SUCK ME DETROIT!

I noticed Detroit had SRO Friday night. Is Verlander that big of a draw? I know it's not the Sox.

Carlos Guillen is officially replacing Raburn at 2B (for at least a couple of weeks, or maybe the rest of the season if he hits)...$13 million they're spending on him, not sure who's getting the worst deal, the Tigers with Inge/Ordonez/Guillen or us with Rios/Peavy/Dunn?

 

Guess Santiago, Raburn and Inge will all be fighting for playing time. They really could use Beltran, too. Austin Jackson's going on the DL, Ordonez is giving them nothing (average or power-wise)...they've been piecing things together with Boesch, Wells and Dirks.

 

Magglio has a .589 OPS. That's Alex Rios bad. And we all know about him defensively.

 

 

http://www.freep.com/article/20110712/SPOR...cond-half-curse

Insightful article on why the Tigers have had a 170-200 record under Leyland in the 2nd half and choked away big leads against the Twins twice.

 

 

Baseball insiders believe the Detroit Tigers will continue big-game hunting before the July 31 trade deadline, hoping to land another front-line pitcher, such as Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez, or an impact position player, such as the Mets' Jose Reyes or Carlos Beltran.

 

Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland are both in the final year of their contracts, so the team has a feeling of desperation. Most teams are afraid to unload prospects and mortgage the future; but most teams don't have as much riding on one season as the 2011 Tigers.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by caulfield12

Yeah, mostly Verlander. Nice weather. The team was in first place at the Break. Friday night. One of their main rivals, a team they'd beaten in 11 of the 12 previous meetings dating back to last season. Guess the fans smelled blood in the water.

 

 

Ahem.

 

(Clears throat).

 

F*** YOU FOX

I noticed Detroit had SRO Friday night. Is Verlander that big of a draw? I know it's not the Sox.

 

I'm pretty sure the whole series is sold out.

Josh Lewin! I'm a fan.

Negro Leagues day today. Great uniforms: http://yfrog.com/kkjd2yj

 

 

Negro Leagues day today. Great uniforms: http://yfrog.com/kkjd2yj

Wish I could watch this one, I like those.

Bunting in the first? Goodness

Bunting in the first? Goodness

 

Was Lexi on his own there?

Ump will be fun today!

Negro Leagues day today. Great uniforms: http://yfrog.com/kkjd2yj

I also like the uniforms today!

I also like the uniforms today!

 

They're fantastic. Really some of the best throwback/tribute jerseys out there.

Q!

1-0

 

Your game Jackson.

Quentin!! Could be 3-0, but it's hard to know what would have happened if Dunn walked.

Can we stop playing Rios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can we stop playing Rios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no he said he was going to turn it around in the second half....

Well the Sox dont have a better CF on the roster or in their system, so until that happens I expect Rios will play 90% of games.

Well the Sox dont have a better CF on the roster or in their system, so until that happens I expect Rios will play 90% of games.

 

You don't know that at all. It's hard to imagine that De Aza could play any worse and give us less productive at bats than Rios has. Plain and simple, there's no time left to sit around hoping for him to show signs of life for the first time in a year.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by fathom

You don't know that at all. It's hard to imagine that De Aza could play any worse and give us less productive at bats than Rios has. Plain and simple, there's no time left to sit around hoping for him to show signs of life for the first time in a year.

 

I agree he is giving the Sox nothing

 

Rios has scored two less runs than Konerko...I found that odd.

Oh Gordon, that was beautiful!

GB nice play.

Gordon's glove has been sexy.