What is your take on Instant Replay

The umps clearly blew two calls today and the instant replays verified it.  One was a third strike - that the guy swung at.  Home ump wasn't sure so he asked 1st base for help.  Leyland was moe livid than I have ever seen him and he was right.  It's bad enough when your  team isn't  up  to par and then the umps....  Leyland did not want to bad mouth the umps, but he challenged  the writers  to write exactly what they saw.  He said everyone has  to be "accountable"  Later in the game Worth overslid second, but  got back in time and was called out.  Today was tough.

Don't Look now ... Tigers only 3 games out!

Three in a row, makes you feel good,but we still have a ways to go.  Boston and then the Yankees will be a great test this coming week.
So what do we do when Jackson comes back?  Jackson gets center.  Berry is too hot and too fast not to play.  I am thinking Delmon Young is the odd man out -- package him and rayburn and look forward to October.

Just cause he's cute, and we don't have much good news about the Tigers

So what are they doing now?

A quick look at some of our old faves, and what they are up to:

Brandon Inge got off to a red-hot start with Oakland, hitting a couple grand slams his first week there, but he's calmed down some since. With the Tigs he wasn't hitting his weight, .100 in 20 ABs with one HR. Since going to Oakland, he's hitting a more respectable but certainly not Ruthian .227 with 4 HRs in 40 ABs.


Matt Joyce had a good night last night, with his second grand slam in 6 games for Tampa Bay. He's having his best season since leaving the Tigers in 2008, hitting .283 with 9 HR's.

Jair Jurrjens, who showed great promise as a Tiger rookie in 2007, is having his troubles this year (still with Atlanta.) He's lost two games, not won any, with a baloon-average of 9.37. He's only pitched 16 innings in four games, and currently trying to straighten things out in Triple A. Unfortunately, he's had two terrible starts there, giving up 18 runs in 9 innings. But the Braves' brass says he looks better, with higher speed and control.

Our buddy Curtis Granderson is chugging along at .262 with 14 homers. Of course, he has not made an error in 45 games. Looks like trading him and Edwin Jackson for Austin Jackson, Sherzer, Coke and Schlereth was OK. Jackson (until he got hurt) was out-hitting Granderson, but Schlereth is gone, and the Tigers should look to getting rid of Coke. Sherzer, after two plus years, remains a question mark. (Edwin Jackson seems to be unable to find a home, bouncing around with the White Sox, Cardinals, Diamondbacks and now the Nationals, usually having an ERA north of 3.)

(All stats from http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/, my favorite reference tool.)

Time for some changes

The season is 1/4 over, and things are not getting better. I propose two moves. Let's "discuss." (Argue, since we're all getting a little edgy.) First, let's scarf up some free agent meat. Namely, former Astros ace Roy Oswalt. In the last two seasons he's done OK with the Astros, then the Phils. Sure, he's 35, (I wouldn't sign him beyond this season) but he knows how to win, and it wouldn't hurt to have a guy like that as a fifth starter/long reliever. Wouldn't hurt the kids on the pitching staff to be exposed to his mind, either. The Red Sox, Rangers and Phils are looking at him; let's move! Second, it's time to shake things up. Maybe a trade, a big trade. Trouble is, what do we need more, pitching or hitting. Ya'll know I've long been a proponent of pitching, but our hitters ain't getting it done either. ?

Or maybe it's time to show Leyland the door. We've given you the talent for years now. You've given us nothing more than division flags. Considering the talent you have on this squad, it's just not enough. What say ye?

Glad the right Scerzer showed up yesterday

15 strikeouts -- even Verlander has never done that.  Only Lolich and Paul Foytack have done that for the Tigs in the past.  So excited for Scherzer, just hoping that he has figured it out and becomes CONSISTANT!!  We need him and some others!!

We are much better than a .500 club..........

we just don't act like it.  We have not fired on all cylinders at the same time.  When we hit, we don't pitch.. when we pitch, we don't field, etc.
                                                        BUT
I still believe in this team and believe they will get the job done!!
Go get 'em Tigers!!  World Series bound and picking up steam.......................