1-7 Never Felt So Good (I-Rod shouldn’t Lead Off)

(Courtesy of ESPN) Leyland has a look of “GET YOUR HAND OF DEATH OFF OF ME!”

A Deep deep DEEP! Sigh of relief…

I have never in my life felt so good about a first win (that wasn’t involving the Lions).  Bonderman pitched great, our bullpen held up, and SOME (definitely not all) the players seem to be waking up and starting to actually play the way we expect them to.

Edgar Renteria, someone that had been lambasted by several fans showed up and proved today that he still has it left in the tank.  His 3 for 4 effort gave this team the offensive production boost they needed and led to much needed (understatement of the century) 7-2 win.

There were still major concerns however… Once again the starting pitching for the Tigs only went 5 innings, and Polanco and Sheffield continue to struggle at the plate.  Polanco is especially worrysome because of his errors in now two consecutive games and his once consistent hitting is now seeming lackluster this season.  Apparently he needs to go back to the cages alittle more and work on getting that consistent stroke back.

For my last gripe after this glorious win, WHY THE HELL IS I-Rod (aka  “I FUCKING SWING AT EVERYTHING” ..Rod) leading off… Sure he got a walk and FINALLY that 2500th hit… but this man is not a leadoff man.  I’d much rather see Edgar or even Inge (if hes starting) there.  Just a personal opinion.

I’m hoping the Tigs wake up and start to pay attention to the little things… Like stringing together some hits (for lack of a better cliche)… and Guillen getting his ass of the baseline (YOU DONT STRADDLE FIRST PLATE!).

I want to end on a good note, so I’ll say this… The Tigers looked beyond relieved after the win, which made me have hope that they could start to loosen up a bit at the plate.

P.S. Leyland deserves a whole pack of Red 100’s after that 9th inning… watching our hero Todd Jones scare the shit out of us tigs fans.

P.S.S. (PSS?)  For Sportsinferno (NOT VALENTI & FOSTER) fans, Thank Valenti’s Mohawk for that win.

Fire Leyland? Maybe…

Where to start…

How many people thought that we’d be looking 0-7 right in the face and no hope in sight.  Im getting sick of our starting pitching being terrible and giving up 5+ runs… I’m getting sick of watching our bullpen coming out pre-7th inning.  I’m sick of watching our HUGE multimillion dollar man struggle to hit, and is currently looking at being below .100

I’ve found someone to blame.  And yes, I know its early in the season, but if the Tigers continue this terrible run, the man that the finger needs to be pointing the finger at is Jim Leyland.  The man seems to be almost in awe of his own team. I hate to say it but he can’t seem to grasp that he needs to say something or do something to get this team fired up and winning some games.  To quote him last week:

“I’m not mad at anyone out there. Personally, I’m embarrassed. I don’t sugarcoat anything, but I’m not gonna rip the team, either. I don’t think that’s an issue right now.

“There are too many professionals who know what’s going on. I think they understand that.

“I’m personally embarrassed, and I would hope they are, too. They know we’ve been (awful). I can put on a big show, or the players can have a meeting, and it would read good in the paper. But it’s all eyewash.”

Look, I know its the coaches job to keep his cool and be calm, but this is getting ridiculus.  This is time when he should be bitching them out… and letting them know that they are better then that.  Leyland is not stupid, I think he’s a good coach, but I’m beginning to think that he feels that just by sitting on his hands this team will get better.  At what point do you say “WAKE UP GUYS!” And to quote him these Tigers are “professionals”… well so is Jason Grilli, but I don’t see him suddenly waking up and becoming a good pitcher (look at his stats).  How this man still has a job and isn’t selling hot dogs is beyond me.

Speaking of hot dogs, whats the deal with Cabrera?  Since opening day hes done literally nothing.  And worst of all, he doesn’t look like hes lost any of that weight that they were claiming he lost in the offseason.  Its getting ridiculus… I just hope he doesn’t spend his millions on jason’s hot dogs.

Our starting pitching has been a joke.  Every team approaches us as a hittable team.  And the fielding errors are getting way to numerous.  Guillen needs to learn the position, and the fielding coach should’ve been working with him closer in the off-season, thats glaringly apparent.  Cabrera sometimes struggles to make plays that Brandon Inge consistently used to make.  Its getting ridiculus though.

I’ll lay it out like this.  I know the Tigers are down, but doing nothing about it gets us nowhere.  Leyland, fire up your boys and treat them like the shit they’ve been playing.  Otherwise, we’ll be staring at a 0-8 and another terrible loss for not only these players, but these fans…