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SleevePlz
SleevePlz Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,408
First off, bad news for you idiot non-Tigers fans. Looks like the funk is over. Time to steamroll into the playoffs!!! My real observation, however, is about the AL East. Is this going to be the first year since the wild card was introduced that we don't have the Yankees or Red Sox in the playoffs? Discuss.
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  • cbuck
    cbuck Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 421
    Being a Red Sox fan isn't easy, but it ain't over till its over! I remember a year we had a 15 game lead on September 1, and still didn't even make the playoffs! A lot of baseball left to play. Too early to tell.
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    I agree. They are only a handful of games out. Anything can happen.



    btw, Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game. He isn't even trying. He's just cruising and accepting lame and outrageous gifts this season.
  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    danielzreyes:
    Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game.
    Fo sho.
  • smoke em if you got em
    smoke em if you got em Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,119
    Rain:
    danielzreyes:
    Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game.
    Fo sho.
    Couldn't agree more.
  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,408
    danielzreyes:
    I agree. They are only a handful of games out. Anything can happen.



    btw, Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game. He isn't even trying. He's just cruising and accepting lame and outrageous gifts this season.
    I agree, one or both of them could pick it up in the second half. I just find it amazing that those two combined have a track record of making the playoffs every year for nearly 20 years. Hope it ends this year :) Also, I really, really hate retirement tours. What a joke. Hated the Rivera tour last year and Jeter's is just icing on the Yankee hate cake.
  • cbuck
    cbuck Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 421
    I'm not a Yankee hater, just a Red Sox lover! I even root for them ( Yankees ) if no one else from the AL East is playing. Don't pay too much attention to the "retirement" thing.
  • Bigshizza
    Bigshizza Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 10,949
    I'm fairly surprised with how well Seattle is doing with all of their young players but it's nice to see. Don't think we will make the playoffs but this is the most games over .500 in 5 years.
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    SleevePlz:
    danielzreyes:
    I agree. They are only a handful of games out. Anything can happen.



    btw, Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game. He isn't even trying. He's just cruising and accepting lame and outrageous gifts this season.
    I agree, one or both of them could pick it up in the second half. I just find it amazing that those two combined have a track record of making the playoffs every year for nearly 20 years. Hope it ends this year :) Also, I really, really hate retirement tours. What a joke. Hated the Rivera tour last year and Jeter's is just icing on the Yankee hate cake.
    also, trades ... expect a lot of it to happen. hmmm almost time for the HR derby contest. Off to the sock store I go
  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,408
    danielzreyes:
    also, trades ...
    Yeah, expect my Tigers to pick up Benoit from SD shortly to strengthen the crappy bullpen :)
  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    Best record in the NL. Eat it, Baseball Tonight. XOXOimage
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    Next year I'd like to enter the HR derby as a contestant. I'm sure I can hit as many as Puig did this year. (Maybe more)
  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    Name/Year/Home Runs Mike Piazza 1993 0 Mike Piazza 1994 0 Raul Mondesi 1995 2 Hee Seop Choi 2005 5 Matt Kemp 2011 2 Matt Kemp 2012 1 Not a Dodger friendly contest.
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    Kershaw should be the starter tonight.
  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    I agree, but I don't want that to overshadow the fact that I think Waino is a great pitcher.Kersh had a few things going against him...the manager, the missed time and the fact that him throwing a three hit complete game but giving up one run is seen as a disappointment....yeah, he's amazing.
  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
    Not trying to start a war, but saw a stat the other day that caught me by surprise. Verlander is 8-8 with an ERA teasing 5? He jump the shark?
  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,408
    rsherman24:
    Not trying to start a war, but saw a stat the other day that caught me by surprise. Verlander is 8-8 with an ERA teasing 5? He jump the shark?
    I'm cutting him a little slack. He did have core muscle surgery during the off-season. Besides, I can live with a team that has Verlander as its #5 starter. LOL!
  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
    OK. Haven't been following them and just saw the stats as a preview during a game. Guess we can let him slide a little. LOL
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    If the Tigers don't make the WS it's Verlander's fault. If they do make it but lose, still his fault. No slack in Baseball!
  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,408
    danielzreyes:
    If the Tigers don't make the WS it's Verlander's fault. If they do make it but lose, still his fault. No slack in Baseball!
    Honestly, who stands in their way of the AL pennant?
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    SleevePlz:
    danielzreyes:
    If the Tigers don't make the WS it's Verlander's fault. If they do make it but lose, still his fault. No slack in Baseball!
    Honestly, who stands in their way of the AL pennant?
    Justin Verlander
  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,408
    danielzreyes:
    SleevePlz:
    danielzreyes:
    If the Tigers don't make the WS it's Verlander's fault. If they do make it but lose, still his fault. No slack in Baseball!
    Honestly, who stands in their way of the AL pennant?
    Justin Verlander
    Worst case, we'll start Scherzer, Sanchez, and Porcello before him. No worries :)
  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
    smoke em if you got em:
    Rain:
    danielzreyes:
    Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game.
    Fo sho.
    Couldn't agree more.

    I expect retractions and apologies before I head to the post office.
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    rsherman24:
    smoke em if you got em:
    Rain:
    danielzreyes:
    Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game.
    Fo sho.
    Couldn't agree more.

    I expect retractions and apologies before I head to the post office.
    I'm sorry Derek Jeter. I'm sorry I don't have a hat to tip to you.
  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
    danielzreyes:
    rsherman24:
    smoke em if you got em:
    Rain:
    danielzreyes:
    Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game.
    Fo sho.
    Couldn't agree more.

    I expect retractions and apologies before I head to the post office.
    I'm sorry Derek Jeter. I'm sorry I don't have a hat to tip to you.

    Good Job Daniel. Next
  • smoke em if you got em
    smoke em if you got em Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,119
    I actually enjoyed that Nike commercial....Re2pect
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
    rsherman24:
    danielzreyes:
    rsherman24:
    smoke em if you got em:
    Rain:
    danielzreyes:
    Derek Jeter DOES NOT deserve to be the SS on the AllStar game.
    Fo sho.
    Couldn't agree more.

    I expect retractions and apologies before I head to the post office.
    I'm sorry Derek Jeter. I'm sorry I don't have a hat to tip to you.

    Good Job Daniel. Next
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  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
    Don't be a hater. Even those filthy Red Sox tipped a hat
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 6,739
  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,377
    He went out in style. What impressed me was the respect he got from his peers.