Detroit Tigers Baseball

I don’t know if an elephant could remember the last time Bonderman didn’t put the Tigers in a hole right out of the gate. One thing has become apparent over the last 6 weeks. Bonderman, Miller and Verlander really aren’t very good. Slumps happen, but this is just plain old ineptitude. It might have to […]

I’m not sure if I’ve ever known of a baseball game to go anywhere near this late. Of course the first thing I said to myself was, “I wonder if they have to stop selling beer at the ballpark at 2:00am?” You would think so, but I doubt the situation has ever arisen before. Either […]

I really don’t know what else to say. You score 8, they score 11. You shut them down completely for 9 innings, and they shut you down as well. Things just aren’t clicking. Detroit needed that win. They didn’t get it. On a night where Nate Robertson goes 8 2/3 scoreless innings, they can’t score […]

Yeah, well - 7 Earned Runs? In 4 innings! It’s hard to beat a baseball team that scores enough to beat the Lions. Pathetic. I can’t count how many times Verlander or Zach Miner had a hitter down 0-2, and the guy gets a hit. When you have a guy down 0-2, you’re supposed to […]

Somehow everything feels OK again. To see a starter go 6 2/3 of quality pitching, then give way to Zumaya, Rodney and Todd Jones - well it just gives me a warm feeling inside.
Jair Jurrjens flat out pitched today. True enough - the Indians haven’t exactly been an offensive powerhouse lately, but they are in […]