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Everything Valverde does on the mound is weird looking.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 09:17 PM) Hell no...maybe it was fate making my internet not working so I couldn't yell WALK HIM, but Cabrera's just too damn good of a hitter to throw bad pitches to. Fixed.

Rios and Dunn coming through would really turn around our season...

Hey, at least Ohman didn't do anything bad.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 09:13 PM) With the way that they've both looked today, with the roll Martinez is on, with Crain and Cabrera both being righties, walking him is just as much a roll of the dice. Cabrera just won. Yeah, Crain needed to execute. He had Cabrera exactly where he wanted him. No pitch calling and no pitch execution on 1-2 there.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 09:11 PM) I mean honestly....WHY THE f*** wouldn't you just pitch around him?!?!? Goddamn.... On deck hitter is too good and neutralizes the righty/righty advantage he had on Miggy. This is why VMart is so important to Cabrera/Tigers.

Wow, I had no idea that was going out until the camera flipped to Lilly looking over the fence. Guess we needed some more creative pitch calling there.

WOW. Huge balls by Crain to go with the change three times in a row. That was a very good changeup.

Throw another slider here.

Rare changeup by Crain. Good idea, really.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) Their best hitter. I don't think Miggy has it tonight. Crain better get this lefty out or I'm going to second guess the hell out of this. That inside slider is a good start.

Why not IBB Boesch to set up a DP? Who is on deck?

I think Rios just didn't even think about the ball bouncing off the wall, was just trying to run to where the ball was going to land.

Guess he should have let that leadoff walk happen.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 08:59 PM) Cheer up. Both Rios and Dunn get to hit next inning. I'd like to see Paul PH for Rios, send Dunn to OF, Paulie to 1st. And I'm aware that that cripples our defense. But Rios is furthest from contributing offensively tonight and has already shown that he isn't even wiling to run hard to try to make up for his slump

It's easy to be mad at the offense, but Verlander is really damn good.

Holy s***, Beckham's eye is still very bad looking.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 08:56 PM) That might've been the most unhittable pitch I've ever seen in my life. Saw Contreras throw a splitter into the 1st base dugout area seats at Yankee Stadium once. Like to see you try and hit that.

That was just a great, great pitch. And had DP written all over it.

Slow start for Verlander = 3+ no hit innings to start the game? Not sure if he got 4?

lol @ Alexei's flinch there

If Dunn tried to do what Alexei just did he'd need a new bat.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) With 2 strikes though, that was a nasty hook. Verlander's going to get the benefit of the doubt on that kind of thing. That thing was just sick. I'm not upset about the call, and it would have been damn tough for anyone to hit.

I don't know how any lefty would ever hit Verlander.

The mark of a good pitcher is when his bad innings are scoreless.