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[CHAOS]

Have there been two bigger disappointments in baseball than the Yankees and the Tigers? The first game of a brutal stretch for the Yankees that may finally bury them once and for all.

[cshea]

ARod singles with the bases loaded no outs...2-0 Yankees. Clutch!

What the hell has happened to Justin Verlander this season?

[BigSoxFan]

Loss #15 coming up for Verlander. Yikes.

[Rough Carrigan]

He says (at least publicly) that he wasn't hurt but he wasn't throwing nearly as hard the first 2 months of this season. Then he seemed to get it back together but now I see his ERA the last month plus is still a mediocre 4.5 or something like that.

[White Room]

Verlander shits himself in the first inning against these fuckin stiffs.

What a train wreck the Tigers are. Hey Leyland have another cigarette.

[White Room]

Holy shit. Verlander is a non-competitive little cunt.

[glennhoffmania]

Fuck Verlander

[Al Zarilla]

Verlander shits himself in the first inning, and the second inning against these fuckin stiffs.

What a train wreck the Tigers are. Hey Leyland have another cigarette.

Fixed it for ya. Note that further edits are possible.

[Al Zarilla]

Fuck Verlander

It's that stupid mustache (Gameday). Makes him look like a bartender in a gay bar.

[White Room]

The funny thing is A-Fraud hit another routine double play ball if the AAA abortion that is playing 3b for the Tigers could have fielded the ball.

[cshea]

That'll do it for Verlander. 1.2 innings, 7 runs.

Edit: Make that 8 charged to Verlander.

Edited by cshea, 01 September 2008 - 12:56 PM.

[strek1]

That'll do it for Verlander. 1.2 innings, 7 runs.

Verlander really turned into a sack of shit from last year.

[Foulkey Reese]

Yea Verlander has sucked shit for the Tigers all season

Top two budgets in baseball and they both suck shit

[SemperFidelisSox]

Maybe should have waited a week before starting that elimination thread.

[strek1]

Verlander really turned into a sack of shit from last year.

Although I'm sure when he pitches against us it will be a Cy Young performance.

[Al Zarilla]

Don't be too hasty. This may turn into a 13 - 12 game yet. Pontoon on the mound.

[strek1]

Maybe should have waited a week before starting that elimination thread.

There not going anywhere, they keep losing series left and right. The Tigers just suck.

[Al Zarilla]

Piece of shit Polanco.

[cshea]

Piece of shit Polanco.

Terrible job. Ahead 2-0, bases loaded, 1 out and he swings at a pitch out of the zone and pops up.

[Foulkey Reese]

I was listening to a Tigers game at worth the other day and the radio guys were saying how shocked they are by the Tigers effort level. The main announcer guy said that he had never seen an MLB team dog it as much as the 2008 Tigers. He said that once it was clear that their playoff chances were dead, the majority of the team just quit.

[Al Zarilla]

Terrible job. Ahead 2-0, bases loaded, 1 out and he swings at a pitch out of the zone and pops up.

Golden opportunity against a lousy pitcher and they let him off the hook.


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Edited by Al Zarilla, 01 September 2008 - 01:19 PM.

[drtooth]

This has 5 hour, 9 inning game written all over it

[jon abbey]

I was listening to a Tigers game at worth the other day and the radio guys were saying how shocked they are by the Tigers effort level. The main announcer guy said that he had never seen an MLB team dog it as much as the 2008 Tigers. He said that once it was clear that their playoff chances were dead, the majority of the team just quit.

Gary Sheffield, clubhouse cancer, certainly doesn't help. he's signed for one more year, good luck with that, Leyland.

[Drew7]

what a stream of shit the tigers pitching is.

[strek1]

The MFY are probably relaxed now that they're away for the toilet. In the Bronx they know every time they screw up the fans will Boo the shit out of them. Especially A-Fraud.

[Foulkey Reese]

This has to be one of the worst pitched games of 2008

[strek1]

Before Leyland turned into a broken down old man he would have reamed Sheffield's ass for dogging it to first like that.

[Drew7]

no lead is safe!

[cshea]

This could be one of those 19-17 games.

Edit: That's it for Ponson. Gets spotted a 11-2 lead to open the 3rd and departs with runners on the corners, no outs, and 3 runs in.

Edited by cshea, 01 September 2008 - 01:53 PM.

[strek1]

The MFY could make worse moves than dumping Cano. What a defensive liability.

[White Room]

Going to your bullpen with an 11-2 lead in the 4th inning is a fucking embarassment.

[Drew7]

[strek1]

Going to your bullpen with an 11-2 lead in the 4th inning is a fucking embarassment.

11-8 Lead now.

This game may still be going on when the Sox start tonight.

[cshea]

Miggy homers and its 11-8. 0 outs bottom 4.

[Hawk'sGoodKnees]

These two teams should just meet on the mound and burn cash in a barrel.

[normstalls]

MFYs suck. Their pen has to be on fumes, a team can only handle so many 4/5 inning starts

[Al Zarilla]

This could be one of those 19-17 games.

Edit: That's it for Ponson. Gets spotted a 11-2 lead to open the 3rd and departs with runners on the corners, no outs, and 3 runs in.

Your 19 - 17 is looking more likely than my 13 - 12. Of course, maybe your 19 - 17 looks paltry in a couple more innings.

[strek1]

Tying run at the plate

[JulE6]

this is fun

[Foulkey Reese]

The MFY could make worse moves than dumping Cano. What a defensive liability.

He should have been benched multiple times this season.

[Drew7]

sterling literally just choked on his words.
"There's a base hit....uh... it must have hit something, the throw is in time, 1 away"

[someoneanywhere]

Not that there is much more than life-support left for the Skanks, but if they blow an 11-2 lead and lose this one, you can pull the plug. The players will.

[Foulkey Reese]

UPDATE, 2:51 p.m.: Ponson’s last three games: 9.2 innings, 24 hits, 18 runs, 17 earned runs, six walks, four strikeouts. That’s a 15.83 ERA. What compelling reason is there to continue starting him every five days?

[Drew7]

QUOTE
UPDATE, 2:51 p.m.: Ponson’s last three games: 9.2 innings, 24 hits, 18 runs, 17 earned runs, six walks, four strikeouts. That’s a 15.83 ERA. What compelling reason is there to continue starting him every five days?


thats pretty much what they are saying on the radio.

[Al Zarilla]

QUOTE
UPDATE, 2:51 p.m.: Ponson’s last three games: 9.2 innings, 24 hits, 18 runs, 17 earned runs, six walks, four strikeouts. That’s a 15.83 ERA. What compelling reason is there to continue starting him every five days?
thats pretty much what they are saying on the radio.

Yeah, but he kept them in the game today. Gave them a chance to win. Other tired cliche.

[SemperFidelisSox]

Who else could they start?

[Foulkey Reese]

Man if Verlander was just bad, and not mindblowingly awful, the Tigers would probably have an easy win today.

[Foulkey Reese]

Who else could they start?

Cy Hughes?

Ian "Maddux" Kennedy?

[mt8thsw9th]

Who else could they start?

Anyone. You don't think they have a single starter at AAA who could be given a shot?

[strek1]

And another arm in the bullpen comes in for BP?