Comments on: Game 102: White Sox at Tigers

By: billfer

billfer — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:37:41 +0000

Too many comments here and the page takes too long to load. I’m closing this post and have created an overflow post.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:33:29 +0000

Certainly more fun than the ninth inning of tonight’s game.

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:31:34 +0000

Let me just make a last point. Living in NYC, I’m not exactly a Yankees fan, but you have to admire that inevitably there reaches a point in the season where they fricking bring it. Every year, injuries or no injuries, they just bring it. I just wish the Tigers would bring it one year rather than clown car their way through the last two months of 06, disappoint in 07, and piss away their talent in 08. If that makes be a negative type than that’s what I am.
I don’t know if anyone has ever seen Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Limey.’ There’s a scene where Terence Stamp, playing one of the great badasses in recent cinematic times, gets tossed out on a loading dock by some street toughs who were involved in murdering his daughter. He dusts himself off, reaches down into his shoe for his hidden pistol, stalks back up the dock and then shoots everyone. He leaves one dude alive to escape and tell everyone what he just saw.
Then Stamp yells ‘Tell’em I’m coming. Tell’em I’m f–ing coming.’
You don’t get the sense the Tigers have that in them.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:31:09 +0000

Well, I’d say I’m a relentless realist, except when I’m overly pessimistic or rentlessly optimistic.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:28:47 +0000

Forty, I probably do need the rest, but this is a big series.

I’m in on the hug for Mike R if it will get him to lighten up on the complaining about complaining, which I’ve warned him about before.

Reverse cowgirl action? I must be a rube, because I have no idea what that is. Sounds fun, though.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:22:59 +0000

As Joel in Seattle says about Nate. Exactly. No, I wasn’t at the game, but I heard the radio PBP, and Nate was clearly losing it in the 5th-6th.

And hey – can we stop going all histrionic on each other? Todd Jones might be this or he might be that, but he’s not worth getting upset with each other about.

There are relentless pessimists and relentless optimists here, and we all get reactionary sometimes. No biggie. There’s room.

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:21:24 +0000

And Mike R, let’s call him as we see them. The truth is this team is a hair above .500 over the past two years except for a magical 13 days in October 06. This team has a huge payroll and they are two games over .500! If you can’t piss and moan over a team spending more than ever in their history and being thoroughly mediocre than what’s the point? This whole ‘happy to be here’ crud only works for opening bands and vice presidential candidates. You’re either in it to win it or why bother?

By: Forty

Forty — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:19:51 +0000

In the interest of clarity, it’s written here that I wanted in on the hug, not any sort of wild western fun that stephen has in mind

By: Forty

Forty — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:16:59 +0000

Can I get down on that too T Smith? I feel like the hottest girl in school flirted with me, asked me to the prom, and then kicked me in the groin on prom night to go with my worst enemy. Also known as “I feel like I’m back in high school.”

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:16:10 +0000

I think somebody needs to go give Mike R the reverse cowgirl.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:14:36 +0000

I think somebody needs to go give Mike R a hug.

By: Forty

Forty — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:12:36 +0000

T Smith – do “good teams” win close games? My guess is that “lucky teams” win close games…or at least “lucky teams win close games at a rate significantly higher than their overall winning pct.” Understood, having a great 7-8-9 combination probably could help you a little there. But at the end of the day, you are what you are…just a bunch of win shares added up at every position.

And I hear you that it’s not reasonable to rely on everyone to play mistake-free baseball every night, such that there are no save situations. But just because that is unrealistic doesn’t mean that the mistakes in the fifth inning don’t matter, or that the mistakes in the ninth inning are the only reason we aren’t 15 games over .500.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:10:14 +0000

“Cedilla Says:”

Too cryptic for me, Coleman. Remember, it’s 2 hours later here. Which reminds me: Why didn’t Ken in Vegas tell us what had happened so we could have started the postgame earlier. Had to run back to his poker game or the blackjack table or something, I guess. Lout.

Hey, for that matter, why didn’t you tell us, Coleman? You West Coast people are so selfish and untrustworthy, all of you.

By: Joel in Seattle

Joel in Seattle — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:09:18 +0000

Dave:

Who cares about pitch counts? It wasn’t that Robertson was tiring out, it’s that he wasn’t effective. He was getting hit hard. It was only a matter of time before those hits start falling. Leyland got 6 innings out of Nate with one run, but he was lucky to do so. The 7th inning outcome was probable, based on the way he was getting hit.

By: Brian in Tampa

Brian in Tampa — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:08:54 +0000

The bottom line is Jones came in with a 1 run lead in the 9th. The “closer” is paid to save/win those games. I understand nobody is perfect, but this game is HUGE. Grow a sack TJ.