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Fernando Rodney is now out longer than originally expected; So Tigers call up reliever Beltran When it rains, it pours.... http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnered=rss_det

Read an interesting fact - Of the last five WS champions, not one has led the majors in runs scored. The last five finished (2007-2003) 6th, 16th, 17th, 2nd and 13th in runs scored. ============== So for those who think Det can be a contender once their hitting picks up, keep in mind that pitching is still what wins championships

Ozzie hinting at not benching Quentin if he continues to show he is good....Ownes in AAA at least until next weekend. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...0,4690785.story

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 6, 2008 -> 03:06 AM) Tough to find anything wrong about today's game. You take Inge out of the Tigers lineup, and Floyd has a shut out. Hell, I feel Floyd was taken out too early, but I guess it's early in the season. Going into this season, most people were worried about Buehrle and Floyd. While I was worried about those two as well, I was mainly worried about Contreras and Buehrle. If Floyd and Danks can develop into a good 1-2 punch, I feel much better about this season... and the future. Jenks low velocity still scares me, but with his variety of pitches and usually good location, he should get by for the most part. What???? No knee jerk reactions??? OMG THE SKY IS FALLING - OMG THE SKY IS FALLING....WE HAVE NO FARM SYSTEM....WE HAVE NO STARTING PITCHING.....WE HAVE NO BULL PEN.....WE TRADED AWAY 1ST BALLOT HOF'ER RYAN SWEENEY.....BLAH BLAH BLAH

Bump....where are you Steve?

0-5 bi-tches

I know this is going to be an unpopular sentiment here and I am gonna get flamed/bashed big time, but I will say it none the less Yes, Count had major control issues today, but he still made some very key outs and battled to keep the score to 5 and did good to get to the 6th inning, saving Masset for tomorrow if Floyd gets hammered. I am not saying the Count should be praised, but he did get out of key bases loaded jam in 1st and then another one later with minimal damage. Hopefully, this helps him figure his stuff out and it only gets better than that. Also, Tigers are one of the better hitting ball clubs now with Miggy in there.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 08:42 PM) I'm not sure why Kenny is upset about losing out on Renteria on the downside of his career and having to eat Dontrelle's salary to get Cabrera (and have to give him $130 million). Nowhere has Kenny been quoted as saying he was upset at Tigers getting Renteria....do not assume what the media says is true. They are simply interpreting....and they are wrong >95% of the time

QUOTE(bschmaranz @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 08:43 PM) What the hell has gotten into AJ? Too many knocks on the head during wrestling?

QUOTE(soxfan3530 @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 08:42 PM) I am already falling in love with Linebrink!!! White Sox! What? But didn't we overpay for a bum? Did you see all the off season posts from the experts here? Did you even first get your post validated by fathom?

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) 0-4 so far. I may have created a monster.....keep this thread bumped - the tiggers are gonna crash and burn this season And yeah, fock those experts on ESPN and on this site who predicted the Tiggers would be a contender this year .....

Bullpen looking much better compared to last year O looking much better compared to last year Swish, Carlos looking like great acquisitions in the off season Crede getting his swing back, which will help us get better spects back even if we do not keep him all year AJP & THome mashing LH pitching (better than last year) Detoilet looking like crap .... their BP is gonna kill them all year....welcome to our world from last year, bastages

Nice job Bobby going after Polanco's head....nothing like some extra intimidation after beating them

I am loving our new BP....so much easier seeing Dotel, Linebrink, Jenks mowing guys down (1st day notwithstanding with Dotel)

After seeing Count get hit by IRod on pitches inside, Dotel doing the right thing keeping everything away .... 2-2 .... make him swing to outside pitches...he does not like to walk

Renteria gone....another of those over-hyped acquisitions by the Tiggers in the off season...nice work Dotel K!!!!

Dotel gets the dangerous Cabrera....with a man on base, I did not want to see a dong here....huge out

QUOTE(max power @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 07:34 PM) Bearsox. He has repeatedly shown how clueless he is when it comes to baseball...so why bother

Swish was a great acquisition....who cares for the spects we gave up

UGH....we should have just given up the 1 out on 1B....idiots

Isnt Grilli an ex Sox? Stop the presses - Juanny took 2 balls without hacking in a row

QUOTE(DonnyDevito @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 07:26 PM) the TIGGER fans are going to be booing A LOT this season...Bwahahahahahaha! I was gonna say the same thing....the expectations after the Cab trade were ridiculous....with no bull pen and very iffy starting pitching they are gonna be screwed all year ....

QUOTE(max power @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 07:24 PM) Maybe because AJ is hitting the s*** out of the ball? True; but I think after the 7th inning in a close game, if Paulie is on 2nd, I would feel better with a pinch runner like Ozuna...and then have Swish move to 1B and Anderson replace Ozuna to go to CF....we get better base path speed to score if someone gets a hit and we get better D in CF....win win

AJP GOING FOR THE BATTING TITLE YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD.....YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FOCK YEAH KILL THESE BASTAGES

Single from JD and Paulie stops with a trot to 3rd.....why did Ozzie not use Ozuna as pinch runner for Kong here??? And then use Swisher at 1B and Anderson at CF