Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2013 Thread

[broncosmitty]

Way to be Jay Pea! DK scores after Victor walks.... Drew gets a Dubya... Jhonny gives me another reason to take more baby steps.... And the Tigers win!!! Great end to a loooong Thursday.

 

[burfboy]

Lets get that slick fielding weak hitting SS.....not.....baby steps....smitty....

 

[aar000n]

Coke back to being crap but Johy double play from last year has found the fountain of youth.

 

[dougplayer]

Jhonny P. your starting SS for the AL.

 

[dougplayer]

in the all star game.

 

[dougplayer]

Lwyland gas said...the benoit is the closer...for now.

wow. though Leyland would have let papa grande blow at least 5 more games before he made a move.... maybe some one woke him up. Leyland is Iffys favorite manager

 

[ChinMusic2]

It is nice to see the Red Sox complaining about their now ex-closer Andrew Bailey after a Tiger game instead of us having to form a lynch mob to go after our closer. I still propose a straight up package deal with Sox - Valverde and Coke for Bailey and (insert any living or dead person here).

 

[Howie115]

Jhonny obviously the big hero, but kudos to Smyly for getting us out of Coke's 8th inning jam with no further damage. There's your reason that JL won't start Smyly: he's become too valuable to us out of the pen.

Nice job by Jose Alvarez and Luke Putkonen, too. Alvarez really only gave up one run as far as I'm concerned. The second run is on Torii Hunter, who took a horrible angle to a single and played it into a triple.

 

[themuzzer]

True, that was very un Torii like. I watched the hit go over 2B got up and walked to the kitchen, came back and the guy was on 3B.....I said to myself, "wtf" Watched the replay and scratched my head at what Torii did.

 

[themuzzer]

If we make the playoffs, we can throw Porcello in the Pen with Smyly and use 4 starters. That should help the pen out....Have Porcello and Drew pitch a few Innings every other game.

 

[burfboy]

Muzz we got to get you to Detroit and straighten things out in the front office,,dugout and pen.....your eye is what is needed there.....of course I would meet you for a beer or 3............

 

[themuzzer]

Muzz we got to get you to Detroit and straighten things out in the front office,,dugout and pen.....your eye is what is needed there.....of course I would meet you for a beer or 3............

Damn skippy. Sometimes I think outside the box because I hate sitting on my hands when problems are obvious. Granted Things have been much better as of late past 6 years. But before Ilitch started pumping money into this club the same scrubs would be on the roster year after year and there was no Big offseason splash just some scrub...Ausmus comes to mind.

Raburn and Inge were allowed to be on this roster for way to long. Lamont is still drawing a paycheck...That guy does nothing on or off the field. Cut bait with him and funnel that money into pen relief. Have Miggy pull double duty....He can do his job and Lamonts and not miss a step.

 

[burfboy]

Smyly has been invaluable in the pen, can't replace what he has done. Hope JL uses him more near the end of the game.......I still would like to see Rondon given another chance not as closer yet but maybe 7th or 8th.....Lefty Hoffman is on the Tiger top 15 prospects list and has great #s in Toledo....got to be better than Coke....can't runin' the old guys out there to hope they get better.its not happening ......let some new blood in there and see what happens with them before the trade deadline....

 

[gvsulaker82]

DD hasn't been a perfect GM but hes far better than anyone the tigers have had, not sure how you can complain about two world series appearances in six years when you compare it to the 20 years of futility that occurred before then.

 

[Iffster]

Muzz we got to get you to Detroit and straighten things out in the front office,,dugout and pen.....your eye is what is needed there.....of course I would meet you for a beer or 3............

 

[adrian2]

welllllll. Jose valverde is DFA. The amazing Al is now on the team. pecking order still appears to be benoit as closer with Smyly as setup.

 

[adrian2]

In other news garcia is back again as matty T has the dreaded intercostal strain like fister got last season. Wonder hiw avasail feels about all the trips between detroit and Toledo. this time his primary role will be in LF platooning with Dirks.

 

[BigDDude]

welllllll. Jose valverde is DFA. The amazing Al is now on the team. pecking order still appears to be benoit as closer with Smyly as setup.

I guess the world was just not ready for a split, two toned goatee...?

 

[themuzzer]

I guess the world was just not ready for a split, two toned goatee...?

I don't think anyone is ready for it, except opposing teams bats.......They drooled at the chance to face him. I can only imagine the conversation in the opposing teams dugout when he was brought in the game.


It probably went something like this....."Just wait till the 3-0 count and jack that 86 mph fastball over the fence"

 

[adrian2]

or the world was not ready for... wait for it.