WE ARE FAMILY

[Vinny]

Bitching not balling.


(Is the site all cracked out for anyone else??)

[b-diddy]

atleast we didnt get swept. this season as been pretty frustrating, but as long as the starters play like this i wont worry.

our starters have the 4th best era in the AL. funny, considering how the year started.

i love boesch and avila, but i dont feel confident in them carrying this team to the playoffs. when mags comes off the dl (guillen's coming back too, lol) i'd like to see what he can do. if its more of the same, they need to find another bat.

[b-diddy]

as for letting porch get the CG, dont blame leyland at all. theres one guy in the pen i trust, and thats valverde. cant mess around in a 2 run game where we need a win. if it were the 7th and his pitch count were close, i'd have let him go again, just because i wouldve trusted him more than benoit or alb or whoever else. but gotta give it to the closer there.

[micknugget]

Actually I really can't fault Leyland on his call. On one hand Porcello was pitching very well, had a low pitch count, and it would have boosted his confidence to finish out the game. One the other hand, Valverde is our closer and that is his job. We needed the win and Leyland made the call. Now Leyland saying that it was a no brainer was pretty arrogant of him and mad him look like an a$$. I bet that if you polled every major league manager on what they would have done, it would be much closer to 50-50 than 100-0.

[Timone]

"Tarp on the field at Comerica Park"

#annoyingTigerscliches

[b-diddy]

play ball!

[Timone]

Call me crazy, but I'm going to predict an offensive explosion today. 3-2 Tigers win.

[Timone]

Phil must be an admirer of one Axl Brose:

[Timone]

Furbush. Go ahead, Glan, laugh it up.

[Glenn]

This thread is dead to me.