OT: Still at Tiger game

Submitted by Jack Hammer on
Still sitting at Safeco. Let's go Tigers!!!! Who's still watching?
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WMUgoblue

August 10th, 2016 at 3:01 AM ^

K-Rod has been pretty awful the past 2 weeks. Obviously you use your closer in that situation especially since Boyd is HR-prone but shit that's a back breaker.

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LSAClassOf2000

August 10th, 2016 at 6:43 AM ^

I realize it wasn't nearly as late for those of you on the west coast, but for those of you (like myself) living in the Eastern time zone that stayed up for the whole thing or nearly the whole thing AND still are planning on going to work, respect. 

Hopefully, they can avoid the sweep this evening. 

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thumpinman

August 10th, 2016 at 7:37 AM ^

For once, I can't blame Brad. The guys in his bullpen, for the most part, cannot handle pressure pitching. It's one thing to make a mistake and hang a curve or miss your target on a fastball and give up a run. These guys implode! If the Tigers are up by 1 they give up 2, up by 3 they give up 4. Aside from Shane, they guys in the bullpen are weak. Alex W. Can out together an inning but the rest cannot.

No matter how close the Tigers get to winning the Central, most believe, Tigers bullpen will cave. I agree. Even K-Rods saves are very Todd Jones like. Even if we make the playoffs, we all know the playoffs are about pitching. We don't have a single "shut down" guy in the bullpen.

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gorilla tactics

August 10th, 2016 at 8:49 AM ^

he is so stubborn about refusing to throw his closer in a tie game on the road, it's getting ridiculous. he warmed up krod on 5 separate occasions anticipating the tigers could take the lead so he could put krod in for a save situation. finally when it was time he had been warming up on and off for the last 90 minutes and he blew it.

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South TX MFan

August 10th, 2016 at 10:03 AM ^

In '89 I saw one of the longest games in MLB history when the Astros beat the Dodgers in 22 innings. The game lasted nearly 8 hours and we didn't get home until 4am. The game saw nearly every player on both rosters play, position players pitching, Fernando Valenzuela playing first base, and several runners from both teams thrown out at the plate to extend the game. It was pretty wild. At least the Astros won though so it was worth it, and cool to see a little part of history. The next day the game went 13 innings and ended with another Astros win.



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