OT - Jhonny Peralta with the walkoff!!!

Submitted by BlueBadger on

I was thinking of starting a thread asking about speculation as to why the Tigers have been so dissapointing this year. That is still a good question in my opinion, but first, let's be happy about this victory! Maybe this will get the Tiggers back on track.

Mich_Faithful

May 4th, 2012 at 10:32 PM ^

I'm not here to be a pessimist because honestly I don't care and I'm thrilled the tigers won, but I once stared a thread about a wings game and updated the title as It went to overtime and eventually won in a shootout. THe MGOBloggers that tivo'd the game and hadn't seen it yet did not appreciate it.

TyrannousLex

May 5th, 2012 at 11:37 AM ^

It has not been the best start, but let's consider that they're a game above .500 with a potent lineup that hasn't warmed up. There's still only one everday player above .300 (was Jackson until last night, but he fell and Miggy creeped up to .302) and the number 2 starter has been out for pretty much the season.

There will come a time - i'm guessing as the weather warms - when getting through the middle of that order will be a challenge for even the best pitcher, and the lineup will present danger before and after that too.

The upside is that Drew Smyly looks like the real deal. We'll have to see how he does when guys have seen him a few times, but he certainly has the tools.

It's a long summer, and the only goal is to win a division that we're 1.5 games back in after a disappointing April. Always better to get hot as the season progresses than start on a tear and slow down ... unless you're the '84 Tigers and win the division in the first 40 games.