Comments on: The 3rd inning – 2008 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sam http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87524 Sam Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:48:49 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87524 The one encouraging sign this year is that despite trading away so many prospects during the last off season, the minor league teams continue to do well and they seem to bring up decent talent from the system. -Sam The one encouraging sign this year is that despite trading away so many prospects during the last off season, the minor league teams continue to do well and they seem to bring up decent talent from the system.

-Sam

]]> By: William http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87521 William Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:11:33 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87521 "The realist in me says that the team just plays bad baseball and could very easily end the 2008 campaign losing more games than they win" agree totally. 54 games is probably not a trend. it's reality. “The realist in me says that the team just plays bad baseball and could very easily end the 2008 campaign losing more games than they win”

agree totally. 54 games is probably not a trend. it’s reality.

]]> By: Kevin in Austin http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87515 Kevin in Austin Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:59:27 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87515 Thanks for putting all of this together Sam, read through it twice. Thanks for putting all of this together Sam, read through it twice.

]]> By: Sean C. in Illinois http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87512 Sean C. in Illinois Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:40:17 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87512 "Only 2 stolen bases in the last 18 games" Yes, down from a whopping 6 in Inning 2. Not to criticize Sam, but the Tigers pretty much define station to station. “Only 2 stolen bases in the last 18 games”

Yes, down from a whopping 6 in Inning 2. Not to criticize Sam, but the Tigers pretty much define station to station.

]]> By: Sean C. in Illinois http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87510 Sean C. in Illinois Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:19:57 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87510 I think Sam is right about hitting the panic button. The Tigers have to be absolutely red-hot from here on out to make the playoffs. close to a .667 pace, I'd say. Starting now, not next week, not by the end of June. Now. I don't like the way problems have been finessed rather than tackled head on, all season. The decisions haven't been all bad, but the worst have been disastrous, all the more so because they have been stubbornly stuck with. And they don't get admitted as mistakes when they're abandoned, either (Guillen at 3B, for instance). This more than just a lousy May is what's really starting to get to me about this ballclub. Guillen in LF and Willis doing rehab with Detroit rather than Toledo. Interesting experiments? Um... maybe. Clear-headed solutions, no. Looks like more finessing to me. It's hard to see anything better than 74-88 coming out of these guys, fire sale or no fire sale. I do hope for more, though. I really do. I think Sam is right about hitting the panic button. The Tigers have to be absolutely red-hot from here on out to make the playoffs. close to a .667 pace, I’d say. Starting now, not next week, not by the end of June. Now.

I don’t like the way problems have been finessed rather than tackled head on, all season. The decisions haven’t been all bad, but the worst have been disastrous, all the more so because they have been stubbornly stuck with. And they don’t get admitted as mistakes when they’re abandoned, either (Guillen at 3B, for instance). This more than just a lousy May is what’s really starting to get to me about this ballclub.

Guillen in LF and Willis doing rehab with Detroit rather than Toledo. Interesting experiments? Um… maybe. Clear-headed solutions, no. Looks like more finessing to me.

It’s hard to see anything better than 74-88 coming out of these guys, fire sale or no fire sale. I do hope for more, though. I really do.

]]> By: Chris http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87397 Chris Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:43:43 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87397 One encouraging about this "Inning" of 18 games, is that the starters have gone at least 5 innings or more for all but innings. The starting pitching has been a lot better. The big problem that has plagued this period is the offense. One encouraging about this “Inning” of 18 games, is that the starters have gone at least 5 innings or more for all but innings. The starting pitching has been a lot better. The big problem that has plagued this period is the offense.

]]> By: Dave BW http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87388 Dave BW Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:47:09 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87388 Immediate observations: 1) Man, that OBA has gone all to hell. 2) it's weird that the "inning" with the most SB was the one in which Granderson didn't take part. 3) Yes! Average pitching! Immediate observations: 1) Man, that OBA has gone all to hell. 2) it’s weird that the “inning” with the most SB was the one in which Granderson didn’t take part. 3) Yes! Average pitching!

]]> By: Chris http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/05/the-3rd-inning-2008/#comment-87378 Chris Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:55:02 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=2819#comment-87378 What exactly is the panic button, anyway? How do we know when they have hit it? I imagine if the season keeps going the way it has, there won't be any reason to panic. It would just be a time the organization and even the fans to look toward '09. If there was any time for panic, it was earlier this month when we all saw patterns of dismal performances brewing into a really bad losing month. There is no need for a panic button because, at this point, they are not in position to be panicked. If they were anywhere near contention, and things started going poorly, or they had a string of key injuries, then yes. You hit the panic button. The panic button had been pressed, three weeks ago. The only button left is the "Yawn" button. What exactly is the panic button, anyway? How do we know when they have hit it?

I imagine if the season keeps going the way it has, there won’t be any reason to panic. It would just be a time the organization and even the fans to look toward ’09. If there was any time for panic, it was earlier this month when we all saw patterns of dismal performances brewing into a really bad losing month.

There is no need for a panic button because, at this point, they are not in position to be panicked. If they were anywhere near contention, and things started going poorly, or they had a string of key injuries, then yes. You hit the panic button.

The panic button had been pressed, three weeks ago. The only button left is the “Yawn” button.

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