OT: Buckle up! Tigers & White Sox tied for first with 8 games left.

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September 25th, 2012 at 9:51 PM
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OT: Buckle up! Tigers & White Sox tied for first with 8 games left.

Lot of Tiger fans and a lot of White Sox fans on Mgo. Who you got? Tigers or Sox.

Have to admit I had about given up on Tigers, but these pesky Sox won't let the Tigers fade away.

Preemptive strike: Yes I realize Tigers or White Sox would be buried in the AL East, but they ain't in the AL East. Somebody going to win this thing; Might as well be the Tigers.

Added bonus of watching Miguel Cabrera's fantastic run at a Triple Crown in the heat of the Division Race,

Caveat to stat geeks: Yes I know there are more accurate measurements of a player than Triple Crown Stats, but when you look at the players who have won Triple Crowns, combined with the scarcity of Triple Crowns, it would be a monumental accomplishment.

Ok. Here is remaining schedule for the contenders for the AL Central Championship: who wins this thing. My Mgo points are on the Tigers of course.

White Sox:

SEPTEMBER OPPONENT TIME (ET) CHW PITCHER OPP. PITCHER
Wed, Sep 26 vs 8:10 PM Santiago (3-1) Masterson (11-15)
Cleveland
 
Thu, Sep 27 vs 8:10 PM Peavy (11-12) Shields (15-9)
Tampa Bay
 
Fri, Sep 28 vs 8:10 PM Quintana (6-5) Hellickson (9-10)
Tampa Bay
 
Sat, Sep 29 vs 4:05 PM Floyd (10-11) Moore (10-11)
Tampa Bay
 
Sun, Sep 30 vs 2:10 PM Liriano (6-12) Price (18-5)
Tampa Bay
 
OCTOBER OPPONENT TIME (ET) CHW PITCHER OPP. PITCHER
Mon, Oct 1 @ 7:05 PM Santiago (3-1) Kluber (2-4)
Cleveland
 
Tue, Oct 2 @ 7:05 PM Peavy (11-12) Masterson (11-15)
Cleveland
 
Wed, Oct 3 @ 7:05 PM    
Cleveland    
     

 

Tigers:

SEPTEMBER OPPONENT TIME (ET) DET PITCHER OPP. PITCHER
Wed, Sep 26 vs 7:05 PM Porcello (9-12) Guthrie (7-12)
Kansas City
 
Thu, Sep 27 vs 1:05 PM Fister (10-9) Mendoza (8-9)
Kansas City
 
Fri, Sep 28 @ 8:10 PM Scherzer (16-7) Diamond (12-8)
Minnesota
 
Sat, Sep 29 @ 4:05 PM Verlander (16-8) Walters (2-4)
Minnesota
 
Sun, Sep 30 @ 2:10 PM Sanchez (9-13) Hendriks (1-8)
Minnesota
 
OCTOBER OPPONENT TIME (ET) DET PITCHER OPP. PITCHER
Mon, Oct 1 @ 8:10 PM Porcello (9-12) Chen (11-13)
Kansas City
 
Tue, Oct 2 @ 8:10 PM    
Kansas City
 
Wed, Oct 3 @ 8:10 PM    
Kansas City
 


http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/det/detroit-tigers

http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/chw/chicago-white-sox

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September 25th, 2012 at 9:56 PM | Just looking at the schedule (Score:5 Normal)
Hoek
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Just looking at the schedule I would have to say the tiger's will win the AL Central. 

Go Blue

September 25th, 2012 at 9:56 PM | Tigers (Score:2 Normal)
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The Tigers will win the Division. They have the experience and the better starting pitching. Plus a easier schedule.

THIS IS MICHIGAN

September 25th, 2012 at 10:00 PM | Side bar: Here is a list of (Score:4 Normal)
Mfan2000
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Side bar: Here is a list of Triple Crown winners in baseball history: Pretty elite group.

Rogers Hornsby's Triple Crowns in '22 and '25 are off the charts

Year Lg Player Team/(BA, HR, RBI)
1967 AL Carl Yastrzemski BOS .326, 44 HR, 121 RBI
1966 AL Frank Robinson BAL .316, 49 HR, 122 RBI
1956 AL Mickey Mantle NYY .353, 52 HR, 130 RBI
1947 AL Ted Williams BOS .343, 32 HR, 114 RBI
1942 AL Ted Williams BOS .356, 36 HR, 137 RBI
1937 NL Joe Medwick STL .374, 31 HR, 154 RBI
1934 AL Lou Gehrig NYY .363, 49 HR, 165 RBI
1933 AL Jimmie Foxx PHA .356, 48 HR, 163 RBI
1933 NL Chuck Klein PHI .368, 28 HR, 120 RBI
1925 NL Rogers Hornsby STL .403, 39 HR, 143 RBI
1922 NL Rogers Hornsby STL .401, 42 HR, 152 RBI
1909 AL Ty Cobb DET .377, 9 HR, 107 RBI
1901 AL Nap Lajoie PHA .426, 14 HR, 125 RBI
1887 AA Tip O'Neill STL .435, 14 HR, 123 RBI
1878 NL Paul Hines PRO .358, 4 HR, 50 RB

 

September 25th, 2012 at 10:03 PM | Definitely have to go with (Score:2 Normal)
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Definitely have to go with the Tigers based on teams they are playing. However the tigers are not very good on the road and having to close out the season with 6 away scares me. Heres to hoping Cleveland and Tampa get hot!

September 25th, 2012 at 10:50 PM | Great now the Tigers can finally sit back and coast (Score:2)
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Great now the Tigers can finally sit back and coast to the playoffs.

as luck would have it I'm existing in the filter bubble.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:07 PM | Come onnnn David (Score:1)
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Come onnnn David Price/Fernando Rodney Uber Allies!

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:07 PM | Somehow I think the Tigers (Score:5 Normal)
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Somehow I think the Tigers will find a way to get swept by the White Sox despite not actually playing the White Sox.  I can feel it.

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:16 PM | What does (Score:3 Normal)
oHOWiHATEohioSTATE
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the Tigers and Sox being tied with 8 games to go have to do with recruits?

If an OSU fan divorces his wife are they still brother and sister?

September 25th, 2012 at 10:29 PM | Same thought (Score:1)
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I had the same thought when I saw buckle up in the title.

September 25th, 2012 at 11:25 PM | Well, there was Willie Wilson of the Royals, (Score:5 Normal)
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who was a very strong Michigan football recruit before settling on a career in baseball...

 

 

 

(That's the best KC Royals-to-Michigan football recruiting segue' I could come up with.)

 

 

 

 

 

September 25th, 2012 at 10:18 PM | I'm picking the Tigers (Score:2 Normal)
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I've have had enough disappointment already, one of my teams has to start winning.

I've got nothing.......

September 25th, 2012 at 10:18 PM | Come on! (Score:-1 Flamebait)
September 25th, 2012 at 10:21 PM | Sanchize pitches a complete (Score:5 Normal)
Mfan2000
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Sanchize pitches a complete game gem and Cabrera goes hitless.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:22 PM | Well, (Score:2 Normal)
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now I can watch the game in triple speed and go to bed early.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:22 PM | Boom! Plus Bruce Willis was a (Score:5 Normal)
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Boom! Plus Bruce Willis was a ghost, and Dumbledore dies.

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:26 PM | Don't forget (Score:5 Normal)
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Verbal is Keyser Soze

September 25th, 2012 at 10:52 PM | It turns out Mario dreamt the (Score:2 Normal)
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It turns out Mario dreamt the whole thing, too.

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September 25th, 2012 at 11:28 PM | Vader is Luke's Father. (Score:3 Normal)
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And Rosebud is the sled.

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September 26th, 2012 at 2:06 AM | I remember seeing Citizen (Score:5 Normal)
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I remember seeing Citizen Kane at the cinema when it first was released. Oh those talkies.

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The swag is back. 

September 26th, 2012 at 9:23 AM | The Narrator is Tyler Durden (Score:2 Normal)
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The Planet of the Apes was Earth

Titanic sinks

King Kong falls off the Empire State Building to his death (my wife didn't know that one and cried her eyes out when we saw the Peter Jackson remake)

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September 26th, 2012 at 2:49 PM | There is no Sanctuary (Score:5 Normal)
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and... Soylent Green is People!

 

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September 26th, 2012 at 4:14 PM | I sentence you to immediate (Score:2 Normal)
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I sentence you to immediate carousel!  Had to respond, Logan's Run is one of my personal faves. 

The swag is back. 

September 26th, 2012 at 6:17 PM | RollDamnTide is (Score:3 Normal)
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RollDamnTide is WolverineInABag.

September 26th, 2012 at 8:50 AM | I see spoilers all around me. (Score:3 Normal)
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I see spoilers all around me.

Semper Fidelis

September 26th, 2012 at 10:12 AM |   (Score:2 Normal)
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Truck Spoilers

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September 28th, 2012 at 11:38 AM | at least it's not these (Score:1)
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September 25th, 2012 at 11:53 PM | who (Score:5 Normal)
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dvr's baseball games?

"Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS,"  Carale Jones

September 26th, 2012 at 8:54 AM | OR (Score:2)
wolfman81
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Who DVRs any game and then clicks on a thread discussing said game.  

Or even goes on the internet where they might casually come across the result.  Seriously, this time of year the "OT" tag means "Tigers" about 60% of the time.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

September 26th, 2012 at 9:17 AM | Me (Score:2 Insightful)
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To answer the above questions. I can watch a game in little more than an hour and not miss anything. I have better ways to spend my time than watching the same five commercials between innings or during each pitching change.

September 26th, 2012 at 10:53 AM | You could say that about (Score:1)
Simps
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You could say that about football too. Those are built in breaks to take the dog out, grab a beer and make food.

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September 26th, 2012 at 11:11 AM | while watching football (Score:2 Normal)
Westside Wolverine
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I feel like I need those breaks because it is a much more intense viewing experience. Furthermore, I can watch other games during the breaks; unless it's the playoffs, I'm not watching a game that does not include the Tigers.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:19 PM | Well I had thrown in the (Score:2)
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Well I had thrown in the towel after the loss to the Sox last Monday so I really don't know what to think still. Getting swept in a double header by the Twins, then coming back and looking impressive in their final home series of the year.

With Anibal pitching like the way he has the Tigers rotation is very, very impressive, we're going to need Cleveland to hit a lefty tomorrow in Santiago so that should be a game the Sox win. Just keeping winning games and you'll put yourself in a position you want to be in.

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:24 PM | Scherzer is a big question (Score:1 Overrated)
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Scherzer is a big question mark. It almost worries me that Fister and Sanchez pitched complete games in their last outings, both have been a bit inconsistent

September 25th, 2012 at 10:28 PM | Max's velocity was noticably (Score:2)
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Max's velocity was noticably down during his first start since the injury, which is understandable but he also had the change/slider working nicely so I'm hoping he can regain his 2nd half Cy Young form, and Sanchez over his last 5-6 starts has been very very solid, he seems to be coming into his own as a Tiger. 

The bats still aren't doing nearly as much as they should and Jhonny has basically gone 0-Septemeber, he has been abysmal. Pitching is going to need to continue to be strong if we want to get deep in the playoffs, let alone get there, so Eat em Up!

Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.

September 25th, 2012 at 10:21 PM | Schedule (Score:4 Normal)
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Schedule seems to favor Tigers, but the White Sox did sweep the Rays in May so there might not be an advantage there...

#FirstPostAfterTwoYearsStalkingBoard

September 25th, 2012 at 10:23 PM | Dem royals are a pesky bunch. (Score:2)
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Dem royals are a pesky bunch. Look out.

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:28 PM | Tigers (Score:5 Normal)
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Next question.

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:31 PM | (No subject) (Score:5 Normal)
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September 25th, 2012 at 10:29 PM | OP, so if the Tigers don't (Score:1 Overrated)
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OP, so if the Tigers don't win, you're willing to give up your mgopoints?

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:40 PM | We'll probably find a way to (Score:2)
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We'll probably find a way to fuck up the last series against KC like we did in '06, but there won't be a Wild Card to fall back when/if we do.  Damn Billy Butler and Bruce Chen make a living out of playing Detroit.

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:43 PM | Miggy's gotta pick it up and keep it going... (Score:1)
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He's in a bit of a micro-slump these last couple games, Trout is libel to catch him in BA and Hamilton is back hitting HRs. That situation is going to come down to the wire, too ... it's going to be way more fun that we ever expected from a bunch of games against the Twins and Royals. I have faith in the big guy ... and nice vertical at third tonight. 

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September 25th, 2012 at 10:46 PM | Very cool-- (Score:1)
MGlobules
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really appreciate this update. As a guy who used to watch the Tigers in his grandma's Royal Oak living room on a black and white set and who has never had any other team (but only checks into baseball once in a blue moon), I really appreciate it. Perfect way to fill the lull between Michigan games too, no?

September 25th, 2012 at 10:47 PM | The Tigers are a gigantic (Score:3 Normal)
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cock tease. I'm not getting suckered in.


September 25th, 2012 at 11:01 PM | Too late. If you are posting (Score:5 Normal)
Mfan2000
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Too late. If you are posting in a Tiger thread at 11:00 at night, you are already suckered in.

Sweet dreams of a Tiger parade down Woodward in late October/early November

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September 26th, 2012 at 9:09 AM | Go Tigers (Score:5 Normal)
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Go Tigers!

(EDIT) Whoever marked this flame bait, Fuck off..Go Tigers!

Go Blue !!

September 26th, 2012 at 1:19 AM | Tigers playing away (Score:2 Normal)
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their road performance has killed them all season. i'm already emotionally prepared for the choke job.

I do it for my love of the Streets

September 26th, 2012 at 2:29 AM | I hope the preparation isn't needed (Score:1)
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But I'm right there with ya.

September 26th, 2012 at 1:35 AM | You know (Score:2)
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I would say, "Oh, competing for first team to lose out in the psot season", but the 2006 Cardinals won it all, so...

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September 26th, 2012 at 4:10 AM | Yeah, (Score:1)
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I'll get to seem them for at least 1 game in KC!  Hopefully, Tampa bay helps us out! On paper we have the easier schedule, but I thought that a few years back when all we had to do was to win our last game to win the division!

expect the best

September 26th, 2012 at 8:05 AM | Question (Score:2)
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Why isn't Chris Sale starting in the next 7 games?

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