John Lannan and Max Scherzer on the mound and Ivan Rodriguez returns to Comerica Park
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56 responses to “Game 2010.063: Nationals at Tigers”
dredford
Raburn, batting leadoff tonight at .165 in place of A-Jax, will attempt to surpass his May hit total of 3 tonight against the Nats.
Vince in MN
Since he is replacing Jackson, he HAS to bat leadoff – says so right there in the book.
Coleman
Uh-oh, what’s going to happen without Raburn holding down the 3 spot? If only there was some way he could bat 1st and 3rd…
Coleman
Nyjer Morgan is cool.
Coleman
K-burn, not so much.
Joey in Portland OR
so is giving up a run in the first our new thing?
Coleman
We didn’t give up a run so much as they took a run–Scherzer had a bunt, 2 Ks, and a sac fly and got an earned run for his trouble.
Coleman
Well, actually an un-earned run, because of the Laird error.
ouchudied
Guillen has limited range… he should have got to that ball
ouchudied
Gameday puts commercials between innings now? Lame
Vince in MN
2-on and one out with Click, Worth and Rugburn up does not bode well for a big rally.
Vince in MN
2-on and none out with Click, Worth and Rugburn up does not bode well for a big rally.
Vince in MN
Laird with in infield hit – perhaps that’s the click he’s been waiting for. Now, the master of the infield hit comes up.
ouchudied
Dunno if you’re watching the game on TV, but it was a line shot off the hip of Lannan
Vince in MN
Actually trying to “watch” on Gameday via dial-up. But now with the commercial it may never come back.
Coleman
Either way, Raburn is beginning to separate from the pack in the Tour de Mendoza
Vince in MN
Neck and neck at the second turn.
Coleman
Nice 2-strike, opposite-field hit by Inge there…looks like the Good Inge Phase is still in effect.
Wow, and Laird too, bases loaded for Danny Not-Everett
kathy
C,mon, Rug.
Vince in MN
Now it becomes clear as to why K-burn is filling in for Jackson at lead-off. Leyland is such a sly old devil.
Coleman
Wow, apparently the Nats didn’t get the memo about Raburn with R3L2O
ouchudied
So the Tigs have gathered 4 hits and 2 walks thru 2 innings. What do we have to show for it? 1 run.
TSE
That’s the 3rd time now that our man on 3rd base got a week jump off 3rd with a play at the plate.
ouchudied
Have to agree with you here, especially Guillen’s weak lead and jump
Coleman
I wouldn’t blame Lamont, each time he seems to have awoken and opened his eyes immediately with the crack of the bat
Coleman
Boesch, like the veteran hitter he is, moves the runner to 3rd and makes the sac fly possible
ouchudied
Laird is ON FIRE!!!! WOOOOO
ouchudied
Scherzer doesn’t know how to pitch… second time hes thrown a money pitch with an 0-2 count
Coleman
R3L2O – success!!
Steve
Breaking News>>>>>>>>>>>> G. Laird on base with a real single
Vince in MN
The ball is in your court Mr. Raburn.
Vince in MN
What the….
I take back everything bad I have ever said about Leyland – he is a genius.
However, I reserve the right to take back what I have taken back.
T Smith
Very prudent of you. You will take it back sooner than later.
ouchudied
RAYBURN WITH THE BAT FLIP
Dr. Detroit
The unwritten rules of baseball dictate that: (1) you don’t run over the mound on the way back from an out; (2) scream “mine” to the opposing team when you are running the base paths; (3) silly slap the ball out of the glove of a player trying to tag you–basically, everything A-Rod would condone, don’t do. Add this to the list: if you are a AAAA player, batting below .200 and commit more errors per inning played than anyone alive since Skip LaRue in 1905, you do NOT flip your bat after hitting a home run. Seriously, on top of everything else he looks to be a complete douche-nozzle.
Steve
Bombs away
Coleman
Holy mother of Mendoza! You’ve been ‘Burned!
Vince in MN
A little bit of fraternal competition and the boys are responding.
Scott
what?? Raburn hits a HR?? This Nats pitcher must be the pits; everybody else can get him out no problem. I still think he sucks; gonna take another 30 HRs for me to change my mind…. 🙂
Coleman
And Tulowitzki took Pavano deep so now Colorado leads the Twins 2-0
kathy
It’s Tulo!
Vince in MN
It’s 5-2 Twins – still batting in the 4th
Coleman
Doh! Oh well, maybe it will start raining or something before they are done scoring in the 4th
Vince in MN
Mauer hit into a DP with sacks full to end the inning. Clear weather here too.
Vince in MN
Raburn still ahead of Laird by a nose hair in the race to wherever they are racing to.
Kevin in Dallas
Toledo?
Vince in MN
Valverde has given up more walks (11) than hits (10) this year.
Coach Jim
F. Rodney is close. 19 hits and 18 walks.
Jerry The Tiger Fan
Well….that was Jones-esque in its nature (the save). Good job overall for the good guys, just didn’t want to sweat a ninth inning like that where the Nats don’t even have a hit but still threaten to tie/take the lead.
Vince in MN
I just don’t get the heart palpitations with Valverde like I did with Jones and Rodney in similar situations.
I guess we’ll see Raburn at leadoff again tomorrow night if Jackson gets more rest. With a righty going for the Nats does Leyland go with Avila or stick with Laird again?
Coleman
With a righty tomorrow I would expect Kelly in CF, and leading off (unless Professor Puff is feeling wild and bats Damon leadoff). This has the added appeal of following the rule of thumb that when a player breaks out of a slump he spends the following game polishing the pine.
jud
there isn’t any way in the world Laird bats tomorrow with the a RH pitcher going ..I mean no one in their right mind would put him in there……so book it Smokey will start Laird
Coleman
No sleep ’till Toledo!!
Shane Trapped in Toledo
Wow, a Hawkwind reference, then a Motorhead reference! DTW-MVP!
Coleman
Well, obviously they are related. And bonus points for being old enough to know of Hawkwind, and yet being able to remember posts from, what, 2 months ago?
Apparently Hammersmith, while once almost an industrial suburb of London, has become quite the posh place to live, and boasts such inhabitants as Hugh Grant, Roger Daltrey, Lily Allen, Mischa Barton, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Gary Numan (?), and the dude who played Harry Potter. Which begs the question, if you lived there and had a neighborhood get-together and they all showed up, what would THAT be like?
Coleman
Oh dear, in the list of famous residents I left out Vidal Sassoon, what was I thinking? So we’ll all leave the barbeque with Adam Everett hair…
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56 responses to “Game 2010.063: Nationals at Tigers”
Raburn, batting leadoff tonight at .165 in place of A-Jax, will attempt to surpass his May hit total of 3 tonight against the Nats.
Since he is replacing Jackson, he HAS to bat leadoff – says so right there in the book.
Uh-oh, what’s going to happen without Raburn holding down the 3 spot? If only there was some way he could bat 1st and 3rd…
Nyjer Morgan is cool.
K-burn, not so much.
so is giving up a run in the first our new thing?
We didn’t give up a run so much as they took a run–Scherzer had a bunt, 2 Ks, and a sac fly and got an earned run for his trouble.
Well, actually an un-earned run, because of the Laird error.
Guillen has limited range… he should have got to that ball
Gameday puts commercials between innings now? Lame
2-on and one out with Click, Worth and Rugburn up does not bode well for a big rally.
2-on and none out with Click, Worth and Rugburn up does not bode well for a big rally.
Laird with in infield hit – perhaps that’s the click he’s been waiting for. Now, the master of the infield hit comes up.
Dunno if you’re watching the game on TV, but it was a line shot off the hip of Lannan
Actually trying to “watch” on Gameday via dial-up. But now with the commercial it may never come back.
Either way, Raburn is beginning to separate from the pack in the Tour de Mendoza
Neck and neck at the second turn.
Nice 2-strike, opposite-field hit by Inge there…looks like the Good Inge Phase is still in effect.
Wow, and Laird too, bases loaded for Danny Not-Everett
C,mon, Rug.
Now it becomes clear as to why K-burn is filling in for Jackson at lead-off. Leyland is such a sly old devil.
Wow, apparently the Nats didn’t get the memo about Raburn with R3L2O
So the Tigs have gathered 4 hits and 2 walks thru 2 innings. What do we have to show for it? 1 run.
That’s the 3rd time now that our man on 3rd base got a week jump off 3rd with a play at the plate.
Have to agree with you here, especially Guillen’s weak lead and jump
I wouldn’t blame Lamont, each time he seems to have awoken and opened his eyes immediately with the crack of the bat
Boesch, like the veteran hitter he is, moves the runner to 3rd and makes the sac fly possible
Laird is ON FIRE!!!! WOOOOO
Scherzer doesn’t know how to pitch… second time hes thrown a money pitch with an 0-2 count
R3L2O – success!!
Breaking News>>>>>>>>>>>> G. Laird on base with a real single
The ball is in your court Mr. Raburn.
What the….
I take back everything bad I have ever said about Leyland – he is a genius.
However, I reserve the right to take back what I have taken back.
Very prudent of you. You will take it back sooner than later.
RAYBURN WITH THE BAT FLIP
The unwritten rules of baseball dictate that: (1) you don’t run over the mound on the way back from an out; (2) scream “mine” to the opposing team when you are running the base paths; (3) silly slap the ball out of the glove of a player trying to tag you–basically, everything A-Rod would condone, don’t do. Add this to the list: if you are a AAAA player, batting below .200 and commit more errors per inning played than anyone alive since Skip LaRue in 1905, you do NOT flip your bat after hitting a home run. Seriously, on top of everything else he looks to be a complete douche-nozzle.
Bombs away
Holy mother of Mendoza! You’ve been ‘Burned!
A little bit of fraternal competition and the boys are responding.
what?? Raburn hits a HR?? This Nats pitcher must be the pits; everybody else can get him out no problem. I still think he sucks; gonna take another 30 HRs for me to change my mind…. 🙂
And Tulowitzki took Pavano deep so now Colorado leads the Twins 2-0
It’s Tulo!
It’s 5-2 Twins – still batting in the 4th
Doh! Oh well, maybe it will start raining or something before they are done scoring in the 4th
Mauer hit into a DP with sacks full to end the inning. Clear weather here too.
Raburn still ahead of Laird by a nose hair in the race to wherever they are racing to.
Toledo?
Valverde has given up more walks (11) than hits (10) this year.
F. Rodney is close. 19 hits and 18 walks.
Well….that was Jones-esque in its nature (the save). Good job overall for the good guys, just didn’t want to sweat a ninth inning like that where the Nats don’t even have a hit but still threaten to tie/take the lead.
I just don’t get the heart palpitations with Valverde like I did with Jones and Rodney in similar situations.
I guess we’ll see Raburn at leadoff again tomorrow night if Jackson gets more rest. With a righty going for the Nats does Leyland go with Avila or stick with Laird again?
With a righty tomorrow I would expect Kelly in CF, and leading off (unless Professor Puff is feeling wild and bats Damon leadoff). This has the added appeal of following the rule of thumb that when a player breaks out of a slump he spends the following game polishing the pine.
there isn’t any way in the world Laird bats tomorrow with the a RH pitcher going ..I mean no one in their right mind would put him in there……so book it Smokey will start Laird
No sleep ’till Toledo!!
Wow, a Hawkwind reference, then a Motorhead reference! DTW-MVP!
Well, obviously they are related. And bonus points for being old enough to know of Hawkwind, and yet being able to remember posts from, what, 2 months ago?
Apparently Hammersmith, while once almost an industrial suburb of London, has become quite the posh place to live, and boasts such inhabitants as Hugh Grant, Roger Daltrey, Lily Allen, Mischa Barton, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Gary Numan (?), and the dude who played Harry Potter. Which begs the question, if you lived there and had a neighborhood get-together and they all showed up, what would THAT be like?
Oh dear, in the list of famous residents I left out Vidal Sassoon, what was I thinking? So we’ll all leave the barbeque with Adam Everett hair…