Detroit Tigers, Volume 1 - The Lou Whitaker version

[Hammer]

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Good grief. That one almost carried into a suite.

[Hammer]

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Now THAT was a great piece of fielding, all the way around. Squeeze play turns into an inning-ending DP.

[Hammer]

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And all for naught...

[Hammer]

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So I'll be at the game tomorrow afternoon, somewhere in the upper deck. I don't have the tickets, so I don't know which section. On the shots of the outfield, I don't see where they've put anything resembling a statue behind where they've painted his number. Be prepared for a rant if there isn't one.

[Hammer]

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Verlander: 14 K's. New career high.

He's close to 120 pitches. I wouldn't send him out for the 9th, not at 6-0.

[Hammer]

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That looked about 15 different kinds of wrong there out of Avila.

[3W]

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As Sparky once said, "We ain't ragamuffins no more!" Back to first place alone (for now):

In honor of that and the series win:

[Hammer]

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Leyland is going to get a couple games for tonight's rant. He was wrong as hell, but it was worth it.

And the Tigers continue to not treat Sparky right, even when they do honor him. There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for not giving him a statue in right-center above his number, just like the other 6 numbers retired. This whole thing looks like it was thrown together about 2 weeks ago. The ceremony was nice, but that wasn't right. If you're going to give Willie Horton a statue (which I have no objection to whatsoever), you **** sure should give your HOF manager one as well.

[Hammer]

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Here's Marlboro Jimmy's conniption fit from last night

Borrowed from a fellow poster at mgoblog.

[Hammer]

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I have never in my life seen a pitching staff that throws so many pickoff attempts away.

And Jackson took a horrendous angle to get to that ball. I don't think it would have mattered, but still.

They've hit Porcello hard early.

[Hammer]

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Dear Ricky Porcello:

We are fully cognizant that the calendar indicates that July 4 is near. Fireworks are a nice part of this time of the year. However, the pitching mound at Comerica Park is not an acceptable location to launch such fireworks. We have plenty of other options elsewhere.

Many thanks

Detroit Tiger fans everywhere

PS This goes for you, too, Mr. Schlereth.

[Hammer]

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Dear Mr. Schlereth:

We realize that from time to time you may experience difficulties locating the general vicinity of home plate. In the event that this occurs with a runner on 2nd base, we do recommend that you do cover the plate upon commencement of launching such balls toward the backstop.

Thank you for your patronage

Detroit Tiger fans everywhere

[Hammer]

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**** this ****.

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BAY!!!

GRAND SLAM

9-0 Mets, bottom 4.

Porcello was putrid, and Schlereth has been no improvement. Thank God Deadliest Catch is on in 40 minutes.

[Hammer]

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*****http://www.catwritr.com/images/goal.gif******
BELTRAN!!!

GRAND SLAM

13-0 Mets, bottom 5.

No, this is not a misprint. 2 grand slams in 2 innings. At this point I'd rather see Mark Schlereth pitch instead of Danny.

[bronconick]

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This week in MLB: Teams with bankrupt ownership beat the hell out of the AL Central.