What is the deal with Vance Wilson??

-Sam

I’ve had a similar feeling of wanting to reset the season like you would your reset playstation during the eff-you game madden throws at you when you’re winning too much…not that the Tigers are having the same problem.

Yeah, I don’t know why they’d be in a hurry to bring Willis back. Obviously he’s part of their contending plans over the next few seasons, not just a win now component. I don’t think they’ve missed him, exactly. I kind of forgot he was on the team, myself. Sorta like that one guy – Joel Rodney, right? Whatever happened to him? Kinda sad to see a guy flame out like that after only a season.

However, after D Willis’ last rehab stint (5.2 in, 7 hits, 5 er, 3 bb, 3 k), if there isn’t a major improvement in his next start and we call him back up to plug into the rotation…I think it will be safe to question this team’s front office.

Leyland is the anti-Money Ball. There are definitely times where I’ve seen him make a mound visit and correct a pitchers waywardness…but in Willis’ case, its beyond any one small thing. We don’t have the luxury of roster space or time to fix Willis’ issues at the major league level, either he improves in the minors or heaven help us if they bring him back before that.

Thank you so much! Why didn’t I think of that? (Because I have dial-up at home, that’s why. I tend to forget to avail myself of the broadband at work.)

Tough play. As Renteria said, a reaction. Not the best reaction – looks like he could have had the guy at home. With presence of mind. Still… I’m more down on Renteria for his hitting in this game. Trivial pursuit question: Would an excellent fielder like Kenny Rogers have nabbed that before it got to Renteria? Didn’t look that hard hit, but it’s hard to tell from the slightly wobbly video.

So what are you saying? That the Tigers are gonna lose 100+ games? That’s ridiculous. This is a good young team on the rise. I can see Bonderman going 19-6, and I think that Inge fella is ready to hit big league pitching. Kinda reminds me of a young Johnny Bench. Just you wait.

Yeah, the Lions are on the brink for sure. Go Mariucci!

If you go to the Royals’ MLB home page, it has a link to video of the Renteria play (aka “Teahan’s single”). I just saw it myself, looks like he just rushed the flip and forgot to compensate for the direction his body was moving. Not too hard of a play, just a lack of focus IMO.

Forget about the Tigers this year. They’re toast. Gotta wait till football season for anything exciting to happen in Motown…Looks like Lions are the Motown team to follow now. Can’t wait to see what Steve Mariucci does for the team. Super Bowl or bust!

Funny dream about the future, though.

No problem. I tried to write something serious but found myself unable to.

What early hideous baserunning screwup? I can only follow the games online (text), and the account leaves a lot to be desired.

Which brings me to my only quibble with this here place. In a game thread such as this one, I often find little discussion of the game itself. So please, in between ritual firings of Leyland and Hernandez, find it in your heart to note some impressions of particular plays and other details of the game, for those of us who can only imagine what you lucky (well…) folks get to watch. Just a humble request. Disregard me if I’m out of line – it’s not like I’m on-topic a lot of the time myself.

But Sean, that was pretty darn funny. Thanks.

I had a weird dream last night. It was 2008, and the Tigers had Magglio Ordonez, Gary Sheffield, Dontrelle Willis, and Carlos Guillen all on the same team, plus some young pitching phenom whose name I can’t quite remember (Jason Vernmeister or something?), and if all that wasn’t strange enough, I also think I was divorced. Silly. Here in 2003, the Tigers are coming along after a slow start, and things are looking up.

Can’t figure out where my wife was this morning, though.