Comments on: Game 2009.056: Tigers at White Sox

By: Coleman

Coleman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:26:32 +0000

No question, especially considering 1. He’s followed by the “pray for walks and errors” portion of the line-up, and 2. In his previous AB he drove one to the CF wall so he had reason to think he could hit this guy, and 3: hey! give the guy a break! That there was the FIRST 3-0 pitch Inge has swung at this season…

By: T Smith

T Smith — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:54:38 +0000

I don’t begrudge the 3-0 green light. It was a risk, he took it, and it didn’t pay off. True, if you’re gonna swing on 3-0 it should probably be a pitch you can’t resist, and also be hit with a litte more authority than Inge hit it. But I chalk it up to an acceptable calculated risk.

By: jri

jri — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:44:35 +0000

The Tigers pick 9th tomorrow.

By: Jerry the Tiger Fan

Jerry the Tiger Fan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:57:50 +0000

Does anyone know what pick the Tigers have in tomorrow’s draft?

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:55:41 +0000

The White Sox have lost 6 out of their last 7 games. In 3 of those games they were shutout.

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:46:36 +0000

The Tigers are actually 7th in ESPN’s power rankings-
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/powerranking
This is what they say about the Tigers-
“On fire! Edwin Jackson is 5-1 with an 0.76 ERA and 34 K’s in 45.1 IP in his past six outings.”

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:39:42 +0000

That game was far more CRITICAL for the White Sox than it was for the Tigers. Chicago is playing in desperation. They actually have a losing record at home. They were playing like a last place team making all kinds of stupid mental errors. The balk, the catcher’s interference, the fielding errors, the bad managing (bunting vs Zumaya’s 100 mph fastball after he gave up a homerun and a walk), just all around poor baseball.

I predict that both Chicago and Cleveland will be having a fire sales soon.

Tigers with a 3 game win streak right now!! If the we can just play .500 ball, we will have this division handed to us on a silver platter. We sometimes look like we can play better than that.

By: jud

jud — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:27:08 +0000

scuse me Rodneys LOSS

By: Coleman

Coleman — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:26:20 +0000

From Inge’s bio on his college’s (VCU) web page:

Brandon Inge
… ”on the VCU top-10 season lists for runs, total bases, doubles, home runs, RBI, walks, AND SAVES, while ranking among the institution’s career-leaders for batting average, slugging percentage, RBI, doubles, home runs, AND SAVES”

By: tiff

tiff — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:48:02 +0000

would it be too fan-girly of me to ask where? yea, I thought so. This comment never happened.

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:47:10 +0000

My guess is Dontrelle, but it depends on how his next start is.

By: Jerry the Tiger Fan

Jerry the Tiger Fan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:43:59 +0000

That was a huge win for the Tigers. I think that with Rodney only needing 8 pitches to get the save that he’d be available again tonight if we are fortunate enough to have a lead of three or less in the ninth inning. Armando gutted out a decent performance for us and we should have a relatively fresh bullpen for tonight. Other than Zumaya, I’d think everyone else would be available. Oh, Leyland just mentioned that Perry is going down to Toledo to make room for Bonderman to start tonight’s game.

I’m interested to see if Bonderman can become more of a pitcher and less of a thrower now that he doesn’t have the 94 mph fastball in his arsenal.

By: Vince in MN

Vince in MN — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:40:44 +0000

Tigers caught a break there – Sox were playing giveaway today, but that’s OK. Rollercoaster II comes through in the ninth and gets Dye to hit into the DP, which kinda makes up for the HR earlier. I’m still not convinced that the pitching staff and defense can compensate for this scratch and sniff offense in the long run.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:34:24 +0000

Really? I wonder who is going to lose their starting role? Dontrelle or Armando?

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:32:16 +0000

Rodney hasn’t blown a save or a lead all year.