Offical 2011 Detroit Tigers Chat Thread

[mikez1031]

Are you just gonna come on here, leave insults then go away, again?

Clearly you don't read my opinion and you don't understand..I said amazing things happen when a consistent lineup is out there. Look, I'm fully aware when a certain guy needs a day off, and thats 100% ok, but you can't convince me Brennan Boesch or Austin Jackson (when healthy) need atleast 1 day off every week, or that Peralta needed to rest as much as he did. I don't buy it. You can't convince me Brennan Boesch can't hit lefties, when he's a career .300+ hitter vs lefties, and is a better hitter vs a left handed pitcher than he is vs a right handed pitcher, sorry, maybe you buy into that, but stats dont lie.

That means though now on a day the Tigers face a lefty, Inge, Raburn, Ordonez will start and when its a right handed pitcher, Betemit, Santiago, Dirks will play (usually). Do I agree with who always plays? No, not always, however its consistent, and thats the difference between the last 6 weeks or so and the first 3 months. Its hard to get on a roll when the same lineup almost never played 2 days in a row.

But since you are just throwing out insults, I'm suprised you even bother to read what I write. Sorry I am not a 100% homer and love everything and everyone on the Tigers. If I don't like something I say it..now you may continue on with the insults if you'd like.

there are no insults in my post, except for maybe your bad grammar. what gets under my skin is your "i know better than them" attitude which you exhibited once again. "I'm fully aware when a certain guy needs a day off" how would you know what is going on on the bench or in the clubhouse? leyland and the coaches are the only ones who know how to best run the team. your obviously, limited knowledge of the game and the team are expressed every day. I'm tired of it going unchallenged. the other bad habit in your posts are your tendencies toward exaggeration and hyperbole. "Brennan Boesch or Austin Jackson (when healthy) need atleast 1 day off every week" or " the same lineup almost never played 2 days in a row." get your facts straight before you try to make a point. that's what i did when i looked up the starting lineups for the winning streak. i apologize if you're insulted by an argument supported by the facts.

[gladdyontherise]

You clearly take everything to literal, can't help you with that.

And the exaggeration you claim, isn't an exaggeration, show me how many different lineups the Tigers have had this season...How many times this season has the Tigers posted the same lineup 3 days in a row?

Sorry that you don't agree with me and I don't agree with you, but just because i'm not a homer doesn't mean I have "Limited knowledge about the team" I watch the games EVERY day, I watch the pregame shows, post game shows, press confrences after the games, I read the pregame press confrences. I mean come on, thats "stating a fact" You dont even know me, you aren't stating facts, you are just saying your opinion is the correct one

And sorry one more time that my grammer isn't perfect, this is a forum, not an English essay

[mikez1031]

You clearly take everything to literal, can't help you with that.

And the exaggeration you claim, isn't an exaggeration, show me how many different lineups the Tigers have had this season...How many times this season has the Tigers posted the same lineup 3 days in a row?

Sorry that you don't agree with me and I don't agree with you, but just because i'm not a homer doesn't mean I have "Limited knowledge about the team" I watch the games EVERY day, I watch the pregame shows, post game shows, press confrences after the games, I read the pregame press confrences. I mean come on, thats "stating a fact" You dont even know me, you aren't stating facts, you are just saying your opinion is the correct one

you're right i don't know you. this is not "stating a fact about the competance of managing a major league baseball team 'I watch the games EVERY day, I watch the pregame shows, post game shows, press confrences after the games, I read the pregame press confrences. I mean come on, thats "stating a fact." that is stating a fact about information gathered. what you do with that information, however limited, is noted in your posts as an opinion. my point about the lineup was that leyland "knows" who to play and when to give the team the best chance to win. matchups, prior stats, physical and emotional states and for lack of a better desciption "gut feeling" all go into the decision making process. he makes these decisions based on "his" expertise and experience from his time in the game. your opinion, in the past, has been to play the same 9 players. like i stated before, i'm making an argument based on facts. i'm not saying that it is the only one. i am saying that to just spew empty comments and criticism without any basis in fact is a signal of ignorance of the facts.
again i apologize if that offends you.
mikez

[gladdyontherise]

You are right, I believe the 9 best players should play, I realize they aren't all playing 162 games a seaon, but more times than not I'd rather see the best 9 play.

I don't agree with everything Leyland does, and I don't have to. However, I don't "bash" on him when I believe (in an opinion of a fan) when I see him doing things many people have been wanting him to do for years..

[mikez1031]

You are right, I believe the 9 best players should play, I realize they aren't all playing 162 games a seaon, but more times than not I'd rather see the best 9 play.

I don't agree with everything Leyland does, and I don't have to. However, I don't "bash" on him when I believe (in an opinion of a fan) when I see him doing things many people have been wanting him to do for years..

i tried to answer your pm. for some reason it won't go through right now. i'll try again later. what do you mean you don't bash leyland? what's in your avatar?

[gladdyontherise]

i tried to answer your pm. for some reason it won't go through right now. i'll try again later. what do you mean you don't bash leyland? what's in your avatar?

I meant I don't bash him when I believe he's doing a good job, if you noticed, I haven't said very much about him lately, because he isn't doing the things I've seen him do earlier in the season and much of the previous 3 years

[gladdyontherise]

Another game, another win!

11 straight! Verlander also won his 11th straight start to get his 23rd win on the season, game was put out of reach by a Victor Martinez 3 run shot, final score was 5-0.

Tigers go for a 4th straight sweep today

[spuds1961]

The Tigers are playing some great ball right now,but even with 11 straight wins what surprises me is they still haven't caught the Yankees.

[gladdyontherise]

The Tigers are playing some great ball right now,but even with 11 straight wins what surprises me is they still haven't caught the Yankees.

I'm not suprised, they were only 11-12 games over 500 before the streak, Yankees have been around 30 games over for awhile.

Looks like the streak should end today. With a day game after a night game, the C squad is starting today

[spuds1961]

Nice comeback win with 3 in the 9th on 2 homers and a run in the 10th,you guys may not lose again this year.Nice outing by Valverde to strike out the side.