With their pitching and pen, they simply cannot do it.

Exactly. Very few teams, if at all, can hit their way to a 10-game win streak. But teams can pitch their way to one. As we are seeing with the Tigers pitching, they are bad and pitching their way to a ten game losing streak.

Edited August 7, 200817 yr by maggsmaggs

I'll be switching back and forth from the sox and bears game.

newbie in the house...huge Sox FAN....i have DTV....anybody else not get WCIU in HD?

I have the upgraded HD system...

Edited August 7, 200817 yr by griffey17

With their pitching and pen, they simply cannot do it.

i hear what you're saying but I just can't write them off yet. Maybe it's the scars of '05.

newbie in the house...huge Sox FAN....i have DTV....anybody else not get WCIU in HD?

I have the upgraded HD system...

Welcome aboard, Griff-man!

 

Welcome aboard, Griff-man!

Thank you sir! give the old man a chance, he might surprise you!

Thank you sir! give the old man a chance, he might surprise you!

I'm no Griffey hater. In fact, I think his acquisition was a decent move. I look forward to seeing him play tonight.

 

was there Tuesday for his debut.... he didn't play well, but know he still has some gas left in the tank

 

Also looking forward to tonight...it's almost time!!

pinpoint control

We need to get AJ out of the 2 spot.

Where is Rally Chops?

Oh how I hate WCIU. At least I've got Steve Stone.

We need to get AJ out of the 2 spot.

He's hitting .294 in August. He had a bit of a down July, but he's hitting .291 out of that slot. You could argue that Alexei would be sexier there because Alexei is just that good, but AJ has been fairly solid and consistent out of that hole.

Thames is 0/9 in August now.

He's hitting .294 in August. He had a bit of a down July, but he's hitting .291 out of that slot. You could argue that Alexei would be sexier there because Alexei is just that good, but AJ has been fairly solid and consistent out of that hole.

 

But he's a free swinger and his OBP is never good. Not to mention he is one of the slowest players on the team. Why not have Swisher or Griffey there?

Nice.. walk to make bases loaded...

Javy pisses me off!!!

Two singles and a 2 out walk to the #9 hitter loads the bases for the Tigers

Why not have Swisher or Griffey there?

 

.229 and .247 probably. Their OBP are about 20 points higher, though.

But he's a free swinger and his OBP is never good. Not to mention he is one of the slowest players on the team. Why not have Swisher or Griffey there?

Well, here's your question. Do you want a guy in that slot hitting .229 or .247?

 

The #2 slot is one where I actually care about batting average, because I want the guy putting the ball in play and being able to move runners along before God and JD come up.

 

Griffey I could tolerate, maybe, because his BA is a little higher than Swisher's. I just don't like a guy hitting .230 coming up before the deity.

Javy pisses me off!!!

 

Why treat the #9 hitter so gingerly and try to trick him with a telegraphed change-up when that will only make him a more dangerous hitter and speed up his bat? Even the Tigers' announcers noticed he was slowing down his motion.

He gawn.

Well, Javy gets out of it...

Thank God!!

He come sback to K Granderson. Yippe Ki ya