On Mon, 5 May 2008 13:14:06 -0400, "Hosmerica"
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>"S. Smith" <scott.smith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:41:32 -0400, "Hosmerica"
>> <BigOneComing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>"powrwrap" <powrwrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> On May 5, 11:18 am, "Hosmerica" <BigOneCom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> "powrwrap" <powrw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> > The turning point was in Friday night's game. Second inning, bases
>>>>> > loaded, no outs. Ordonez had previously homered showing the rest
of
>>>>> > the Tigers batters how it's done against the slow throwing
Hernandez.
>>>>> > I thought for sure that Livan would be showering before the inning
>>>>> > was
>>>>> > over. But Ivan Rodriguez flied out and Jacque Jones hit into a
double
>>>>> > play. Just like that a potentially incendiary inning was averted.
The
>>>>> > Twins went on to win 11-1, amassing 16 hits. Tigers pitching fails
>>>>> > again.
>>>>.
>>>>> I don't think I can point to any single point in the series for a
>>>>> turning
>>>>> point...unless you're counting the very first pitch of the series.
>>>>
>>>>The Tigers could have opened the floodgates right there, early in the
>>>>three game series. It could have changed the whole series. The Twins'
>>>>bullpen would have been abused Friday night.
>>>
>>>
>>>I expect the Tigers to score on average 6 runs a game.
>>
>> That's a mighty lofty expectation from ANY team. There are just
>> too many good MLB pitchers to have that high of an expectation
>> from any team, let alone the aging hot-and-cold Tigers lineup.
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>I don't think it's all that lofty. They scored 887 runs last year (Avg
5.5
>runs a game). Is scoring one more run every two games more than last
year
>all that much to ask from a lineup that is better offensively than last
>year?
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>>
>>>Even if they scored
>>>the 6 runs during that game they'd have lost. They're just not going
to
>>>win
>>>ball games letting the other team score 11 runs on them. Not many
teams
>>>do.
>>
>> Nope, that's what I've been saying all season (and before the season
>> even started). The Tigers pitching is so weak, it will be a mammoth
>> feat for the Tigers offense to score enough on a *consistent* basis to
>> make up for it. They will undoubtedly have some big games....but too
>> few and far between for it to matter that much, IMO.
>>
>> What the Tigers need to hope for is that the pitching can find a way
>> to turn things around before it's too late. Getting Rodney and
>> Zumaya back will help, but how much damage will be done by
>> the time they get back in the lineup?
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>
>The jury is still out on Zumaya (for me anyways). I don't know if he'll
>have the high heat and control he had pre-shoulder surgery.
I hope he's OK. He's one of the most amazing fastball pitchers I've
seen play. When I was in Detroit a couple seasons ago for the
Twins series, he was throwing heat around 103 mph. Nasty stuff.
Twins still won that series at Comerica, though. ;-)
>>So far it's piling up quickly.
>
>Not really.
You really think everything is fine in Tiger-land these days?
Have you been watching the same Tigers games I have this season?
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