05-06-12--DETROIT VS WHITE SOX-1:05 PM

[IdahoBert]

Photo by Tom Hagerty

Bird lover in the bleachers, September 3, 1976

Link to full size photo

ESPN Classic - In '76, Bird was the word



From Detroit, Michigan





It's the Detroit Tigers
vs
the Chicago White Sox







May 6, 2012 1:05 PM







Brought to you by:

[IdahoBert]

[IdahoBert]

No, seriously, where the hell are they?

[Corky]

[B]

Photo by Tom Hagerty

Chicken choker?

[PuNk42AE]

CWS: D. Axelrod (0-0, 2.70)
DET: R. Porcello (2-2, 5.64)

[UncleTy]

Move Dirks to the two hole and get Boesch out of there. He is the biggest rally killer since Inge.

[jackson_cannery]

Big game. Need a series win in a major way.

[IdahoBert]

[Gehringer_2]

Michael Parks?

[IdahoBert]

Michael Parks?

Jack in Cuckoo's Nest.

[ToledoTigerFan]

Jack in Cuckoo's Nest.

Did you know that the opening scene in that movie was completely improvised?

[IdahoBert]

Did you know that the opening scene in that movie was completely improvised?

I just caught the last half of it on TV a few days ago. What is the opening scene about? Been many years since I've seen the whole film.

[owossotigerfan]

I wish we had a like button for this

[tigerbomb13]

Evidently it take this team more than one game to achieve this.

[FloridaTigers]

I'm surprised the Tigers are practically middle of the pack in the AL in team offensive stats, you'd figure they be much lower. Guess the odd weekly blowout skews things.

[TheCouga]

I'm surprised the Tigers are practically middle of the pack in the AL in team offensive stats, you'd figure they be much lower. Guess the odd weekly blowout skews things.

I think it's just a product of people's expectations. When your expectations are sky-high, anything less than perfection seems like a disaster to people.

This team is under a lot of pressure to perform, and the offense kind of has the jitters coming out of the gate. They're not having good at bats. I'm really not worried at all, though. This isn't 2008 -- a patchwork of aging but big-name veterans and mediocre pitchers that pitched over their head the season prior. It's a bunch of young guys in their physical primes with bona-fide tools.

This team will hit its stride between now and the all-star break and we'll forget that we were even worried about anything at this point.

[Casimir]

I think it's just a product of people's expectations. When your expectations are sky-high, anything less than perfection seems like a disaster to people.

I wonder how much the lineup is overrated because of the Cabrera/Fielder combo? If you look at the rest of the lineup, there are lots of questions. There are not a lot of proven productive bats throughout. Peralta can be counted as one, but not necessarily as a bat to pitch around. Avila had a nice season last year, but I don't think he's proven quite yet because of his lack of track record (which is not to be a knock agaisnt him, he certainly can be a proven bat over time).

This offense is also one dimensional, almost strictly station-to-station in terms of baserunning. That is something that hampers them to an extent. I'm not suggesting they suddenly start attempting steals and/or hit and runs every other AB, nor do I think the personnel in place is capable of that kind of baseball. But it isn't an offense that isn't going to create runs by doing much more than stringing hits together.

[Yoda]

Finally... No idea why Delmon is still hitting 5th but at least Boesch is down to 8th.

Detroit Tigers ‏ @tigers

5/6 Lineup: Jackson 8, Dirks 7,Cabrera 5, Fielder 3,Young dh,Avila 2,Peralta 6,Boesch 9,Raburn 4. Porcello 1. Notes:

[The Truman Show]

Dirks has quietly taken the Delmon Young approach to drawing walks as well this year, but since he's mashing it's all good. He should probably start taking a couple soon though.

[ToledoTigerFan]

I just caught the last half of it on TV a few days ago. What is the opening scene about? Been many years since I've seen the whole film.

It shows McMurphy meeting with the prison administrator as he's being checked in. The guy playing the administrator actually was a prison official in real life one and not an actor.

[ToledoTigerFan]

Well, eventually the offense has to wake up. Correct? Today is as good a time as any for that to happen. Final score.......

Tigers 9
White Sox 5

[Antrat]

Just win the series.

[jackson_cannery]

Win the series.

[wolverinefan]

Lillibridge K's swinging

[wolverinefan]

Dunn homers...line drive to right

1-0

[Antrat]

Dunn in again.

[wolverinefan]

Jackson homers to left

1-1

[Yoda]

Wow that was a bomb by Jackson!

[The Truman Show]

Dylan Axelrod isn't much of a MLB starter. They should be doing this all day.

[Antrat]

Damn. I was hoping for a Prince single.

[wolverinefan]

Young gets a hit stolen from him by Viciedo in left.

[MC24]

Jim needs to quit putting that bum in the 5 hole

[Greenwit]

I miss Vmart. :-(

[alwaysthrowheat]

Im loving this new AJAX.

[wolverinefan]

Ramirez pops to Fielder at first...two down

[Antrat]

Rod Allen getting ready to nominate Viciedo to the HOF.

[wolverinefan]

Flowers K's swinging

Porcello with 36 pitches

1-1

[Greenwit]

.238/5/20 for Cespedes. They could have given us his stats instead of yucking up his name.

[wolverinefan]

Peralta K's looking

[Greenwit]

Besides cabby and prince do we really have a good hitting team or an average hitting team with a few career years last year?