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I would recommend this item to a friend.
pretty good but ware out over time like a few weeks
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good but ware i got them at my rinks pro shop for 3 bucks kinda a rip off 7 bucks?
Cons:ware out
Are these waxed?
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Answer:These laces are non-waxed, but we do have many other sets of waxed laces available.
Can I get them in Red - White - Blue in a waxed at 96"?
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This location worked out really well for me, I wanted a quiet place away from all the hustle and bustle. The atmosphere was relaxed and the grounds well kept. One thing that might be a concern for others is that there was no air conditioning in the rooms, only ceiling fans. At night it cooled down and I found I slept quite comfortably with just the fan. I really enjoyed my stay here and I would definitely stay again.
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Looking for best route and things to see along the way...don't want to miss anything...must sees are Grand Canyon and Sedona.
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The Grand Canyon and Sedona are in Arizona, thus not what you would see on the way to Arizona. As to what to see on the way, it all depends on the amount of time you have and how much deviation you are willing to take from the straight line between your point of departure and your point of arrival.
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> Looking for best route and things to see along the way
Best route depends on
1) what time of year are you planning to do this trip?
2) How much time have you allotted between the time you leave NJ and arrive at your FINAL destination in Arizona?
"Best" things to see depends entirely on YOUR preferences for what YOU want to experience along the way. We could tell you what WE would enjoy on such a trip, but that may have little or no bearing at all on what YOU would enjoy. So, unless you inform us of YOUR preferences, all we can tell you are what places WE would enjoy.
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YOUR car or a rental car? Are you coming back to NJ after AZ?
Would it make sense to fly to Phoenix and see Sedona and the GC and then drive or take the train back toward NJ with a few stops?
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Here's what I would do.
I just used Google maps to check distances and this would be a doable route/drive -
First stop - Amish countryside - use Bird-in-Hand, PA for mapping
Next stop - Fallingwater - outside Mill Run, PA
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO
Okalahoma City, OK - I'd like to see the memorial
Santa Fe, NM
Sedona, AZ
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Leaving jersey in late July...want to make stops along the way to Arizona...we plan to be gone 2-3 weeks...not sure of route...any suggestions?
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Any suggestions? ^^^^
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Are you interested in cities? Scenery?
Lee Ann
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Which city pairs would you prefer? Nashville-Little Rock, St. Louis-Oklahoma City or Kansas City-Wichita?
All of the routes converge on Albuquerque which should be one of your stops for sure.
You still didn't answer my questions in my first post.
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driving our car out and back...interested in scenery but would do cities if there was something interesting
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Traveling in July. Interested in "scenery." Have given yourself two to three weeks, which I presume you mean grand total for the time between leaving New Jersey and returning to Jersey.
How well can you handle desert heat? If dry heat is no problem, go straight to Utah and visit any or all of the five national parks there. Then head head south into Arizona for the Grand Canyon. Utah alone would give you more than enough scenery for two weeks.
If you'd rather skip desert heat, then be certain to visit Rocky Mountain National Park, then go south to the scenic wonders of Colorado Springs. After that, Taos and the Sante Fe area would give you a few more days of enjoyment.
> would do cities if there was something interesting
Depending on your definition of "interesting" -- another word with no useful meaning -- you could visit cities like Chicago, Saint Louis, Kansas City, and Denver.
MY suggestion:
Go out via the PA and OH Turnpikes to Chicago, I-80 through Iowa and Nebraska, I-76 to Denver or Rocky Mountain NP, then I-70 into Utah and its scenic wonders. South to the Grand Canyon and Sedona.
Return via I-40 through northern New Mexico into Oklahoma, I-44 to Saint Louis, I-70 through Indiana and Ohio, and end up back on the PA Turnpike. You could see a LOT in three weeks, and have some flexibility on what to see if the red rocks of Utah start to all look alike.
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I am writing a novel where characters travel from New Jersey to northern Arizona, could you please suggest a route with little road taxes? Sorry if my spelling is wrong, I`m from Finland
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Use google maps to plot a route. Once you are out of NJ, you shouldn't have a problem with toll roads.
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Also look on youtube for possible videos of road segments if you want to "see" the route
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could you please suggest a route with little road taxes?
Use www.viamichelin.com and specify no tolls.
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Easy and Good Gluten-Free Lasagna
Shirley Braden
½ to 1 lb ground meat (beef, turkey, sausage, venison) (see notes for vegetarian option)
24-ounce jar of your favorite gluten-free pasta sauce (thicker sauce is best)
1 ½ cups diced tomatoes, Italian style OR diced tomatoes with ½ tsp Italian seasoning added OR stewed tomatoes (see notes)
1 box of gluten-free lasagna noodles
1 large egg, beaten
1 container ricotta cheese, 15 ounces (I prefer whole milk ricotta for richer flavor)
¼ cup grated Parmesan and Romano cheese mixed (or either grated Parmesan or Romano)
1 tbsp dried parsley flakes
½ tsp salt (I use sea salt)
¼ tsp ground pepper
4 cups (1 lb) mozzarella cheese, shredded
Grease 9 x 13 glass baking dish.
Brown meat (or vegetables); drain. Add meat, tomatoes, and sauce to deep skillet, mixing well. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium low until heated through. (If your sauce is watery, you can cook longer to cook all down a little.)
Meanwhile cook lasagna noodles. Near the end of cooking time, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place lasagna noodles in the bottom of the baking dish, slightly overlapping them. Don't worry if your lasagna noodles break apart; just use them piece-meal to cover the bottom of the dish.
In a separate medium-sized bowl, mix egg, ricotta cheese, grated Parmesan and Romano cheese (or either Parmesan or Romano), parsley flakes, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
Layer noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, mozzarella, and meat sauce in that order. Repeat layering making sure you finish with the meat sauce. (See notes.)
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes or make ahead, refrigerate without baking, and bake for 45 minutes when ready to serve.
~ Makes 4 to 6 servings.
~ 1 ½ cups vegetables of choice (e.g., spinach, mushrooms, onions, zucchini), cooked and drained (if needed), may be substituted for the meat. I brown my veggies in a small amount of coconut oil, grape seed oil, or extra virgin olive oil. I prefer to cook them down long enough so there is no excess liquid to drain. But if you don't cook them that long, you'll want to drain the liquid so your lasagna is not watery.
~ Using stewed tomatoes versus diced tomatoes makes a heartier and much more appealing lasagna dish for the "purists." I use my kitchen shears to cut up the larger pieces of the stewed tomatoes for Mr. GFE who hates the texture of tomatoes most of the time.
~ I like to use a ladle to evenly distribute my meat sauce (as shown in photos). Then I use a spatula to evenly spread it out as a layer.
~ I sometimes sprinkle on a little more shredded mozzarella on top of my lasagna 10 minutes before it will be done to get a prettier presentation. You can see the lasagna before and after that touch in the photo collage.
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As well as visiting Ulverston's specialist shops, great pubs and cafes and cobbled streets and sampling the great atmosphere, you can enjoy a huge variety of free entertainment. There'll be costume competitions, free events for children, horse drawn carriages, balloon modelling, music and dancing. Plus a traditional fairground, complete with Helter Skelter and a variety of music from folk to brass bands.
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Tuxia's TASTE Embedded System Powers National Semiconductor's Geode Family of Integrated Processors
Feb 01, 2001, 00:00 ET from Tuxia, Inc.
AUGSBURG, Germany and BLOOMFIELD, N.J., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuxia Deutschland GmbH today announced that its embedded system, TASTE, provides a Linux-based operating system for National Semiconductor's Geode(TM) family of high performance, low power consumption integrated processors. The close partnership of Tuxia and National Semiconductor will enable a whole new generation of Linux-based information appliances, such as personal access devices, television set-top boxes, screen phones, information terminals and thin-client computers. The market for these devices is expected to grow rapidly, reaching 90 million users by 2004 in the U.S. and Europe alone, according to estimates by research firm IDC. "Linux is the operating system of choice for popular new information appliances because it is fast, reliable and uses much less memory than competing operating systems," said Hannes Eisele, Tuxia's co-founder and CEO. "TASTE's unique, tightly optimized flash compression technology allows the complex systems required for sophisticated information appliances to fit into a minimum amount of flash memory." "A key to leadership in the emerging information appliance market will be to get to market quickly with an affordable and stable product," said Michael Polacek, vice president of National's Information Appliance group. "The TASTE Linux embedded system will reduce development time for product manufacturers while providing improved efficiency, security and ease-of-use for consumers." TASTE is the smallest, fully desktop compatible Linux-based embedded system for Internet appliances and network computing. Designed to meet the requirements of ready-to-use consumer devices such as thin clients, set-top boxes, personal access devices, CRT pads, screen phones, information kiosks, wireless gateway and control centers, TASTE features a tightly compressed operating system, embedded Mozilla or Netscape-based browser, middleware and development tools. Based on Linux Kernel 2.4, TASTE enables ease of development with fast and easy integration of virtually all standard components as well as third party applications. About National Semiconductor National Semiconductor is the premier analog company driving the information age. Combining real-world analog and state-of-the-art digital technology, the company is focused on the fast growing markets for wireless handsets; information appliances; information infrastructure; and display, imaging and human interface technologies. With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, National reported sales of $2.1 billion for its last fiscal year and has about 10,500 employees worldwide. Additional company and product information is available on the World Wide Web at www.national.com . National is a registered trademark and Geode is a trademark of National Semiconductor. About TUXIA TUXIA develops and markets Linux-based software solutions for Internet Appliances like WebPADs(TM), Set-top Boxes, Thin Clients and Screen Phones. The company's mission is to provide the very best Internet-enabled Linux software suite for Information and Internet appliances -- TASTE, TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology Enabled. Founded in late 2000, the TUXIA team today is made up of over 90 people worldwide networked across Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan and USA with strong experience in the embedded and Linux developing market. Additional information about TUXIA may be found in the Internet at www.tuxia.com .
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In class we've never put any emphasis on the character of the Fool, and now I'm stressing seeing he's predicted! Does anyone have any essays on him that could help me??
I don't think you can do a full essay on him. Look over the theme of loyalty and his relationship with Lear. Also, if the Fool came up Kent and Cordelia probably would too so if you're banking on that I'd say learn them as well


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The following syntax can be used to call the DDNS Service.
|The API key for the UnoEuro account. Found in our controlpanel.
|The name of the domain (product) you wish to update. Can be in punycode format.
|The name of the A record you wish to update. The domain should not be appended to this. Ie. use "home", not "home.example.com".
|Optional. The IP address of the DNS record. If this field is not the provided, the IP of the client is automatically used instead.
|Something went wrong
|The record is already set to the IP given.
|Invalid login
|The record has been updated
Curl example Recommended
Use the following curl command:
# curl -s -L "https://api.unoeuro.com/ddns.php?apikey=[APIKEY]&domain=[DOMAIN]&hostname={hostname}"
Replace {hostname} with the name of the A record you wish to update.
Tip: You can set this command to run in a crontab, on a local machine, every 15 minutes or so.
Synology example
Go to "Control Panel" - "External Access" - "DDNS" and click "Customize".
Enter "UnoEuro" as "Service provider".
Enter this as "Query URL" and click "Save":
Next click "Add" and select "UnoEuro" from "Service provider" list.
You can fill the "Username" and "Password" fields with random stuff, it is not used for anything
Alternative method
You can also setup DDNS as a simple curl command using the "Task Scheduler" and a "User-defined script" that runs every 15 minutes.
Tomato firmware example
In Tomato firmware, choose "Custom URL" and enter the following:
Where {hostname} is replaced with the name of the A record you wish to update.
dd-wrt example
In dd-wrt choose "Custom" in the DDNS menu.
Enter something random in the "username" and "password" fields (The values are not used for anything).
Under "DYNDNS Server" enter "api.unoeuro.com".
In the "hostname" field, enter the name of the A record you wish to update.
Enter the following in the "URL" field:
Please note your dd-wrt has to support SSL (https), if it does not, then please use the curl example instead.


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Are Nazi and Hitler comparisons -- and invoking Holocaust imagery -- ever acceptable in political discourse? Of course I think the answer is no, period. And we've always made clear that such comparisons are not okay for anyone, on either side of the aisle.
But these days the G.O.P. base has gone all-in when it comes to Hitler references and calling our president a Nazi. At times it seems funny on the surface, with the de facto leader of the insane birthers movement on the Colbert Report comparing the Obama Administration to Nazi Germany -- and of course Rush Limbaugh has long since gotten in on the act.
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But it's not funny; it's profoundly troubling, and it takes us several steps beyond just a coarsening of our political discourse. At these too-well-organized "mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore" town hall meetings around the country this August, more and more of these disturbing Nazi comparisons are cropping up -- and they all seem to be coming from the heart of the Republican base. And it has to stop.
I strive to stick to my principles on this one, and my organization calls out folks on both sides of the aisle who engage in inappropriate Holocaust comparisons and Nazi rhetoric. But the shoe is clearly on the Republican foot right now, and it has been for quite some time. So my final question is this: when is the Republican Party going to formally say "enough is enough" with the wildly disturbing Nazi invective being hurled by its base?
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Going The Distance
Walking 101 miles outside in the middle of the summer is borderline insane, but HERO does it every year for good reason. Equality walkers trek one mile for every year that Arizona has been a state without giving full rights to its LGBTQ community. The HERO walkers will travel all over the state over the course of 11 days, visiting 15 county seats to raise awareness about LGBTQ rights. HERO founder and director Meg Sneed acknowledges that the equality walk is no easy task, "but so is denying LGBTQ people the right to marry the one they love," she says. The Maricopa County leg of the walk concludes with a swanky Equality walk afterparty at Lustre Bar, where you can donate to HERO and congratulate this year's walkers.
Drink for a good cause on Saturday, July 27, starting at 8 p.m. at Hotel Palomar's Lustre Bar, 2 East Jefferson Street. This all-ages event has no cover, but donations are encouraged. Call 602-253-6633 or visit www.facebook.com/herophx.
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I decided that I hadn't done any sight seeing since Marianne (That's a town I stayed in Martha fer da cripes sake) that I would go do ...
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Hotel Itinerary:
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March 27th Salinas - Coco's Boutique Hostal - Salinas
March 29th Guayaquil - Casa de Romero - Guayaquil
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Hilton Tampa DowntownNortheast Tampa, Tampa | 3 star hotelfrom $121
- Heavily Used Convention Hotel
- A little out of the way, but, great service
- Great place to stay!
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- New management -- work to be done!
- Misrepresents itself as a hotel
- No Riverwalk
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Westin Tampa BayWest Tampa/Airport, Tampa | 4 star hotelfrom $142
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- Run for cover
- This place is a dump
- Absolutely disgusting!
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- Stylish, Friendly and Unpretentious - A Perfect Combo
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- 4 Star? You have to be Dreaming!
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- The Best of Tampa Bay
- Rude Clerk/Gift Shop
- Nice business hotel
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- Smelly Rooms
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- Yuck! Poor value, filthy rooms
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- Loved this place!!
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- Choose other options
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Hey everyone. When the holisday's come, its time for a contest! This will be my first contest and here are the rules......
1. Write a short story OR novel about romance during christmas. Who's the special someone? (Preferably Romance, but if you want to make an Erotica, that will be excepted,but not to inapropriate please)
2. All entry's must be submitted by December 16,2010.
3. The winning entry will get noticed.
4. The winner will be anounced on December 20,10.
5. Title entry wintercontestentry (etc: wintercontestentry 1, wintercontestentry 2, )
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Status: Finished
Genre: Romance
i might be able to but im not completely sure if i can
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ok i am going to try to do the contest should i label it number 1?
published the first chapter :)
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Bring the flavor of your favorite takeout to the dinner table in just 30 minutes. Add a snow pea sauté to complete the meal. This dish can also be made gluten-free; just be sure to check the labels on some Asian condiments that may contain hidden gluten.
4 servings (serving size: 1 3/4 cups)
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1 tablespoon dark sesame oil, divided
1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups chopped roasted skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce {Check for Gluten}
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce {Check for Gluten}
2 teaspoons sambal oelek (ground fresh chile paste)
1 (6.75-ounce) package thin rice sticks (rice-flour noodles)
2 tablespoons chopped dry-roasted peanuts
1. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and garlic to pan; cook 45 seconds, stirring constantly. Place in a large bowl. Stir in remaining 1 teaspoon oil, chicken, and next 6 ingredients (through sambal).
2. Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water; drain. Cut noodles into smaller pieces. Add noodles to bowl; toss well to coat. Sprinkle with peanuts.
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Calories 381
Fat 8.1 g
Satfat 1.5 g
Monofat 3.2 g
Polyfat 2.7 g
Protein 27.5 g
Carbohydrate 47.1 g
Fiber 2.3 g
Cholesterol 60 mg
Iron 3.1 mg
Sodium 614 mg
Calcium 55 mg


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Lot 1058: POTTERY A HISTORY OF THE POTTERY INDUSTRY AND ITS EVOLUTION AS APPLIED TO SANITATION 1910 Limited Edition Antique Arts & Industry Tissue-Guarded Color Frontispiece Textual Illustrations
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Title: Pottery: a History of the Pottery Industry and Its Evolution as Applied to Sanitation with Unique Specimens and Facsimile Marks from Ancient to Modern Foreign and American Wares
Author: uncredited author
Publisher: Thomas Maddock's Sons
City: Trenton
Year: 1910
Printing Information: Limited Edition
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 224 pages
Width: 7.5" Height: 9.5"
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The Company believes that an account of the development of this important branch of the potter's art, so largely instrumental in making modern architecture minister to the comfort and convenience of living, will not be without interest.
Condition / Notes: This is a scarce limited edition of this work, un-numbered on the verso of the title page. The antique volume is bound in green cloth with stamped gilt lettering on the front cover. There is light external rubbing and spotting concentrated at the edges. The binding is sound. The tissue-guarded color frontispiece depicts a man operating a kiln. The pages show mild age toning and scattered foxing. The work is profusely illustrated in the text.
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Hopefully Maggs won't want to be outshined by the Toledo Contingent and will have a monster game himself.
End this tiresome series!
PREGAME: Finally the series that wouldn't end reaches the rubber game. It's Justin Verlander and John Danks. No Carlos Guillen or Gary Sheffield so Magglio will be lonely in the middle of the lineup.
Game Time 2:05
POSTGAME: I'm usually bummed with get-away day games because I'm at work and the best case scenario is I can listen. I think I was lucky to miss the bulk of this game, and while they are replaying it as I write this I really have no desire to watch it. And yes the bullpen blew it. And they didn't even really give the White Sox a chance to beat them. They just kind of handed it to them by their inability to throw strikes. Yes, it really really sucks. That's all I have.
Hopefully Maggs won't want to be outshined by the Toledo Contingent and will have a monster game himself.
End this tiresome series!
Verlander needs to go deep into this game to save the bullpen for the West Coast trip….I bet the guys are going to be EXHAUSTED getting to LA tonight……I hope Sheff is back soon, he's the last guy we need to go down at this point.
I like Verlander's ability to stop the starting pitcher's mini-slump! Hopefully we have a few good cycles through the rotation.
Verlander's been terrible against the White Sox. Let's keep that in mind. 1-4 with a 6.96 ERA against the White Sox in his career with 54 baserunners in 32.1 innings.
And it's worse for him at the Cell: 0-3, 8.04 ERA, 15.2 IP, 31 baserunners. Only Cleveland is a worse place for him to pitch.
Granted, sample size is small, but worth noting, nonetheless.
Thanks Mike R. Maybe you would like to come over and kick my dog while you are at it. Seriously though, I knew he was spotty at the cell but I had no idea his numbers were that bad (thanks for the factual frame of reference). Leyland mentioned his velocity was down last start, my only thoughts were he is due to bounce back.
I'll go for the glass half full spin: Verlander is due for a good outing against the ChiSox.
Them Toledo boys are going places–Raburn's batting #3, Hessman's batting #5. Of course, this is probably Leyland's tendency to leave guys in their normal batting slots as much as anything.
The explanation for the White Sox hammering Verlander last year was that they'd picked up that he was tipping his pitches. I trust that's been corrected since then.
this is the first time watching Gameday. Are those pitches being called balls really in the strike zone, as Gameday seems to indicate?
The Gameday strike zone is always a little hit or miss. Since each ump has their own strike zone it always plays different from game to game.
His speed his up but his control appears to be way off so far.
According to the radio boys if Inge hangs on to that ball Raburn has him nailed.
I think those pitches are really in the strike zone. With the 3D camera system, the Gameday pitch locations should be quite accurate.
I can't watch on MLB.TV since it's blacked out in Chicago. Verlander looks to be struggling to throw strikes. Anyone who can see the game want to comment?
Dave T: don't mention it. And I'm game to come kick your dog if you'd like. But it'll have to wait after I cut the whiskers off a friends cat. Honestly, I didn't realize his numbers were that bad against the Sox, either.
Also, just read that the Tigers have called the Yankees about Kyle Farnsworth. I figured this would happen. He's owed $5.5 million for 08…. YIKES.
Yes, Mark. Verlander is struggling to locate his pitches. He almost looks like he's afraid to let the CWS make contact. The way the CWS has slapped the ball around the Cell the past few days, who can blame him? Combine that with his history at this park and it may be a long day for JV.
Also concerning me is that the Tigers have gone quietly agaisnt Danks the first two innings. Six up and six down. My gut is telling me bad things. I'm getting that gut feeling I get from time to time that the Tigers aren't in to it today. I'm sensing a two run, six hit performance from the offense and that isn't going to be good enough in this ballpark.
Thanks for the insight, Keith G. Always tough on getaway day, and we can't have JV struglling to get into the 6th. Sounds like they are playing with fire here…
I'm watching. He's having problems with his fast ball.
Hopes he settles down. Fastball issue is with location not speed correct?
Correct. Got out of the 2nd inning real good.
The bottom of the second was 3 up, 3 down right? Maybe he just had a Bonderman-like first.
hope velasquez gets a spot in the starting rotation. like to see kenny at pitching coach one day
Well, that was a home run from an unexpected source!
Omar goes deep!!
who knew?
Threw his bat down thinking he had a walk, then swung at the next pitch and blasted it.
In my world, Omar has a 3-0 count. I take it he went yard. Thanks for the update, please keep it coming.
"He almost looks like he's afraid to let the CWS make contact. "
I like what Todd Jones said: ya gotta challenge the hitters. 3-0 and then a fat pitch — ain't good!
If Omar were used more, you'd see more good results from him and not be so surprised! I like Omar as you can tell.
Ha Ha! Omar sticks it in the home plate umpire's keister. Omar took a close 3-0 pitch which appeared to be low/borderline at the knees. He flipped his bat away as though he's drawn a walk. The home plate umpire made a late strike call and Omar was forced back into the batter's box. Next pitch in the same spot and this time Omar clubs it into the LF stands.
Am I watching the same game? All I see now is Verlander throwing strike 1, strike 2, etc. Looks like somebody got in his ear a bit.
Sucks he hit Owens, 0-2, tho
I wouldn't mind Omar taking over after Polanco's deal is up. Problem is keeping Omar in Detroit that long when he could get a shot to start elsewhere.
"Sucks he hit Owens, 0-2, tho"
no sweat Tome fly out to left
"after Polanco's deal is up."
I think Leyland is a good team builder. He'll have guys who can play I think you can bet on that
verlander seems to be doing pretty well (from my viewpoint here on the interweb), contrary to all your remarks about him so far this game.
Is Pierzynski officially the easiest person to hate in the American League?
I can't think of anyone else right away.
There we go, let's start something here.
I don't think there's any question. Even his own teammates don't like him.
I've always heard how disliked Pierzynski is. Anyone tell me why?
He talks sh*t to the batters, he causes problems w/in his own clubhouse, he's a dirty player.
Well….there's go my gut feeling of two runs on six hits for the Tigers today. Hessman delivers again. Beware of the wrath of the Mud Hen!
Nice, Hessman!!!
Are they starting to knock Danks around a bit?
Ah, just kind of a generic ass, eh
Okay V, we need a shut down inning after taking the lead here. Haven't been able to get those as of late.
Hessman doesn't want to go back to Toledo (can't say that I blame him).
Hawk on Hessman's RBI single:
"…that just burns my butt…the ump calls a strike a ball and then a guy gets a hit…"
Seriously, do these guys even get paid?
Agreed, Kevin. A nice 9-10 pitch would be best, keep JV out there until the 8th.
He's already up to 89 pitches in the 6th.
Danks still looks pretty good, but so does Verlander.
Listening to Hawk and DJ is like sitting behind two drunk idiots in the bleachers. Nothing wrong with being a fan and an announcer, but you still have to ANNOUNCE the game and not just bitch when things don't go your way.
Two guys that are worse are the bulls color guy (dunno his name) and Ran Santo, who does color for the Cubs radio. He is so bad, it's terrifying. Far worse than either of these knuckleheads, IMO.
Pierzynski = Anti-Casey
I like it. Another run here or in the 8th would make me feel better though.
2-2 to Granderson. What happened?
doh. nevermind.
unfortunatley, a K
Ouch. Grandy's K in the top of the 7th with men on 2nd and 3rd and one out might turn out to be a huge moment in this game. CWS going to the bullpen now to get rightie Wasserman to face Polanco. Still men on 2nd and 3rd with two down. Tigers are 3-2 for thosefollowing along weho don't have access to the braodcast.
That was indeed a huge wasted opportunity.
Time for another 1-2-3 from JV.
D'ohmar! (Keeping with FSN's Simpsons theme)
Omar starts of the CWS seventh by making an error on a routine grounder to SS. Hope this doens't burn us.
Argh. Omar. He has shaken my faith. (I still think if he played more often . . . .)
concept of starting pitchers is obsolete. once through the order and put in the next man in rotation
I just hope management doesn't overreact to Omar's gaffe and bring some schmuk onboard…. (history repeating)
"I just hope management doesn't overreact "
— I wouldn't worry about that with Leyland calling the shots
Verlander overcomes the Infante error. Justin set down the next three CWS hitters in order after Infante's error on Podsednik's ground ball to start the seventh. Verlander at 105 pitches thru seven. He's probably done. Seay and Miner are heating up in the bullpen for Detroit.
Bill A: Was that sarcasm?
Late to the party today…stupid meetings. Thanks to everyone for the comments, it makes for great reading.
Admittedly, some are due to a very small sample size, but it's really funny to see that the BA's of the Tigs first 5 guys in the order are:
I like it a lot.
JV still in the game. Jim Leyland saying I don't trust the pen!
We reaaaaaaaaaaally need Verlander to get through the heart of the order here…
Awww hell.
Well, so much for that
The only guy I would trust is Tim Brydak, and he pitched yesterday.
Verlander allows a leadoff single to Iguchi to start the 8th. Verlander's day is over as Seay is coming in to face Tiger killer Thome. I hope the bullpen can save this one for Verlander. He deserves a win after pitching pretty well agaisnt this lineup in The Cell.
"Bill A: Was that sarcasm?"
I like Leyland, except I think he sometimes doesn't change pitcher soon enough
no no no no no no no
Bill A: Oh. Well, Leyland was all about bringing Neifi on board last yeah when Omar made a gaffe, so I AM concerned. He liked Mesa, too…
My head is spinning. Panic is setting in. Seay comes on to face Thome and walks him on five pitches. Nice job Bobby. 1st and 2nd with nobody out for the CWS. Miner coming in to try and stop the bleeding. I don't have positive vibes regarding this scenario.
How 'bout a DP here….
jml: I think Leyland like to give various players a chance. take a good look at 'em. let 'em play. and I think he is always working at team building and what we see is part of what he does. IMHO, natcherly 🙂
Bill A: Generally, I would agree. But they needlessly paniced over Omar last year and brought in Neifi. It has left me scared 😛
Joining in a little late today, so how about that pen?
Good God our pen stinks….
Aach Miner makes me sick!
gaaaaaa!! FRUSTRATION!
I really don't enjoy watching this bullpen.
Now it's tied.
Well so much of JV's win… 🙁
Hideous. It's as if they want to lose. I'm just sick.
How has the home plate ump been? I heard on the radio there was alotta complaining?
I'd get Miner out of there.
Zach did good to get out of that with only 1 run.
Sometimes I have this dream. It's a few years ago, just me and maybe 5,000 other people at Comerica Park. The sunshine is beautiful and the hot dogs are delicious. If the Tigers lose, they lose, if they win it's a nice surprise. Either way they can't break my heart because I don't expect anything, and there's no stress. 🙂
Disaster averted, but the CWS tie it up. Bullpen (Seay/Miner) walk the first two hitters they face and it costs the Tigers the lead. It also cost Verlander the win. That's too bad as he deserved better today. Miner recovered nicely after his walk to Konerko loaded the bases with no outs. He got AJ Pierzynski to ground into a double play (which scored the tying run), before getting Dye to ground out to Inge on a full count. Seay walking Thome was the key to the inning. He was brought in to get the left handed hitter and walks him on five pitches. That hurt because he was brought into the game for one reaason and he failed miserably.
But of course, we don't need to do anything. We can stand pat. Walk-em Miner/McBride are adequate to deliver us to the promised land.
what happened to end the 8th? Did Dye strike out? GameCast doesn't want to tell me.
Dye bounced out to 3rd after narrowly missing a double.
The home plate ump has been fine IMO. He's been consistent and really hasn't missed many calls on balls & strikes. I think we got a break when he called a 3-0 pitch on Infante a strike instead of ball four (which I think it was ball four) in the third inning. Infante hit the very next pitch out of the park instead of what would've been a two-out walk.
btw I think we should trade for Jenks too
Hoping for extra innings…
Five walks today. Yikes, not good.
to quote from all the Star Wars movies…."I got a bad feeling about this…"
If this was 2006 Cmo would have caught that ball
I was about to post exactly the same quote, Joey.
If this was 2006, Zumaya would have pitched the 8th and retired the side in order, and Jones would be on attmepting to close it out right now.
Well, THAT was a World Series flashback… 😛
I don't even know what to say.
I'm just laughing right now. That was so pathetic.
Bullpen lost this series for us, plain and simple.
WS flashback? Oh no. Please don't tell me….
Can someone with visual let us know if it was a tough play, or if Miner just botched a routine bunt?
Yuck. These errors are going to be the death of me. And this team.
tough series.
It doesn't matter. Bullpen sh*t the bed again. They can't throw strikes consistently, and right now they just aren't up to the task. Awful, just awful.
Awesome job, Zach. Is this the World Series all over again? Piching throwing error scores the winning run. Miner throws a routine sac bunt into the RF corner. Ugh. What a disgusting series the Tigers played in Chicago. 2-3 seems like a miracle based on the way they played. Just as an aside: DO we have to treat Podsednik like he's Lou frickin' Brock everytime he gets on base? I know the guy has speed but it seems to me that the Tigers did themselves a disservice by paying him all kinds of attention everytime he got on. It seems to me that the Tigers are better served just concentrating on getting the next hitter. We all better hope that Zumaya and Rodney are the 2006 Zumaya and Rodney when they return or this season is going to end in a lot of heartache.
How did he score all the way from first?
This is not good. Every week the Miners and Durbins of the world do something to gain our confidence, then when it counts they blow it. Let's all hope F-Rod can pitch back-2-back games soon (and throw that fastball at about 94-96).
Ben: Miner threw the ball into RF
Keith: Unles I'm wrong with his recent injuries but I know a couple seasons ago he was the fastest white boy in the league
Kevin, it was not a tough play. It looked like he had to reach twice into the glove before he threw it wildly past Hessman. The thing was that he had plenty of time tomake the play, even with the double clutch. I think Zach may have thought that he had to rush it, but in that situation he'd have been better off eating the ball rather than trying to rush it. I want to stress that it was NOT a tough play. Miner made it into a tougher play than it should've been, but it was a routine sac bunt from a hitter with little speed.
Jim, Podsednik has ggod speed. What I'm saying is just concentrate on getting the next hitter. If he steals second, whatever. They still need another hit to bring him home. It just seems to me that the Tigers got all freaked out every time Podsednik reached first base in this series. The guy is not Rickey Henderson or Lou Brock.
Note to Dave Dombrowski:
The bullpen that showed up in Chicago is the real one.
Yes, but you concede second to Pods, with no out. Then they bunt him to third, when all they need is a sac fly.
Have to agree with you on that one, Vince.
Well, Farnsworth would come in handy if we have a brawl…
Part of the problem, IMHO, is that Miner and Durbin are better suited to middle relief, and aren't late-inning guys. Not sure how to explain or quantify it, but this just isn't their role. And when they struggle, they get shifted to another role, so no one gets settled. Hopefully this gets resolved when Z and Rodney get back and pushes them earlier into the games.
It would also help if they threw strikes consistently. I'm looking at you, Jason Grilli.
I'd pass on Farnsworth: 40IP 45H 20BB 26SO 1.61 WHIP .280 BAA. We have enough relievers who walk too many batters and don't strike out enough.
Let's hope that the Farnsworth thing remains a rumor
Rodney is back next week, Zumaya in the middle of August. If we can get through LAA and OAK at 3-3, then we set up nicely for a long homestand.
That homestand is followed by 13 games v. NYY and CLE in a row. We have to have the pen situation worked out by then.
Wow. I can hardly stand to watch past the 7th inning. It's no longer even enjoyable. We literally have a WS-caliber offense/Starting-Five coupled with a Little League bullpen. My new viewing strategy, in games with a 3 run lead or less, will be to turn off the TV in the seventh, take a deep breath, run out to the local spa, maybe do some Yoga and practice some some relaxation-breathing, maybe get a massage, maybe tune into some harps and strings from the good 'ol I-Pod, and then return home in a renewed state of mind before I flip on ESPN to learn how the Little League fared.
I'll say it again, and again, and again, and again, and again… and again:
McBride/Durbin/Miner et. al are all good pitchers — that's not the issue, and I mean no insult or disrespect to them as players/pitchers — but they're long guys — NOT SETUP GUYS. They're the guys you want when your starter falls off the mound in the 3rd or 4th or 5th inning.
In the seventh and eighth inning (and ninth inning, too) you need a strike-out pitcher who throws strikes, throws hard, and doesn't give up the walk. On top of that, ask a guy like Miner to be a SETUP guy, and he will likely pitch WORSE than normal. He will likely produce more walks/errors/wild pitches, etc. than he would in his comfortable role (oops — I'm really not a genius — yes, yes, I admit — I SAW the game).
Since I hadn't formulated my more Zen approach prior to this latest bullpen melt-down, I guess I'll just now succumb to my more pedestrian routine and head off to the bar…
Good night all.
I don't think we can afford to wait around in the "hopes" that Zumaya and Rodney will solve the situation. There are no guarantees that either one will be able to come back and make a positive impact, to say nothing of both of them doing so.
I just watched this game taped, and I don't understand Leyland pulling JV after 1 hit. It was his 3rd all day. Considering Miner and Say have struggled to find the strike zone as of late. Especially with this umpire calling the smallest strike zone we've seen lately.
This one may haunt them
T Smith – How much for a copy of your "2007 Tigers Bullpen Relaxation Program?"
A bit off-topic but I just saw breaking news on SportsCenter that Wake Forest head basketball coach Skip Prosser passed away today.
Verlander was at 109 pitches and his control had been shaky. Leyland was playing the percentages with Seay and then Miner. I also question Leyland's decision in the top of the eighth to have Infante sacrifice (he had homered and walked against Danks in his two previous AB), with Granderson up next. Despite Curtis' nice game against Burleigh on Monday, he has been atrocious against left-handers this year, with over a 33% chance of striking out, which is what he did. Leyland was playing for one run I guess, but going for the big inning seemed to make more sense to me there. But the bottom line is that the bullpen blew the game. When your late inning relievers come in and walk the bases loaded with none out in a close game, you are in big trouble.
I think the bullpen is fine. Besides, we're just trying to build toward being a consistent winner rather than a 2007 World Series champion. No worries, Rodney's gonna be fine, Zumaya's dislocated finger is going to heal perfectly and he's gonna return w/o missing a beat. Our year is 2010, Maybin will be hitting .340 and driving in 110 rbi's by then.
Be patient everyone!
Stephen – would you trade Grady Sizemore for Eric Gagne?
I don't even feel bad about this loss. I missed the endings to most the last two games as I was out and about during the games, but I watched today and I just don't feel bad. I just chuckle and turn the station.
Honestly, how upset can we be about pitchers under-perform in roles they shouldn't be in?
Re: Stephen – would you trade Grady Sizemore for Eric Gagne?
Kevin: Boy, that's a false analogy. Yeah, i want to trade a bonafide, proven major league all-star for eric gagne. Try again.
In case Stephen doesn't take the bait –
(disclaimer – I'm okay with trading young talent. I am not okay with trading Maybin for anything other than bona fide top prospects/established potential all-stars in return)
I have been thinking about this for a few months, and I am not convinced that you do not overpay for relief pitching in MLB, regardless of our bullpen problems. Maybin for anyone throwing 50 innings a year would be the biggest coup since alcohol snuck up on Lindsay Lohan. Closers are significantly easier to find than 5 tool prospects with + arms, ++ speed, power, etc. I did not say "easy," just "easier." We have not had a position player prospect like Maybin in a dozen years, and it may be another decade before we do. I can think of one closer that I would consider trading him for – Papelbon (b/c of his age and starter potential). I know that the naysayers will reply with "Congrats to Maybe winning the 2010 ROY and no championship!" The thing is, with our current team and MO, every year for the next 6 could be a championship year. We start dumping talent to bring in Gagne for three months, and we'll have one shot.
There are amicable solutions out there. We just need DD to work a little harder.
(repost b/c I had a typo which clogs my argument)
In case Stephen doesn't take the bait –
(disclaimer – I'm okay with trading young talent. I am not okay with trading Maybin for anything other than bona fide top prospects/established potential all-stars in return)
I have been thinking about this for a few months, and I am now convinced that you do not overpay for relief pitching in MLB, regardless of our bullpen problems. Maybin for anyone throwing 50 innings a year would be the biggest coup since alcohol snuck up on Lindsay Lohan. Closers are significantly easier to find than 5 tool prospects with + arms, ++ speed, power, etc. I did not say "easy," just "easier." We have not had a position player prospect like Maybin in a dozen years, and it may be another decade before we do. I can think of one closer that I would consider trading him for – Papelbon (b/c of his age and starter potential). I know that the naysayers will reply with "Congrats to Maybe winning the 2010 ROY and no championship!" The thing is, with our current team and MO, every year for the next 6 could be a championship year. We start dumping talent to bring in Gagne for three months, and we'll have one shot.
There are amicable solutions out there. We just need DD to work a little harder.
Saw this on MLB.com:
"Rockies: The Denver Post reports that the Detroit Tigers have sent scouts to check out first baseman Joe Koshansky and third baseman Ian Stewart of Triple-A Colorado Springs. Koshansky leads the Pacific League in RBIs, and Stewart has regained the form this season that made him the top prospect in the Rockies' organization after the 2004 and 2005 seasons."
Whatever can it all mean?
Kevin in Austin:
The price for the 2007 Tigers Bullpen Relaxation Program might go for as little (or as much, depending on your point of view) as, say, a Jones 1-2-3 ninth (surely you have some influence) or a string of, say, three bullpen saves in a row without enduring a game-deciding disaster? Come on, man. Pull some stings, and it's all yours.
Huh? You don't think the 'hold on to prospects' camp hasn't, on occasion, totally misconstrued my 'trade a prospect' theory into i want to trade maybin and all our prospects for a middle reliever?
(see above post asking me if i'd trade sizemore for gagne)
Kevin in Austin:
"I don't even feel bad about this loss… I just chuckle and turn the station…."
Sorry. I'm priced out of the market. You need whatever relaxation regiment Mike R's on.
Kevin in Austin:
In all serious discussion, I completely agree with you. You'll see this bullpen pull off one save (see last night's threads), and all of a sudden all the "hold-on-to-all-prospects" lobbyists come out of the wood work. Problem is, every other day or so the bullpen blows a game and you hear a lot of crickets. A few of the bold still advance the "hold-on-to-the-prospects" argument.
The thing is:
You gotta try to make a deal. So here are the ground rules:
Hold on to Maybin, yes — unless you get a Papelbon (unlikely). Maybe even hold on to the number 2 prospect. After that, it's free game. None of this, "the top five prospects are untouchable" nonsense. As far as I'm concerned, that's the discussion in a nutshell. There are no guarantees either way — but you absolutley need to make a move with this bullpen. The goal is to try to secure the most advantageous trade given the ground rules above.
It is rare to have a closer who provides consistent excellence combined with near-perfect health (the ones who do are Hall of Fame caliber relievers).
This concern is especially valid with closers who have not had perfect health (i.e. Gagne). It's one thing to mortgage the future for a proven healthy player. It's quite another to do so for a guy whose arm may fall off in the next month.
Furthermore, the playoffs are a crapshoot, which is evident from the number of wild card teams that have advanced to or won the World Series. The key is getting into the field. This bullpen needs shoring up. It does not need a panic move.
Look at last year–the concern was a lack of thump in the lineup. The most available guy out there was Soriano. The Nats wanted Maybin. The Tigers were outscored in the World Series by 11 runs. Does anyone think replacing Monroe with Soriano would have made up that gap?
I have never strayed from my stances on the trade deadline. I say that Maybin is pretty untouchable, and everyone else is fair game. After all, beyond Maybin, this system gets very bleak with some interesting players and some solid arms but no more 'gems' after him (even though he's being over-hyped and overrated — again, a stance that I haven't strayed from).
It's just that the market's bleak and there's no need to make a Herschel Walker to the Vikings-like deal for someone like a Dotel. The Royals apparently asked about Maybin, but I'm not concerned as talks have to start somewhere so the top prospect is a place to start and back your way down from.
Oh, and no to Joe Koshansky. Yes to Ian Stewart but where's he going to play? Unless you move Inge to SS and Guillen to 1B in 2008. Hm, that's a possibility, I wouldn't mind that. I would like to go back and un-sign Inge to that 4 year deal. Ugh.
"Huh? You don't think the 'hold on to prospects' camp hasn't, on occasion, totally misconstrued my 'trade a prospect' theory into i want to trade maybin and all our prospects for a middle reliever?
(see above post asking me if i'd trade sizemore for gagne)"
Well, you are the one who suggested we trade Maybin. I think it just kind of snowballed from there.
I guess i look at the playoff window a bit differently. To me, the window is 06-09. (Realizing '06 was a magical convergance) That makes the trading of, say, your #2 and #6 prospect seem wise. I realize you've got young studs in Bonderman, Verlander, and Miller, but to think all three are going to be healthy come Maybin's arrival seems overly optmistic. I know the Braves kept a starting three intact for years, but the odds are not with us. Sheff, Maggs, and Pudge are in their late prime. Could we replace them and make a run in 09/10 with Maybin? Possibly. But Murphy's Law is that one of our next round of free agents will be a Dean Palmer-like bust and we're gonna be in the 85 win territory.
I'm not going to argue statistics on how many games can be won or lost based on the acquisition of one player. But it can change the whole tenor of a ballclub. A prime reliever allows folks like Durbin and Miner to go back to long relief and restore the natural order of things. Do we really want to go into those Yankees/Indians series without an actual setup guy with experience coming in the 8th or in the 9th when it's tied? That's like a football team heading into New England in January with a rookie placekicker.
People say this is now a big market franchise. Well, big market teams overpay for bullpen help with the confidence that their scouting system will find new prospects AND that increased revenue allow you to paper over holes with free agents.
My advocacy of trading Maybin was largely on the premise of getting a youngish closer AND a youngish set-up man in return. (And that are locked up thru '08). This seems like good value for a guy at Lakeland with 8 home runs as August approaches. I don't back away from that statement philosophically, but in reality that would take a three team deal which usually only happens in the off-season or in fantasy baseball.
The thing I find most interesting regarding the 'be conservative with trading prospects' camp is the 'we must guard the franchise's future' argument. Well, last time I checked none of us are actually assured of a future, we're all here day-to-day, and the number of times the Tigers have been playing .600 ball at the end of July in my lifetime can be counted on one hand. Now's the time to do this.
Good counter Stephen.
I think what we're all bickering over though is largely moot.
You know all we're gonna get at the deadline is probably an aging NL'er right?
Oh, a 😛 incase anyone thinks im serious.
Thanks Jim.
1) Fantastic, learned input all the way around. I really enjoy reading this thing.
2) CLE is down 5 in the 8th.
3) NYY is down 5 in the 7th.
We may live after all.
Knock-out punch. You nailed it.
JML "Bill A: Generally, I would agree. But they needlessly panicked over Omar last year and brought in Neifi. It has left me scared"
could be, I think, but too, I see Leyland like to put guys like Omar in and out of the line-up. That's why I like seeing Hessman now as an alternate esp. at 1B, Ryan Raburn has played well for us and I liked Valesquez. I'd like to see Valesquez pitch another game and I sure do think I'd like to see Kenny as pitching coach
Leyland is gonna change guys around. we've been seeing that. but I see it as a good thing — helps the team through a tough schedule — and we are playing a tough schedule — and it helps with team building too.
Leyland needs to get a hold of his pitching coach and straighten some things up. back to basics. challenge the hitters, go after them just like Todd Jones sez. Do not get behind in the count but don't throw any cookies either. Keep pitch count down. A good measure of pitcher performance is average number of pitches to get batter out. And above all do not walk anybody let alone the lead off man.
Bill A., do you really think that Hernandez and Leyland aren't telling their pitchers these sorts of things, or even that their pitchers don't know these things. Sometimes knowing what to do isn't enough; you have to be able to do what you know.
To me, one thing that would help in this dicussion is to talk about actual relievers on the market, not just "bullpen help" generically.
Octavio Dotel (ERA: 3.27, WHIP: 1.46)
Chad Cordero (ERA: 2.70, WHIP: 1.32)
Eric Gagne (ERA: 2.16, WHIP: 1.05)
Now let's compare them to the guys who blew the game last night:
Bobby Seay (ERA: 2.96, WHIP: 1.17)
Zach Miner (ERA: 3.18, WHIP: 1.50)
Gagne would be great, but would require Maybin or a major package of prospects–especially in light of the injury situation with Otsuka. Beyond that, we're talking about a single reliever who's going to blow his share of games, too.
Again, getting bullpen help would be great, but the impact has to be viewed realistically. We're not going to be bringing in Jonathan Papelbon to throw a 1-2-3 eighth inning in every close game.
Chicago – Bottom of 8th
Score: DET 3 CWS 2
Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit
T Iguchi singled to center
B Seay relieved J Verlander
J Thome walked, T Iguchi to second
Z Miner relieved B Seay
P Konerko walked, T Iguchi to third, J Thome to second
A Pierzynski grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first,
T Iguchi scored, P Konerko out at second, J Thome to third.
Score: DET 3 CWS 3
Iguchi moved to 3d because of WALKS. And that is the problem Det. needs to fix
Nate: "Bill A., do you really think that Hernandez and Leyland aren't telling their pitchers these sorts of things, or even that their pitchers don't know these things. Sometimes knowing what to do isn't enough; you have to be able to do what you know."
that is certainly a good point and well taken, but hey — it's the pitching coach job to transform that plan into results.
I don't know if I'm right about this or not cuz I'm just a fan but right now, and it ain't just me, we ain't seeing the bullpen challenge this hitters the way we think they should. like too much "keep the ball away from the hitter" and not enough "make him swithg at it".
I know it's a fine line, but hey — that why we have a pitching coach ain't it?
I'd argue that this sequence also contributed a great deal to the loss:
– C. Monroe walked
– B. Inge singled to left, C. Monroe to second
– O. Infante sacrificed to pitcher, C. Monroe to third, B. Inge to second
– C. Granderson struck out swinging
– E. Wassermann relieved J. Danks
Under most circumstances, I wouldn't get too upset about the bunt here, but I'm not sure I understand the logic of having a right-handed batter sacrifice against a LHP, leaving the critical at-bat to a strikeout-prone left-handed batter who struggles mightily against LHP.
Granted, I don't know that Infante would have gotten a hit; nor do I know that he wouldn't have GIDP. But I don't think Leyland (or Omar himself, if the bunt wasn't called) managed this situation particularly well.
BTW, visiting the webpage below each morning is the only thing that gets me through the day:
Stephen: My only contention is where are the young closers and set up men you want in return? They aren't lying around and the ones that are out there, teams are reluctant to trade. It's a novel idea, but not plausible.
Off the trade debate a bit, but still on woes of letting games like yesterday slip away. In response to very soothing threads ameliorating pain, tracking the Indians/Yankees scores (very fortunate indeed):
Yes the Indians and the Yankees lost; yes those losses serve as a much-needed ointment to the wound — but every winnable game this team lets slip away — regardless of what the other horses are doing — also narrows the margin of error in the remaining games. You don't ever want to get to a point where you have to play damn near perfect and hope for help down the stretch (e.g. see New York Yankees task).
I'm glad both the Yankees and Indians lost, but it would be nice to be 3 1/2 games up right now, which we should be by all rightful accounts. Since I'm not expecting very exciting news from the club by July 31 to shore up my confidence, I for one don't want to charge this team with the task to pull off a nearly perfect stretch. If we're gonna get to October, we need to win the games we're supposed to win.
Billfer (or anyone else for that matter),
Can you tell me a good site for historical information? Specifically I am looking for a site which will display all-time franchise records vs. other franchises (example: Tigers vs. White Sox all-time). Thanks in advance for anyone's help.
I don't know why but yesterday's loss just doesn't bother me. I guess I just can't get upset over pitchers blowing games when they're pitching in roles they shouldn't be in.
Keith G: I believe all that information is available at http://www.baseball-reference.com
Check on the teams page.
Billfer, I have a question/suggestion. Is there a way to segregate the "during-game" comments like "Omar goes deep" from the post-game discussion? Could you have an ongoing in-game thread that gets reset every day…or maybe a real-time chat window for that, a-la IRC. Both have value and are valid expressions, I just think they are different animals.
This is the only baseball forum I participate in, so I'm not complaining about content…I love it here!
I wasn't bothered by the loss, in ands of itself. Of course I didn't see any of the game, either, so that helped.
Kyle J: you put in numbers what I've been thinking. I don't want BULLPEN HELP just to have more of the same. We have some guys with decent numbers as far as ERA and WHIP (my favorite) go.
Here's the stat I want to see for relievers: percentage of shutout innings. Jones usually gives up runs in bunches, so while his ERA and WHIP will be high, his ratio of converted saves is pretty good, which is why he can be an effective reliever with a 4.50 ERA and 1.50 WHIP. He probably has a 90% shutout inning rate. It would be a hard stat because relievers don't pitch complete innings…but still, we have some smart guys at Elias, they could come up with something.
I think if DD pulls the trigger on a reliever trade, it will be so Miner or Durbin can go somewhere and be a starter. Does anyone have a good bullpen and lousy starters? Texas and Seattle come to mind.
Cordero would not be my first choice from Washington, I'd rather have Rauch.
Nate, I cheked it out but under the teams profile I could only find the individual teams overall all-time won/lost records. I was unable to find info on head-to-head all-time won/lost such as the example I gave above (DET vs. CWS). I'm trying to find the Tiger's all-time won/lost percentages against current American League teams. I want the info at my fingertips for all-time Mariners vs. Tigers, Angels vs. Tigers, Yankees vs. Tigers, Royals vs. Tigers, etc. The site you gave me did not provide that unless I was too dumb to find it (which is entirely possible).
I did a google search, which led to a "yahoo answers" which led to this:
Looking at those stats, I'm honestly surprised that we have winning records against everyone in our division EXCEPT Kansas City. Wierd!
It's easy to forget these days, but for the first two-thirds of their existence, the Royals were a darn good organization.
Kurt said:
"I wasn't bothered by the loss, in and of itself"
I say:
If this were 2003, I wouldn't be bothered by the loss, in and of itself. But this is 2007, the Tiger's vying for the pennant, and I say we can't afford to gift-wrap games.
That said, I wasn't bothered by Tuesday's 5-3 loss, in and of itself. The team played hard, pitched okay, and just came up short. Even had we come up short on Wednesday night (we won 13-9) I wouldn't be too bothered, in and of itself. Tigers were down early in the game, came back twice, then managed to take the lead and hold it. It was a see-saw battle from the beginning that the Tigers so happened to end up on top of. Good break.
However, for some reason I just can't share the same sentiment in game 3 and game 5 of the past series. In game 3 you got a rookie pitcher shuting down the opponent and our offense lighting up the board, in tandum, to the tune of a 7-1 score through six innings. Then, the bullpen comes in and the momentum immediately shifts, and shifts HARD — so hard you can't stop the train wreak within 9 lously outs. A few batters latter you got Jim Thome at the plate with runners on 1st and 2nd and Durbin practically quaking in his shoes. He's so afraid of Thome he refuses to throws a strike, and as a result, Durbin back peddles into a 3-0 count. Then he proceeds to throw a meat ball right down the center of the plate. Dah? If you're that afraid of Thome, for God's sake, throw ball four and attack Konerko per the modus operandi a la Kenny Rogers.
Perhaps the most telling stat that Durbin should have known — or Hernandez should have come out to tell him if he didn't know — is that Thome WOULD be swinging on 3-0, and of the 33 times he'd done so in his career, 17 flew out of the park (I'm citing that stat by memory, but if it's wrong, it's not off by a lot. Thome literally has about a .500 homer rate swinging on 3-0 counts). I'm not suggesting Durbin should have thrown ball four (that opens up a whole new can of worms), all I'm saying is, why throw him a meatball there? Try to throw him a located strike. IMO, biggest mistake of the game.
No matter. We all know how the game turned out.
Then, in yesterday's game, you got your hurler working through seven innings with the lead, allowing only THREE hits to his credit, and the bullpen comes in the eighth and, again, the momentum IMMEDIATELY shifts.
Result: within three recorded bullpen outs you got multiple walks, a run scored on a fielder's choice DP (two of the outs), a base hit, an E-1 and a walk off bunt. Wow that stings. The opponent doesn't even earn the walk off.
I know I should just consider a loss a loss, (which I think is Kurt's point) and a win a win. I know I should just be content looking at the bigger 162 game stretch — happy to be on pace to win 6 of 10, ecstatic if we actually DO win 6 of 10. I know I shouldn't sweat the inevitable losses and just move on. I guess some are just harder to swallow than others — and ohh-so avoidable.
T. Smith — I think you have a fine analysis there
the thing I'd like to add is — I've seen all our relievers throw some good innings. We need better consistency and that's what the radio announcers were saying too.
and what I'm looking at is maybe we are looking under the wrong rock here so to speak. If our relievers have got good arms and I think they do — then let's figure out how to be more effective
–i've been reminded it ain't easy and I respect that
but I keep thinkin' wat Todd Jones said about his turn-around — "got to challenge the hitters"
as I see it throwing a cookie 3-0 isn't really the problem the problem is why did you get to 3-0 ?
same is the news lamenting Zach threw the game away with that error. not all there is to it. them 3 walks that set up CWS to time the game at 3 in the previous inning is where the real trouble is
ya can't fix problem at the surface ya gotta get into 'em
But can you really blame Zach Miner for losing a game he's trying to close out when he's not a late inning reliever? That's why I can't be bothered with the results on the field; what do we expect with pitchers pitching in roles they aren't accustomed or supposed to be in.
Mike – 1st inning, 9th inning — doesn't matter. only one thing matters and that is get the batter out.
You are correct Bill A, but it is still far more difficult to get a guy out at the end of a game, with the outcome in the balance. That is why certain guys don't make good closers, because they can't handle the pressure. I bet if you gave Miner some truth serum, he would rather be a starter/long reliever than an 8th inning guy, because that is what he's comfortable with. But at the end of the day, as you said, you have to get the guy out no matter what inning it is.
I'm with Bill and Chris. It is no harder to paint the black in the 9th inning than it is in the 1st. Anything else is in your head.
Look, baseball is 162 games. You will have games you steal from the other team you had no business winning. You will have games the other steals from you they had no business winning. You'll have comebacks in the ninth. You'll give up stupid things. The results of one specific game cannot be allowed to bother you.
But all along, I've said the bullpen needs upgrading. I'm sure you remember I've made that point repeatedly and on my blog. That doesn't change whether the Tigers win 3-2 or lose 4-3.
So, I wasn't bothered by that specific loss.
Thanks for the explanation. And yes, yes. That's a very sober, sensible, and reasonable outlook. You're also very correct. I'm all for the it-all-irons-out-in-the-wash theory.
However, would it also be fair to say that the games you steal from the opponent vs. the games the opponent steals from you should roughly reflect your win/loss percentage — or even 50/50? Obviously there is no way to quantify such a stat, but it seems reasonable to me that if a team is winning at a .600 clip they should take about 60% of those kind of games.
Again, there is no way to quantify, but it just seems to me the Tigers in no way take games away from opponents that they should have rightly lost at that %. Thus my frustration.
Then again, I may be completely bias and wrong about this.
I don't have a specific count myself, and have the hunch you're right that they give away too many. But on the other hand, we all expect to win every game. So maybe we don't remember an 8th inning comeback with the same vividness as we remember the 9th inning thrown away.
Bill A: The bullpen has clearly defined roles. We have guys pitching in roles they shouldn't be in. You wouldn't ask Magglio to be your leadoff hitter, why would we ask the guys we're asking to be the late inning guy?


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Delaware Testing for Blood-Doping Antibodies
- Nov 6, 2003
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The racing commissions that govern Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing in Delaware have been testing for erythropoietin (EPO) antibodies since June 1, and in the future may implement rules to penalize horses that test positive.
In a joint release issued late Nov. 3, the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission and Delaware Harness Racing Commission said they decided to follow New York and Ontario, Canada, in announcing that testing had begun. Because there is no test for EPO or darbopoietin (DPO), a related blood-doping agent, regulators use a screening test for the antibodies.
The two commissions adopted rule to prohibit the possession or use of EPO and DPO and other substances for which there are no tests under the Association of Racing Commissioners International "prohibited practices" rule. Bernard Daney, chairman of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, said regulators "thought the time was right for us to inform the racing community" testing was under way.
The results of the tests are confidential and subject to investigation, so no further comment can be made, the racing commissions said in the joint statement.
Daney and Beverly Steele, who chairs the Delaware Harness Racing Commission, said horsemen were informed of the policy and that with a rule modification, use of the substances would become a violation. Steele said the antibody testing is being done "to see if there is suspected use" of blood-doping agents.
John Wayne, executive director for both commissions, said state regulators are considering rule changes that would make the presence of EPO or DPO antibodies in a horse a "disqualifying feature that would prevent participation in future events until a negative test is received." The problem for detection is compounded because EPO or DPO can remain in a horse's system 120 days or longer, Wayne said.
Determining when a blood-doping agent was used is a guessing game, especially with horses changing hands via the claim box.
Delaware Park, the lone Thoroughbred track in the state, races from April through mid-November. Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway, the two harness tracks in the state, make for an almost year-round circuit. All three tracks have had video lottery terminals since the mid-1990s.
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