2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

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god bless america

how bout them pats, that game was crazy huh am i right just goes to show how related these 2 sports are

otm

lol post game interview ortiz is making fun of hunter for going over the wall

what were you thinking when the ball went over the wall

*beat* i was just watching tori *grins*

sox win probability was down to ~4%

well, that's a bad loss

Leyland shoulda loaded the bases there btw

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius)

There were about ten things they should have done, Fielder should have caught that foul ball, Benoit should have come out for the ninth, they should have loaded the bases, it was 20 minutes of staring into the headlights for the Tigers after the GS.

Pretty much.

cant come back from that, outfielder in the bullpen it's all over

fielder should have stopped iglesias' throw

Iglesias shdnt have thrown

that is true, but nevertheless

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

big papi v the whole universe World Series 2013 mark it down

they make me barf out of my mouth tbf

reasonable

even better: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html

Visor-wearing racists are the worst.

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

zachylon otm, also at least Det hasn't won the whole thing since '84

The first thing that baffled me last night was the short leash on Veras. He entered with a four-run lead in the eighth, is the "eight inning guy" (or the "seventh inning guy"), threw three pitches. And, of course, I'm not sure why you would want to bring in Benoit with the bases loaded.

That was the one-year anniversary of Valverde's blown save against the Yankees. He entered with a four-run lead.

eighth

Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke hadn’t pitched a big game for quite a while.”

gotta have a guy on the LCS roster for those nonbig games

Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke has sucked against all hitters all year.”

again, why is he on the roster then?

anyone know how many times a slam has resulted in four pitchers being charged with one run apiece?

that is nuts, i don't think a Baseball Ref search will do it

Rob Neyer quotes a long back-and-forth this morning between Dan Plesac and Daryl Hamilton on bringing in Coke. I don't get the MLB Network--maybe you all saw the exchange last night.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/10/14/4836042/alcs-game2-red-sox-tigers-jim-leyland-blown-lead-comeback

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/assets/3384749/ortizgrand.gif

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, October 14, 2013 12:17 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

i like the uniforms of all the remaining teams

I mentioned the other day about Verlander's career/post-season stats being very close. Looked at Ortiz this morning, and his slash stats are now almost identical:

Regular Season: .287/.381/.549
Post-Season: .284/.394/.542

Obviously, he sure picks his spots.

I'd tentatively still give Detroit an edge the rest of the way, based on (duh) starting pitching and Cabrera showing signs of life.

ortiz was insane for the first ~2/3 of his post season career and has been terrible since is m/l what it boils down to... until last night B-)

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1395943_10151918179733258_123769770_n.jpg

they put some extra folding seats out there in the isle

Pretty sure that's Chuck Eddy center frame, directly above--strange, as Chuck's from Detroit.

plz see clutch thread link re picking spots

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

Agreed about the Dodgers, but I don't think the Tigers are boring -- not with three 200+ K pitchers, one of the best hitters in the game, one of the best defensive shortstops, two comically bad corner infielders, and 3-4-5 hitters who are hysterically slow/gimpy.

It's an expression, Morbius--I'm not saying he willfully picks them. I'm actually suggesting that his post-season record isn't quite as superhuman as selective memory might indicate (without wanting to say so, because I don't want to diminish someone who's had so many memorable hits--most of them concentrated in 2004/07, hence the casual aside).

how dare you frankly

@Rosenberg_Mike
Lefties hit .188 off Benoit this year, with 1 HR in 151 PA. WHY DIDN'T LEYLAND KNOW HE WOULD GIVE UP A HOMER? #duh

Posnanski taking note of the four pitchers responsible for the grand slam, also complaining about four-hour 1-0 games--clearly monitoring ILB.

http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/?p=749#more-749

http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/10/grand-slams-with-4-pitchers-receiving-earned-runs

nick esasky!

Surprised how far back some of them go--four in the '80s, the first in 1961. Didn't check the managers, but one of them was Sparky with Detroit ("Captain Hook").

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

― k3vin k., Monday, October 14, 2013 11:05 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't say anything about "excitement"

the dodgers aren't going to win for one thing, and anyway i can't really in good faith root for a team that just spent a billion dollars after hating the yankees for the same thing over the past decade

tigers meanwhile have the best starting pitching in baseball and the best hitter in baseball and a torii hunter who's never gotten to play in a WS.

‏@gregorMLB 9m
Victorino claims he's disappointed Verlander said he sometimes gets hit by strikes. Guess he forgot when Buehrle hit him on pitch in zone.

‏@gregorMLB 9m
Victorino: "If he can prove to me and show me which one he thought was a strike that was a legitimate strike that I got hit on..."

‏@gregorMLB 8m
All Verlander has to do is pull up GameDay from Sept. 21: Buehrle vs. Victorino. HBP was an obvious strike and registered as such. #BlueJays

so i left and went to a concert last night, Primal Scream. i thought this game was over anyways. was really surprised out this outcome, too bad i missed it.

so i got curious what because of the angry ball-snatcher/thrower: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html