Game Thread: Twins-Tigers Tiebreaker
ByOne hundred sixty-two games weren’t enough, so the Twins and the Tigers will play a Game 163 this evening to decide the winner the AL Central. As an added bonus, the victor will get to take on the 103-win Yankees in the Division Series. The loser, well they go home for the winter.
Jim Leyland’s club held a seven-game lead in the division as late as the morning of Sept. 7th, but they finished the year on a 12-15 schnide while the Twinkies won 16 of their final 20 games to make up the difference. Through 162-games the Tigers sport a -1 run differential, the Twins +51. That alone should tell you the Fightin’ Mauers are the better team, but the game will also be played in Minnesota, where the Twins went 48-33 this year. The Tigers? They went 35-46 on the road. Oh, and there’s that whole Miguel Cabrera mess, too.
I’m not sure who I’m pulling for — I guess the Twins because of the whole comeback story. Here’s the lineups:
Detroit
Curtis Granderson, CF
Placido Polanco, 2B
Magglio Ordonez, RF
Miguel Cabrera, 1B
Carlos Guillen, DH
Ryan Raburn, LF
Brandon Inge, 3B
Gerald Laird, C
Ramon Santiago, SS
Rick Porcello, SP (14-9, 4.04)
Minnesota
Denard Span, CF
Orlando Cabrera, SS
Joe Mauer, C
Jason Kubel, RF
Michael Cuddyer, 1B
Delmon Young, LF
Jose Morales, C
Matt Tolbert, 3B
Nick Punto, 2B
Scott Baker, SP (15-9, 4.36)
First pitch is set for 5:07 p.m. ET, and you can watch on TBS. Enjoy the game.
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I don’t care who we play the last 2 times we got to the playoffs i kept rutting to face the tigers and Indians and look what happen so im staying shut.
Go T…!! Uhh, I guess I’m rooting for the Twins. Either way, I want a 15 inning affair in which every bullpen arm is used!!
lol true
Detroit will lose 5-4
mark it
Should be a good game. I’m still having my head ache from that Molina decision.
….And 4. He plays for the Tigers, and they are going to the playoffs.
1 week ago I was rooting to play the Twins. Now I’m rooting to play the tigers. The twins scare me for some reason.
Twins are hot. its a little scary. Rather play the team who limped in.
lol scott baker’s nickname is “Big Spot Scott”
another made up nickname with ZERO credibility, just like “big game james” shields
Last year, when James Worthy heard that nickname, he threw up in his mouth and kicked his dog.
Now they’re mentioning “Big Game” Rick. o_0
i love how rookies who have never pitched a big game have that moniker
What the hell the baggy is gone!
What are you talking about?
Is anybody watching on mlb.tv? Does anybody know how to get a “normal view” instead of only one of the 8 camera angles? Right now, you only get one camera angle, i.e. the centerfield camera just stays on the pitcher and catcher, and it’s being operated by a guy who may or may not be having seizures.
Apparently this is all that is available:
http://www.mlbsupport.com/foru.....6109f28152
I’m pissed.
It’s ridiculous. Don’t advertise multiple camera angles and then not have an option to see, you know, where the ball actually goes. Good work, mlb.tv.
i feel like i should in a way, but for some reason i just don’t care who wins this game. i honestly think the yanks will plow through either one of them.
they give you those camera views because they can’t give the tbs view because black out restrictions prevent you from watching national coverage of games on the internet.
um… ok
wow porcello’s BAA is .270??
the yankees would pound him… again in the playoffs
How many times would Joe mauer have to get out to lose the batting title
There you go, they just answered for you. 0 for 18.
so just a 30 inning game needed at least.
Hey Mike how many at-bats does Mauer need to go 0-fer to lower his average below .361? I ask cause it is the record for BA for catchers established by our very own Bill Dickey.
Since he’s already 1 for 1, he’d need to go 0 for his next 8 to get under .361.
Thanks, Mike. I guess poor Bill will lose his incredible record. I really wish folks would remember and celebrate the great original Yankee #8!
Worthy just threw up again.
Do all of the pitchers use “Big Game” as a nickname? Really?
As much as I like Tex and Jeter, if anyone not named “Joe Mauer” wins the MVP, it will be a travesty.
mauer = money
Let’s see if the Tigers changed their signs…
Joe Mauer is a god.
he is minnesota’s equivalent of derek jeter
Lets hope he stays there for a loooooong time.
or comes to NY
Blasphemey!!!!!! Do nont worship false idols!!
/ Mo
Ugh, effing Michael Boley just had knee surgery and will be out 4 weeks. G-Men are getting hammered by injuries this year.
aaaaaa dammit how did that happen didn’t he play the whole game against kc.
I think he did.. I dunno when he got hurt. Partially torn meniscus in his right knee. Shit sucks yo.
The last few OLB signings haven’t exactly gone as planned. Lavar, Boley…
I Noe we have Montero In our organization but shyt i wish the Yankees Get Mauer.
Wow, you weren’t even close to getting that sentence right. I’m kind of impressed.
I don’t understand these claims that Posada acted like a “whiny bitch” today. I just listened to the audio, and I don’t sense any whining tone whatsoever. So he was pissed off, why is that a big deal? Most of the Yankee fan base is pissed off with the decision too, does that make us “whiny bitches”? And since when is being angry “whining?”
The narrative is more interesting than him saying a neutral statement and letting it end at that. He’s perfectly right to feel angry. If he said, “I think this is the best decision for the team, etc.,” the media would say he has no heart and doesn’t care. There was nothing he could say that wouldn’t be met with resistance.
He’s also one of the team’s best players. Seems perfectly reasonable to me that he was upset about being benched for an incredibly inferior player. I bet Jeter would’ve reacted similarly if he were benched for a playoff game.
Seriously.
“well, we’ve got a groundball pitcher on the mound, so we’re putting in Ramiro Pena to increase the odds of getting a better starting performance. It’s two or three at-bats…what do you care?”
wow that was a big minnesota gal
If she doesn’t retain the blubber, she’d never make it through the winter.
haha IETC
wow miguel cabrera has a great power stroke
didnt even look like he swung hard.
hmm “big spot scott” better get his shit together
wow, nexdef is really far behind
Can tomorrow come already.
lol gotta love umpires…
this is a very tight strike zone here… man that sucks for baker
And Baker wiggles out of it.
God damn this is so great watching it at work. Nothing beats October baseball nothing!
God damn this is so great watching it at work. Nothing beats October baseball nothing!
anyone know a good site to stream live tv so I can catch this game..
yeah this mlb.tv “broadcast” is quite ridiculous. especially listening to them babble in between innings like no one can hear them.
actually this works if anyone with mlb.tv is still having problems:
1. Open up any regular season game in archive mode.
2. When the player opened click on Today´s games. Choose the Twins and Tigers game and here you go
I kind of love that part, hearing them chat with each other.
Funny to me that they just talked about how Porcello is doing “so great”, despite other pitchers being coddled this year…and he’s thrown 15 fewer innings than Joba, about whom I am certain they are speaking.
i really liked the line “see orlando take charge like that?” during the commercial break after that routine popup to short.
then chip chimes in “wow thats a good line you should open with that”.
man i wish i didnt have to go to class in 1 hour, i really wanna watch this whole game
October baseball >>>> class
Nah gotta save the skip days for Yankee games.
test in class that class thursday>>>> october baseball
im not going to an extra credit event tomorrow, october baseball is more important then anything!!! haha
I am, but once that’s over (4ish), I’m headed to the ballpark
damn porcello is on fire
Breaking news: The Minnesota Twins have announced that Mike Redmond will be the catcher for SP Nick Blackburn throughout the playoffs, over star catcher Joe Mauer. Opponents are hitting .300/.333/.477/.810 off Blackburn with Mauer, whereas opponents are only hitting .278/.312/.433/.745 in six games with Redmond behind the plate. Mauer, the frontrunner in the MVP race, will likely pinch hit for Redmond later in the game. Redmond is slugging .289 this season.
/kidding
the sad part is Molina is slugging even less than that
He should bunt every time he’s at bat, regardless of the situation.
He should just stand in the on-deck circle, working on timing his bunting
I have decided I am going to root for the pitchers, and extra inning game would really tire them out before tomorrow’s game.
Baker seems to miss his spots a lot.
C-Grand!
Holy lord is he slow (not C-Note).
1-0 tigers
Los Tigres up 1-0!
What are they shouting to Miggy?
Wife Beat ER!!
“Only drink Dos Equis!”
Alcoholic!
Clap
Clap
Clap-Clap-Clap
Saw that coming.. Miggy is a beast.
Baker soiling.
crap
The Tigers are a much, much worse team than the Twins; thus, the home run was a really, really good event.
…I don’t know that that’s true. Starting pitching will out, and the Twins have worse pitching than the Tigers.
wow that was a blast.
It suddenly got quiet in Minnesota. Big Spot Scott will need a bodyguard if this score holds.
Cant wait to see Molina’s at-bats against Verlander on Friday.
If I’m not mistaken, I think Twin fans just got the front door shut on them.
6 innings left. It’s deflating, though.
miguel cabrera = clutch
By the way, how many games will get postponed in Minnesota next year? I just read that if this game were to be played next year, they wouldn’t be able to play today. What a nightmare that could prove to be.
They won’t postpone them. They’ll play them in Scranton-Wilkes Barre. PROBLEM SOLVED!
would they be allowed to play games at the Metrodome?
hmm, i never really thought of that idea
not sure i ever understood the move to NOT have a roof on the stadium – ESPECIALLY since it’s in minny. sooooo freakin’ dumb.
well, the Twins were there twenty years before the Metrodome opened–what did they do then?
Large trash cans on fire kept everyone warm. Also, the parkas made of gophers helped.
The score looks a lot like Baker number :p
big spot scott, eh?
that’s what i thought
Chip Caray just loves trying to anticipate comebacks, huh?
Damn, how badly does MLB want their precious Twins to advance, huh? Can’t wait to see the unbiased Chip broadcast our games with no spin at all.
MLB loves the Twins? I seem to recall Bud Selig trying to contract them a few years back
Well, I guess I meant the baseball media has the Twins more of a darling in their eyes than the actual bigwigs in MLB.
they are a low payroll team that is a perennial contender. It’s a nice story
lets see if the mvp delivers
enough with the porcello knob slobbering….
I sincerely hope if the Tigers win this game, Yankee fans have the presence of mind to show up at the Stadium with some white Hanes wife-beaters on to serenade Miguel Cabrera. Particularly since his face looks like his wife actually ended up winning that fight.
I’ll be leading the chants against that crum-bum!!
/delusional Knoblauch’d
Big run right there. Chip away.
3-1 tigers!
Who started this crap that the Twins have worse starting pitching than the Tigers:
From my Twitter:
The only advantages the Tigers hold over the Twins are defense and power arms in the rotation.
Because it has been shown that, in the playoffs, power pitching and defense correlate positively with winning.
No, good power pitching correlates positively with winning. *Justin Verlander is the only above-average power pitcher the Detroit Tigers employ.
*Technically, Edwin Jackson does boast an 106 tRA+ for the season, but his second half has been all sorts of shitty.
Eh, you like Baker, !Pavano! and Blackburn over Verander, Jackson and Porcello?
*Verlander
Yes, because people confuse power with good results. Rick Porcello has been crap this year, and Edwin Jackson has been just as awful throughout the second half of the season. The Twins, however, legitimately boast three above-average Major League starting pitchers; the Tigers absolutely do not.
Crap? That’s an exaggeration. Dude has a 4 ERA and it will drop below 4 after a couple more good innings.
Also, did you call Pavano an above average starter?
1. Rick Porcello has been worth 12.8 pitching runs below average; his tRA+ is 85; he has been producing like that of a replacement-level pitcher (0.4 WAR).
2. Carl Pavano, whilst with Minnesota, has already produced 8.5 pitching runs above average; has a tRA+ of 120; he has amassed the value of a near-average starter (1.6 WAR) in just 73.2 innings pitched.
also, Twins starters have a 6.90 ERA in the 7 games against New York
I love how they’re all over Porcello’s jock, about how he really knows what he’s doing up there, how he does all the little things like field his position…and then he throws the ball away on a pickoff.
they are blowing him harder than mary carey…
Wha?!?!? But I thought we had something special!!!!
/ Melky’d
Oh, well next
/ Melky after five minutes’d
That was a hearty MVP chant right there.
baton passer that mauer guy is
Mauer looked way to happy taking that walk.
There is an MVP voter, somewhere in America, that just now had that thought. A real MVP, like Miguel Cabrera, hits a homer there.
He’s willing his team to win…from 1st base.
I feel like I haven’t seen the Yankees play in a month.
You going to the game tomorrow, Mike?
I wish.
Mauer baton passing
damn
porcello is a fucking beast
striking out the kubes
Stupid question, but with Girardi’s asking fans to get loud in the playoffs anyone know if yanks will give out rally towels or something similar during the playoffs?
if we play the tigers, they will give out wife beaters to the first 20000 fans…
I sincerely hope not, but we will find out tomorrow night
They’ll be handing out singles and the crowd will make it rain every time we get a man on base.
I’m personally bringing some of the pinstriped diapers my cat uses, and handing them out to fans. Interested? I cleaned them all…
We don’t do that stupid stuff. It’s the Bronx for Mo sake.
Nice fist pump too…
Hopefully the media jumps on Porcello for showing emotion. oh wait he’s not on the Yanks so it’s ok.
Hey, he has an excuse. Any man from Jersey can’t help but be emotional. Showin Jersey Pride, way to go Porcello!!
It’s nice to see Porcello showing emotion, and he’s just getting stronger as he nears 150IP, unlike these pitchers you see getting coddled.
But Joba Chamberlain is ruining baseball with his showboating, and what the fuck are the Yankees thinking, limiting him to 160 innings? That’s ridiculous coddling.
Well, Joba is a full three years older than Porcello.
(By the way, did you know his name is “Frederick Alfred Porcello”? Ouch)
Frederick Alfred Porcello III
don’t skimp on the numerals
Yeah…and each of them threw < 130 innings last year.
I love how this Ump doesn’t call a strike.
A gem from ESPN radio:
(after relatively effusive praise of Nick Punto)
” . . . if you asked Gardenhire if he’d rather have Punto or Robinson Cano . . . (dramatic pause) . . . he’d take Cano, but it is what it is.”
Nick Punto’s parents wouldn’t take him over Robbie.
But he’s a switch hitter. He helps balance the lineup by giving 110% every game.
Not a bad recovery from Baker, there.
I hit off Porcello in High School in the Iron Hills Conference of NJ. I went East Orange Cammpus and he went to Seton Hall. We went like 4-19 and he k’d me lol.
No shame it that. LOL. I remember I was praying that the Yankees would get to draft Porcello.
On the 3rd strike, I went back to the bench and they asked me what he threw me. I said slider. I asked him after the game and he said sinker. DISGUSTING.
So how do the opposing rotations set up after this game?
Tigers:
Game 1 – Jackson
Game 2 – Verlander
Game 3 – Porcello
Twins:
Game 1 – Pavano
Game 2 – Blackburn
Game 3 – Baker
How’s that look?
I think it’ll be Blackburn, then Pavano. Blackburn threw on Saturday, Pavano Sunday, both on short rest.
They could always throw Duensing too.
Is it me or is this not even close in terms of rotations? I understand the twins have been hot recently and “be careful what you wish for” and all that, but that Twin pitching staff doesn’t exactly strike fear into my hearts. Granted, the Twins lineup is materially better than the Tigers lineup, but the Tigers have three power guys who could shut down a great team and the Twins…well don’t.
How are they different? They’re exactly the same thing!
Kudos to Carey and Darling for actually talking sense when it comes to Joba and other young pitchers.
I refuse to give credit, let alone kudos, to any idiot named Chip, Tank. Although, usual praise for Mr. Darling, for sure.
Yeah. Although from looking at game logs, it seems the Tigers tried to keep him on 5 days rest, rather than 4. Other than a long break at the AS Game, he made every start on 4 or 5 days rest (one 6 at the end of the year).
Whereas Joba was on 4 days rest after the AS break, except when the Yankees gave him the extended break. Hmm.
Hell of an at bat by Morales.
What the hell?!?! Is that supposed to be art or somethin?!?!
I’m talking about the giant spoon and cherry if folks get confuse with my comment.
While Porcello has looked pretty good. You have to wonder if that extra day off killed Minn’s momentum.
Porcello: what below average K-rate, bitches?
I don’t know…a lot of these pitches look like they’re up in the zone and over the plate, the Twins are just missing them.
Porcello continues to BLAZE it in there! (at 92MPH)
Joba can’t succeed with his mediocre 92MPH heat.
Anyone see this CNN commercial about their special show on Latinos? A little heads up for them- don’t except much respect from actual Latinos when you use Eva Longeria as a major higlight. Who else do they have Mencia and J-Lo? Oh, and is this before or after Lou Dobbs
Also, how exactly are they the worldwide leader in news? Are they not the lowest rated & ost irrevelant network of the major three?
A little heads up for them- don’t except much respect from actual Latinos when you use Eva Longeria as a major higlight.
Would you prefer Salma Hayek? I know I would…
Seriously, though, I don’t have high hopes for it. Soledad O’Brien’s “Black in America” twin documentaries sucked. Nothing incisive nothing insightful, nothing thought provoking or speaking truth to power, just bland fluff pieces that have no message and nothing to say. A waste of 4 hours of television programming. I’m sure the Latino version will be just as banal.
Wow, praise from Caesar. {Tears well up} Thanks TSJC. I mean their other specials usually do fall a bit flat and like you said- if their going to get someone famous why not- Salma Hayek. At least she’s actually been part of some good movies.
If their going to get someone famous why not- Salma Hayek. At least she’s actually been part of some good movies.
Yeah, and she’s got great jugs, too.
http://m.blog.hu/ko/konzervato....._hayek.jpg
http://www.hiyoooo.com
Salma Halyek boobs, {Drools} Aughh…..
/ Homer Simpson’d
It takes a village to raise a child, but it only takes one Salma Hayek to nurse a whole village of children.
I only partially paid attention to them while my mother watched theme (she had to watch 4 times because she kept on falling asleep) but what should they have talked about? I thought it was OK. Not brilliant but decent.
(door flies open)
WHAT’S UP, BOYS, WHY THE LONG FACES? Still bummed about Jose Molina starting a game in the ALDS? Who cares, WE’RE STILL GONNA KILL THEM!!!
What the hell have you been up TSJC? Perhaps, pussytubing
Sorry I’m late, I was eating a sub.
Not a sub sandwich… an ACTUAL submarine.
(farts)
Wait, even after that amazing Mr. Sanchez came up short… you still can eat a sub? You are INDEED more of a man than I, TSJC
Yup. He’s a rookie, he’s gonna lay an egg every now and then.
My retorts:
1.) Minus those two horrible Sanchez turnovers returned/recovered for touchdowns, the score of that Jets-Saints game would be 10-10. We played them to a draw but gift-wrapped them the margin of victory on two rookie mistakes. We played well outside of those two plays.
2.) In four games, our defense has given up two TD drives: one by Brees on Sunday, and one by the Titans last week. We’re still playing great defense on the whole.
3.) We get Calvin Pace back next week. Kick it up a notch.
4.) We’re still in first place in the AFC East (thanks to the head-to-head win over the Pats.
5.) ESPN’s PowerRankings (which means absolutely nothing) lists us as the 5th best team in the league, even with our loss. Better than the undefeated Broncos, even.
Unrelated pussytubing note:
6.) The Miami Hurricanes beat Oklahoma on Saturday and are back in the top 15, and are primed to run the table now that the JV portion of our schedule is all that remains.
Yup. Pretty much.
Man, this game is a real snoozefest, eh?
nice timing on that, its now a one run game.
I must have offended Kubel. He wants me to enjoy the show.
This game is flying by.
It’s gonna be windy as hell in the Bronx tomorrow. They’ll either be tons of home runs or tons of fly ball outs.
Either way, advantage us!
Yeah Porcello’s been living dangerously up in the zone all game. His fastball has good movement which works to his advantage, but sooner or later he was going to pay. He doesn’t have the velocity to get away with mistakes all day.
Aaaaaaaand I have no idea how to make a separate post, apparently. Sorry.
porcello is murder
Waitaminute, Dela G…. do you mean the mushrooms speciality or the pitcher?
You know, I get the starting Molina over Posada decision (I don’t like it, but I get it). But are both Molina and Cervelli going to be on the roster? I don’t get that. That’s dumb.
Matsui is still going to DH every game, so when Molina plays, Jorge is his backup, and when Jorge plays, Molina is his backup. Carrying three catchers is still a waste of a roster spot. I’d rather have both Guzman and Marte rather than just one of them so that both Frankie and Jose make the cut.
Sorry if I’m rehashing something we’ve already discussed; I missed all the discussion threads from Friday-Monday.
Your question can’t be answered because all we know is that Ramiro Pena, Sergio Mitre and Brian Bruney are officially not on the roster.
surprised, very not surprised, semi not surprisd
haha what is that from? I remember hearing it but can’t place it.
Good point, I’m jumping the gun.
Tyler Kepner is going to press (going to blog?) with his prediction http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....ff-roster/ and has three catchers on it, but I did dissent already from his assertion that Marte wasn’t an automatic inclusion, so maybe he’s wrong and I’m right.
Haha Star Wars music for the Twins!
I am 100 percent expecting the Imperil March if the Yanks play there.
Imperial*
KUBEL!!!
Anyone notice the music following Kubel’s home run?
That’s it: the Twins are meant to play us in the ALDS.
The play Star Wars music after a jack? The fuck?
Also, RAB twitter had an argument with someone about Mauer v. Kubel (!) for MBP yesterday. Whoa.
Most Balltastic Player?
Not Mike Lowell.
Wow that went far…
Cue in the Tigers bullpen to further fuck up the game for them.
Zach Miner? Looks like we’ll be seeing the Twins . . .
/prepares to have this quoted when I’m wrong
(bookmarks this comment anchor point)
porcello seems to be tiring in terms of speed
That was just a strange performance. Porcello was throwing 90-92, and only throwing fastballs (77 of 92!!), yet they kept just missing it.
plenty of pitches early on the 4 seamer up were hitting 94/95, not sure later since i missed innings 3-5.
He’s got a lot of movement on the 2 seamer and it seemed he was able to keep the ball down in the zone when he wanted to.
I agree with you. Although Drew is right about his 2-seam movement, that was a lucky start by Porcello. The Twins swung through a lot of hittable pitches.
Holy shit they had C-Grand playing no HR defense.
Bases loaded on a walk, a bloop, and a HBP.
This inning could be great for the Twins.
minnesota lineup certainly seem deeper and hotter than detroit and i certainly worry about their bullpen more than detroit. detroit has two players that scare me in miguel and verlander.
Jon Rauch’s ESPN headshot is quintessential tragicomedy.
http://a.espncdn.com/i/headsho.....5/4572.jpg
If that headshot is tragicomedy, then what’s this?
http://www.superstock.com/stoc...../1244-5339
Slapstick comedy?
Jon Rauch isn’t trying to look like a spaz. He just does by accident.
all these complaints about 1 game for molina. we could be detroit playing laird for the whole series.
Isn’t that even more of a reason to start Posada? Not give away that advantage.
because we dont have enough advantages with A-rod, Jeter, Damon, Cano, Swisher and Matsui vs their counterparts?
why not have more?
Well, in our eyes it’s not just one game.
Maybe we need our eyes checked…
ya lost me
I will explain.
No, there is too much. I will sum up.
Mike bk: We keep complaining about Molina starting over Posada, but it’s just one game.
Drew: It feels like more than just one game, though.
Me: Yeah, feels that way… but it’s not, though. It IS ACTUALLY only one game.
… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, SCENE!
Eh…
AJ is going to pitch well. Some audio I heard from Joe was that he’s going with Molina because he and AJ have built up a rhythm and Joe doesn’t want to mess with that.
So, I have to figure JoMo will be starting in the ALCS and WS as well.
Okay, fair enough. My sub-retort: Even if Molina’s horrible bat singlehandedly costs us Game 2 of the ALDS, Game 2 of the ALCS, and Game 2 of the WS, we still win the ALDS in 4, the ALCS in 5, and the WS in 5.
well i was referring to one series at a time since i dont want to get ahead of myself because if he really does cost us game 2 vs whomever doubtful girardi benches posada for a deciding game 5 if it happens.
Small Ball!!!! Wasn’t that bunt exciting? Wasn’t it fundamental?
Detroit with the 2nd most sac bunts in the league? Now I really want to play them. Give up as many outs as you want Leyland, by all means.
Wow, I thought that was heading into the gap for sure. Nice play by Span.
Carlos Gomez is a tortoise, fools!!!
/ Span’d
Carlos Gomez robbed A-Rod of a grand slam this season, and for that I will be forever vengeful.
Watch ya back Carlos… watch ya back.
He also tried to take out Tex’s arm.
I haven’t forgotten that.
Did Mijares really think that was a strike?
I want to see a 17-inning MARATHON. Empty the tank!!!
Especially with Gardenhire already using his relievers like coin-whores.
If Gardenhire managed this like the ninth, Nathan would have been in there.
I’m sorry, maybe my ears were clogged but did Ron Darling just drop a Dag Hammarskjold reference?
Ronnie, it’s just a Baseball game.
Now I wish I was listening.
I got MAD U Thant name-drops on that ass!
Guerrier = nails
Here’s what I dont get. If you are willing to use 3 relievers in that inning, why go batter to batter with the starter? Why not just pull him after the 6th? It is not like you are trying to avoid certain arms, because you used those guys anyhow.
Haha, am I the only one that just saw the guy with the skullet? Awesome.
“It looks good on Hulk Hogan…”
Hey if friggin TBS have a radar gun why doesn’t YES/
Turner made lots of new-radar-gun-money from all those colorized movies.
True Story: Turner wanted to colorize Citizen Kane
Greatest film in history needed to be changed?
That’s why you play small ball there.
/Connie Mack’d
Ho. Ly. Shit.
And the Twinkies lead.
Ohhh shit!
Ocab. wow. the LF didnt even attempt to make a catch on it, weird
actually he just made a really bad one
The Twins are so hot right now. Twins.
He has the weirdest HR trot I’ve ever seen.
That looked like a wannabe Rickey trot.
anyone else think Raburn had a shot at that one?
Absolutely … looked like his misplayed where he thought it would come down. He might have had a chance on it. Or so it looked in the one replay I saw.
Yup, he did and he kinda blew it by leaping too early.
O-DOG!!!!
(pssst… that nickname is taken already.)
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Shit, I got my Orlando nicknames mixed up.
I’m all over the map with this game. When the Tigers are winning I want us to face the Twins. Now that the Twins are winning I want us to face the Tigers.
i want an extra inning game
as i said other than verlander and cabrera no one on the tigers even bothers me at all. minnesota on the other hand has 4-5 hot hitters and a much better bullpen than detroit.
I’m with you. That’s what three consecutive first round exits will do to a man.
I wonder if a more athletic LF would have made that catch? It’s a shame the Tigers don’t have one……Wait A Minute!!!!
Maybe I do want to see the tigers…their pen is pretty shoddy, and the Yanks are the kings of patience and late-inning heroics.
this
Orlando Cabrera and Nick Punto are Bash-Brothering the Twinkies into October baseball, like Jose and Mark in their primes.
:: head explodes ::
worst… announcers…. ever
well get used to them since i think tbs runs the first round of the playoffs. any idea who is calling the yanks game tomorrow?
This crew.
i was afraid of that answer.
I’d rather Ron Darling than Flash and Kay.
And/or Steve Phillips, Joe Morgan, Rick Sutcliffe, etc.
That was crazy.
I’d like to have a tie in the next inning and then have both teams start burning some bullpen….Bern baby Bern!!!
OCabrera .. the thorn in our 04 alcs and 05 alds flesh… that guy is a pest
Seriously bad memories.
cant get it out of the system until they hoist 27
the OC = clutch personified
‘Ni’ has to be the shortest name in the majors.
He’s like the anti-Saltalamacchia
his name rolls off the tongue though
Ni’s name i mean
I have a strange urge to bring him a shrubbery.
…a what?
+ It
I’m sad that my “knights who say Ni!” link got stuck in the filter
hopefully Miggy comes up and beats on the ball like he beat his wife and ties the game.
…too soon?
Yeah, probably.
……a tad, whozat.
Congrats to to the tigers & hopefully onto the 12,13th inning!!
………i agree.
…………yes, yes I do.
TIE GAME!!!
FUCK YEAH!!
CMON EXTRA INNINGS!!
20 innings, FTW!
yeah! go extras!
Nice.
Ok, now just keep it here for like…8 more innings.
I want Verlander to come in and throw some pitches today
I want to see the game so long that both teams have to call upon Jack Morris & Jim Katt to pitch!!
Extras here we come.
Magglio Ordoñez might be a vampire. His resurrection is the one reason I may ultimately want to play the Twins more than the Tigers, even though I’d generally rather not play the hotter of the two teams:
If Magglio can give Detroit a second legit bat in the order next to Cabrera, that changes the dynamic a lot.
especially with him AND polanco heating up…
This. Totally this. Seriously, he has come back from out of no where in the last couple of months.
Ding-Dong….
Vitamin delivery for mr. Magglio Ordonez…
from your pal, David Ortiz
Magglio, what do you attribute this sudden hot streak at the end of the season to? How have you been able to do it?
Magglio: “I’m still looking to gether information. I really can’t say anything until all the facts are in. Until then, please direct all questions to my union representitive.”
crazy game.
I didnt think it was too soon. He’s not on the Yanks so he’s fair game. No one told him to booze it up during a pennant race.
He went from Venezuala to Miami to DETROIT!! I don’t blame him for getting wasted.
lol
A) Doesn’t matter whether he’s on the Yanks or another team; wife-beating or spousal abuse is not really a joking matter.
B) Please use the reply button. Thanks in advance.
take it easy dude. I wasnt advocating spousal abuse. I was making joke on a sports board not a panel on domestic violence. Sheesh forget i said anything….and now back to the game.
Sheesh forget i said anything…
You got it, will do.
Regarding A): What if it’s a common-law wife? I mean, it’s not really a wife, is it?
I’m all for you joking on him for getting wasted the day before the big game like an idiot and having to get bailed out of the clink by his boss like a moron, but the domestic violence can just be left out of it. Just my two cents.
Seriously…there is no reason for this game to end in my opinion. Only after a 18-inning affair will we truly see who the better team is.
Whoa, whoa…can we truly decide this with a game that takes less than 36-48 hours? That seems irresponsible.
I say pin the two teams against each other in a Triathlon. Only then can we separate the men from the boys.
Or, perhaps, some kind of melee. They already have a wide selection of blunt weapons available. That should keep fatalities down.
Damn, am I the only who hates to see all the dejected fans after a moment like that? I hate reveling in a fan’s most vulnerable moment….unless it’s a red sox fan that is
It’s hard for me to buy that Leyland has done such an amazing job, and that “his tigers have responded again, and again…” when they had a 7 game lead a month ago, a three game lead four days ago, and still had to play today.
It’s hard for me to buy anything from a grown man called Chip.
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ALL IS WELL!!!!
nathan coming in for more than an inning would be very good since they play tomorrow if they win. same with rodney.
I figure Nathan pitches the 9th. Rodney may only pitch if the Tigers get a lead.
If runners wind up on the corners here, I expect to see Nathan.
throw strikes damn it
For all those who complain about Girardi’s bullpen management and excessive bunting, take a look at the awful job done today by “baseball’s best.” Neither has a clue, and Girardi is spectacular by comparison.
Amen to that, Moshe
gardenhire almost cost them the game saturday too with his deplorable bullpen managemnt
Mike picked Gardenhire for Manager of the Year over Girardi.
this game owns
Andy Seiler’s Mock Draft has us picking high schooler Justin O’Conneras the #32 pick.
The Yankees are building a solid core of young hitting in their system, and they’re only lacking an eventual replacement for Derek Jeter. Enter Justin O’Conner. O’Conner’s got all the tools to be a plus shortstop with both the glove and the bat, and it’s only his geographic location that’s hampered him as a prospect. He’s got one of the best infield arms in the entire class, and there’s not much thought that he’ll ever have to move positions. He hits well, too, and he could easily surpass both Machado and Cabrera in this class of shortstops. This would be a great pick for the Yankees, who should be brainstorming about who should replace Jeter in the near-future.
He has the Red Sox picking Jedd Gyorko fwiw
Any mock draft that comes out this early is completely and totally useless, and nothing but a waste of time.
just thought I’d point it out, of course any pick could shoot up or completely sink.
i agree, but Jameson Taillon certainly had an impressive tourney leading the USA to gold going 7.2 4H 0ER 16K’s in the finale.
No way he falls to us.
Justin O’Conner / as***
http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com <–link
thanks for the info, johan.
a) if the kid is that good, and he’s on some guy’s radar this early someone else will pick him.
b) if the Yanks need to be figuring out who’ll replace Jeter in the near future, how does picking an 18 year old kid in 2010 help? If he makes it by 2015, I’d be impressed.
Someone is mocking the draft already? Christ.
Why bother at this point?
here comes joe nathan
cmon joe, we need you here
What would you guys think is YES got a strike tracker like the one TBS has?
even all of the Fox Sports Affiliates around the country and NESN has something like that. YES is way behind the curve for some reason
I would be thrilled!!! It’s unbelievable how the # 1 regional sports network does not have a K-Zone of some sorts.
Opinions about how long this game has to go before we get Verlander at least up and throwing?
20 30 innings
i dont think he could even if they wanted him to. he threw 120 pitches 48 hrs ago. if it was tomorrow maybe.
12th, absolute minimum.
Tie game at home, Nathan it is.
nathan should have been in an inning ago but ok
You want to bring in your closer in the 7th?
The 8th is being aggressive, the 7th is just dumb. Somebody else has to get some outs from your bullpen.
i misspoke, i meant the start of the inning.
joe nathan is the shit
Nicely done from Nathan there.
Can we get matching zeroes for ~10 more innings?
with the twins’ bullpen???
Don’t count on it
This has been a pretty productive day for me. Im watching some incredible playoff baseball, and I got NBA 2K10…..YAY!