A.L. Central Smack Talk 2014

[dougplayer]

tigers made a statement last night. we continue to own the Royals. with 1st place on the line. the tigers break one off in the Royals AGAIN.


roughing up Vargas in the 1st. can you smell it Tiger fan??? 1st place!!

 

[dougplayer]

not only did the Tigers make a statement in down town Detroit last night...the Lions did to!


they crushed the G Men. I told you !! Matt Stafford would have a big game! what a gun slinger he is.with out any kind of a running game to! to bad our crummy DBs are all hurt already.we will get more crummy DBs off the junk pile..Stafford will just have to throw 50 times a game. no problem!!

 

[bksballer89]

What statement did the Lions make? If you watched the Giants 1st team offense in any of their 5 preseason games, you would have known the Lions should win by 14-17 points at least.

Anyway the royals cannot win the division if they can't beat the tigers

 

[bksballer89]

Alex Gordon was that close to giving the Royals a 1 run lead on the 3 run blast

 

[gandydancer]

He'd lock down the first! Hahaha.

 

[gandydancer]

Alex Gordon was that close to giving the Royals a 1 run lead on the 3 run blast

That SAC fly by JD was almost a grand slam.... almost close

 

[da55bums]

I know. Im just playin.

But overusing youngsters is a dangerous game. There's The Nats, with Stras. Which I would have screamed about if I cared. And then there's the Tigers and what they did with Bonderman. (He was a huge part of their run)He got abused, innings wise, at a very young age. Never did get a chance to reach his peak as a pitcher. May not be solely on account of that, but I have a hard time believing it wasn't part of it.

I don't think Ventura and Duffy will get the kid gloves.(They both are well over previous highs in innings.) On account of need and on account of investment. KC has options, as always. (We didnt even know if Ventura would start, until April, did we?) Stras was some freak hype machine that they needed to hawk a franchise to a fanbase nestled within other fanbases.

If you notice too, Stras isn't playing out to be the pitcher everyone thought at this point, should have rode him while hot...

after seeing, Harvey and Jose Fernandez as well as other arms that went this year, nobody knows when the arm will blow or how much is overuse, they think they can keep "predicting" and projecting all they want.

 

[gandydancer]

Now that was a weird stat.
Tigers bullpen against Royals 2.18 ERA
tigers Bullpen against rest of MLB 4.41 ERA

 

[Nosferatu]

Can we just start the playoffs already! It's gonna be a great October...

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Can we just start the playoffs already! It's gonna be a great October...

I'm really pumped for this years playoffs.

Os, angels, royals, mariners, As would be a blast.

A tiger/As play in game would be awesome too.

 

[bksballer89]

Huge strikeout

 

[gandydancer]

Nice pickoff. Fucking awesome.

 

[bksballer89]

WOW WOW WOW

How the hell do you get picked off in that situation? Seriously

 

[broncosmitty]

Good thing they took Aoki out.....

Dumb.

 

[gandydancer]

Good thing they took Aoki out.....

Dumb.

Sometimes small ball backfires. Just ask Ausmus.

Was the shift put on after Aoki was pinch run for?

 

[gandydancer]

Need pretty Ricky to out duel Big Game James. Would be a huge sweep and possibly create a Royal collapse.

 

[bksballer89]

I'll be sick to my stomach if the Royals doesn't even get one of the WC spots

 

[broncosmitty]

If you notice too, Stras isn't playing out to be the pitcher everyone thought at this point, should have rode him while hot...

after seeing, Harvey and Jose Fernandez as well as other arms that went this year, nobody knows when the arm will blow or how much is overuse, they think they can keep "predicting" and projecting all they want.

Those "prospects" seldom are anything close to the hype surrounding them.

Id throw a guy every fifth day until it seems someone else is a better start. Monitoring innings so a guy doesn't hit a wall when it matters is worth doing though. (I just wanted to turn the tables a little with the resting talk. It worked out smashingly: ). Smyly was useless last September.

I used to think you were nuts for that preemptive Tommy John talk. But maybe you were on to something.

Speaking of hitting walls and hype,....... Bryce Harper sure isnt what he used to be. ONE stolen base. ONE. Five tools my ass. Guy has 18 RBI that aren't himself. And Ks more than I blink.

 

[broncosmitty]

Sometimes small ball backfires. Just ask Ausmus.

Was the shift put on after Aoki was pinch run for?

I don't know aboot smallball. That was a guy with his head up his butt. That run didn't matter.... Aoki should kick him square in the nuts. (Fast enough to beat out an infield single, but not fast enough to stay out there and run the bases? And who was the 6th grader running at first?)

 

[Howie115]

sucked the Royals got 5 runs, most runs in a game in a while, when the Tigers
get 8 runs......now they will get 1-3 runs the rest of the week per game.

Well, you are right so far.