Game 151: Tigers 3, Indians 1

by Ryan on Sep 22, 2009 11:08 PM EDT in Game Recaps Comment 39 comments

One monotonous day is followed
by another monotonous, identical day. The same
things will happen, they will happen again --
the same moments find us and leave us.

A month passes and ushers in another month.
One easily guesses the coming events;
they are the boring ones of yesterday.
And the morrow ends up not resembling a morrow anymore.

-Constantine P. Cavafy

I thought the game was over when Ryan Raburn hit a home run in the third inning. It wasn't quite over, for the Indians would score a run, but it might as well have been. The Indians have been losing in boring, monotonous regularity, a feature of an especially awful baseball team. Many of the players on this team have futures, but it seems that everyone's taking their cues from their manager, who can see his end approaching. Tonight's loss made nine in a row for the Indians, a season high

Aaron Laffey pitched very well despite a tight strike zone. After struggling in his past two starts, Laffey pitched into the seventh, leaving with the Indians just down a run, a winnable situation for a club of any offensive ability. Unfortunately, the Indians' long run came after Chris Perez gave up two runs in the eighth. Although Cleveland would have an excellent opportunity in the bottom of the inning, three runs were too much to overcome for this punchless offense.

To make matters worse, Matt LaPorta had to leave the game with a hip injury. LaPorta's "only" hitting .235/.278/.426 this month, which ranks among the best on the team. Andy Marte, who is again buried on the bench in favor of Trevor Crowe, got a couple at-bats in place of LaPorta, but I expect we'll be seeing a Chris Gimenez start tomorrow.

Next Up: Porcello vs. Masterson, 7:05 PM

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via www.fangraphs.com

Highest WPA		Lowest WPA
Aaron Laffey	.214	Jhonny Peralta	-.220
Shin-Soo Choo	.109	Luis Valbuena	-.189
Jamey Carroll	.095	Asdrubal Cabrera	-.148

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A glass of sarsaparilla for Mr. Cavafy.

by odradek on Sep 22, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

Goodbye Mr. Marte, thanks for all the angst.

by Toxicadam on Sep 22, 2009 11:29 PM EDT reply actions

Can’t it be goodbye Wedge instead?

In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).

by V-Mart Shopper on Sep 22, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, it could be both.

by Toxicadam on Sep 23, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Man if I were a Twins fan I’d be incazzat!

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on Sep 23, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions

I’m thinking teams probably get excited when they see us on their schedule. Talk about things you don’t want in your mission statement.

Captain of the SS [DO NOT TRADE] CHOO

by westbrook on Sep 23, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions

They got no one to blame but themselves. They went 10-8 against the hapless Indians, whiel Detroit has put up a 12-4 record so far.

by odradek on Sep 23, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Captain of the SS [DO NOT TRADE] CHOO

by westbrook on Sep 23, 2009 12:38 AM EDT reply actions

1.5 games out from Baltimore…that seems within reach

by APV on Sep 23, 2009 7:05 AM EDT reply actions

yay draft position!

by MooneysRebellion on Sep 23, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions

If you watched Baltimore totally give away the game last night, you wouldn’t be so sure.

They win the tiebreaker, too, so we actually have to finish with a worse record.

by Jay on Sep 23, 2009 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions

How is the tiebreaker determined?

"But people are stupid, and their memories are short." - FredOx

by woodsmeister on Sep 23, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

An arm-wrestling match between Jamey Carroll and Cesar Izturis.

"You just gotta roll with the ounches." - Clemson58YearOldMan

by emd2k3 on Sep 23, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

By who had the worse record in the prior season.

by Jay on Sep 23, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions

You mean they don’t play a game to see who loses?

Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?

by ClemsonGirl on Sep 23, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Andy Marte, who is again buried on the bench in favor of Trevor Crowe

I both beg and challenge someone, anyone to offer me a credible explanation.

by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 11:46 AM EDT reply actions

This makes me want to write my own “I’m Done” post.

by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

trevor crowe is our 4th outfielder next year.

by Brick. on Sep 23, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

and…?

by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

so you can argue it’s worth getting him PT. it’s more credible than burrying him for gimenez.

by Brick. on Sep 23, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

But Gimenez is going to be our fifth outfielder and sixth infielder and third catcher!

by Jay on Sep 23, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

not to mention he can pinch run for either shoppach or torregas.

by Brick. on Sep 23, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

And, who’s name will we misspell if Gimenez isn’t around next year?!

by MooneysRebellion on Sep 23, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Marston or Crow.

by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

But we KNOW what Crow is and will do. The very reason someone is a 4th out fielder is because he ain’t worth playing every freaking day…

by stuart dean on Sep 23, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I think they’re still trying to get an accurate read on the exact shape of his mediocrity.

by Jay on Sep 23, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Is this guy more Jason Michaels or more Brian Barton? Inquiring minds need to know.

by afh4 on Sep 23, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

someday we will give him away for nothing. it’s just a matter of when that day is.

by Brick. on Sep 23, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Has he gotten an engineering degree or slapped around his wife? Either one would help narrow it down.

*sigh*

by zempf on Sep 23, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Well to be fair to Michaels, I think that was a cop he was slappping around, his former philly teammate Brett Myers is the guy with the wife

by hans on Sep 24, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions

He didn’t slap him around, either. He was drunk and threw one punch, which I’m not sure even really landed.

by Jay on Sep 24, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I clarify this in defense of Philly cops, not Michaels.

by Jay on Sep 24, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I would kill for Crowe to be mediocre.

by Roger Dorn on Sep 23, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

"But people are stupid, and their memories are short." - FredOx

by woodsmeister on Sep 23, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

If you look at Crowe stats since all-star break it not that bad.

Fan in Texas

by fanintexas on Sep 23, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

It’s a handful of PA with an unsustainable BABIP. Only good thing I see there is a nice mix of extra-base hits, but even that is only based on a small sample.

by Jay on Sep 23, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions