Ugh. Four game losing streak. Yucky funk. Time for backwards post title. Max Scherzer and Dallas Braden on the bump today. Pull up a radio and listen as you head up north or sit around the grill.
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M A G G L I O
Where is Boesch?
I’m guessing Leyland will be platooning him with Rayburn now. Don’t ask.
Just what a rookie needs: platoon him so he feels the need to press rather than just see ball, hit ball.
Couple of fairly tough lefties the last two days (although Boesch did just fine against Sabathia and Lester), so Leyland probably wants to get Raburn some ABs as well since he actually hit pretty well in Toledo.
Emphasis on TOLEDO.
Isn’t having Raburn bat 5th sort of like having Inge bat 5th? Never mind, Ryan just answered my question.
I wrote yesterday about how ecstatic I was that Leyland was following Cabrera with a .196 hitter. Even more so today with a .186 hitter. I’ve always said the best place for a .350 power hitter is on the bench, which is where Boesch is apparently condemned.
Scherzer has the heat today – throwing 94-97 on the FB. That should make the changeup more effective too. It would be nice to get 7 innings out of him today.
Of course he does need to throw them for strikes.
LAIRD! And I thought the old man would have him bunting.
Leyland blew that one – should have had Santiago bunt.
Dang I thought this was really some kind of error post and I was looking forward to coming up with a relevant comment that would fit with the random alphanumeric data that was generated for the post title. Sometimes it’s best to not overanalyze things huh? And WOW I typed the word “overanalyze” simultaneously to when Impemba just said the exact same thing during my DVR catchup replay here in the 2nd inning!! lol
anyone know why no Boesch again?
Binge!…….maybe the BOBS think its June and time for them to start producing!
No sooner do I question BInge’s ability to hit 5th than he makes it look like he should be hitting 5th
Braden obviously doesn’t have it today. When was the last time Inge/Laird went 4 for 4?
He hasn’t won a game since his perfecto.
Hey Max where has this stuff been all year? WOW
12 K’s through 5 innings for Scherzer. Incredible.
The Ks are nice and all, but Scherzer has already thrown 92 pitches after 5.
Lets put in Zumaya next. I want more K’s.
Hey Max, Thank you! we really really really needed and outing like that today!
Attaboy Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!
Scherzer threw too many pitches. Send him back to Toledo where he can learn to pitch to contact ;).
and Cokes 15th K is as big as any of the them
G U I L L E N !
I am changing his name to MacKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKs
Looks like Jackson has trouble with the changeup. Don’t tell anybody.
Inge and Laird with 5 hits…..is this a real game?….that counts?
Inge would have scored there but he’s too tired from running all those bases today
R3LO2 disease still with us, but we’ll take the gift run.
Holy Frickin MIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGy!!!!
nice win but when your 4 hitter has 8 RBI in three games you should be able to win more than 1 out of 3
Cabrera’s good for about half the offense. What happens when the opposition just stops pitching to him? Where is the protection?
Cabrera’s on fire! Just keep swinging that bat…..
Who is keeping stats on the billfer slumpbuster header success rate? Baseball Reference has got nothin’
Maybe it was true that Scherzer was just throwing out of the wrong arm slot. We all saw what happened last year when Verlander found the proper slot after an awful 2008 season. I hope we can tack today’s success to the pitching coach who, so far, seems to find problems quickly and fix them The recent improvements with Bonderman and Porcello only reinforce this belief. Let’s hope it continues.
Secondly, Miguel Cabrera is insanely good. I hope all the people who claimed he was a fat, lazy, entitled drunk are eating their words. Not only is he a hall-of-fame caliber hitter, he is baseball smart. He knows what a pitcher will throw him before they do. Watching him hit is truly a treat. In my 27 years, I have never seen a better Tigers hitter. I have a feeling that one day he will make Magglio’s 2007 and Fielder’s 1990 and 1991 look silly.
A request: if Max ever has an outing like this again, someone in the crowd should start chanting, a la the movie Gladiator – “Max-i-mus! Max-i-mus! Max-i-mus!” Then, when he’s got a critical 3-2 count, give the batter a thumbs down. Then when Max K’s him, he can amp up the crowd and shout “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?!?”. That would basically have Mario and Rod going for the rest of the season, and I would love it.
“I see you, Maximus Scherzer!”