Comments on: Game 161: Tigers at White Sox

By: ron

ron — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:17:19 +0000

Extend Leyland’s contract? Yeh, if you want another under achieving team.

By: Rings

Rings — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:47:14 +0000

Guillen’s dinger gives us another 20hr guy, too…(although Thames would’ve easily reached 20 with a few more AB’s.)

Now, it’d be nice for Polly to get a hit for 200 and Carlos to earn 2 rbi for 100 tomorrow.

By: Shane trapped in Athens, Ohio

Shane trapped in Athens, Ohio — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:05:47 +0000

But at the same time champions do not throw balls where the receiver has to jump out of the way to make an easy out. It just seems so similar to most of the throws Pudge has made trying to throw runners out stealing second.
Sure, it may have been a blown call, but they should have not been in the situation in the first place with a decent throw in the first place.
There has been too many of these sort of situations this season and one of the reasons why the Tigers season ends tomorrow.

By: Greg- other Greg

Greg- other Greg — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:34:05 +0000

Shane – agreed, it doesn’t excuse the blown call, but champions must prepare for the possibility, that on any given night, you just might have to beat the umps too. Unfortunate that Raburn blew the play too, he has a rifle for an arm, but you can’t throw it if you don’t catch it.

By: Shane trapped in Athens, Ohio

Shane trapped in Athens, Ohio — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:10:44 +0000

Yeah we can complain about the call, but if Pudge threw a better ball we would not be in the situation. Bad throws have bad results.

By: Greg- other Greg

Greg- other Greg — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:42:34 +0000

This is at least the 4th game this season, that I can recall that the ump lost the game for the Tigers, honestly can’t remember one that went the other way and led to a Tiger victory. This one was a little easier to take because it was close and I can see with the element of human error how he could miss this one.

The worst one was the phantom obstruction call on Ledezma early in the season. No way an honest ump makes that call. Either something fishy was going on that game, or the ump was just one of those that likes attention and thus likes to make calls. First time I felt like running on to the field and getting in the ump’s face….don’t worry, I wouldn’t really do it, I’m not from Chicago…..

But it was tempting…..Leyland got thrown out that game.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:06:30 +0000

Season finale tomorrow. Thank God. Bring on ’08. This year is killin me.

By: JML

JML — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:00:31 +0000

What a joke!

I’ll be at Sunday’s game..I’ll take my slingshot and keep an eye on that so-called “umpire”…

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:56:01 +0000

Why don’t they just lift the umpire up on the team’s shoulders? That’s who won it for them.

By: cib

cib — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:55:32 +0000

As Kathy would say, Oh, Poo.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:52:29 +0000

Well, maybe they won’t extend Jim’s contract on Monday.

By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:52:18 +0000

Fun to watch Leyland get tossed one last time.

By: cib

cib — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:52:06 +0000

You go Jim Leyland. That was bullsh**. (I like to be nice on Billfer’s site).

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:25:51 +0000

I wonder if the Tiger organization is going to make any offers before the players leave. Mario said the Sox just extended A.J.’s contract. Just wondering if any of the Tigers have been offered extensions yet.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:21:19 +0000

You and me both, cib. It’s very depressing thinking ahead to the long winter. I’ll probably watch the playoffs and World Series…all the time wanting to really see the Tigers. Absolutely miserable.