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By: jb61973

jb61973 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:23:29 +0000

Um, now you can’t wear it again until they lose.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:38:20 +0000

Edwin Jackson: Much better than a good pitcher. He is a losing streak ender. An ace. The 2nd best pitcher in the AL… case closed!!!

By: Kevin in Dallas

Kevin in Dallas — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:04:09 +0000

I think we need it again Billfer.

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:47:18 +0000

Was fun watching Jackson tonight. Although the updates of the Wings game were more thrilling than our offense, again.

By: Tiff

Tiff — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:46:01 +0000

Went to the game without wearing my lucky Cabrera shirt in protest until they won a game. They won. The shirt (and hopefully the man) will be back for my next game.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:13:09 +0000

I agree . Cast my vote for “one time slump buster.”

By: Coleman

Coleman — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:07:20 +0000

Average runs scored can be misleading, since your results will be quite different with, say, 3 games of 5 runs vs 2 games with 1 and 1 game with 13. Generally if you score 2 or less you are going to lose; if you score 6 or more you are going to win.

In the 6 or more category, the 3 teams are about even:
DET 17 (14-3) KC 16 (15-2) CHW 18 (16-2).

But in the 2 or less category the Tigers have a clear advantage:
DET 14 (2-12) KC 22 (4-18) CHW 21 (2-19).

So not only are you correct to bring up that we are averaging more runs, but also we are doing for better in the key category of fewer games held to 2 runs or fewer. (A lot of them are recent and fresh in the memory though…) Note: I compared to KC and CHW since I was responding to your comment; also MIN seems trickier because of differences in pre-Mauer and post-Mauer scoring.

By: David

David — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:46:01 +0000

Good two one drubbing! Lets get the series win boys!

And Bill w/e floats your boat. I’d say it is a one time slump buster, but if you like it, its your blog. It might be better to save it for when we really need it (ie the playoffs)

Lets do it Alfred!

By: David

David — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:43:37 +0000

We’ll still win nearly every game if we keep getting pitching performances like we have the last two nights from our starters.

By: Brian P

Brian P — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:51:25 +0000

Did I hear Leyland right just now? Larish to Toledo?

Edit: Yes, yes I did. It seemed like the obvious choice.

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:47:01 +0000

This is interesting.
Despite all the complaints, hitting wise we are still about league average in runs scored, batting average, OBP, and in Slugging. Even with our weak line-up we are scoring a ton more runs than the Royals or White Sox.

By: Coleman

Coleman — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:45:10 +0000

It was actually a fairly well-played game (except for some iffy hit-and-run DPs), which makes a 2-1 an enjoyable thing. If you prefer a lot of scoring though, there’s always the Wings…

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:41:21 +0000

Bigtime. Verlander and Jackson atop the rotation are really, really outstanding. I love having a very good prospect of back to back dominant, deep starts.

By: Coleman

Coleman — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:39:17 +0000

He certainly took the mound in the 9th like a closer; blew about a dozen pitches by them, and game over! Maybe he could be our closer on his off days…

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:36:12 +0000

Galarraga too. The Tigers have scored 5 whole runs for him in his last 7 starts while he was out on the mound. Talk about no win situations.