Baseball 2009

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Seems my team is about to do it again to the post season.   GO ROCKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Iván

Nothing like watching a World Series game during a snow storm. 

The Tigers fell behind 2-0 going into the 4th inning and things were looking pretty dire.  After all, they scored 11 runs yesterday so that means that runs were going to be at a premium tonight.  Fortunately, they scored 4 in the top of the 4th and now lead 4-2 going into the 7th inning.  Verlander has pitched really good other than the 3rd inning.  Hopefully, they hold on and go into the weekend 3 games ahead of the Twinkies.  Hopefully, the White Sox will lay down for the Tigers like they did for the Twinkies, and the Royals will give the Twinkies as hard of time as they have given the Tigers this month.

7 game homestand to end the season.  4 against the Twinkies and 3 against the White Sox.  I'll probably be in attendance for all of them, so it should be an awesome week.  Hopefully, they can clinch sooner rather than later, to alleviate some of the being a fan stress.

I'll be shocked if the Lions can beat the Redskins.  Yeah!!! Tigers just scored their 5th run on an RBI double from Carlos Guillen.

Lions couldn't beat the Skins when the Lions were a decent team.  Hard to think they can beat the Skins when the Lions are a bad team.

Yep.  Univ. of Michigan is 3 and 0, so all is right in the universe again.    I'm going to see the Wings play tomorrow night in a preseason game (no PT in Michigan for me, although I could go see Tiles play again since they are playing Friday night).  And of course, I am present and accounted for for the Tigers run to the pennant (wishful thinking anyways).

whew....  escaped that inning...

And Rodney was Rodney.  2-run homer to Shin-Soo Choo and the score was 6 to 5 Tigers.  He then gave up a single to Hafner to put the game winning run to the plate.  Jhonny Peralta then hit a line drive towards left and Brandon Inge made the Sports Center Number 1 play to make the catch and end the game.  Rodney is something like 33 for 34 in save opportunities, but he could have very easily blown about 25 of those saves with the trouble that he has got himself into.

Eddie Bonine had a no-hitter going into the 6th inning, and lost it by giving up a two run homerun with two outs after an error by Brandon Inge.  Tigers lose 2 - 0.  I know that Jake Peavy is good, but he has been hurt all year.  Where the f**k was the Tigers offense that supposedly was peaking at the right time of the season.  Twinkies won and now the Tigers' lead is only two games.  The collar is starting to get pretty tight.  This weeks 4 games series is definitely going to be the deciding factor.    Damn Tigers were up 7 games two weeks ago and should have been able to clinch fairly easily but nooooooo they have to make it stressful. 

Greinke shutdown the Twins, but the Tigers couldn't take advantage against the White Sox.  Still they have a two game lead going in to our 4 game series with the Twins. As long as the Tigers take two they will be in great shape going in to the weekend.