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Ah, but the Tigers have 4 "Closers" in Todd Jones, Fernando Rodney, Joel Zumaya, and Kyle Farnsworth and none of them can hold a lead.   

Another fabulous performance by Farnsworth for the Tigers last night.  6-5 with 2 outs in the 8th inning and Leyland decides to bring Farnsworthless in.  He proceeded to give up a homerun to make it 6-6.  And sadly with the Tigers lead 8-6 in the 14th, Zumaya proceeded to follow in the footsteps of Jones, Rodney, and Farnsworth and gave up a 3-run homer to Nick Swisher so the Tigers lost yet again because of their sh**ty bullpen.

Well originally they were the LA Angels when they played at Wrigley field (a minor league park) and Dodger Stadium from 61-66 in LA.  Then they moved to Anaheim and became the California Angels then the Anaheim Angels when Disney bought them  and now the LA Angels of Anaheim under Moreno.  It really is kinda stupid to keep changing it.  I cannot think of another team in any sports that did that.  Neither New York FB teams did it when they moved to New Jersey and how stupid would the Irving Cowboys would have sounded.  I think they at first wanted to shed the LA moniker to separate themselves from the Dodgers and now they want it back because it represents something larger than Anaheim. 

rileydog22 wrote: Garion81 wrote: rileydog22 wrote: Plus, Molina had caught Jared Weaver several times in LA, so he knew exactly what was coming.    No offense and I know it is easy to refer to it that way but Anaheim is not LA no matter what Arte Moreno tries to convince you of.  It's not even in the same county. I actually get a lot of amusement out of the Angels' geographically incorrect name.  Whenever I get a chance I butcher their name, the current favorite being the Anaheim Angels of California.

ProgBagel wrote: Reading the paper today, seems that might have been Ras's last start. Hinting on Kennedy

Official word from the Yanks is that Dan Giese will take the start and that Rasner will take the long-relief role. 

Reading the paper today, seems that might have been Ras's last start. Hinting on Kennedy

rushfan4 wrote: Good to see that Farnsworth is already paying dividends for the Tigers.

Yeah, that was a typical performance for him last year. 

Good to see that Farnsworth is already paying dividends for the Tigers.

Today it was four innings, five earned runs for Rasner.  They only won because the Anaheim Angels of California suddenly couldn't play defense.  

Rasner's ERA is almost 5.  And that's after a spectacular couple of starts to begin his season.  His last outing was discouraging as hell; his curveball was the only pitch that was very effective, but he refused to throw it.  Every time he got two strikes, he just missed with fastballs until he walked the guy or gave up a hit.