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The 21-year-old third baseman reached on an error and scored in a five-run first inning that sent the Osprey on the way to their first title since 2006. He drilled a two-run homer in the fourth and added an RBI single in the eighth.
"He's been the cornerstone of our team from the beginning of the year," Missoula manager Andy Green said. "He did everything he needed to do to propel us to a championship. His defense is already on par with a big league third baseman and his hitting is outstanding. He's got all the pop he needs to play for a long time."
After losing Game 2, 13-7, the Osprey set the tone early on Friday. In a season that saw them go from under .500 in the first half to winning the North Division in the second, facing a win or go home situation was nothing new.
"Our kids have shown a resiliency beyond their years the last couple of weeks," said Green, who played for the D-backs and Mets during a four-year Major League career. "We had our backs against the wall tonight, and to jump on them early gave us all the momentum we needed to win the championship.
"This club was on the brink of elimination on six different occasions. They are thrilled. They fought like mad to be here and be champions and they deserve all the praise for it."
Missoula became the second Arizona affiliate to win a championship on Friday, hours after Mobile captured its second straight Southern League crown. Reno, the D-backs' Triple-A affiliate, needs one more victory to win the Pacific Coast League title.
"It says a great deal about the organization," Green said. "Collectively as an organization we threw 27 shutout innings tonight, and it says something about the culture [director of player development] Mike Bell is developing and it says something about the talent they are developing."
Yoimer Camacho (2-0) had little trouble protecting the early lead, limiting the Raptors to three hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings.
"He was outstanding tonight," Green said. "He pitched the decisive game in the Great Falls series and was outstanding. He really stepped up late in the season."
Chase Stevens allowed one hit over two innings and Vince Spilker pitched around a hit in the eighth before Justin Thompson tossed a perfect ninth to complete the shutout.
Socrates Brito went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and Yosbel Gutierrez smacked a two-run homer for Missoula.
Delvis Morales and Jesus Valdez had two hits apiece for the Raptors, who were seeking their first title since 1969. Ogden boasted the league's top overall record (44-32) and reached the Championship Series for the third year in a row.
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Wednesday Presser Transcript 10-17-12: Brady Hoke
- Elliott Mealer mentioned that the scout team does something "extra" for motivation. Hoke, unsurprisingly, does not reveal what that is.
- UPDATE: It is THIS. [h/t indyeagle]
- Drake Johnson is playing running back for the scout team. So is Norfleet.
- This was the shortest presser ever, so there is no jump.
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Opening remarks:
"Good practice yesterday I think on both sides of the ball. I liked how we competed with each other. Thought that, you know, when you put in the plan and sometimes Tuesday's a little more thinking, I thought we reacted well and I thought we had a good tempo and were playing fast."
You've practiced well in previous weeks, but is the focus more intense during a rivalry week?
"Well I think it's been a continuation, but I also would agree that when you play in a rivalry game, there's always a little more intensity to it."
Did you do anything different in practice?
"Not really. I mean, uh … no."
On the scout team?
"They … know their role, so they practice hard."
How has the scout team been this year?
"I think, you know, it probably would have been a little better if we didn't have some of those guys dinged up, like Wormley or Chris Bryant. Whether they'd be up or down, just your ability with depth and those things. But I think they've worked hard. We give an award out every week to guys on each side of the ball, and who in the kicking game does a great job, giving looks, so. I think they're doing a good job. I think they're motivated. Our young coaches, our GA's do a good job of prepping them each week with watching film and mechanics and all that stuff."
Do you have them wearing green during the week?
"Uh, you know, sometimes you do."
With the way Le'Veon Bell is size-wise, do you have a particular guy on the scout team mimic him?
"No. You know, Drake Johnson gets most of the heavy lifting. Fleet gets down there to run some, but we don't have anybody that size that you would use for that."
Would you say Taylor Lewan has lived up to the expectations for him this season?
"I think he's played pretty solid."
The secondary is ranked third in the nation in pass defense. Is that because they're playing that well or have they just not been tested enough?
"Well, I don't know if we've been tested, you know. We haven't had balls thrown down the field vertically in the pass game. I think this will -- since early in the year …"
You mentioned how --
"… really Alabama, to be honest with you. So I think that's all part of it, where we're playing a lot of spread teams that want to use the bubbles and want to use those things. I think that's a fair assessment. I think we haven't been tested yet."
Are you interested in seeing how they stack up against a downfield passing team?
"Oh sure. Sure. I mean, I don't know. I like the bubble screens and stuff like that."
Does it speak at least a little bit to how your safeties have been playing?
"That's a big deal. It's made all the time. We want to be inside and in front. It's a big part of whether you're playing two-deep or playing single high, you have to do a good job of if you're the guy, you have to keep your depth and be the last one to the party. I think those two guys have been a catalyst, and I think J.T. has improved every week."
Are any of the ACL injury guys close to practicing?
Are they in rehab?
"Rehab. They're doing fine. Some of them are at different levels."
Do you think any of those guys will be able to practice by the end of the year?
"Probably not."
Assessment of Michigan State's defensive line without Jerel Worthy?
"Well I think they've filled it in pretty well. I think they're very aggressive. I think Ted Gill, their D-line coach, who was one of my coaches at Ball State in college, has done a nice job of developing that group. That style defense is such that it's an aggressive defense."
You mentioned you have some guys wearing green…
"At times there is green out there … We have grass. Field turf."
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Playoff bits. So now the Big Ten is saying "screw playoffs altogether." Jim Delany is advocating for the four best teams in any playoff that does occur, and everyone hates the system of voting we have in place now. Delany:
"Everybody recognizes that the present poll system is not a good proxy," he said. "It's flawed, it's not transparent, it has people who have a stake in the outcome voting, it measures teams before they play a game."
I hope Bill Hancock has a fainting couch.
At this point it's clear that most fans don't have the same priorities in mind as the people in charge of the leagues they're fans of—see SEC expansion—and arguing with them on the internet is pointless. It's like trying to communicate with sentient mushrooms. Their desires are so alien that attempting to comprehend them leads to you shooting railguns at a distant planet for no reason other than fear.
Whatever happens, we can be assured that everyone was in favor of it at some point. Even the generally sober folks employed by actual newsgathering organizations are getting peeved at this point. Adam Rittenberg:
"A computer doesn't have an eye," Delany said. "So an eye test is missing if there is an injury" or other issues with a contender. Delany also said the impetus for change is that the BCS "has been battered and criticized" and treated "like a piñata" for the past 15 years. So to reiterate: The Big Ten's No. 1 preference would be to keep a current system that everybody hates and which uses a totally bankrupt formula to select its teams. Gotcha.
Sentient mushrooms, man.
IRONY EXPLODE. Dave Brandon, one of the Big Ten's most prominent complainers about a playoff:
"Every change I have ever proposed has been met with resistance," Brandon told the crowd… "I don't care what it is, any change that's been proposed, this has been a culture that wants to resist it, because we all want to go back to the way it was when we were there because that's friendly and that's comfortable."
Notice how he switches back to "I" from "we" when he's talking about all the great stuff he does and not the fact that six different uniforms in a season may have been a tiny bit excessive.
No move. UConn's AD has restated that the Huskies will not move their return game scheduled for next year from their home field. That's fine by me but now the UConn bloggers are looking at the $2 million buyout clause and wondering if the game will ever be played. I'd guess it will since there's not a whole lot of time to find a suitable replacement, but Brandon's had occasional grumbles about the indignity of playing at such a place since he arrived.
UConn's ace in the hole may be their athletic director. They hired Michigan alum Warde Manuel away from Buffalo, so Michigan may be more willing to go through with things.
Incoming pointage. Those Indiana junior/senior All-Star scrimmages have kicked off and the first one featured a lot of the above-pictured activities. Glenn Robinson III was 9 of 10 from the field en route to leading his team in scoring. He also added seven rebounds in 22 minutes. Junior rep Zak Irvin was his team's leading scorer as well, though he didn't shoot as well as GRIII.
Pee and flee. A couple of OSU players are suspended indefinitely—or at least until they pick up their whatever misdemeanor plea bargains—for urinating on the side of a building, then taking off when the cops arrived:
Police in Shawnee Hills, Ohio, a Columbus suburb, spotted the two players and a third man not connected to the football team early Saturday urinating outside a restaurant near Stoneburner's house, located just off the course at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
Collins said the men dashed away when they saw a spotlight, unknowing it belonged to police. He said Mewhort and Stoneburner stopped about 40 yards away from the restaurant and did not attempt to hide.
This is not interesting—it's no defensive tackle Dukes of Hazzard attempt. I just wanted to call it "pee and flee." BONUS: these guys were peeing on the side of a building mere feet from a thicket dense enough to hide in. Sounds like they need to take OSU's Andy Katzenmoyer Memorial Drunken Decisionmaking 101.
Kind of good. A re-rank of the top 100 basketball prospects from last year finds Trey Burke in rarefied air:
5. Trey Burke, Michigan (84)
Along with Cody Zeller, Burke was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and second team All-Conference. He and Zeller are also, comfortably, the top two freshmen returning to school this fall. Burke came out of nowhere (or, at least, the "obscurity" of the non-McDonald's All-American section of the ESPNU Top 100) to be a superstar do-it-all point guard for an NCAA tournament No. 4 seed. He scored often, he scored efficiently, he passed, and he took care of the basketball. The Wolverines' round of 64 loss to Ohio shouldn't alter the fact that Burke had a fabulous season. Michigan returns their three key players from 2012 and adds a pair of recruits capable of making an immediate impact. There's a reason expectations for 2013 are high.
Cody Zeller is the only guy higher than him who will be in college next year.
Like Coke, but fast. Drake Johnson tells a delightfully weird story about Fred Jackson to Kyle Meinke:
"I'm sitting in his office, and there was a fridge right over there, and he's like, 'You hungry?'" Johnson said. "I'm like, 'No man, I'm not hungry.' So he's like, 'OK, I'm going to grab myself a Coke.' So he grabs himself a Coke and he sits down.
"He takes maybe two sips, and he's like, 'Hey Drake, you want something to drink?' And I'm like, 'No, I'm still good.' He's like, 'I think I'm going to get myself an orange juice.' I'm like, 'Dude, you have a Coke in front of you.' He says, 'It's fine.'
"So I'm sitting there, and maybe two minutes later, he's like, 'I think I'm going to get myself a drink,' and I'm like, 'Coach, you already got two drinks in front of you, man! Your thirst can be quenched by what's in front of you.'
"He says, 'I'm just going to grab myself some water. You want some water?' And I'm like, "Nooo, I have Gatorade in my hand, guy. It's fine.'"
My thirst cannot be quenched by what's in front of me, Drake. What is satiation? THE MOMENT BEFORE YOU'RE THIRSTY AGAIN. Now let me tell you about how you are a taller, quicker version of Jim Brown. /dondraper'd
Suggestion box. Cover It Live has decided to charge out the nose for use of its product. Running Signing Day liveblog alone would now cost $300. It would have cost the site almost a thousand dollars last November. All this for a moderated chat system. This is clearly not a good use of funds, so I'll be looking for alternatives. Let me know if you know of any.
Etc.: Will Campbell's hood-crumpling registers in the Fulmer Cup. Pro Combat uniforms for Northwestern. More on Big Ten baseball's tough spot. NHL draft roundup from MHN. Holdin' The Rope on the Denard play. The first one. You know, that one. We need a nickname for it. Shoelace in the dirt or something. Mark Donnal invited to the NBPA camp. Can we stop giving credit to Jim Delany's amazing foresight when the conference he's piloting has won two national titles in fifty years?
Please don't take offense at clearly manufactured Queensbury-style smack-talk emanating from real journalists at ESPN. None of the journalists cares one whit about anything that is not the relevance of the serial comma in today's fast-paced society.
Unverified Voracity Is Immobile
Hello. When awake, I'm lucid, and I've got all these tabs driving me crazy. So here are the tabs.
We've really done it now. Not satisfied with tight shots, the official site's practice video now goes field-level:
For their next trick they'll make a video from a helmet cam pointed inward at Denard's face.
The Old Man speaks. Great find by MVictors to get an audio clip from "A Toast To Yost From Coast To Coast" in which we here the genesis of Ufer's famous "Meeechigan":
Perhaps the best thing about the internet's transformation of fan culture is our ability to connect with the past of the program. Wolverine Historian and Greg have provided a sense of the whole program from its beginnings to the present day. We're extremely fortunate to have those two—I don't think there's anything close in any other fan base.
#JUSTIFYYOUREXISTENCE. An experiment designed to see whether a newspaper would publish any press release issued by the athletic department no matter how minor succeeded today with the news that everyone considers putting a twitter hash tag on the field for the spring game "news."
They're burying the lead, which is that an alien who can only badly mimic the English language has wormed his way into the athletic department:
"This initiative will help our athletic department use technology as a competitive advantage to engage and connect to fans, build brand loyalty, grow the digital audience and monitor and listen to what is being said through the digital engagement cycle," said Jordan Maleh, U-M's director of digital marketing.
Whatever said that is not human. It is probably from Trafalmadore.
I've got a great explanation about why things like this rub me the wrong way bouncing around in my skull but when I try to express it the vitriol overwhelms whatever point I'm trying to make. In itself, putting a hash tag on the field is a non-event. As part of the pattern we've seen since Brandon's hire it's another piece of evidence that what you get when you hire a bunch of MBAs into makework positions is a bunch of makework. There's no such thing as a bad idea as long as it's something that hasn't been done before.
Events other than actual Michigan football games at the stadium increasingly serve as a glimpse into the dystopian future in store for the program once Brandon gradually wears resistance down: presenting sponsors, endless distractions, curly fries on the field. Etc.
Five star flip. Rivals made good on its repeated promises to elevate Glenn Robinson III into five star territory. He's now the #11(!) player in the country. Mitch McGary slid to 30th, which seems fair. Stauskas crept up a little bit as well; he's now #71.
Please be sandbagging. Hoke's not a fan of where both of his lines are. This is not so good:
"On either side, it's not very good right now, I can tell you that," Hoke said Tuesday afternoon on a teleconference with reporters. "I think the kids are working, I think they're coming in here with energy and all those things, but I think the expectation level, how physical we want to be as a football team, I would say we're not where we need to be."
I know Omameh is never going to be the ideal guard for Hoke but he's an established starter with a decent to good track record and the only other spot on the line that's really an issues is the other guard. I get that the DL is going to be a work in progress much of the year, but that OL should be good. If it's not… erk.
At least Hoke's long term vision for the Spring Game is considerably less sour than Carr's was:
"If we had the choice, I think we'd really like to draft and split up the teams and go at it that way, but we really don't have that luxury because of our depth at our offensive line, our defensive line, a little bit at the receiver position, and it just isn't going to work out that way," Hoke said.
"We'll formulate some ways to make this as game-like as possible."
Carr gave off the impression he'd cancel the thing if he could get away with it. Drafting and playing an actual game-game would be far more entertaining than anything Michigan's ever done. Rodriguez wanted to do the same thing but had the same problem with line depth, which of courses invites the question WHY DIDN'T YOU RECRUIT SOME LINEMEN ARGLB.
I also have no idea where those tattoos came from. The Hayes story on Urban Meyer was light on Charles Robinson-esque bombs but heavy on evidence that Meyer's more Les Miles than Brady Hoke. Meyer then helped that along by flat-out lying:
Meyer adamantly denies the reports of course.
"I've never heard of Circle of Trust before in my life," he said.
Internet says I remember all things:
Certainly there will still be opportunities for other players to advance into the "Circle of Trust" as the season unfolds. We all remember — and if we don't we are often reminded by No. 15 — how David Nelson came out of nowhere in the middle of last season to become a go-to-guy in some of Florida's biggest games down the stretch.
But after Saturday, Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow will know who belongs in the Circle of Trust.
"I think so," Meyer said. "I know I trust the Pounceys. I trust Tim. Who else are we going to trust? Who is going to be the fifth or sixth lineman? Who is not going to blow a coverage because we're more multiple back there.
"So, yeah, that's what you're trying to get done."
This worked out so well the last time. Via Brooks. [UPDATE: Nevermind. That's what I get for repeating anything Brooks says.]
Not that this is new. Remember this from Darryl Stonum's recruitment?
"He told me that he talked to Coach Carr and Coach Soup and that they told him that I would be a much better fit in the Florida offense than I would be in the one at Michigan," Stonum recalled.
"I thought, wow, my coaches are selling me out? I confronted them about it. I asked Coach Carr and Coach Soup about it, and they said they never talked to that guy and that there was no way they ever said anything like that and that they think I should be a Wolverine. I believed them. Right then, I knew just how Florida rolled."
Ohio State may have picked the wrong guy to lead them through probation.
Rock someone else, Amedeo. Michigan canceled Amedeo Della Valle's visit in the aftermath of Burke's return and Albrecht's commitment. Sam Webb mentioned something on the GBW message board about potentially bringing in that grad-year guy, so it's possible they'd like to get that extra bit of guard depth they lack right now without committing to a guy for four years (or, like, two years, I guess). Unless that comes off it looks like your roster right now is what Michigan will go into 2012-13 with.
Michigan technically does not have a spot open in 2013 but that makes some dodgy assumptions. Austin Hatch is likely to reclassify and Michigan is all but guaranteed to lose someone to the NBA draft after the season, possibly multiple someones.
The nice thing is that Michigan doesn't have any truly pressing needs for 2013. They've got a PG, a center, and a high-quality wing committed. They will lose Vogrich and may lose a PG, a high quality wing, and a combo 4 type (if McGary or Robinson is really good right away). They can swing for the fences at any position from the 2 to the 4 and see if anyone bites without being too down on their chances in 2013-14 if they don't connect.
Legacy. Did we know that Drake Johnson's step-dad is Tom Slade?
"It wasn't so much pressure as it was expected because my whole family's gone to Michigan. It runs in my family to go to the university. My mom is the head cheerleading coach (Pam St. John). My dad went there; my grandfather went there. My step-dad played quarterback at Michigan (Tom Slade). . . . Yeah, he's my step-dad and he passed away almost six years ago, coming up. . . . When I was really young, my mom used to be really afraid of me going to games because there was like 110,000 people walking around and she didn't want me to get lost, but then at like age 13 I'd go to maybe four or five games a year."
In that interview at Touch The Banner he claims to run consistent 4.3 40s at 206 pounds and talks about an affinity for wide receiver as well. That'll be a backup plan if Johnson gets squeezed out by Hayes/Smith/Isaac/Shallman.
Etc.: Elsewhere in calling out silly lies, Jalen Rose pwns Skip Bayless. UMHoops on Burke's return. Open letter to the GT athletic department from a designer who knows his stuff. Interesting to think about what a Michigan analogue would look like. This week in the Inevitable NCAA Split On The Horizon. Tim Hardaway Jr. didn't even put his name in for an eval. Blake Countess interview.
Tough stuff on deck for the hockey team: Michigan plays Ferris, Western, Notre Dame, and MSU four times in conference next year. Those are the top two teams in the league, a team that should bounce back big time if they can just find a goalie, and… uh… Michigan State.
What if Will Campbell is really good?
Thursday Recruitin' Welcomes Drake Johnson
This week's Thursday Recruitin' welcomes Michigan's newest commit, has updates on Shaq Thompson and Stefon Diggs, and discusses the new release of the 2013 Top247. Usual request: Please let me know if you have any comments, criticism, suggestions, etc.—as always, I'll be reading the comments, and you can also reach me on Twitter or via email, where I'll also encourage you to send any recruiting articles of interest that you think I should include for the next week's edition.
Before I start, a quick note: I've been getting a lot of questions on Twitter about which Penn State commits Michigan could poach given the current situation at State College. I feel, especially after the events of last night, that such issues are not appropriate to discuss at this time. If a player decommits and expresses interest in Michigan, I'll be happy to discuss such matters at that time. Until then, I think it's best to focus on what's most important in that situation, and that certainly isn't recruiting.
Hello, Drake Johnson
(Photo credit: Angela J. Cesere, AnnArbor.com)
Michigan picked up its 24th commit of the 2012 class in Ann Arbor Pioneer running back Drake Johnson, an under-the-radar recruit and track star who pledged on Tuesday morning as soon as he was offered. You can find my hello post here, and while it's critical of Johnson's game, I hope people realize that I'm pulling for Johnson to wildly exceed expectations (I'm a Pioneer grad, too)—this is really awesome to see for any local kid:
"When I was in little league, we used to be the Washtenaw Jr. Wolverines," Johnson said. "I always had really close ties to Michigan within my family and within the people I know. Michigan has always been the place I wanted to go, and now that the chance has come up it is almost magical."
Johnson's commitment should not affect Michigan's recruitment of Bri'onte Dunn, a sentiment echoed by Scout's Allen Trieu in this AnnArbor.com article:
Johnson is the first running back to verbally commit for 2012, so there still is room for another. Additionally, Johnson is a shiftier runner who excels in space and is terrific in the passing game. He could be used at slot receiver or in the kick return game, Trieu said.
Dunn, on the other hand, is more of a bruising type.
"Dunn is your classic pounder," Trieu said. "I think they'll be used differently, so there's room for both in the class. I don't think they will butt heads in that regard, because they're both very different."
Congrats to Drake for the offer and commitment, and I look forward to seeing him suit up in the Maize and Blue.
The other big news of the week for current commits came yesterday, as TomVH reported that Pharaoh Brown would come in at tight end instead of defensive end ($) after the coaches gave him the choice to play his preferred position. In the five games where I could find complete stats, Brown put up 614 yards and four TDs on just 25 catches this season while playing wide receiver for Brush, and at 6'6", 220 pounds, he could be a matchup nightmare on the offensive side of the ball. I still expect both Devin Funchess and A.J. Williams to come in at tight end as well, though Williams could be more of a sixth offensive lineman (and potentially move there full-time down the road) after playing tackle his entire senior year of high school.
Quickly: Cass Tech's Terry Richardson and Royce Jenkins-Stone prepare to square off against Warren De La Salle and Shane Morris this weekend ($); Caleb Stacey was named to the 2012 International Bowl; after coming up just short the last two years, James Ross is on a mission to get a state title for Orchard Lake St. Mary's ($); and TomVH profiles Ben Braden ($).
Shaq Thompson's Visit Plans Up in the Air
I reported last week that I had talked to five-star CA S Shaq Thompson, and he told me he would be taking an official visit to Michigan, though he wouldn't confirm which week. There were rumors that he would visit for the Nebraska game, but—as Sam Webb predicted—it sounds like he'll be coming up for a non-game weekend in December so the coaches can get to know him better and gauge his true interest ($):
Thompson was slated to visit Michigan later this month when the Wolverines host Nebraska but those plans have now been altered.
"I'm just focusing on our team right now," Thompson said. "We have the playoffs coming up and I don't want to take any more visits until after the season is over. I'm still talking with Michigan and could visit in December but I don't have a date set right now.
This is good news, and it seems to confirm that Thompson is really interested in the school, and not just a free trip to check out Ann Arbor. Landing him would obviously be a huge coup for the Wolverines, and getting him on campus would be a big step in the right direction—we'll see if he nails anything down in the near future.
The other five-star to recently pop back up on the radar is Olney (MD) Good Counsel WR Stefon Diggs. Sam Webb posted a two-part message board thread yesterday detailing why Michigan has a real shot at Diggs ($, info in header), who now holds the Wolverines in his top five. The Wolverines have a good connection in good friend and former teammate Blake Countess, who was doing some recruiting of his own over Twitter last week. We'll see where this goes, but it sounds like Michigan has a chance to pull in another blue-chip player at a position of great need.
[UPDATE: Sam Webb just posted his weekly recruiting article at the Detroit News, and it's on, yep, Stefon Diggs. Lots of good stuff in there, including the tidbit that Michigan and Cal are the two schools most likely to receive official visits, while his other three haven't been determined. There's also this:
Countess hasn't been shy in conveying that message to his former teammate. The freshman cornerback's advocacy has been instrumental in establishing Michigan as one of the favorites for Diggs' services.
"Blake is my close friend and his word is bond," said Diggs. "I take what he says (absolutely). He would never lead me in the wrong direction. When he says it, I take it to heart. I truly believe him. He speaks highly of Michigan. I respect Michigan a lot. They showed a spark in interest lately. I just look forward to opening the line of communication more and setting up a visit."
Yeah, it's okay to get a little excited about this one. More on this in the next week, but I figured that article was worth passing along now.]
Quickly: MO WR Jehu Chesson set an official to Michigan for the Ohio State game ($, info in header); and happy trails to Southfield TE Ron Thompson, who committed to Syracuse this week.
2013 News
247Sports released their initial Top247 for the class of 2013—Shane Morris comes in as the No. 12 overall player and No. 2 quarterback, while Dymonte Thomas is 35th overall and the No. 3 safety. Not a bad early haul for Michigan, and it could get much better, as the list is littered with Michigan offers. Instead of replicating good work that's already been done, I'll direct you to Touch the Banner, where Magnus has done a fantastic job compiling a list of the players with offers and interest from the Wolverines who made the Top247.
Crete-Monee WR Laquon Treadwell, who made the Top247 himself, was named the Chicago-area player of the week last week, and comes in for high praise from his high school coach:
"He has the obvious size and athletic ability, but what makes him special is his competitive edge and toughness," [Crete-Monee coach Jerry] Verde said. "He is a blue-chip wide receiver that loves to hit."
While Treadwell's future is at wide receiver, Crete-Monee is taking advantage of his size and athleticism in other ways this season. Verde has also made him a defensive end. Like at wide receiver, Treadwell has been impact player on defense and had eight sacks this season.
"He is also often times unblockable as a defensive end due to his speed and surprising strength," Verde said.
Treadwell had a hugely productive junior season, has been to campus multiple times, and is teammates with 2012 commit Anthony Standifer. He's one to keep an eye on as the focus begins to turn to the 2013 class.
Quickly: Tim looks ahead to the 2013 class for the Free Press; 247 launched their Michigan site last week, with articles on Shane Morris ($) and Toledo Central Catholic safety Jayme Thompson, who currently has Michigan in his top two along with West Virginia ($, info in header); TomVH reports that blue-chip CA linebacker Michael Hutchings has interest in the Wolverines ($, info in header); and Tim profiles Lemont (IL) OL Ethan Pocic, a recent offeree, at The Wolverine ($).
Unverified Voracity Addresses Elephant
the 2009 Penn State Behrend Sports Camps flyer.
The elephant in the room. Everyone else feels compelled to write something on the events unfolding at Penn State, and I do too. I don't have much to add to the universal revulsion and calls for firing:
In response, Penn State did not call the police. They did other things, but they did not call the police. Joe Paterno did not call the police, and Tim Curley did not call the police, and Gary Schultz did not call the police. The graduate assistant who witness the act did not call the police. Penn State President Graham Spanier did not call the police. A reported child molester and rapist was living and working in their midst, and working in a program that brought him into contact with boys, and not one person called the police.
Co-sign. Penn State fans are right there, too, FWIW. There's a small band of holdouts but it is a distinct minority.
The reason I'm writing this bit is not the actions in question but the reaction of the major players once they became public. While the actions themselves are terrible the ass-covering reaction of the school's president and Paterno are at least 341st on the list of terrible things that have transpired. This is part of Paterno's statement:
If true, the nature and amount of charges made are very shocking to me and all Penn Staters. While I did what I was supposed to with the one charge brought to my attention, like anyone else involved I can't help but be deeply saddened these matters are alleged to have occurred. …
As my grand jury testimony stated, I was informed in 2002 by an assistant coach that he had witnessed an incident in the shower of our locker room facility. It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the Grand Jury report. Regardless, it was clear that the witness saw something inappropriate involving Mr. Sandusky. As Coach Sandusky was retired from our coaching staff at that time, I referred the matter to university administrators.
No. When you heard the sad thing about your former DC, knew goddamn well this was a second offense after a 1998 incident that is likely the reason for his sudden retirement, and decided it wasn't worth talking to the police because your mind rearranged it into something "inappropriate" instead of evil, you gambled. When a kid was raped after you gambled, you're done. You did not "do what you were supposed to." You were supposed to call the police.
As for Spanier, Black Shoe Diaries already lost its mind for me:
"Unconditional support"? "Complete confidence"? "Highest levels of honesty, integrity, and compassion?"
Seriously? It was appropriate that these things were investigate thoroughly a decade ago. Regardless, this is a completely abominable response to any crisis, most especially this one.
These are obviously vetted and carefully chosen words, which have the added effect of making Graham Spanier look like an idiot -- and that is casting Spanier in the most favorable light. I don't think he's an idiot, for the record, but the remaining alternatives are much more sinister.
Even after it is crystal clear huge chunks of PSU's athletic department were complicit in Sandusky's activities they still go this route:
Who do you think you're kidding? At least own up to your massive, incomprehensive failure. Or cancel your press conference an hour before it is supposed to happen. Is there an athletic department in the country that can say "we were wrong"?
Paterno's apparently gone, as was inevitable the moment the grand jury report was released. His name should be off the Big Ten championship trophy. Either that or I want one of the post game interviews to go like this:
Q: You've won the Big Ten championship! What are you going to do now?
A: Spend a decade enabling a child rapist!
If they could stop running that Big Ten ad where Paterno says "we believe in people" (except when they are reporting serious crimes) that would be cool, too. His legacy is now Pedobear wearing JoePa's glasses.
Is this fair? Should we forget all the good Paterno has done in our "rush to judgment"? Yes, and yes. This is a failure so massive it wipes out every positive thing about JoePa, of which there were many.
Forget with consumption. Now that we've talked about horrible crimes you're probably in the mood to buy a shirt. I know I am. You are in luck, as three fabulous options have been added to the MGoStore:
I find it odd that people want to commemorate a concept that means Michigan's quarterback is throwing the ball five feet over his receivers' heads, but commemorate away. Also I'm going to pitch Underground that all MGoShirts should feature someone pointing at something.
Good news for people who love bad Seinfeld references. I just wanted to type that header. Now I've done it so I guess I have to say something about the unexpected commitment of Pioneer RB/WR Drake Johnson. That thing is: reminds me of James Rogers. Instate sleeper with excellent straight line speed but reputed to be more of a track star than a football player, recruited as a RB, may actually end up at WR (or, you know, in the secondary after a five year sojourn across every position on the depth chart).
Weird commit to take before figuring out where Bri'onte Dunn is going to end up, but my moles tell me Fred Jackson says he can transform into a helicopter. That will be helpful on short yardage. But seriously folks, it'll be interesting to see how Johnson and Thomas Rawls work out as the first of the Hoke tailbacks. Both are major sleepers, but running back is a spot where sleepers seem to do better than they should at a position that prizes athleticism—Hart, Le'Veon Bell, Wisconsin person du jour.
All 22… [Homer noise]. Dedicated NFL followers are peeved at the league's implausible reasons for not releasing the endzone camera angles that show every player on the field ("fans would jump to conclusions after watching one or two games"). Smart Football:
The proffered reason — that it would result in too much criticism — is so silly that it can't possibly be true. But if it's not true, then what is the real reason? … two possibilities: first, either we really would fail to comprehend the complex array of movement on the field by twenty-two supremely athletic but human men, and thus we need the gentle paternalism of the cameraman and producer to show us, in a kind of cinematic baby talk, "See, with this close-up the quarterback throws a pretty spiral to the receiver"; or, second, football isn't even a game so much as it is a product to be branded in a particular way, and by restricting the All-22 the NFL can by Orwellian imagery of extreme close-ups and slow-motion shots emotionally convey to us the narratives solely how they want to in the way they want to. In either case, there it's control of the message; the only question is why, and all the answers are depressing.
This is the same attitude that leads to the Paterno reaction (not the action, the PR): belief that enough people will be snowed that you don't have to care about the ones who aren't. It works enough to be the default strategy even when no one in the world is going to believe you, like in the recent OSU and PSU cases*. That's the only play in the playbook.
On the other hand, it's not like anyone's offering views of the whole field to me. I asked the SID about it a few years ago and got a polite, expected rejection. I think the thing the NFL fears is fans making criticisms that aren't ignorant.
*[Because I don't want to find @ramzyn leaping out of my mailbox with a machete tomorrow, let me clarify that I'm not comparing the two actions that led to the PR blunders, just the PR blunders themselves. The reaction to both the Gee/Smith circus and the Spanier stuff was "who do they think they're kidding?" The PSU stuff has an order of magnitude of extra rage on top of it, obviously.]
What is a catch anymore? Additional Hoke comment on the Hemingway 49% touchdown:
"I thought Junior made a catch," Hoke said Monday during his weekly news conference.
In bounds?
"Oh, yeah," he said. "I thought he caught the ball (and finished the play)."
Hoke downplayed the significance of it after making that statement, FWIW, and that's about what I want from the coach: an honest opinion delivered calmly.
Anyway, this section is not about that. It's about what constitutes a catch these days. It used to be, sonny, that if the ball hit the ground it was not a catch. Nowadays there's the whole control-to-the-ground, ball-not-moving, is-it-or-isn't-it-thing. And I don't like it. Back in my day, these things were clear. Now anything close gets sent up and then sent back inconclusive.
I'd prefer it if a ball that hits the ground before the receiver has the opportunity to make a football move with it was just incomplete. That's clear. If that was the rule we wouldn't be talking about the Hemingway non-catch because it would have been obvious.
Iowa skill position coveting update. Patrick Vint of BHGP relates that McNutt was an athletic quarterback until year two at Iowa, when it was discovered his hands are covered in a mild adhesive and he is pimp. Also he explains the Coker recruitment:
…he committed to Iowa between his junior and senior seasons at Dematha. You were right on the offers, but only Minnesota and Iowa were recruiting him as a full-time halfback; everyone else saw him as a fullback/h-back. Obviously, we know how that works out. But the other thing is that he wasn't necessarily "missed" as much as completely under the radar. He was injury-prone as a sophomore and junior, and his numbers weren't that impressive. Both Rivals and Scout had him as a low-3*. His senior year was monster, though, getting him the fourth star and some late attention from VT/Miami/Auburn (IIRC on war eagle), but Iowa had an ace in the hole: Dude's an astrophysics major, and Iowa's been all over that s--- since Van Allen in the 50's.
Yes, our beast of a starting halfback is an astrophysics major.
Must be nice to watch your meh tailback recruit hulk up during his senior season.
Etc.: Patriot-News front page is powerful stuff. Mike McQueary is next on the list of people who are coming in for well-deserved abuse. Hockey recruit updates. UMHoops previews Michigan's bench.
Hello: Drake Johnson
According to Sam Webb ($, info in header), Josh Helmholdt ($), and also Drake Johnson himself, the Ann Arbor Pioneer running back was just offered by Michigan and committed this morning. Johnson becomes the 24th member of the class of 2012, leaving four spots left in what's expected to be a 28-man class.
Photo credit: Angela J. Cesere, AnnArbor.com
Scout | Rivals | ESPN | 24/7 Sports |
As you can see, Johnson is very much an under-the-radar prospect, garnering two-star ratings from Scout and ESPN while not being ranked at all by Rivals or 24/7. The consensus on his size is about 6'1", 205, though when I saw him last weekend (more on that later), I thought he looked a little shorter and a bit under 200 pounds, but that's one man's impressions from the bleachers.
There's not a whole lot out there on Johnson, as one might expect for a sleeper prospect, but ESPN has a full evaluation ($):
This is a productive guy with good inside and outside running skills; we see the ability to shed and pull through tackles; is productive returning punts; flashes good underneath coverage skills as an outside linebacker and should be an effective special team's player. From a deep alignment this prospect displays good vision; is quick locating and getting into creases showing the elusiveness needed to make first tacklers miss in space. His quick feet and balance allow him to get outside where he does most of his damage; runs with and over the pads, downhill, slashing style; we see a short burst when in traffic with the deceptive long speed needed to outrun opponents at his present level of competition. Appears to have natural hands; is productive running the shuttle pass and seam route from a slot alignment; can catch in traffic while demonstrating the ability to adjust to throws out of his frame. This guy flashes the toughness needed to be an every down back, capable of staying on the field in long yardage situations.
One thing I certainly agree with here is Johnson's ability to play every down—he is essentially Pioneer's entire offense, regularly toting the rock 30+ times a game. His speed is also without question a strength, as Johnson is the two-time defending state champ in the 110-meter hurdles. In an article by Mick McCabe, Johnson says his track conditioning plays a big part in his ability to be a workhorse back:
In the past three games, he has gained 1,074 yards, and he has scored at least four touchdowns in each of the past four games.
This kid shouldn't be able to get out of bed the morning after games.
"I guess it's conditioning to get ready for it," Johnson said. "I did a lot more running because I run track, too. I spent an extra amount of time this summer just doing track workouts so I would be ready to carry the ball a bunch of times, because Coach had told me I was going to be carrying the rock a lot."
In a complete stroke of luck, I watched Johnson play in the district final against Temperance Bedford last week, and my prediction that he'd be a preferred walk-on at best clearly missed the mark. Here were my impressions of his game:
As a Pioneer grad, I hate to say this, but Johnson looked to me like a track athlete playing football, and not a player who should garner a BCS-level scholarship offer. His straight-ahead speed is very good, and that's all he needed against Bedford, but Johnson practically has to stop running entirely to make a cut—he really doesn't have any juke moves, instead choosing to bounce outside and run as fast as he can—and he also fumbled the ball three times (losing one) despite not taking any huge hits.
While Johnson usually fell forward, he also tended to go down on first contact, and instead of taking on hits he'd try to spin off contact, even against smaller defenders. The only time he really fought for extra yards, he ended up fumbling—he often carries the ball away from his body and seems to forget about ball security when he's in traffic. Pioneer listed him at 6'1", 215, and Scout has him in that same range, but he looked closer to 5'11", 190 to me (comparing him to his teammates and using the same roster, so take that with a grain of salt). Johnson is a heck of a high school player, and he's tasked with being the entirety of the Pioneer offense, but I see him as a preferred walk-on at best for Michigan.
I stand by my scouting report, and you can judge for yourself in the highlight video below. He's got the frame and the speed to be a BCS-caliber back, but I'm not sure I see the tools for success—namely in agility, power running, and ball security—necessary to deliver on that potential. Obviously, I'd love to be wrong here, especially when talking about a fellow Pioneer.
Before Michigan swooped in today, Johnson held just one scholarship offer for football (he's also a highly-sought track prospect), and that was from Eastern Michigan. Rivals lists interest but no offer from Army, Syracuse, and Toledo. One thing to note is that Johnson did not go to any football camps ($) after his junior year because of track, which could help explain the lack of evaluations/ratings/offers.
Johnson has put up some ridiculous numbers for Pioneer, rushing for 2757 yards and 37 TDs (plus one receiving) so far this season, which leaves him just 133 yards shy of the single-season state rushing record with an upcoming regional final against Detroit Catholic Central this weekend. As a junior, Johnson rushed for 2200 yards, according to Allen Trieu ($). Part of the numbers can be attributed to his huge workload—last weekend, he rushed 36 times for 348 yards and four touchdowns, and carried the ball on all but five or six of Pioneer's snaps—but his elite speed helps him break off huge runs with regularity—he also had a 95-yard touchdown run against Bedford.
Since Johnson hasn't attended football camps, there's no 40 time reported on any of the four recruiting services, so no FAKEs to hand out. There are, however, very real numbers from his track career, and they are impressive:
55m hurdles - 7.76, set AAU Indoor National Record.
60m hurdles - 8.09, ranked in top ten in the country, indoor 2010
110m hurdles - 14.16, fastest freshman time run in the country. Placed 3rd at MHSAA Outdoor State Championships. Highest place for freshman hurdler in Michigan ever.
He's fast, yo.
Highlights from the first nine games of this season:
A combo video of sophomore and junior highlights lives here. You can also see his victory in the Division 1 110-meter hurdles state final (he's in white with the purple stripe, and also the guy running faster than everyone).
You've seen my thoughts on Johnson—I'm surprised he a got a scholarship offer at this point in the process—and I think he'll be a depth and special teams player for Michigan. His lack of agility and real power is disconcerting if the Wolverines expect him to become a feature back, though his speed and size make him an intruiging prospect regardless—he could find a home as a returner or special teams demon while trying to work his way up the depth chart at running back.
Michigan is now down to four remaining open spots in the 2012 class, and there's still a very definite need for two receivers, with Michigan still very much in the mix for Jordan Payton, Amara Darboh, Monty Madaris, Jehu Chesson, and even Stefon Diggs. The question will be how they use their remaining two spots. Sam Webb said on WTKA this morning that he doesn't expect Johnson's commitment to affect how Michigan will pursue Bri'onte Dunn, and that makes sense to me—I'd be surprised if the coaching staff felt settled at running back with just Johnson in the fold.
If Michigan misses on Dunn, there are still two spots for another offensive lineman and a defensive back. If they don't, it'll be a tough decision for the coaches to figure out which position they prioritize higher (I'd guess O-line, but it would be difficult—and potentially impossible—to turn down Yuri Wright or Shaq Thompson if they were ready to commit and a spot was open). This almost surely rules out the possibility of the Wolverines taking two more offensive linemen in the class.


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I saw that vid when the Fender Wolf came out.
I agree the ebmm is probably a nice guitar. I've heard ppl who said they tried a Fender Wolfy out and said they were unimpressed, even more considering the pricetag.
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what do you mean I'm an Alcoholic..... I haven't had a drink since breakfast !
Ed - "let's see, guys...how can we take a Peavey Wolfgang, remake it with lesser materials and convince people it's an 'evolution' and sell it for 3 times as much..?'
Fender guy- "well, I KNOW!..we can give it stainless steel frets and , and , AND, I GOT IT!!..we can take a scoop out of the headstock, it will save us money too!"
Ed - "Yea, and we can use regular maple on the neck instead of bird's eye!!.. and use shittier tuners instead of Schallers!!..that will cut the build cost down!"
Fender guy - "Sweet, and listen..we have an old stockpile of quilted maple in the back of the warehouse we can use for the tops!!"
Ed - "GREAT!!,...ya think anyone will be able to tell it's really a rehashed Peavey Wolfgang at 3 times the price?....."
Fender guys- ........NAAAAHHHHH!!!"
I haven't seen the USA Wolfgang but had the MIJ Wolfgang Special in my hand about a month ago. Not really impressed at all to be honest. I mean its not a bad guitar but if you compare it to lets say a used EB/MM Axis like the one I bought not too long ago its no comparison.
I just lost some respect for Eddie when I watched the pitchman video he did for the new guitar.
This new guitar is now the "best." I know he's going to do that. I may still check it out when it's time to buy another. I'm leaning now towards a music man silhouette. A suhr is an outstanding guitar. I just don't know if I should spend that amount of money! I'm a recreational player. I don't play out.
I just lost a little too....come on man, I can put a good $80 pickup on a 2X4, screw a $125 neck on it and get damn close to the same "tone" as any of my other guitars. I agree I'm not a fan of pedals and like my saturated tubes but.....
And people say DLR seems like an a$$ ?
when there's BIG , everyone their credibility
If I had to rank his signature stuff in terms of what "the best" are, I would say this is the order:
1. Ernie Ball EVH (axis)
2. Peavey Wolfgang Standard (maple cap archtop)
3. Peavey Wolfgang Standard Solid Body
4. Fender EVH Wolfgang.
I don't think the EVH Fender Wolfgangs are bad, I just don't think they are as good as Peavey Wolfgangs or Ernie Balls. While they added a few cosmetic differences and the stainless steel frets, overall, they feel "cheaper" to me than the Peavey's and EB's feel. I also don't like how they have Gotoh's now, instead of Schallers like on the Peaveys. Also, I've heard that EVH Floyd on there is a Korean Floyd, its not German. That being said, the Peavey's had Pings, and the EB's had Gotoh's. I think the Gotoh is the absolute best if you gave me the choice of all three. (German would win though if it were in the race)
At $2500-3000 street too, its a ripoff IMO. If he would have come out with $3k Peavey Wolfgangs from the get go in the 90's, yes it would have been expensive, but I think its overall a better quality instrument at $3k than the Fender Wolfie.
I love my Peavey Wolfgangs! I had a few I sold off and miss them like crazy. I think the Fender Wolfies are way overpriced....
I much prefer EBMM and the Peaveys as well.
The Fender EVH looks hot, but I don't like the smaller fret size. SS frets is a nice touch though.
I think I read somewhere that EVH put old OFR's on his most used Music Mans and Peaveys, but not 100% sure on this.
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Heard that too, but the amber mm he used for so long has the gotoh on it, as seen in the young guitar mag close-up shots.
I personally love the frets on the new wolfie and the neck is amazing (it's the same shape as the previous evh's) tuners suck on it, I like how the floyd says evh on it but it didn't have much sustain the block. The body seemed to be dead, however I plugged it into a 5150 III and it sounded amazing, I also played the special MIJ and it too lcked sustain and was alot brighter sounding through the 5150 III. Both guitars are over priced which I say buy a body and neck from warmoth guitars and build a guitar that you will love or buy a kramer :p I love the the frets tho, I plan on ordering a neck with the same shape and frets.
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The tuners on the new EVH's may not be Schallers but I have no problem with how they work.
Ill go with the muic man to
I've never even played a wolfie, music man or any of the others EVH pimped axes out there. Hell, I couldn't even tell one apart from the other.
Ed has turned into a salesman. I would expect him to have his own infomercial soon with some brittish dude screaming about how great it is or the Sham cloth New Yorker telling everyone how easy it is to use.
We've seen this before from Ed starting with Kramer..."It's simply the best guitar period" and then to Peavey, Wolfgang now Fender....
It's all about the money. Who back in the day would have ever thought EVH would team up with fender?
How about this? Make a quality guitar for cheap. Advertise it as a beginner guitar for the young shredders and make it affordable. Or maybe this: Team up with Marshall and make a EVH plexi... have a drawing in every country it's sold and give one away.
I'm not bashing Ed, but man, make a fucking guitar that isn't geared towards a rich 50+ year old non playing guitar collector.
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haha, you know what though guys, that video made me want a new Wolfgang... seriously, then I read all the comments, but still, I really want a wolfie now haha
I guess to really get down to the matter we have to find out if EVH was approached by fender or EVH himself approached fender. Because I know no one here would turn down a multi-million dollar deal. Now, if EVH approached fender, thats a different story, that would just make him a master marketer.....
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Never having played a EVH EBMM, Peavey Wolfgang or a Fender Wolfgang, I actually prefer the looks & hardware of the Peavey & the EBMM
Found this on youtube, Balance era. Ed was more genuine here
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played a couple new EVH guitars in the store. lacking quality IMO. seems like the wood for the necks were not dry enough when they put the frets on. out of the box quality poor, sad to say.
a shitload of guitars & only 4 fingers.
I have both the Axis and the Peavey Wolfie and I could sell all the others as they're the greatest guitars I've ever played.
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DETROIT, MI: Manager Jim Leyland pulls Al Alburquerque #62 of the Detroit Tigers in the eighth inning of Game Four of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
In Game 2 of the ALCS, a relief pitcher with a 5.35 ERA during the regular season gave up a grand slam in the 11th inning, while rookie phenom Al Alburquerque never left the bullpen. Why?
There's a pretty good chance we'll see Al Alburquerque tonight in Game 3.
Just not if Jim Leyland can help it.
During the regular season, Jim Leyland's two favored right-handed relievers were primary setup man Joaquin Benoit and closer Jose Valverde; both made good money, and both acquitted themselves well in battle. Leyland's favored left-handers were Phil Coke and Daniel Schlereth; they weren't as impressive, but ultimately were good enough.
That's only four relief pitchers, though, and you need more than four.
Here were Leyland's other two favorite relievers, both of them righties:
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Welcome to the big time, Al Alburquerque and Ryan Perry.
Alburquerque's performance this season was phenomenal in two areas: he was a strikeout machine, and he didn't give up a single home run in his rookie campaign. Perry's performance was a bit more, um, pedestrian, but he did somehow manage to allow just one home run. So, you know, bully for him.
Anyway, fast-forward to Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. It's the 11th inning, the game's deadlocked at three runs apiece, and Leyland has already used Valverde, Benoit and Coke. Here, he prefers to use a right-handed reliever, understandable considering that the Rangers' next four hitters -- Michael Young, Adrian Beltre, Mike Napoli and Nelson Cruz -- all bat right-handed.
Of course, Leyland chose Ryan Perry and the result was disastrous for the Tigers.
But why did Leyland choose Perry instead of Alburquerque, who pitched so much better during the season? Why has Perry pitched in Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS, while Alburquerque hasn't left the bullpen?
There are three obvious reasons, the latter two related possibly related...
One, Al Alburquerque does not actually exist. This is known as "The Francesa Theorem".
Two, Alburquerque did not pitch well against the Yankees in the Division Series. In Game 1, he entered with the bases loaded and his team already down 4-1, and -- remember, Alburquerque didn't allow a home run all season -- gave up a grand slam to Robinson Cano. In Game 4, he faced two batters and didn't retire either of them.
The Tigers both of those games, 9-3 and 10-1, and we might guess that when Leyland subconsciously assigns blame for both of those blowouts, his mind alights on Al Alburquerque.
But Alburquerque faced exactly four batters in the Division Series. Should his failure to retire three of them disqualify him from meaningful action for the rest of this month? According to The Book: "If a pitcher has pitched poorly for seven appearances in a row, if he is otherwise physically and mentally fit, we can expect him to continue to pitch at his usual (long-term) level of performance."
Is Alburquerque mentally fit? We cannot know. Perhaps Jim Leyland can.
Is Alburquerque phyiscally fit? He did deal with injuries in August, pitching only three times that month. However, he pitched seven times in September, didn't allow a run, and recorded 10 strikeouts against only two walks. Alburquerque seemed to be hitting on all cylinders as the Tigers entered the postseason.
The Tigers entered this series with decided disadvantages in hitting, fielding, starting pitching, and relief pitching. There's not much Jim Leyland can do about any of that. But when Leyland is relying upon his relief pitcher with the 5.35 ERA rather than the reliever with the 1.87 ERA, his job gets just a little bit harder.