The Tigers' last 5 wins have all been by one run.

*tears out hair*

It's couple of days over the 10 year anniversary of "the impossible return" but it deserves mention:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/34817

It just never gets old.

TDU: Thanks for that link. That's a nice presentation! I had forgotten that we were still down 5 runs, and down to the last strike in the 9th, before coming back to tie it.

If bullpen is tired and we are not going to use Durbin and Hermann except in blowouts, cut Durbin and bring Huff up and let him work the bullpen some. Or Chen maybe.

Just an idea, I did not like the Durbin signing anyway.

I do think one of the downsides to having a team based on pitching is that you play a lot of close games.

Therefore, you use your bullpen a LOT!

Chen is Chen Lee. He could be ready for a shot.

The player (Lee) was the one the Padres wanted for Ludwick.

It was like a flick of the switch in the eighth and it was all she-wrote. Five-run eighth? After being shutdown most of the night, they just came alive. Acta claims that Tomlin ran out of gas in the eighth, and he let the first two on, so perhaps he did.

But if Tomlin ran out of gas, the bullpen never had any before they attempted to drive up the hill. Manny said that walking Kinsler with the bases loaded is what killed Joe Smith. I disagree, Manny Acta leaving Smith in to face a left-hander is what killed Smith. To his credit, Smith shouldered the blame.

"The infield hit is what it is," Smith said. "When you throw sinkers, you're going to give those up. Everything else was just over the middle of the plate and up. I completely [stunk]. Tomlin throws seven great innings and I came in and I did not get the job done at all."

The infield hit is what it was, but he should have been yanked. You have Sipp and Perez and I understand your closer isn't available tonight, but you only have two innings to take care of.

The wheels fell off... The Mafia had a bad week. They essentially blew all these games. It's not Mafia like at all, and it makes you make strange faces when Ian Kinsler says "once we got to their bullpen, we felt like we had a chance."

Weird. That shouldn't be the mentality teams are taking facing the Mafia. But lately, you can't blame them for that.

The offense did their part, they did enough to win this the way Tomlin pitched. And Tomlin pitched great until the very end when he "ran out of gas" as you can put it. Going into that eighth inning he had given up three hits and two walks with no runs. It's a shame it ended the way it did, but it certainly wasn't Tomlin's fault.

Tomlin threw 65% of his pitches for strikes last night. He was 9-for-5 on the groundouts to flyouts and had four strikeouts. Remarkably, in Texas of all places, he didn't give up a home run. Which makes the three walks a little more understandable (especially since he walked Napoli twice).

For a game involving two of the AL's leaders in home runs surrendered, for only one home run to be given up in the park that one is most likely to see the ball fly out, that was pretty crazy.

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hoynsie paul hoynes

#Indians Carlos Carrasco, when activated, must serve full 6-game suspension. Jack Hannahan takes his spot. Need pitcher Sat. David Huff?

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hoynsie paul hoynes

#Indians Carlos Carrasco, on the DL with r elbow soreness, voids 6-game suspension. Still must serve when he's activated.

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hoynsie paul hoynes

Saw Carlos Carrasco walk out of clubhouse Sun night with rubber sleeve on his elbow. DL moves explains that sleeve. #Indians.

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Huff worked Monday night; Saturday is his turn.

I definitely think Chen Lee is ready for a shot at the bullpen. His numbers across the board in the upper minors are all very impressive. I'd like to see him. I don't think I've seen him pitch yet. That I remember anyway.

They should send Durbin to wherever they are shipping Carrasco and leave them both there a while. Let's get a better look at Huff and a peek at Chen Lee.

Rosters expand in 3+ weeks. We can wait to see Chen.

This upcoming series with Detroit will go a long ways towards telling if this is a playoff team or not.

Time to put up or shut up for these players.

I will be at tonight's game. We are in lower deck, second row, along 3rd base side. Hope we do better than last time!

gaylord perry wrote:I will be at tonight's game. We are in lower deck, second row, along 3rd base side. Hope we do better than last time!

Okay, now I'm worried