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Terrible reaction time by Pods...what a shocker. If Ozzie has Thornton warming up, why didn't he bring him in to face Guillen?

Garcia is throwing some great pitches to hit this inning for the Tigers. It will be a minor miracle if Guillen gets out.

Thornton's up in the pen...interesting.

This would have been a nice time to bring Thornton into the game, and see if he can give you 2 strong innings.

First pitch hanger, and Ordonez with a single. Ozzie better get the bullpen up.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 01:08 AM) I thought it was even more interesting, because when Gload PH it was leading off an inning. I still think Ozzie is making the call. On the radio this morning, the media members that were in the clubhouse after the game didn't think it was Ozzie's decision.

Damn...that ball hung up there. A much better AB for AJP.

I didn't think about this last night, but anyone else find it interesting that in a game where Ozzie gets tossed, whoever was in charge made the decision to play Gload in LF over Pods? It seems like it's been forever since AJP hit a liner for a base hit.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 01:02 AM) Has anyone talked about who to bring up if Thome is out for a while? My guess would be Sweeney for RF, and Dye to DH. Sweeney might not play everyday, Mack would see some RF. But Sweeney could get a lot of AB's. I'm 99 pct sure we'd play Gload everyday at 1B/DH with PK.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:59 AM) I went there after the game last night. I played blackjack and was up $80 after 2 hands. I would rather not say how the evening ended. Although I did get solicited by an approx. 55 year old blond. I told her I was broke. Oh...so Milkman's mom was working last night?

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:55 AM) Would it be to much to ask to pull Freddy now? Give the actual solid part of our pitching chance a staff to close this one out? Our pen has been so solid, I'd let them have this one. How far was Chris Young's homer today?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:56 AM) No. I had a couple of $8 beers though. We stayed in Windsor, home of the Cuban cigar shops on every block. I think if I was 19 again, I may have died in Windsor. Did you stay at the Windsor Casino? They have a sweet horse racing gambling game there.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:55 AM) Conjecture. He isn't facing Santana and Verlander over in the NL and it would have cost us major prospects and we'd have probably lost him at the end of the season anyhow. All that and there is NO WAY you can gurantee anything because our pitching stinks. I didn't want a friggin left fielder when our Starting pitching staff all have eras over 4 or 5. If we had great pitching, but just needed some more punch then sure...go for the guy, but he would have done nothing but deplete resources and instead of losing 7-4, we'd just lose 7-6. It would have been a totally assinine trade and IM glad Kenny didnt make it (McCarthy and Fields/Sweeney + ANOTHER prospect?....yea give me some of that whacky weed). Even though I disagree with you, I like your style in this post. We need more people on this site who can put together an argument like this.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:54 AM) Freddy growing cajones right before our eyes. It's a good thing he has a 91 mph fastball, and not his 88 mph fastball. That extra velocity allows him to get in on the hands of someone like Monroe.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:54 AM) Very nice, very nice. Cintron, just stop that. I honestly think my entire chest cavity shifted when I saw the trajectory of that throw.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:53 AM) We were up at Comerica last year, and I thought the same thing. Brutal. Did u check out the cigar bar they just put in? You're too young to be smoking! Holy cow...my heart definitely skipped a beat. Good job Freddy!

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:51 AM) Because he can't pitch. They just said it...Detroit has a mediocre scoring offense, but have by far the best record in baseball because of their pitching. Its all about pitching. Soriano would have definitely added a few wins to this team's record since the deadline.

He got Granderson to chase that. Here comes the Tigers hottest hitter...is a double play too much to ask for?

Ozzie better get the bullpen up. However, this is the exact situation where he never has the balls to be proactive. We're a hanging slider away from a tie game.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:46 AM) I think Mack is slower, but only by a hair. Ozuna is faster than Pods. Ozuna is on a different planet compared to Pods when you're discussing speed and quickness.

And here we go. If we lose this game, that Pods AB is going to be the turning point. QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:44 AM) I said Mack had SIMILAR speed to Pods earlier today, and was mocked. Pods might be faster, but when you include hustle, I think Mackowiak, Gload, and Cintron get down the line faster than him.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:43 AM) Can't wait till Pods last game here Me too...except there's going to be a lot of fat teenage girls that are sad to see him go.

Hawk is just livid about that Pods AB.

Was it too early in the game to ph Anderson there, and just move Mackowiak to LF? It's funny, but today on the radio, they said that Ozzie has told the media Pods won't play against LHP until he proves he can hit RHP. QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 12:41 AM) Ball takes a high hop and speedy von Dergan cant beat it out to 1st. Does he have lead in his shoes. I'm convinced that Mackowiak and Gload are faster than him.

I hate you Scott Podsednik! What a heartless AB by a pathetic player.