It’s the final run. Let’s raise our expectations a little, play the .600 plus ball that got us here, and grab this brass ring!

Go Tigers!

By: Lou

Lou — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:25:06 +0000

They said Neifi’s wrist is sore. There is a God.

By: Scuba

Scuba — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:11:39 +0000

So much for Kenny’s slide.

By: charlie

charlie — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:18:36 +0000

a couple more like this and with the twins and sox losing…things could start to look a lot better. hopefully august was the exception…guess we’ll know soon enough.

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:52:32 +0000

You know when Dmitri goes the other way, things are going well.

By: Walewander

Walewander — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:51:37 +0000

Everyone hitting, Kenny pitching great, and Neifi nowhere in sight.
This is the game we needed.

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:43:01 +0000

And what a game by Infante.

Let’s hope he gets a lot more pt this month.

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:42:14 +0000

Awesome start to September!

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:45:40 +0000

Nice game so far…liking the hittage we’ve lacked the last few days.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:42:59 +0000

i wish that ump would call a strike before pudge threw the ball back to Rogers

By: Jeff Mo

Jeff Mo — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:41:06 +0000

Hey guys… It looks like I have a number of extra tickets for tuesday night’s game, which happens to be “Blogger Night”. I’m not sitting near Billfer & Co., but I’m sure we could work something out. Let me know if you’re interested.