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Seattle Beats Detroit By A Touchdown

admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:19:01 +0000

No, the Seahawks weren’t in town, although it seemed like it after looking at the score. 14-7. Wow. Not to mention the Indians and the Yankees won again. Boston is going to have to sweep New York and The Tigers are going to have to win 6 of the next 8 including all three against The Tribe or it’ll be over. Four BIG reasons why it might be over already:

Cleveland ——————>…83 – 60
New York ——————>…81 – 62
Detroit ———————>…77 – 66
——–>19 Games Left<————-

Tigers Keep Rolling but Sabathia Lifts the Tribe

admin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:22:42 +0000

Well, at this point in the year all you can do is keep winning, which Detroit has done now for the last 4 games. Unfortunately, Cleveland and New York aren’t so bad themselves. Of course Cleveland was going to win with the probable Cy Young winner on the mound, but it would have been nice to see New York stumble, to feel like we are gaining ground, rather that just not losing any.
Timo Perez Still Shining

Oh well. One surprising bright spot has been the emergence of Timo Perez. This guy is hitting like someone fighting for a spot on a playoff roster (bye-bye Cameron Maybin). He added 3 more hits today to bring his average up to .429. That, to go along with a couple of spectacular plays in the field only add to his value right now, as the Tigers desperately need the fresh blood.

I wouldn’t expect to see Cameron Maybin get too many more swings this year. Granderson is going to have to finally face his demon’s with the lefties. With Magglio, Timo and Grandy in the outfield – things look alot better than they did a couple of weeks ago. Now they just have to claw their way back in this thing, and they will be hard to beat if they make it to the playoffs.

With Laffey pitching for Cleveland Sunday, the Angels should be able to help the Tigers some more. But Detroit is going to have to do their part. Bonderman will have his work cut-out for him because Detroit is not going to score 12 runs tomorrow. It sure would be nice to “only” be back 4 games on Monday. I’d even accept a Lions loss to the Raiders in exchange for that one.

Verlander Has Stepped Up As Tigers Ace

admin — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:24:12 +0000

Verlander Strong Again

The thing that is so amazing about this kid, is how much better he has gotten over his last few starts. Granted, a month ago he was horrid. But once they corrected the flaws in his pitching mechanics, he has gotten better and better.

In his last start, he lasted almost 130 pitches. In this one he was much more efficient. The Tigers do not want him to throw 130 pitches. They want him to do what he did today; 8 solid innings allowing one run and not giving up a single walk. That is the definition of a workhorse.

They needed to open up with a win against Seattle. They need a whole lot more, but this’ll do for now. Helping matters, the Indians lost again to the only team hotter than them – The Angels. The Yankees were held to only 3 runs for a change, but still managed to beat KC. So now it is 5 GB of Cleveland and 3 GB of NY for the wildcard. Too bad Sabathia is pitching for the Tribe tomorrow. The best we can hope for is to win so as not to lose ground.