Brian Bass Shuts Down Tigers

On May 4, 12:27�am, powrwrap <powrw....TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote:
> If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.

C'mon. Give Bass his props. He shut em down and got the Twins a win
against the Tigers and you insult him?

David
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"powrwrap" <powrwrap RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.


Brian Bass? Yes...embarrasing.
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"Scott Smith" <scott.smith DeleteThis @iphouse.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 May 2008 21:27:55 -0700 (PDT), powrwrap <powrwrap DeleteThis @aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.
>
> If I were a Tigers fan, I'd be embarassed about the whole season
> so far.




It's embarrasing to be within 3 or 4 games of .500? Come on, Scott...that's
a dumb comment for you to make. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. The pitching is
embarassing, save Galarraga and Rapada. Hitting is certainly not
embarassing. As well as this division is doing, the Tigers wouldn't have to
do anything about pitching all year and they'd still be in the playoff hunt
at the end of the season.
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> On May 4, 10:46 am, Michi Gander <whatsamata....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> On May 4, 12:27�am, powrwrap <powrw....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.
>
> C'mon. Give Bass his props. He shut em down and got the Twins a win
> against the Tigers and you insult him?

Not really. Well, in a back-handed sort of a way, I guess it is an
insult. But consider--going into last night's game he had pitched 17
innings in his major league career. He was facing a lineup of sluggers
and he allowed only 3 hits over 4 innings, striking out none. So what
was it? Tigers batters failing? Or Brian Bass showing that he's going
to have a WHIP of less than 1.00 for the rest of the season?
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On May 4, 5:25 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm... RemoveThis @iphouse.com> wrote:

> The Tigers are starting to look like the 'Keystone Cops' of baseball
> this season.  Guillen missing both of those singles in the seventh
> inning was priceless....priceless.  

I'm starting to wonder about Leyland. Guillen playing 3rd with Cabrera
at 1st? What's up with that? He's promising yet another shake up for
tomorrow's series in Detroit against Boston. How many times can he
overhaul the lineup? Does he know how to handle these guys?
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> On May 4, 6:37 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm....RemoveThis@iphouse.com> wrote:

>  What more can he do with a classic case of overrated underachievers?

I don't see them as overrated underachievers. It's a mixed bag:

Granderson: Up and coming All Star
Cabrera: Slumping superstar
Guillen, Pudge, Sheffield, Kenny Rogers: past their prime
Ordonez: Looking good
Renteria: Solid, but inconsistent.
Polanco: Solid player that's slumping
Thames: Nothin' special
Bonderman: overrated underachiever
Verlander: Off to a horrible start, should rebound.
Robertson: Unremarkable lefty that should be better.
Todd Jones: Undertalented overachiever
Rest of Bullpen (as now composed): Lousy
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On May 4, 6:14 pm, powrwrap <powrw....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> > On May 4, 10:46 am, Michi Gander <whatsamata....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> > On May 4, 12:27�am, powrwrap <powrw....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > > If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.
>
> > C'mon. Give Bass his props. He shut em down and got the Twins a win
> > against the Tigers and you insult him?
>
> Not really. Well, in a back-handed sort of a way, I guess it is an
> insult. But consider--going into last night's game he had pitched 17
> innings in his major league career. He was facing a lineup of sluggers
> and he allowed only 3 hits over 4 innings, striking out none. So what
> was it? Tigers batters failing? Or Brian Bass showing that he's going
> to have a WHIP of less than 1.00 for the rest of the season?

I realize you were trying to "one-up" the Tiger's fans but it was also
an insult to Bass.

I don't think you have to go to such extremes as "Tiger's batters
failing" to "Bass having a 1.00 WHIP for the rest of the season" to
give the kid his props for having a very good game.

It's fun to see the standings in the division totaly inverse from what
most "experts" predicted.
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On Sun, 4 May 2008 11:07:56 -0400, "Hosmerica" <BigOneComing.RemoveThis@IveGotGas.com> wrote:

>"Scott Smith" <scott.smith.RemoveThis@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 3 May 2008 21:27:55 -0700 (PDT), powrwrap <powrwrap.RemoveThis@aol.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.
>>
>> If I were a Tigers fan, I'd be embarassed about the whole season
>> so far.
>
>
>It's embarrasing to be within 3 or 4 games of .500? Come on, Scott...that's
>a dumb comment for you to make. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. The pitching is
>embarassing, save Galarraga and Rapada. Hitting is certainly not
>embarassing. As well as this division is doing, the Tigers wouldn't have to
>do anything about pitching all year and they'd still be in the playoff hunt
>at the end of the season.

For a team that spent all that money in the off-season and was
*supposedly* going to run away with the division? For a
theoretical "powerhouse" offense...and a shoe-in for a World
Series run (according to some)? Yes, it HAS been an embarassing
season for the Tigers so far, IMO.

And yes, the Tigers offense has been embarassing for several of
the games I've watched on MLB.TV this season. It's just the pitching
that has been *consistently* embarassing.

On the positive side of things, it was a beautiful sunny day here in
Minneapolis to walk to the dome for the game. It was a great crowd
at the game, and the Twins didn't disappoint their fans today
(or in this series in general). A nice payback for when the hapless
Tigers won those two games from the Twins earlier this season.
And the icing on the cake is the Twins in first place in the ALC, with
the Tigers fading farther back from .500....and in last place in the
ALC....AGAIN.

The Tigers are starting to look like the 'Keystone Cops' of baseball
this season. Guillen missing both of those singles in the seventh
inning was priceless....priceless. I haven't laughed that hard at a game
since watching Granderson tripping over his own feet in game four
of the 2006 World Series.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2006/news/story?id=2640223

LOL



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On Sun, 4 May 2008 11:03:23 -0400, "Hosmerica" <BigOneComing DeleteThis @IveGotGas.com> wrote:

>"powrwrap" <powrwrap DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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>> If I were a Tigers fan I'd be embarrassed.
>
>
>Brian Bass? Yes...embarrasing.

Actually....Bass, Rincon, Guerrier, Crain, and Nathan all shut down
the hapless Tigers offense in this series.

The Tigers offense has the potential for big games here and there,
but unfortunately for them it seems they can only have those big
games once every five or six days. The rest of the time they look
VERY mediocre, at best.



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On Sun, 4 May 2008 15:26:37 -0700 (PDT), powrwrap <powrwrap RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:

>On May 4, 5:25 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm... RemoveThis @iphouse.com> wrote:
>
>> The Tigers are starting to look like the 'Keystone Cops' of baseball
>> this season.  Guillen missing both of those singles in the seventh
>> inning was priceless....priceless.  
>
>I'm starting to wonder about Leyland. Guillen playing 3rd with Cabrera
>at 1st? What's up with that? He's promising yet another shake up for
>tomorrow's series in Detroit against Boston. How many times can he
>overhaul the lineup? Does he know how to handle these guys?

Yes, but he is honestly trying. He yells at them, he changes
around the lineup, he tries young pitchers, he trades away
dead weight, etc. What more can he do with a classic
case of overrated underachievers?



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On Sun, 4 May 2008 16:46:39 -0700 (PDT), powrwrap <powrwrap DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:

>> On May 4, 6:37 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm... DeleteThis @iphouse.com> wrote:
>
>>  What more can he do with a classic case of overrated underachievers?
>
>I don't see them as overrated underachievers. It's a mixed bag:
>
>Granderson: Up and coming All Star
>Cabrera: Slumping superstar
>Guillen, Pudge, Sheffield, Kenny Rogers: past their prime
>Ordonez: Looking good
>Renteria: Solid, but inconsistent.
>Polanco: Solid player that's slumping
>Thames: Nothin' special
>Bonderman: overrated underachiever
>Verlander: Off to a horrible start, should rebound.
>Robertson: Unremarkable lefty that should be better.
>Todd Jones: Undertalented overachiever
>Rest of Bullpen (as now composed): Lousy


I think all of those things equate to being overrated underachievers.

Other than Verlander, none of their starters are quality starters. And even
Verlander is looking questionable.

I'd be tempted to add Polonco to the "past their prime" list, and I think
Renteria is getting there as well.

Beyond Ordonez, Granderson and possibly Cabrera (I think the jury
is still out on him, as he continues to get heavier and heavier), I don't
see a whole lot of spark on the Tigers team this season....and I've
been watching most of their games this season (mainly out of morbid
curiosity).

Oh well, at least they have Brandon Inge.



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On May 4, 5:25 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm... RemoveThis @iphouse.com> wrote:
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> On the positive side of things, it was a beautiful sunny day here in
> Minneapolis to walk to the dome for the game.

Even nicer to be outside for the game. That's why I was at Midway.

Matt
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On Sun, 4 May 2008 20:22:41 -0700 (PDT), Matt <AcesWired.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>On May 4, 5:25 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm....DeleteThis@iphouse.com> wrote:
>>
>> On the positive side of things, it was a beautiful sunny day here in
>> Minneapolis to walk to the dome for the game.
>
>Even nicer to be outside for the game. That's why I was at Midway.

Perfect day for it!

Has the Saints season started already, or is it still pre-season?

How are they looking this year?



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