Comments on: The 9th Inning – 2009 Edition http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/ 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: Coach Jim http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134563 Coach Jim Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:54:48 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134563 No, you don't move Cabrera. The key to sustained success is moving out old players in favor of young players. Dealing your best hitter BEFORE he hits his prime seems not to make sense. Now is the time to trade maybe Thames or Guillen for someone like Julio Borbon from Texas. No, you don’t move Cabrera. The key to sustained success is moving out old players in favor of young players. Dealing your best hitter BEFORE he hits his prime seems not to make sense.

Now is the time to trade maybe Thames or Guillen for someone like Julio Borbon from Texas.

]]> By: Bill http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134560 Bill Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:50:19 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134560 Well, the Red Sox got swept. They have wanted Cabrera before. Is now a time to look into a mega-deal? Well, the Red Sox got swept. They have wanted Cabrera before. Is now a time to look into a mega-deal?

]]> By: Chris http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134559 Chris Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:51:01 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134559 Seeing them sweep the Twins made me their biggest temporary fan... But now I'm ready to resume my hate-affair with the Evil Empire. Seeing them sweep the Twins made me their biggest temporary fan… But now I’m ready to resume my hate-affair with the Evil Empire.

]]> By: Chris http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134558 Chris Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:47:36 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134558 Twins are losing the biggest home field advantage by leaving that dome. No way they win the division if they were in Target field, with all else being equal. Just remember the game a couple of weeks ago where Don Kelly loses a pop fly in the teflon roof. Or look at game 163 where Inge gets hit by a pitch with bases loaded but the noise reflecting off that roof prevents the ump from hearing the contact and no HBP is called. If a stadium could be awarded an MVP, a strong case could be made for the Metrodome. Twins are losing the biggest home field advantage by leaving that dome. No way they win the division if they were in Target field, with all else being equal. Just remember the game a couple of weeks ago where Don Kelly loses a pop fly in the teflon roof. Or look at game 163 where Inge gets hit by a pitch with bases loaded but the noise reflecting off that roof prevents the ump from hearing the contact and no HBP is called.

If a stadium could be awarded an MVP, a strong case could be made for the Metrodome.

]]> By: jaws79 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134556 jaws79 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:42:21 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134556 Mauer couldn't get the Yankees signs---Karma! Only problem, I don't like the Yankees either!!!! Hope another team takes the series! Next year!!!!! -+ Mauer couldn’t get the Yankees signs—Karma! Only problem, I don’t like the Yankees either!!!! Hope another team takes the series! Next year!!!!!

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]]> By: Tom in Minneapolis http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134555 Tom in Minneapolis Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:33:35 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134555 An intelligent response, and I expected no less. An intelligent response, and I expected no less.

]]> By: jcm http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134553 jcm Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:21:05 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134553 Quality starts wasted for lack of run support AWFUL base running Roller coaster blowing one game and awful in no save situation Bad positioning by the outfielders A bad ump call Twinkies swept Quality starts wasted for lack of run support
AWFUL base running
Roller coaster blowing one game and awful in no save situation
Bad positioning by the outfielders
A bad ump call
Twinkies swept

]]> By: Vince in MN http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134550 Vince in MN Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:56:28 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134550 I hate the Metrodome and will be glad to see it go - from a fan's perspective it is a horrible place to watch our noble sport, as well as being an abomination as far as baseball fields go. That being said, any team being intelligently constructed would take the quirks (and the fact that all ball fields are different is one of the charming aspects of the game) of their home park into account when assembling their personnel. The Twins have done a pretty good job at that over the years. Whether they can translate this success to the new, more "normal" stadium, we will find out next season, but my guess is they will adjust quickly. Do not underestimate the Twins - a very smart organization. Just as a couple of more ballpark examples, when the Red Sox are good, as they have been for many recent years, they seem to do really well at home, and the hated Yankees are doing well in their new home. As for the Tigers, to my mind the big problem after the opening of Comerica was that the team bore no relationship to their home field - lots of low average, slow footed power hitters and crappy pitchers, playing in a park that worked better with speed, defense and good pitching (remember those original dimensions?). It was a prescription for disaster, and was. With the end of the Radar Smith era, management has gradually corrected that, although one could argue that they may do better with a little more of the Twins-like "pirhana" offense and perhaps overdid the defense emphasis, which caused them to be not very competetive as a visitor. It's tough striking a balance, but considering they outperformed their pathagorean projection (81-82), based mostly on the home field advantage, I think that if MI and DD keep their eyes on the ball, there is hope for improvement. I hate the Metrodome and will be glad to see it go – from a fan’s perspective it is a horrible place to watch our noble sport, as well as being an abomination as far as baseball fields go.

That being said, any team being intelligently constructed would take the quirks (and the fact that all ball fields are different is one of the charming aspects of the game) of their home park into account when assembling their personnel. The Twins have done a pretty good job at that over the years. Whether they can translate this success to the new, more “normal” stadium, we will find out next season, but my guess is they will adjust quickly. Do not underestimate the Twins – a very smart organization. Just as a couple of more ballpark examples, when the Red Sox are good, as they have been for many recent years, they seem to do really well at home, and the hated Yankees are doing well in their new home.

As for the Tigers, to my mind the big problem after the opening of Comerica was that the team bore no relationship to their home field – lots of low average, slow footed power hitters and crappy pitchers, playing in a park that worked better with speed, defense and good pitching (remember those original dimensions?). It was a prescription for disaster, and was. With the end of the Radar Smith era, management has gradually corrected that, although one could argue that they may do better with a little more of the Twins-like “pirhana” offense and perhaps overdid the defense emphasis, which caused them to be not very competetive as a visitor.

It’s tough striking a balance, but considering they outperformed their pathagorean projection (81-82), based mostly on the home field advantage, I think that if MI and DD keep their eyes on the ball, there is hope for improvement.

]]> By: Tom in Minneapolis http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134549 Tom in Minneapolis Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:08:14 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134549 What a magnanimous fellow you are - pulling for the Twins after the events of the past two weeks. You are a better fan than I, (and perhaps you will offer some of what you are smoking). I cannot get the building that they play in out of my mind. A lot of their "competence" and "small-market success" is due to the Metrodome. Does anyone have stats on how many games the Metrodome significantly influenced in favor of the Twins - as a result of players losing the ball in the background or other disasters. I know of at least three, two involving the Tigers, and one involving Pittsburgh. What a magnanimous fellow you are – pulling for the Twins after the events of the past two weeks. You are a better fan than I, (and perhaps you will offer some of what you are smoking). I cannot get the building that they play in out of my mind. A lot of their “competence” and “small-market success” is due to the Metrodome. Does anyone have stats on how many games the Metrodome significantly influenced in favor of the Twins – as a result of players losing the ball in the background or other disasters. I know of at least three, two involving the Tigers, and one involving Pittsburgh.

]]> By: Vince in MN http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134543 Vince in MN Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:13:03 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134543 Similar story for the Billionaire Boston Beans - out in three straight. I am happy. It would even make me happier to see the Twins come back and take the next three from the ugly Yankees, but I don't think there is much of a chance of that. Similar story for the Billionaire Boston Beans – out in three straight. I am happy. It would even make me happier to see the Twins come back and take the next three from the ugly Yankees, but I don’t think there is much of a chance of that.

]]> By: jcm http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134535 jcm Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:29:12 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134535 The LF lost the ball in the blue sky , not the Metrodome The closer blew the game and a better pitcher was available on the bench The clutch player, a sure MVP, was sober and choked under pressure. ( 239 when facing elimination) The starting pitcher made a fielding error in Saint Louis And the Cards were swept BTW: the LF is the same one that Tigers´ fan wanted in exchange for the whole Mud Hens team The LF lost the ball in the blue sky , not the Metrodome
The closer blew the game and a better pitcher was available on the bench
The clutch player, a sure MVP, was sober and choked under pressure. ( 239 when facing elimination)
The starting pitcher made a fielding error in Saint Louis

And the Cards were swept
BTW: the LF is the same one that Tigers´ fan wanted in exchange for the whole Mud Hens team

]]> By: Vince in MN http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134512 Vince in MN Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:35:16 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134512 Ordonez and his .400+ OPS didn't play every day and Avila got 8 AB - go figure. Ordonez and his .400+ OPS didn’t play every day and Avila got 8 AB – go figure.

]]> By: Andrew in Toronto http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/10/the-9th-inning-2009-edition/#comment-134505 Andrew in Toronto Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:09:55 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=5433#comment-134505 The link here needs fixing. It goes to the 8th inning. Should be: http://www.pattiengineering.com/blog/shoff/index.php/2009/10/07/the-9th-inning-is-over/ The link here needs fixing. It goes to the 8th inning.

Should be:
http://www.pattiengineering.co.....g-is-over/

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