Comments on: Game 152: Tigers at White Sox

By: Joey the K

Joey the K — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:28:53 +0000

I’m sorry I missed Rod doing “He Gone!” altho I know I was saying it watching the game on ESPN too!

The announcers were really going on and on about how that pretty much ends the white sox hopes and chances, it was great.

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:37:52 +0000

Kyle J – agreed!

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:31:57 +0000

I was at the game last night. I have to think that the reason Rod Allen probably said that on the broadcast is because those exact words were used over the stadium intercom when the Tigers 3rd out was recorded at the top of the 9th. It seemed really odd because there were minimal announcements prior to that.

Side note The Tigers need to alter the dimensions of Comerica to be more like “US Cellular”, the run production would go way up (400′ dead center as opposed to 420′) Of course that would mean getting rid of Todd Jones, as all those warning track fly outs would then be HRs.

By: Kyle J

Kyle J — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:00:16 +0000

I agree they deserve a new stadium–they deserve to lose the 10 extra wins the Metrodome gives them every year!

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:50:01 +0000

Bondo’s work to get out of that jam was great to see. He has that tendency for the big inning and he stemmed it tonight. Maybe he should clean his cleats everytime things look rough.

CoachJim, don’t be too rough on the Twins — you can’t compare them to the Expos. They are a solid organization with low payroll that gets by on good scouting and solid management. Most teams would still be jinxed by losing a guy like Ortiz. Now, it doesn’t make it any easier to lose to a team loaded with scrappy (that’s saying it nicely) guys like Nick Punto, but every small market team should take a page out of the Twins book. I’d rather line up against the Twinkies any day over a club that goes by the name Yankees, Bo Sox, or Mets.

They deserve a new stadium. That team is rotting in the Metrodome.

By: Coach Jim

Coach Jim — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:09:35 +0000

I think the Bonderman 8th inning Ryan S talked about is the most famous inning the Tigers have had this year. Is that when the slide started? The thing I remember most about that inning was that Bondo was making good pitches, getting easy ground balls. There were a couple fielding miscues and 4 infield turf hits in a row. They were all easy ground balls, but in the “gaps” of the infield…and even then, on long grass like beloved Tiger Stadium they still would have been outs. Bondo wasn’t bummed out that inning because he was pitching bad; he wasn’t bummed out because he was getting hit; he was bummed out because a joke of an infield ROBBED him of a good pitching performance.

What ever happened to contraction? Weren’t the Twins and Expos supposed to fold a few years ago?

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:33:15 +0000

RyanS,I agree with you about that horror show in the Metrodome and it’s effect on Bonderman.
“number 9 hitter Brandon Inge.” Is there a more productive number 9 hitter in baseball? I think one of the secrets of the Tiger’s success is that,despite their lack of star power in the middle of the order,the bottom of the order has 20+ home run guys like Thames and Inge.

By: Dave T.

Dave T. — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:58:29 +0000

During the tiger’s torid start earlier it seemed the bottom of the order was always driving in runs, and making other teams pay…glad to see we got a little bit of that back!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:54:41 +0000

I am glad for all of this excitement. The Tigers have been dormant in September for far too long.

Two series wins in a row and the boys are playing some solid baseball. No backing into the playoffs here. It looks like we will be heading in playing some good baseball in the playoffs where anything is possible.

Man! Isn’t this great?

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:47:15 +0000

Great gut check moment in the game for Bondo. After the homer to Iguchi and the single by Dye he looked reeeeeaaaallly rattled. You started to sense an impending meltdown with the tying run at the plate in the form of Jim Thome (with Konerko on deck). Pudge went out to the mound and really gave him what looked like a serious pep talk. He comes back and strikes out Thome and gets Konerko to ground out. That’s got to be huge for his confidence.

With Bonderman, I keep thinking back to the twilight zone game/inning against the Twins at the end of July. He had out pitched Santana, then saw it all slip away in an instant. That game was the start of his skid. Tonight, you saw a little panic in his eye after the Dye single – a little “here we go again.” But he battled through and got the job done. Let’s hope this puts him back on the right track for the end of the year and the imminent post-season.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:47:02 +0000

Good-bye playoffs–I never posted it, but I confess I was thinking it for a while. Still, the Tigers’ mantra this season has been “nine hard innings” so I guess we owe it to them to not lose faith now. I just wish it wasn’t quite this exciting.

By: Cameron in Singapore

Cameron in Singapore — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:37:37 +0000

Yes…we’re gonna be in the playoffs.
I agree that now we want to start seeing the White Sox win some games, so that hopefully they’re within 3 of the Twins going into their final series so they’ll both be playing for something.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:03:38 +0000

I’d like to see the Sox rally enough to keep the Twins off our tail, assuming we take care of our own business from here out.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:55:34 +0000

Yeah, I was wondering what that Rod Allen, “hegone” was all about. Just tongue-in-cheek ribbing Hawk–I gather.

I can’t believe I’m thinking this, but I actually kinda want to see the Sox rally a little bit hear toward the end, so that final series with the Twinkies actually means something (of course I won’t really start wanting the Sox to win till we officially clinch a spot–it seems virtually impossible not to clinch now, though); it would be nice to see the two of them beat each other up the last three games to our advantage with taking the division

By: Lee Panas

Lee Panas — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:41:36 +0000

Rod Allen after the final out: “He Gone”.