Honestly, who lets a young pitcher like JV go 130 pitches?

 

The funny thing is Verlander went into the 8th at the Cell earlier in the year, and he imploded (Gavin's near no-no)

Honestly, who lets a young pitcher like JV go 130 pitches?

 

 

This is probably one of those games where Leyland tells himself, well it's the 2008 season right here.

 

There can be no other rationale.

Honestly, who lets a young pitcher like JV go 130 pitches?

Dusty Baker...

Alexei with a clutch hit right there... Wish he wouldn't have gotten caught though

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I can't believe they didn't throw Ramirez another slider.

BA to CF, Swish to first.

Honestly, who lets a young pitcher like JV go 130 pitches?

Seriously. I mean, I hate the Tigers and everything. But, it just pisses me off to see young starters get overworked like that, no matter who it is.

Honestly, who lets a young pitcher like JV go 130 pitches?

He goes into 115, 120 territory a lot though.

bobby, you have a dirty hat

Alexei with a clutch hit right there... Wish he wouldn't have gotten caught though

 

With Thome running I think they wanted him to draw the throw.

Honestly, who lets a young pitcher like JV go 130 pitches?

Oh puh-lease. Pitch count is so overrated, it's not even funny anymore. Pitchers can easily throw 130 pitches a night, but because teams invest so much in pitchers now-a-days, GM's and managers baby the pitchers.

Alexei with a clutch hit right there... Wish he wouldn't have gotten caught though

He did the right thing. With Thome running and the fact that the ball was hit very hard, you want the runner to get caught to ensure the runner scores.

Oh puh-lease. Pitch count is so overrated, it's not even funny anymore. Pitchers can easily throw 130 pitches a night, but because teams invest so much in pitchers now-a-days, GM's and managers baby the pitchers.

 

Why even risk it in a game like this?

 

How good would Verlander look in a Sox uni??

Excellent win tonight. Thome and Ramirez had the clutch 2 out hits.

Now THAT is how you play baseball.

Great game, everyone! Big props to Danks!

That is a lot more like it....great game there. Nice to see the pitching may be coming back around.

really needed a game like this

one of the best games i've watched all year long

Johnny Danks came up huge when we needed it.

Excellent win tonight. Thome and Ramirez had the clutch 2 out hits.

 

how does alexei keep doing what he's doing

He did the right thing. With Thome running and the fact that the ball was hit very hard, you want the runner to get caught to ensure the runner scores.

Gotcha. I'm listening to the game on the radio, so I couldn't see it. They didn't really explain the situation.

Why even risk it in a game like this?

 

It was 3-1, the Tigers were still very much in it. Plus, their bullpen sucks and was taxed out from the previous night.

how does alexei keep doing what he's doing

cause he's a stone cold pimp?