ALDS: Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland Athletics

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Game 1: Tigers at Athletics, Friday, 9:30 p.m. ET, TBS
Game 2: Tigers at Athletics, Saturday, 9 p.m. ET, TBS
Game 3: Athletics at Tigers, Monday, TBS or MLBN***
*Game 4: Athletics at Tigers, Oct. 8, TBS
*Game 5: Tigers at Athletics, Oct. 10, TBS

Poll Results

Option	Votes
A's	10
Tigers	4

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:54 (eleven years ago)

i'm voting A's as that is what my heart is saying but the Tigers will and should win. so deep down i'm hoping the Tigers will win as i think they can knock off the Dodgers.

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago)

still don't know if i'm voting for "want" or "should"

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:51 (eleven years ago)

should: Tigers, want: A's

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 3 October 2013 05:00 (eleven years ago)

go A's

― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 3 October 2013 05:00 (eleven years ago)

A's (totally biased though).

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 October 2013 12:10 (eleven years ago)

Brad Pitt is gonna get that pennank

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago)

This is the toughest series for me to figure out. The A's were third the AL in runs scored but three of the worst five pitching staffs in the league are in their division, so how good is their offense really? (they did manage to score runs against good teams outside their division though) Detroit's offense has been average with Cabrera playing hurt, even though their numbers for the whole season are great. Which version of Verlander will show up in the playoffs?

should: coin flip, but want: A's

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 3 October 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago)

As much as I like some of the Tiger players, I'm rooting for all the payroll underdogs. A's, Rays, or Pirates, any of them would be fine.

― clemenza, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago)

Rooting for Detroit because of Max Scherzer and what the city has been going through lately.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 3 October 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 4 October 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Saturday, 5 October 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser 2m
Miguel Cabrera hitting balls out of the Coliseum with ease in batting practice. He looks fine.

Until he has to walk, sure.

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago)

blink and the A's are already down three.

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago)

i believe in u, fat man

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 October 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago)

what pct of hitters use mouthpieces? Reddick has a green one.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 October 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago)

coco crisp looks 50 years old

― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 October 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago)

good play at home

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:32 (eleven years ago)

better slide woulda had it

― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago)

Better 3B coach would've held Victor.

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago)

(If there's a remote chance Victor will have to slide, DON'T SEND HIM. I don't know if he scored with a slide all year.)

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:40 (eleven years ago)

hoping that is the break the A's need

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:43 (eleven years ago)

or not

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago)

What was the break? A base runner?

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:51 (eleven years ago)

the dropped foul ball

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago)

Oh, right, strike two.

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 03:59 (eleven years ago)

lol, cabrera almost got halfway to that popup

― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:01 (eleven years ago)

Accustomed to seeing the pitch count beside the score, all year, with Fox. Nice to have that constant reminder that it's game one instead, I guess.

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:03 (eleven years ago)

no the one before that one, LF dropped the ball

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:04 (eleven years ago)

xpost

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:04 (eleven years ago)

YEAH

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:06 (eleven years ago)

he took his eyes off the ball

― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:25 (eleven years ago)

the rare K, 1-3

― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:58 (eleven years ago)

Good game I guess but it really seemed to drag because of all the K's.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 5 October 2013 05:50 (eleven years ago)

― Andy K, Saturday, 5 October 2013 11:33 (eleven years ago)

http://www.baseballnation.com/hot-corner/2013/10/4/4804202/oakland-detroit-postseason-history-1972-reggie-jackson-video

I still remember Campaneris flinging the bat at Lerrin LaGrow (great name), but had forgotten how close a series it was.

― clemenza, Saturday, 5 October 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago)

let's go A's

― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago)

really i thought Sonny Gray starred in B westerns in the late '40s

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago)

Much like Lerrin LaGrow should have had a handlebar mustache and been tying women to train tracks in silent movies.

― clemenza, Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:34 (eleven years ago)

SG throws a nice rainbow

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:39 (eleven years ago)

my GOD, how did Bucknor get a postseason assignment, he is pitiful

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago)

‏@based_ball
/CB Bucknor approaches "Fine-lookin ride you got there" "That's a dog" "Be a shame if something happened to it" "Why are you threatening me"

― Andy K, Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:56 (eleven years ago)

first hit

― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:28 (eleven years ago)

46 plate appearances, 23 strikeouts for the A's so far.

― Andy K, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago)

strike him out and throw him out

― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:42 (eleven years ago)

That inning went from 3-0, runners on first and third with one out, to over...very quickly.

― Andy K, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:43 (eleven years ago)

oh no

― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:51 (eleven years ago)

fail but, let him swing and see what happens

― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 October 2013 02:51 (eleven years ago)

i thought he was o ut live but he was safe

― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 October 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago)

This Vogt at-bat...

― Andy K, Sunday, 6 October 2013 03:38 (eleven years ago)

Skipping 155 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Verlander: And now for my greatest deception.

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago)

He went 22 innings without an out recorded at 1B.

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:00 (eleven years ago)

welcome back, miggy

― k3vin k., Friday, 11 October 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago)

Gray has lost it.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago)

Wow, season still alive but they'd better not send Gray out for the fifth.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago)

Colon, or a normal middle reliever?

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 October 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago)

― mookieproof, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:23 (eleven years ago)

A's digital composite:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Jeffrey-dahmer.jpg/220px-Jeffrey-dahmer.jpg

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago)

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3368457/dombrowski.gif

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago)

xp ppl used to tell me i looked like him : /

― mookieproof, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago)

'george plimpton recites the litany against fear'

― mookieproof, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago)

I don't think they have a better option for the 5th than Gray, not even George Kuchar.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 October 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago)

(is that Dahmer?)

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 October 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago)

Jackson is completely lost.

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:37 (eleven years ago)

Not sure why they let Gray face Cabrera again.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago)

Deney Terrio?

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago)

why do they keep showing this, he was obviously out

― k3vin k., Friday, 11 October 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago)

I really don't understand why Gray was out there in the sixth. He'd been in trouble in two straight innings and verlander is pitching like VERLANDER again.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:09 (eleven years ago)

@susanslusser
Justin Verlander goes into the bottom of the sixth with a 27 inning scoreless streak vs. #Athletics in postseason.

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:09 (eleven years ago)

ouch

― Bee OK, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:12 (eleven years ago)

i guess that is why the saved him, just in case.

― Bee OK, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:12 (eleven years ago)

lol this is gonna be the second year in a row i'm forced to go "uh, go tigers, i guess?"

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Friday, 11 October 2013 02:14 (eleven years ago)

nice baseunning by reddick there

― k3vin k., Friday, 11 October 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago)

Another great fly-ball read from Don Orsillo.

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago)

i like don orsillo, but he's a big dave matthews fan

― mookieproof, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:20 (eleven years ago)

TBS still uses that terrible '90s/early '00s Detroit logo with the tiger crawling through the D.

― Andy K, Friday, 11 October 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago)

xp ppl used to tell me i looked like him : /

― mookieproof, Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:30 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you look nothing like Dave Jimbrowski

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:18 (eleven years ago)

Man, I wouldn't want to be a metal folding chair nor a cinderblock wall in the o.co home locker room tonight.

RIP Brad Pitt

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:21 (eleven years ago)

you look nothing like Dave Jimbrowski

thanks phil mickelson

― mookieproof, Friday, 11 October 2013 03:23 (eleven years ago)

lol verlander is such a teachers pet

― k3vin k., Friday, 11 October 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago)

lol that looked like a swing

― k3vin k., Friday, 11 October 2013 03:26 (eleven years ago)

I want the A's to win bit not have Billy Beane redeemed. so confused.

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago)

1 bitcoin to the first person who posts "my shit doesn't work in the playoffs"

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:28 (eleven years ago)

Rollercoaster Benoit

― peepee, Friday, 11 October 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago)

what was that Juggalo dance at the pitchers mound all about?

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:30 (eleven years ago)

what the hell with that chant?

― Bee OK, Friday, 11 October 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago)

they've been doing that

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago)

it's either like a "yay we won" chant or maybe a "honoring our ancestors" chant idk i'll keep you updated ballplayers can be complicated

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago)

i couldn't make it all out, it sounded like "Sigma Chi, Sigma Chi, Tim Lincecum's undefended cherry asshole, Sauce Boss Ross Clot watch Duck Dynasty"

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago)

this is gonna be the second year in a row i'm forced to go "uh, go tigers, i guess?"

Baseball: NOW it's boring.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:40 (eleven years ago)

xp believe the chant was "QUALCOMM QUALCOMM TONIGHT IS ABOUT QUALCOMM"

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Friday, 11 October 2013 03:43 (eleven years ago)

Three straight ALCS appearances is impressive.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 October 2013 03:59 (eleven years ago)

Go back to reading your fascinating analysis of how Billy Beane was the GM of the century or whatever.

― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, February 21, 2010

― buzza, Friday, 11 October 2013 04:03 (eleven years ago)

Gave up on that live feed early, followed along on cnnsi. I take it Verlander was pretty awesome.

I guess the Dodgers are the only semi-novelty left at this point.

― clemenza, Friday, 11 October 2013 04:06 (eleven years ago)

yeah all dodgers all the way now

― k3vin k., Friday, 11 October 2013 04:07 (eleven years ago)

i couldn't make it all out, it sounded like "Sigma Chi, Sigma Chi, Tim Lincecum's undefended cherry asshole, Sauce Boss Ross Clot watch Duck Dynasty"
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit)

hahaha

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 11 October 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago)

Last year it seemed like they were barely hanging in against the Tigers, this year it seemed like the Tigers had more weaknesses (especially on offense) and the series was there for the taking. You can't say the A's didn't have their chances in Game 4.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 October 2013 12:11 (eleven years ago)

He's had more bad series (serieses?) than good ones, but largely because of his last four starts against Oakland, Verlander's postseason stats are now almost identical to his regular-season numbers in a few basic categories:

ERA: 3:41 (regular) - 3.48 (post-season)
W%: .640 (regular) - .636 (post-season)
WHIP: 1.191 (regular) - 1.113 (post-season)
SO/BB: 3.07 (regular) - 3.50 (post-season)

I've found a number of great players over the years where this is true, once their post-season sample becomes large enough. Which shouldn't be surprising.

― clemenza, Friday, 11 October 2013 12:34 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/USQtZ30.gif

― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago)

― lag∞n, Friday, 11 October 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago)

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