Game Thread: August 6, 2007

GO TRIBE!!!

Let's

Go

Tribe

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

Anyway, the Detroit guys are talking about scoring runs.  They point out that Sheffield leads the team in that particular category.  "That's because he walks so much," the first guy says.  "You'll score a lot when you're on base all the time," adds the second guy.

What I wouldn't give for Manning/Underwood to say something like that.  Just once.

Hello Roger Dorn,

That was just 1/5 starts in where he has given up 3 ERs or less, out of 12 total starts (5/12 = 41.7%.)

By comparison, Cliff Lee has given 3 ER or less in 7/16 starts (43.8%,) so in a way, Igawa has actually been worse than Lee (and his WHIP is higher than Lee's also - 1.68 to Lee's 1.53,) so, even with Igawa beating us, I'm still glad we didn't spend all that money on him - I have my doubts he'll ever be an effective starter, as Igawa is only one year younger than Lee (28 vs. Lee about to be 29.)

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

Down with I-Trac anyone?

And for some reason this cheers me up and helps me move on with life haha.

Eat it Rouse.

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I just jumped out of my seat!!!!!

I'm picturing everyone gathering around like middle schoolers hearing what it's like to get to 2nd base.

Why is Pronk hitting again and Garko's sitting?  Maybe I'm missing something!  :-)

This Gary Glover nonsense however...

0.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER.  Still responsible for two men on.

That's bush league.

And I'm officially going to the Phillies/Padres game August 24th for those who enjoy getting drunk and sitting in piss-poor seats.

When Bonds hits his next HR, who are the people we would most like to see storm the field and chase him around Aaron-styles?

Anyone missing Kevin Millwood?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQBhqrabSw0&mode=related&search=

2 minutes into the scene.

W.E.: 1%

I like our odds.

It's conceivable he could play there more than Palmeiro did that one year.

Hence, we have Byrd Pie.

It's a huge fluke that they're 11 games over 500, and it will take an equally big fluke for them to continue and win a playoff spot.

Awesome game.

STOMP

STOMP

HISS

HISS

Travis will still eat your internal organs if he's in the mood.

Big win and a great game by Byrd - we really needed that pitching performance.

The offense was a bit better; it was encouraging to see some of these hitters go the other way and not look to crush the ball by pulling it - they were just nice, easy swings.  Personally, I hope we see more of that; some of these guys look like they're trying to hit 8-run HRs.  They just need to relax and stay within themselves.

As for Pronk, I hope this gets him going; that was a meatball pitch, but fortunately, he didn't miss it, which he has done on a few occasions this year.  I'm just hopeful this can get him on some sort of roll.

Also, a friend of mine again noticed that it seemed Pronk didn't lift up his leg before the pitch came that he hit the HR on.  Did Pronk always lift his leg before the pitch when he was going well in past years?  We don't seem to recall him doing that.  Could that be the source (or one source) of his problems?  Just curious.

Let's hope the Indians can play well in Chicago and at least win the series; who knows if the D'Rays can beat the Tigers, though I'm hopeful they can take a game or two.

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

I don't know - just my opinion, but Crawford's mental acumen for the game seems to be lacking at times, as this isn't the first time he's made a bone-headed play.  If his mental acumen were a little sharper and he was a little more patient, he might be the type of player who is in Sizemore's category, but personally (and I am biased,) I think he's a peg or two below Sizemore, even though he has comparable tools.

Just my 2 cents.  :-)