2011 ALDS: Yankees vs. Tigers

Gm 1	DET @ NYY	Fri	Sep. 30	8:37 PM	TBS
Gm 2	DET @ NYY	Sat	Oct. 1	8:37 PM	TBS
Gm 3	NYY @ DET	Mon	Oct. 3	8:37 PM	TBS
Gm 4*	NYY @ DET	Tue	Oct. 4	TBD	TBS
Gm 5*	DET @ NYY	Thu	Oct. 6	TBD	TBS

yankees in 5 bleh

DET in 4

still holding out hope that the yankees' rotation blows up in their faces

Verlander-Sabathia not the match-up that Halladay-Lincecum was last year, but still pretty great.

det's got arguably the best pitcher and definitely the best hitter in the series. fister's been maybe the best pitcher in the game over the past month (41.2 IP, 40 K, 3(!) BB, 0.65 ERA, 0.53 whip.) martinez, peralta, and avila are good so i think offensively the tigers are a little closer to the yanks than a lot of people might imagine. if fister keeps it up and verlander dominates i think it's the tigers in 5.

How is Detroit's middle relief?

schlereth and benoit are good. al albuquerque is awesome.

Tigers sweep

tigers in 4

Yanks. four.

yanks in 4

Evil Empire in 5

Regular season results: Detroit 4, NYY 3

How is Detroit's middle relief?

― polyphonic, Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:40 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

schlereth and benoit are good. al albuquerque is awesome.

― omar little, Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:43 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

Benoit: very effective since a rough start.

Alburquerque: K/9 is almost 14 with a wicked slider.

Schlereth: still has the serious control issues.

Perry: terrble.

Pauley: lousy as a Tiger.

Coke: nu Grilli (either excellent or terrible, with the latter slightly more likely).

Not great overall. I have a feeling Porcello is going to get shelled, and that the bullpen won't fare much better that night. Fairly confident that Verlander, Fister, and Scherzer will do very well or hold their own. If I'm not mistaken, the Yankees have had trouble with Scherzer.

Tigers in five.

Y in 4

I don't trust either of these teams to get it done in crunch time but I'll be rooting for Det to send NY to meet the Red Sox on the 2011 lolf course, probably in five games.

i think the narrative here is going to be TIGERS MUST WIN GAME 1 but honestly i think they're in just as good if not better position to win the series w/o winning game 1

and if verlander goes all cliff lee than the yanks are fucked

tigers/rangers ALCS wouldn't shock me in the slightest

if verlander throws 8 shutout innings in game 1 and the tigers win 4-1 the yankees are staking their season on starts by hughes/garca/colon/nova???? yikes

Tigers in 4. Yankees pitching is awful.

I mean other than CC obv.

i doubt the Yanks would be using a 5-man rotation.

Last I read, Girardi was going with Sabathia, Nova, Garcia.

that could be more than enough, or it could be a complete disaster

Predicting at least one Granderson-Schlereth match-up that results in a (Yankee Stadium) HR, btw.

how could a team be in better position to win a 5 game series down 0-1?

i meant a better position than the yankees if they were to lose

oh yeah i could see that

Totally looking forward to sitting down and watching tonight's game. Hope the final score's 1-0. (Normally I'd root for the Tigers to win this Series, and if that's what happens, great--but I would like to see the Rays beat the Yankees in an ALCS.)

i may have scored tics from game 3!

*for

Yankees in five

Oh, look, a cheap Yankee Stadium home run.

CC = Chris Christie; probably just a coincidence.

good start

For fuck's sake, Ron Darling.

Jackson went back to dugout after third strike got away. Jeter hustled after third strike got away. Roughly 50' difference between how far those third strikes got away, Ron Darling.

Cabrera showing his lack of playoff experience right there.

I thought Inge had fielded that cleanly enough to go home--I didn't really get that.

I wdn't mind the angles on MLB.TV if the fucking screen didnt freeze for 15 seconds at a time...

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Two plays where it didn't look like #Tigers infielders had a good grip on the ball. They've been aggressive on plays like that lately.

You'd think it was raining.

Peralta and Martinez have been breeding midges from Cleveland and they are waiting to deploy them when necessary.

for fucks sake, this is the third year in a row that "no avacaodo? that's bush league, brah" ad tricked me into thinking it was Shane Victorino saying it. somehow it only plays during postseason baseball.

Brian Anderson calling a CC start makes me QQ

lol @ dude in crowd fist pumping while holding umbrella & beer gif plz

From my dim memory bank, watching CC feels just like watching Mickey Lolich.

Lady of the Lake is going to hand someone a bat from that pool in front of home. What a joke.

The crew does have radar? Should've never fucking started.

Wait new Yankee stadium really doesn't have a roof?? How does that happen??

Looks like there'll be a lull soon... and then it'll pour for 2 hrs more.

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/36410:20

A centaur stands at the plate.

remind me why a-rod is hitting fourth

― k3vin k., Thursday, October 6, 2011 8:40 PM (40 seconds ago)

$30M/yr doggie

If he takes strike 3 I say he threw the game.

LOL

^^^^

How about that AL East eh?

AL Espn rip

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

*high fives everyone*

http://i.imgur.com/U94IO.gif

how about yr Rays pick for the pennant, SS?

this was my favorite postseason game in a long time

Good show, Tigers.

lol mankees

My shit don't work in the playoffs Mr. Dorbius.

Now that Boston and New York are out, do they still go forward with the rest of the postseason?

didn't think the Tigers could pull this off in New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sEq7HX2QE

didn't think the Tigers could pull this off in New York

― Bee OK, Thursday, October 6, 2011 10:47 PM (1 second ago)

Why not?

idk mb cuz the yankees were the better team

playoffs are stupid, news at 11

just thought that the Yankees would overwhelm them, history and all that.

xxp

lol qq more yanktards

guys i found this really lame hashtag lying around http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23questfor28

just thought that the Yankees would overwhelm them, history and all that.

xxp

― Bee OK, Thursday, October 6, 2011 11:50 PM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark

Like five years ago?

The occupation is working, the Wall Streeters been bounced!

tigers clearly the better team, 5 game series tend to put those questions to rest

they won the World Series a few years ago, plus they had a good team this year.

BeeOK, as long as you never bet money on your sports feelings, you'll be... ok.

i really don't know the American League, so it's a crap shot.

definitely a class move to avoid the prospect of a clash between a ticker tape parade and those occupy wall street folks.

always thinking one move ahead.

Little Victor just doused his father in champagne and is going to sleep well tonight.

Nonalcoholic champagne -- excuse me.

Dombrowski is wearing a white and very wet t-shirt.

...i think it's the tigers in 5.

― omar little, Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:35 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

Tigers in five.

― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:10 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

I don't trust either of these teams to get it done in crunch time but I'll be rooting for Det to send NY to meet the Red Sox on the 2011 lolf course, probably in five games.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, September 30, 2011 1:50 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark

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I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THIS GAME BUT LOL

i was at a restaurant w/ one TV but i didn't even realize the game was on until the whole place ERUPTED bcuz the yankees lost :-B

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/ap/6c/fullj.8bf716dff5159ffe084d39f468c83229/ap-201110070005003271146.jpg

Posada had a nice lil series going for himself before being sent to the glue factory. Rip

Has the media started blaming A-rod yet?

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Friday, October 7, 2011 3:43 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

confiscating all shoelaces and neckties from my friend who's a yanks fan

ahhhh little victor is the best!

well no wonder the Yankees lost, they twice got bases loaded w/ 1 out and kept swinging at bad pitches. Swish struck out on one that was what, a foot out of the zone? You guys know you get an RBI for walking in that situation? lololol yankees enjoy ARod for 35 more years

Truthfully, I find the Yankees losing last night less surprising than the fact that they won 97 games during the regular season. I never saw them as being that impressive a team.

i thought benoit pitched really well in the sitch in the 7th. just would not give in & kept the ball away 2 leftys who seem 2 hit him better

well Swishhh and ARoid helped him out a lot by swinging at bad pitches but yeah in the 8th he was boss

it just occurred to me.. why is Sabathia of all people in the Pepsi Max zero calorie ad?

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs50/PRE/i/2009/303/9/c/My_Yanks_Tramp_Stamp_by_michbeau.jpg

btw Swisher has an album that came out on Tuesday, THAT is why the Yankees got bounced.