Comments on: 2009 MLB Previews – Detroit Tigers

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:08:40 +0000

man, the AL North used to be pretty damn strong and rivaled the AL EAST but now it sucks..Kansas City you offend me as a city that plays sports but NOW IS YOUR TIME in baseball.

By: sparty

sparty — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:03:40 +0000

thanks, paris.

By: Paris Hiltons Lazy Eye

Paris Hiltons Lazy Eye — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:51:12 +0000

Good preview Sparty. No one is really giving them a chance because their pitching sucked, but I think they will be better this year.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:44:24 +0000

Okay that makes sense

Felix Pie should bat 9th. He can’t hit

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:44:20 +0000

sparty–Exactly…when they picked up Dontrelle, I figured that would help them out tremendously (and it made me quite happy to see him out of Florida), but we all know how that’s panned out so far…and then they had (and still have) Verlander who’s pretty damn good. Bonderman stunk and still stinks…they should let him go…doesn’t look like he’s gonna flourish in Motown. You figure as long as they get adequate pitching, their offense should be able to carry them easily…too bad adequate seems like a high bar to reach for that staff.

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:39:06 +0000

Johnny–gitc had Felix Pie batting leadoff and Brian Roberts second, saying Roberts will bat where he always has…but Roberts has always batted leadoff…and some other blog called him out on it.

By: cbh49er

cbh49er — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:33:06 +0000

Threadjack:

Goodell takes 20% pay cut.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3933228

End Threadjack.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:31:45 +0000

Why is Flex Pie coming up so much today?

By: guyinthecorner

guyinthecorner — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:02:30 +0000

sparty-

If you include a rain-out it’s the same thing… I say take credit for doing it on purpose.

By: sparty

sparty — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:59:42 +0000

fixed.

rek-that pretty much sums them up. this is a team that could win 70 if their pitching implodes again, or they could rattle off 90 wins. a lot of their success in 2005 was because the pitching stayed healthy.

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:58:03 +0000

If the Tigers stay healthy, that’s a pretty scary lineup to face…the pitching definitely has potential, but will probably wind up leaving a lot more to be desired.

By: sparty

sparty — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:56:35 +0000

meant to say wins. hold on…

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:55:05 +0000

gitc–I think he meant 78-83 wins.

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:53:56 +0000

Projected Lineup:
1. ~~Curtis Granderson CF~~ Felix Pie
2. Placido Polanco 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera 1B
4. Magglio Ordonez RF
5. Gary Sheffield DH
6. Carlos Guillen LF
7. Brandon Inge 3B
8. Geoff Laird C
9. Adam Everett SS

/gitc’d

By: guyinthecorner

guyinthecorner — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:53:50 +0000

Does the prediction number include only 161 games because they will have a bunch of rain-outs and there will be one that they don’t have to replay because, as their record indicates, they won’t be good enough for it to matter in the playoff picture?

Even if this is a typo, you should say it’s on purpose because that’s awesome.

By: john

john — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:35:28 +0000

I thought Boston was home of the Big 3?