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Can't believe that play by Jackson. CRAP. Austin has been close to a superstar or MVP for them this year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 23, 2012 -> 02:37 PM) Brad Lincoln is in. Ugh. Where is Steve Delabar? Happy not to be teaching, lol. Echevarria might never be able to hit...but that kid has a ton of range. He ALMOST came up with that play in the bottom of the 8th. Gose is another uber talented athlete in the same category...but hasn't hit, either.

Lincoln into the game. He's struggled a lot recently.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 23, 2012 -> 02:31 PM) The Tigers have certain games that they call "premium games" that they charge more for as well. When you have three superstars, you can get away with it...and that payroll. They still don't know how long Cabrera's going to be out with that ankle injury, either. It could be they win the battle today but lose the war. We've got a "budding" or baby superstar in Sale, but there's not much evidence that there's a huge upturn in home crowds when he pitches, like Greinke in KC, Halladay in Toronto, Verlander in Detroit, etc.

Tigers are just amazingly tough to beat at home with those crowds. It's the advantage they're always going to have over us with dynamic pricing. They still have 10 games remaining with the Royals...that's not exactly comforting. Of course, we control our own destiny, but we're going to have to show up in DET next weekend this time. Hopefully, Morrow comes back tmrw and wipes out BALT and TB can sweep the A's at home to take some pressure off.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...date-chris-sale

The Tigers have only won 60% of Verlander's starts. No way he's in the Top 3 right now...and the Tigers are in 2nd place.

Thompson hitting so well in AA, great to see...hopefully he'll run out of season before they make an adjustment on him. And then he will also have the AFL to showcase his talents, probably with Mitchell, too.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/features/cyyoung Sale 5th in the AL Cy Young predictor, ahead of Verlander. Don't think Rodney will actually be that high, in reality.

Vizquel thrown out trying to steal 2nd to end the game. Had to get in scoring position for Rajai Davis...it was probably worth the shot, and a perfect throw from Avila.

Down to their final out in DET....still no baserunners or even a hint of one.

Blue Jays only have ONE hitter on their bench tonight, Omar Vizquel, of all people... 7-8-9 hitters for TOR, not looking too optimistic.

Well, Jeter definitely came to play this series. Tie ballgame. Knew it wasn't going to be a 1-0 shutout against the Yankees in August at USCF.

Gets Ichiro with the slide piece. Nice to see Chris with a higher strikeout game.

Blue Jays had a great chance to take the lead but couldn't get the key hit there. One more inning against Valverde.

Baltimore down 8-1 already to TEX. So we'll be ahead of them at least...and, at worst, tied with the A's. Wild card races will surely go down to the last day of the season.

Sale with guts there to go after TEX with fastballs after he gave up a double the first time up on one. Or cockiness, not sure which.

Tigers' bullpen has been vulnerable...especially Benoit. Villarreal is their version of Nathan Jones. Tigers escape with the lead.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 07:45 PM) On the Score today, they were talking about a Chris Rongey tweet that said the premium tickets were the ones that sold well yesterday and it was the regular priced tickets that didn't sell. Not sure if that makes sense. Maybe location...? If you're going to pay a lot of money to see the Yankees, you might as well pay $50-200 and have a great seat, rather than let's say $20-40 and just a so-so one. I guess the same logic applies to buying front row tickets to a concert of your favorite performer, rather than loge or mezzanine.

It's almost like Sale has been hearing all the whispers and seen the rankings of him 5th or lower among AL starters so he's out to prove that he's a legit member of that conversation about the best pitcher in either league. 94-95-95 to Ichiro. Goodbye. CRUISING.

DET leading 3-1, bottom of the 6th. As expected, no help there...and Verlander tmrw. Then they've got the Angels and Royals.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 07:37 PM) Farmer was not asked to pay $42.00 to sit in upperdeck either. And I also doubt he's ever paid a cent in his life to park at an MLB stadium. Stone's much richer, but he's smart enough not to jump on the fans and he has a more basic understanding of economic reality than does Farmer, whose ego is even bigger.

QUOTE (Real @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 07:34 PM) farmer ripping sox fans for not showing up, I love it because it's true It's hypocritical to RIP the fans when your team is gouging them to the amount of $200-500 per ticket. If they want to lose their home field advantage to make more profits, it's up to them. But don't dare jump all over the fans when you've institituted this dynamic pricing nonsense. If they wanted to sell out the stadium, they could easily make tickets more affordable. That would help the team just as much as making a LITTLE more profit but having 2-3-4,000 fewer fans in attendance.

Nice to see the first half version of Chris Sale back. Maybe it's all the adrenaline from the match-up with the Yankees, but the added rest seems to have finally rejuvenated that left arm of his and brought life back to his pitches. For a month there, it was all duct tape and baling wire to get by.

Sale's at 93-94 MPH with his fastball in the first. That's VERY encouraging news. 95 to Cano. Lowest was 92. Unfortunately, TB and OAK both won and the Tigers are playing against a crippled Tigers line-up and Aaron Laffey. Not good.