Been a fan since 1961
Sam
stretch run.
The MAJOR LEAGUE left fielder played that flyball for a triple. Get in
front of the ball numbnuts. Where was his backup? Not hustling that's
all I know. If the left fielder had dropped the ball...that's
excusable. Misplaying it is not.
Picked off first on a liner for a double play? Great coaching.
After the great Tampa series I thought the Tigers had what it took. I
was wrong. The team musta thought they were a shoe in.
I was there in 67 when we lost out on the last day. Those boys didn't
give it away. I was there in 87 when Minny skunked us. Last night was
trash.
Sam
TM
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Reminiscing...
Ya, I was there, too, in '67.
Two words: Don Mincher.
That fucker. :-)
Scott Smith
Hey. I like to trash on the Tigers when they screw up as much as
the next guy, but the Tigers hardly "gave it away". They fought
hard in both the recent 4 game series with the Twins and yesterdays
game. The Tigers didn't "give away" anything, IMO.
.
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SkippyPB
I was there for all of those as well as the 101 win season in 61 and
they still finished 2nd to Yankees who won 109 that season.
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SkippyPB
I thought they didn't play as hard as they could have in the White Sox
series. Maybe it was a hangover from getting the split in the 4 game
Twins series but that's really where they lost the whole thing.
TM
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It could have been that "other hangover" too.
BTW...any word on which Sox players Cabrera was drinking with at the
Townsend? Latino buddies? Maybe Ozzie? Or A.J. Pierzinski (I KNEW it!)?
Scott Smith
<swie...@Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:17:29 -0500, Scott Smith
><scott...@iphouse.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:47:33 -0500, Sam <s...@sam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>and that pitiful performance last night was the capper for a pathetic
>>>stretch run.
>>>
>>>The MAJOR LEAGUE left fielder played that flyball for a triple. Get in
>>>front of the ball numbnuts. Where was his backup? Not hustling that's
>>>all I know. If the left fielder had dropped the ball...that's
>>>excusable. Misplaying it is not.
>>>
>>>Picked off first on a liner for a double play? Great coaching.
>>>
>>>After the great Tampa series I thought the Tigers had what it took. I
>>>was wrong. The team musta thought they were a shoe in.
>>>
>>>I was there in 67 when we lost out on the last day. Those boys didn't
>>>give it away. I was there in 87 when Minny skunked us. Last night was
>>>trash.
>>>
>>>Sam
>>
>>
>>Hey. I like to trash on the Tigers when they screw up as much as
>>the next guy, but the Tigers hardly "gave it away". They fought
>>hard in both the recent 4 game series with the Twins and yesterdays
>>game. The Tigers didn't "give away" anything, IMO.
>>
>I thought they didn't play as hard as they could have in the White Sox
>series. Maybe it was a hangover from getting the split in the 4 game
>Twins series but that's really where they lost the whole thing.
Again, I disagree. The Tigers were simply outpitched in the ChiSox
series. Peavy pitched a great game one in that series, and Jackson
continued his late season slide.
Game two, pretty much the same scenario. Garcia pitched a great
game for the ChiSox and Figaro and the pen did pretty lousy for
the Tigers. What the hell was Leyland thinking by starting Figaro?
I don't think it was a lack of trying, it was just that the Tigers got
outplayed in those games...and I watched both of them very
carefully.
Scott Smith
<swie...@Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:15:54 -0700, "TM" <tee...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Sam" <s...@sam.com> wrote in message
>>news:25apc5tdd8frvhavm...@4ax.com...
>>> and that pitiful performance last night was the capper for a pathetic
>>> stretch run.
>>>
>>> The MAJOR LEAGUE left fielder played that flyball for a triple. Get in
>>> front of the ball numbnuts. Where was his backup? Not hustling that's
>>> all I know. If the left fielder had dropped the ball...that's
>>> excusable. Misplaying it is not.
>>>
>>> Picked off first on a liner for a double play? Great coaching.
>>>
>>> After the great Tampa series I thought the Tigers had what it took. I
>>> was wrong. The team musta thought they were a shoe in.
>>>
>>> I was there in 67 when we lost out on the last day. Those boys didn't
>>> give it away. I was there in 87 when Minny skunked us. Last night was
>>> trash.
>>>
>>> Sam
>>
>>Reminiscing...
>>
>>Ya, I was there, too, in '67.
>>
>>Two words: Don Mincher.
>>
>>That fucker. :-)
>
>I was there for all of those as well as the 101 win season in 61 and
>they still finished 2nd to Yankees who won 109 that season.
Wow, reaching WAY back for those fond Tigers memories. ;-)
John Poutre
Sounds like you need to go back to home then. Pitiful performance? Huh?
Yeah, they made a couple of key mistakes but if that is all you took out of
this game was a pitiful performance, you don't get it.
Sam
If you tell yourself that often enough you will believe it. I don't
get what you get and that's good.
Sam
<scott...@iphouse.com> wrote:
Well.......
Naw, they stunk. PU.
I don't care if a guy strikes out 5 times as long as he is swinging
the bat. I don't care if a guy drops a ball. I am bothered when dumb
plays lose games and that is what happened.
DrCrawdad
> On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:17:29 -0500, Scott Smith
>
>
>
> <scott.sm...@iphouse.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:47:33 -0500, Sam <s...@sam.com> wrote:
>
> >>and that pitiful performance last night was the capper for a pathetic
> >>stretch run.
>
> >>The MAJOR LEAGUE left fielder played that flyball for a triple. Get in
> >>front of the ball numbnuts. Where was his backup? Not hustling that's
> >>all I know. If the left fielder had dropped the ball...that's
> >>excusable. Misplaying it is not.
>
> >>Picked off first on a liner for a double play? Great coaching.
>
> >>After the great Tampa series I thought the Tigers had what it took. I
> >>was wrong. The team musta thought they were a shoe in.
>
> >>I was there in 67 when we lost out on the last day. Those boys didn't
> >>give it away. I was there in 87 when Minny skunked us. Last night was
> >>trash.
>
> >>Sam
>
> >Hey. I like to trash on the Tigers when they screw up as much as
> >the next guy, but the Tigers hardly "gave it away". They fought
> >hard in both the recent 4 game series with the Twins and yesterdays
> >game. The Tigers didn't "give away" anything, IMO.
>
> >.
> >.
>
> > MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/choppersmith
>
> I thought they didn't play as hard as they could have in the White Sox
> series. Maybe it was a hangover from getting the split in the 4 game
> Twins series but that's really where they lost the whole thing.
I'm a White Sox fan and I was really surprised the Tigers couldn't
manage to take 2 of 3 from the Sox in that last series in Detroit or
the preceding one in Chicago either. Twinkie fans should be thanking
Ozzie Guillen for starting Peavy two times against the Tigers.
Once the Sox were eliminated I was rooting for the Tigers. Now I'm
rooting for the Twinkies to beat the Evil Empire, thru gritted teeth.
powrwrap
> and that pitiful performance last night was the capper for a pathetic
> stretch run.
Pitiful performance Tuesday night? No.
Pathetic stretch run? Yes.
> The MAJOR LEAGUE left fielder played that flyball for a triple. Get in
> front of the ball numbnuts. Where was his backup? Not hustling that's
> all I know. If the left fielder had dropped the ball...that's
> excusable. Misplaying it is not.
The Tiger's outfield is very suspect. I've seen six misplays in the
last five games I've watched. Granderson had two go over his head in
the Twins series in Detroit. Guillen blew a play against the White
Sox, Rayburn's muffed play, etc.
Yes, where was Granderson on that play?
> Picked off first on a liner for a double play? Great coaching.
I doubt it was the coach's fault.
How about the Twins? Alexi Casilla doesn't stay on the bag to tag up
on Punto's liner to Rayburn. Replays show third base coach Ullger
pointing and yelling at Casilla to get on the base, but he doesn't.
That misplay cost the Twins the winning run in the tenth inning.
I coach youth baseball and they don't listen to you at that level. In
some perverse way I was heartened to see that millionaire ballplayers
don't listen to their coaches either. It isn't just me...LOL.
Sam
wrote:
Oh Well. I don't care what the Twins do but I would bet that Billy
Martion would a ripped a few new ones and if I recall he got the most
from his teams.