TIGERS 08 SEASON THREAD

[mikhail1973]

Detroit fan favorite Grilli comes in to replace Rogers and pitches a gem. 1 inning pitched - 41 pitches, 2 hits, 2 walks, 2 runs allowed (1 on a walk).

[mikhail1973]

Lopez comes in and strikes out Varitek to close the 6th inning. It is 5-0 BoSox. Grilli's ERA comes down to 19.29.

[jammertime]

Its fine if the Tigers want to self destruct their own season, but I'm a Blue Jays fan and playing in a division with Boston and NY, I'd appreciate a little help every now and then.

[jammertime]

Originally Posted by mikhail1973

Lopez comes in and strikes out Varitek to close the 6th inning. It is 5-0 BoSox. Grilli's ERA comes down to 19.29.

I heard that Grilli just signed a deal with Cheli's Chili Bar. They're calling it Cheli's Chili with Grilli.

[mikhail1973]

Originally Posted by jammertime

I heard that Grilli just signed a deal with Cheli's Chili Bar. They're calling it Cheli's Chili with Grilli.

Lots of free chili there.

[mikhail1973]

Originally Posted by jammertime

Its fine if the Tigers want to self destruct their own season, but I'm a Blue Jays fan and playing in a division with Boston and NY, I'd appreciate a little help every now and then.

What help? Gotta win your own games.

[mikhail1973]

And another great day in Tigers nation as the team gets shutout for the second time in 7 games and falls to 0-7 on the season by the virtue of losing to the Red Sox 5-0. Hitters 2 through 6 go 4-17 with 3bb and 6K. Team finishes game with 11 strikeouts. Ouch!
Can't blame this on pitching, as giving up 5 runs is not horrible, while not good either.

[TaShawn]

No game can be blamed on anything in particular, cause we are doing it all poorly.

Scored 16 runs in 7 games. That is as bad as it gets.

Also, we have almost given up the most runs in the league.


The hitters will snap out of the funk at some point, but the pitching and defense will be like this for a while.

[mikhail1973]

Here're the stats for the Tigers' top hitters through the first 7 games:



Nobody on this list has more than 1hr or 1rbi. They produced 2hr and 3rbi total in 7 games. As a matter of fact, Pudge has 2rbi and Inge has 4. Nobody else has more than 1. The team has scored 15 runs in the 7 games, the next closest team scored 23.

I do agree, however, that these numbers will improve. Will the pitching? We'll have to wait and see.

[jammertime]

Originally Posted by mikhail1973

What help? Gotta win your own games.

Hey, we have. We won 1 of 3 from the Yankees @ their place (and lost by 1 run in the other 2) and then we just swept Boston in 3 games in Toronto.

By my count, thats 4 more wins than the Tigers have, in one less game played.