Non-Pirates Baseball Thread

[MRandall25]

Could you give us a clue what all these starred words are.

*kittens*hole, if you're familiar with chat lingo.

[Rocco]

Justin Verlander so far this postseason: 23 innings, 0.39 ERA, .57 WHIP, 10 hits, 31 K, 3 walks. But the Tigers are 1-2 when he starts so he must suck.

My fantasy team thanks him for saving this until the postseason. Jerk.

In the past he'd been money in the regular season but less than stellar in the postseason. This year he's flipped the script. Unfortunately for him the Tigers have stopped hitting.

[shafnutz05]

Tigers finally start hitting last night....except for Prince Fielder.

[Letang Is The Truth]

Wake em up shake em up

[shafnutz05]

[canaan]

wow. tim mccarver is looking old....then again, i didnt realize hes in his 70s

[SolidSnake]

St Louis Cardinals and Michael Wacha, I bow to your awesomeness. I hope to one day be as awesome as you.

[JS©]

#BigFatPrinceFielder

[shafnutz05]

Max Scherzer has been robbed in Boston tonight. #BostonStrong

[Rocco]

Leyland decided to go to J-Truth with the bases loaded and 1 out in the 7th. We all knew that was going to end badly.

[pittsports87]

#BigFatPrinceFielder

[FreeCandy44]

Cards vs Sox.....hoo-hum.

[TheGhostofGoulet]

Ken Rosenthal‏ @Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: Leyland stepping down as #Tigers manager. Told team after end of ALCS. Team has called news conference for 11:30 AM ET.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

jim lelyand quitting? wow. real shocker there

[pittsports87]

A lot of people are speculating that Lloyd McClendon will be the new Tigers manager.

[Pens Fan Since 1970]

#BigFatPrinceFielder

Did he learn that slide from the Josh Harrison school of sliding?

[KennyTheKangaroo]

A lot of people are speculating that Lloyd McClendon will be the new Tigers manager.

a lot of people? what people? you have to be making this up

[pittsports87]

A lot of people are speculating that Lloyd McClendon will be the new Tigers manager.

a lot of people? what people? you have to be making this up

No one really credible, but a twitter seach of "Lloyd McClendon" is pretty entertaining right now.

[Rocco]

A lot of people are speculating that Lloyd McClendon will be the new Tigers manager.

a lot of people? what people? you have to be making this up

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/dan ... ith-tigers

Leyland is likely to push for the job to go to either Lloyd McClendon or Gene Lamont, two former managers who have been on his Tigers coaching staff for his entire eight-year run.

I don't hate the Tigers enough to wish either of those two on Detroit.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/dan ... ith-tigers

Leyland is likely to push for the job to go to either Lloyd McClendon or Gene Lamont, two former managers who have been on his Tigers coaching staff for his entire eight-year run.

I don't hate the Tigers enough to wish either of those two on Detroit.

Calling Lloyd and Gene Lamont "two former managers" without qualifying that statement by mentioning they managed the pirates is like calling Jeff Sklling and Barry Madoff business executives without mentioning the massive frauds they perpetrated.

[Rocco]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/dan ... ith-tigers

Leyland is likely to push for the job to go to either Lloyd McClendon or Gene Lamont, two former managers who have been on his Tigers coaching staff for his entire eight-year run.

I don't hate the Tigers enough to wish either of those two on Detroit.

Calling Lloyd and Gene Lamont "two former managers" without qualifying that statement by mentioning they managed the pirates is like calling Jeff Sklling and Barry Madoff business executives without mentioning the massive frauds they perpetrated.

Excellent analogy. Lamont melted the arms of Benson, Cordova and Schmidt because he had no idea that perhaps young pitchers should be protected. As for Lloyd, the 9th innings of these two games that are eternally burned into my memory sums everything up:

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2005 ... IT2005.htm
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2005 ... IT2005.htm

In the first game, he didn't intentionally walk a scorching-hot Derrek Lee because Lee was the righty and he didn't want the lefty Burnitz facing the righty Mesa. In the second he intentionally walks Corey f'ing Patterson to set up a lefty/righty matchup that didn't materialize because the Cubs used the pinch-hitter they were always going to use.

[JS©]

[count2infinity]

2 years, 35 million for Lincecum?

[KennyTheKangaroo]

2 years, 35 million for Lincecum?

not really explainable.

[thehockeyguru]

2 years, 35 million for Lincecum?

not really explainable.

I hope this means they arent going to sign Pence. I'd love to see him sign with the Pirates.