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Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

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I hereby declare victory, and all that other happy horse****. Streaker, we'll settle up at a time to be determined in the future. We'll come up with a beer that we both can enjoy. And you can bet that I'll give you the opportunity to even on something else in the near future.
 
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Hammer said:
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I hereby declare victory, and all that other happy horse****. Streaker, we'll settle up at a time to be determined in the future. We'll come up with a beer that we both can enjoy. And you can bet that I'll give you the opportunity to even on something else in the near future.
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How about making him settle up at an Adrian game Hammer??
 
Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

Streaker and I will work something out down the road.
 
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Hammer said:
Streaker and I will work something out down the road.
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Yup, it took 140 games to do it. pathetic.:o

I'm good for it, although I am not sure what it is going to take for the Tigers to break through and become more than what we have seen since the second half collapse in 2006. They can't consistently beat the two better teams in their own division, let alone compete with the AL east. On the other hand, their division is terrible, so maybe 75 wins is the low water mark in any given season considering some of the talent they have, including the league ROTY and another as a MVP candidate.

69-93 was a harsh prediction based on my feelings towards their pitching and the aged roster, I admit, but I still say that 76-80 wins doesn't prove much, either- with their AAA talent sprinkled in-and obtaining last season's 85 wins may be a tall mark now, too (15-7). Technically, they can still win 90 games (20-2) but that is as likely as a certain fan from NMU actually meeting Hammer and me and springing the suds for what I deemed as an even more laughable stretch. :D

And.. they better shut Miggy down now or his injury might become more serious.
 
Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

Well, we knew this team had holes back in March. This team wasn't ready to contend. I think I said 80-84 wins, and that's about what they're on pace for. I started telling everyone last fall that this was going to be a transition year.

The injuries got away from them a bit, and for having to play so many rookies, this isn't that bad of a year. However, I still think the biggest mistake was not offering Polanco arbitration, because that would have taken the pressure off of Sizemore and Rhymes at 2B. While I like what I see, I'm not sold on Will Rhymes yet. I remember last fall and a certain lefty named Alex Avila all too well. Once bitten, twice shy, I guess.

There's some trouble on the horizon as far as prospects go, as well. Casey Crosby got shut down early this season with more forearm trouble, and Ryan Strieby's wrist still isn't right from getting plunked in 2009. Brennan Boesch needs to make an adjustment at the plate, and I suspect that Austin Jackson will need to do so as well come next spring.

The Jackson/Coke/Scherzer trade was likely the best trade in baseball this season. Dombrowski went in and stole the nipples right off the tits of two teams there. We found another ace, our starting CF, a set-up man, and maybe another one if Schlereth can figure out a way to find the strike zone without the use of Google.

There's still a lot of work to be done. We need a catcher, a big bat for the left side of the infield, and another arm in the rotation. The good news is, Dombrowski should have the flexibility to make the necessary moves.
 
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6-3 final. This time it's Porcello's turn.
 
Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

Nothing more enjoyable than hastening the demise of the White Sox playoff chances.
 
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Bronco said:
Nothing more enjoyable than hastening the demise of the White Sox playoff chances.
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Well, since Cleveland is already done, Chicago is the next best thing.
 
Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

Suck it, Ozzie.
 
Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

Armando Galarraga: One game wonder. I hope you cashed in big off of your one game, because you sure as hell aren't doing diddly-**** with the rest of your career.

8-2 Rangers and Brokeback Bonine is coming in, 87 MPH heater and all. Might as well, this one is lost.
 
Re: Detroit Tigers 2010, Part 2: Wanted: Hitting. Gerald Laird need not apply

For those who still give a hoot:

Tragic number is down to 1. The next Twins win or Tigers loss will officially eliminate the Tigers from postseason consideration.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
For those who still give a hoot:

Tragic number is down to 1. The next Twins win or Tigers loss will officially eliminate the Tigers from postseason consideration.
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and the Twins may not lose the rest of the season. They're kinda on an influential run right now.
 
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Yeah, but Hammer will have beer. :D

76-80 wins. Hmmm. One more home stand (KC-3 Minn -3)after visiting Ozzie again for 3. Then a 7 game road swing to end the misery (3-Cleveland, 4-Baltimore.)

I'd say the collection of pitching in the bullpen is akin to the bag of kittens some sadist would toss into the Detroit River.
 
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streaker said:
Yeah, but Hammer will have beer. :D

76-80 wins. Hmmm. One more home stand (KC-3 Minn -3)after visiting Ozzie again for 3. Then a 7 game road swing to end the misery (3-Cleveland, 4-Baltimore.)

I'd say the collection of pitching in the bullpen is akin to the bag of kittens some sadist would toss into the Detroit River.
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But you would get arrested for throwing the bag of kittens into the Detroit River.
 
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Yes, folks, it's Giant Tiger time, courtesy of a 9-2 pounding of the White Sox.
 
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Good news:

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6-3.

Bad news:

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Twins also win. The Tigers have officially been eliminated from postseason consideration.
 
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9-7 Sweeping the White Sox in Chicago. Laird?!?!?! actually hit the ball and didn't make an out with runners on base. We've also made it rather likely that the Twins will clinch the Central in Comerica this weekend. So even when we win, we lose.
 
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