Baseball

Detroit teams are going for the Trifecta again today, but even better.  The Tigers beat the Yankees 8 - 4 to complete their first sweep of the Yankees and Yankee stadium since 1966.  i.e. it had never happened in my lifetime.  It is such a shame that they are closing the stadium after this year.

Edited by rushfan4 - May 01 2008 at 23:51

Well, the Pirates kicked Perez's sorry little ass today, so that makes up for that.  

Nice to see the Phillies actually give Hamels some run support last night....

The Tigers are in for a 3 day visit to Yankee Stadium.  I'm hoping that they can take at least 2 out of 3 from the Yankees, who are also struggling, but I am afraid that the Tigers uncharacteristically anemic starting pitching will be the antidote to the Yankees' woes.  Unlike the Tampa Rays who seem to sweep the Yankees no matter how they are playing, the Yankees always seem to give their best to the Tigers, with the 2006 American League Division Series being the exception.  It will also be interesting to see which Tigers hitters show up.  The ones that are capable of scoring double digit runs every game, or the one that has shown up most nights this season and been shut out 4 times and held to less than 4 runs on many other occasions.  I'm hoping for the former.  At the very least, hopefully it is a good series with exciting finishes (unless of course it is Todd "The Roller Coaster" Jones who is providing the exciting finishes, in which case I hope the Tigers win soundly). 

Oh, I'm not saying the Pirates former GM was good.  The Adam LaRoche trade hasn't worked out so far, and he's off to poor start, but then again Mike Gonzalez on the Braves is still injured. 

You're right though, it's really unfair to the fans, especially having that new ballpark.  Something is seriously wrong with their management if they've had this many losing seasons in a row.  Didn't many people walk out of a game last year?  

Edited by darkmatter - April 28 2008 at 13:22

I'll agree with the part about shoring up the pitching staff, although if that's what they wanted to do, they should have looked at cheaper options other than a pitcher who is making $10 million (?) a year for that season and this season.  But I can't see the Pirates fans getting excited about an overpriced pitcher coming to their team who has lost several straight decisions.  I suppose the Pirates are lucky they only gave up a backup outfielder to get him, but they certainly weren't lucky that they had to pay his whole contract.   

"The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" sounds too cumbersome, I usually just call them the Los Angeles Angels... or just the Angels.

Interesting to see the Pirates cut Matt Morris, who has been awful since that trade last year.  Which raises the question: why did the Pirates trade for Matt Morris?  I still have not seen an reasonable answer to that question.  I mean, they gave up almost nothing to get him, but why would a rebuilding team take on a dead-weight contract like Morris's?  I think he had lost seven decisions in a row before that trade.


Edited by darkmatter - April 28 2008 at 11:59

The Tigers rotation this year has had as many quality starts (six innings or more with three earned runs or less) as Chien-Ming Wang. 

Edited by rileydog22 - April 27 2008 at 21:07

Squonkman wrote: crimhead wrote: Squonkman wrote: crimhead wrote: 3. Busch Stadium - 2nd busch in the 3. Have yet to see a game at the new Busch, maybe next month.   ---how long have you been in St Louis? No games during the inaugural World Series title year? So are you a Dodgers fan or a Cardinal fan? Moved to Missouri in '95 and St. Louis last year. A fan of neither team, I like baseball.   You can be a fan of a team and like baseball too.   Are you going to see Crimson play in either Nashville or Chicago?

Wish that I could be but between work and family I can't do it this time around. I am hoping that they play next year.

crimhead wrote: Squonkman wrote: crimhead wrote: 3. Busch Stadium - 2nd busch in the 3. Have yet to see a game at the new Busch, maybe next month.   ---how long have you been in St Louis? No games during the inaugural World Series title year? So are you a Dodgers fan or a Cardinal fan? Moved to Missouri in '95 and St. Louis last year. A fan of neither team, I like baseball.