| Re: Tigers vs. Rangers
Quote: |
Originally Posted by LA Dre Well another loss and the Sox coming to town. Need to shake up the batting order. Offense is really sputtering and now they are 9-10 for the month. The seven runs they gave up today was the most this month, so 10 losses means that they are either tight or in a real slump when it comes to moving runners around the bases to the plate. You don't expect the league leader to blow a 6 run lead and then get shut out the rest of the game.
The wild card is starting to look valuable now. The hope now is that both Bosox and the Twins play .500 ball the rest of the way just to guarantee that the Tigers hang on and make the playoffs.
Gotta take 3-4 from the Chisox this week just to maintain the cushion before they head over to NY next week. |
Hopefully, Leyland can get them to peak toward the end of the season, the way Chicago did last season. I'm not sure their lineup is good enough. Pudge, sans the steroids, hits with very little power, although he was very good today in the leadoff role. Maggs is completely screwed up. He rarely hits for power now. I'm sick of watching Thames pop up curve balls. I didn't expect the boys to keep the pace they had in the first half of the season, but I just hope their latest fall from grace won't be a resounding thud.
__________________
"I don't believe there's any problem in this country, no matter how tough it is, that Americans, when they roll up their sleeves, can't completely ignore. - George Carlin |