It's Tigers Time

[jta4437]

Agree but that was within arms length. He kind of acted spastic on it for some reason.

With this terrible feed I can barely tell what is going on, its SOOOOOOO pixelated

 

[jta4437]

It's more noticeable this year.

Perhaps b/c he's had the quad injury from the get go

But it doesn't change the fact that it was apparent last year too and people chose to ignore it

 

[donaldson79]

But speaking of 3rd base; we've had the privilege of watching 3 really wonderfully gifted 3rd baseman in the past. Buddy Bell was fantastic from 79-84. Followed by Steve Buechele from 85-91, and of course the best of em, Adrian Beltre, from 2011.

That's some fantastic gloves there IMO.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Martin has looked like garbage tonight.

 

[romeo212000]

Martin has looked like garbage tonight.

He's been looking that way a lil too often lately.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

But speaking of 3rd base; we've had the privilege of watching 3 really wonderfully gifted 3rd baseman in the past. Buddy Bell was fantastic from 79-84. Followed by Steve Buechele from 85-91, and of course the best of em, Adrian Beltre, from 2011.

That's some fantastic gloves there IMO.

Dean Palmer wasn't too bad either but Buddy Bell was about all there was to root for many years. Too bad he did not have a good team around him. He was a very good player.

 

[donaldson79]

Perhaps b/c he's had the quad injury from the get go

But it doesn't change the fact that it was apparent last year too and people chose to ignore it

Yeah....by design, there's some "homerism" which occurs and I understand, and sometimes fall victim too, in spite of myself.

Everyone loves a guy who plays this hard, for this long, with this much success.....and yes, I'm one of em.

But it's like the poem, Ode to a Dying Athlete. Holds true here.

 

[donaldson79]

Dean Palmer wasn't too bad either but Buddy Bell was about all there was to root for many years. Too bad he did not have a good team around him. He was a very good player.

He was, IMO, a very underrated 3rd baseman, with some pop.

But he played back when we truly sucked. It was tough in those days to get good press when your team was horrid.

There wasn't a Sports Center to document his every catch; which is a shame.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Nice play Elvis.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Offense can't make up this deficit...

 

[donaldson79]

the Tigers have hit a shit-pot of balls hard off Baker.

Hey.....what-tha-hell.....last night was ours; tonight is theirs.

"That tha way the ball goes" as some great philosopher once said.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Cruz with his 15th tonight.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Glad we can lead the majors in something-DPs. Edit-I forgot, we also lead in DL assignments.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Glad we can lead the majors in something-DPs. Edit-I forgot, we also lead in DL assignments.

And Rios leads the league in DP's individually...

 

[donaldson79]

Wonder where this puts the FO thinking on Joe Saunders?

Baker pitched fine, for the position he was put in. But, it wasn't great.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

KTXD is showing Frisco and Luke Jackson pitching for those who can get that channel.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

Would have liked to have seen more of this Kinsler the last couple years....

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Wonder where this puts the FO thinking on Joe Saunders?

Baker pitched fine, for the position he was put in. But, it wasn't great.

I really hate it when we do stuff like this to a pitcher. I would have liked to see how he would have done sliding right in there like they did with Nick. Plus he was facing the Tigers.

 

[donaldson79]

Glad I'm not the only one that's seen it

Had the argument with several people about who was a better defender last year Beltre or Machado, and I was chastised for not saying Beltre

Thats why sometimes numbers are your friend, sometimes the eye test fails some people, they saw what they wanted to see, not what was actually there

I was pretty sure you were right on last year. But after going to a game and really watching AB on defense for several innings, it was sad and true without denial; left to right he's 75% of what he was 4 years ago defensively.

Gawd I hate saying that.

 

[BLeslie59Rangers]

I really hate it when we do stuff like this to a pitcher. I would have liked to see how he would have done sliding right in there like they did with Nick. Plus he was facing the Tigers.

Agree - he deserves another chance... I'm desperate for him to do well, I cannot stand having to rely on Saunders...