Tigers.com GDT - Royals @ Tigers - 4/2/08

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From: bondlander05 9:51 am
To: ALL (1 of 74)
41208.1

Starting Lineup Royals
Joey Gathright CF
Mark Grudzielanek 2B
Alex Gordon 3B
Jose Guillen RF
Billy Butler DH
Mark Teahen LF
Ross Gload 1B
John Buck C
Tony Pena Jr. SS

Starting Pitcher
Brian Bannister P

Detroit Tigers
Lineup

Edgar Renteria SS
Placido Polanco 2B
Gary Sheffield DH
Magglio Ordonez RF
Miguel Cabrera 3B
Carlos Guillen 1B
Ivan Rodriguez C
Jacque Jones LF
Brandon Inge CF

Starting Pitcher
Kenny Rogers P

Go Tigers!!


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From: bondlander05 9:54 am
To: ALL (2 of 74)
41208.2 in reply to 41208.1
No TV or radio for me today, so I'm counting on good play by play from you guys (and girls).

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From: tigerjohn 10:15 am
To: bondlander05 (3 of 74)
41208.3 in reply to 41208.2
Rogers must be throwing darts....2 SO in the first inning....

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From: slugger1978 10:16 am
To: bondlander05 (4 of 74)
41208.4 in reply to 41208.2

try my best

@ bondlander

one two three inning for kenny
2ks

here we come to bat

GO tigers

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From: slugger1978 10:17 am
To: ALL (5 of 74)
41208.5 in reply to 41208.4

leadoff hit for edgar
way to go guys

lets get em

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From: slugger1978 10:19 am
To: bondlander05 (6 of 74)
41208.6 in reply to 41208.2

nothin across in the first
after the leadoff hit
polanco flied out

and the sheff hits into DP

go tigers

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From: slugger1978 10:24 am
To: bondlander05 (7 of 74)
41208.7 in reply to 41208.2

talk about enconomical pitching

kenny 5 pitches 3 outs

through the second

lets go maggs
miggs and carlos

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From: tigersfan1984 10:25 am
To: slugger1978 (8 of 74)
41208.8 in reply to 41208.6
Rogers is looking good today. Come on heart of the order let's jump out to the early lead.

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From: bondlander05 10:37 am
To: ALL (9 of 74)
41208.9 in reply to 41208.8
I won't be posting much today...watching my 10 month old son (who can walk now) and he's all over my laptop!

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From: slugger1978 11:00 am
To: bondlander05 (10 of 74)
41208.10 in reply to 41208.9

offense really needs to get something goin now in the fourth

cmon tigers


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From: scarolina 11:05 am
To: ALL (11 of 74)
41208.11 in reply to 41208.8
No TV or radio for me either, just gameday. But not much to see or hear yet anyway.

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From: scubathehood 11:07 am
To: scarolina (12 of 74)
41208.12 in reply to 41208.11
Thus far Alex Gordon has made some very impressive defensive plays both today and Monday.

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From: slugger1978 11:09 am
To: scubathehood (13 of 74)
41208.13 in reply to 41208.12

so far this offense has to be woken up by somebody

2 lousy hits for edgar and that summs it up folks

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:09 am
To: scubathehood (14 of 74)
41208.14 in reply to 41208.12
Magglio and Polanco are really starting to pi.ss me off. Polanco looks like complete junk and Magglio looks like he doesn't know what he is doing.

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From: scarolina 11:10 am
To: scubathehood (15 of 74)
41208.15 in reply to 41208.12
Still waiting for our killer offense to show up...

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From: scarolina 11:22 am
To: Dtwn4eva (16 of 74)
41208.16 in reply to 41208.14
Even with my realism I know Maggs and Polly will be great.

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:27 am
To: ALL (17 of 74)
41208.17 in reply to 41208.14
This team blows big time. 4 runs against the SPOILS on Monday and none so far today but yet we still get to listen to Mrio and Rod talk about how many runs this team will put up. Honestly this will probably be the last time i get excited for anything around this cra.ppy state. Everytime you look forward to something around here you are always let down.

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From: scubathehood 11:28 am
To: Dtwn4eva (18 of 74)
41208.18 in reply to 41208.17
It's a waste of time to complain right now. It may be furstrating but they aren't going to hit all the time. When it rains it pours and when this team starts hitting, it's going to be a hurricane.

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From: scarolina 11:30 am
To: ALL (19 of 74)
41208.19 in reply to 41208.16
Kenny's doing great. But who is this Bannister --- a new Cy Young candidate???

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From: tigerroar 11:33 am
To: Dtwn4eva (20 of 74)
41208.20 in reply to 41208.17
The national suicide prevention hotline number is 1-800-SUICIDE.

From: slugger1978 11:33 am
To: scubathehood (21 of 74)
41208.21 in reply to 41208.18

yeah but somebody has to ignite this team as the old saying goes hitting is contagious

1-0 royals

well i have to say kenny seems to be the only guy keeping us in this one single handedly

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From: scubathehood 11:34 am
To: scarolina (22 of 74)
41208.22 in reply to 41208.11
Bannister is a good pitcher. On a team that only won 60some games last year, he won 12 games. As a rookie. (which according to mario was the 2nd highest wins among rookies last year second only to Matsusaka). Don't be surprised when this guy dominates.

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From: scarolina 11:35 am
To: slugger1978 (23 of 74)
41208.23 in reply to 41208.21
We both jinxed Kenny

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From: scarolina 11:37 am
To: scubathehood (24 of 74)
41208.24 in reply to 41208.22
Wow! I didn't know that. I just looked him up and he had a 3.84 last year. So where are our 3.84 runs?

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From: bondy38 11:38 am
To: ALL (25 of 74)
41208.25 in reply to 41208.24
man, this offense is really struggling. its gotta get going somehow.

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From: slugger1978 11:39 am
To: scarolina (26 of 74)
41208.26 in reply to 41208.24

just another example of a no name guy looking like cy young against the tigs

now we have to come back an do what KC did on monday

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:39 am
To: scarolina (27 of 74)
41208.27 in reply to 41208.24
I don't know if it is just me but i think Granderson would have had that ball in center field.... Also can't wait till Granderson is back. Jacque Jones= Brandon Inge

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From: scarolina 11:40 am
To: bondy38 (28 of 74)
41208.28 in reply to 41208.25
Poor Kenny...no run support and he must be exhausted. So who's coming in to pitch?

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From: polartiger 11:40 am
To: scubathehood (29 of 74)
41208.29 in reply to 41208.18

"When it rains it pours and when this team starts hitting, it's going to be a hurricane."

Right now I wish only some light showers. We are going to start the season 0-2, and that with KC.
Yes, it's still very early but it doesn't look good. It reminds of last year.

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From: scubathehood 11:43 am
To: slugger1978 (30 of 74)
41208.30 in reply to 41208.26
Just because you've never heard of him and he's not hyped up like Verlander or Santana doesn't mean he isn't a good pitcher. Just wait and see, he's going to have a good year and this is just the start. By the way, he dominated the Tigers last year so this is nothing new...

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:44 am
To: ALL (31 of 74)
41208.31 in reply to 41208.27
LOL This is actually starting to get FU.CK.ING PATHETIC. Inge doesn't belong on this team anymore. SHIP HIM OUT! HE still can't hit and Jacque Jones is just as bad.

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From: slugger1978 11:45 am
To: scubathehood (32 of 74)
41208.32 in reply to 41208.30

yeah but i still am entitled to my opinion that if you want to win the divison you have to beat the full divison, so whos left for us to beat??


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From: scarolina 11:45 am
To: Dtwn4eva (33 of 74)
41208.33 in reply to 41208.27
Look on the bright side---Inge didn't strike out...

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:46 am
To: slugger1978 (34 of 74)
41208.34 in reply to 41208.32
Where is Clete Thomas when you need him...

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:47 am
To: scarolina (35 of 74)
41208.35 in reply to 41208.33
Inge looks like he did last year. Lazy pop ups and drops the bat like what did i just do. We need to trade him quickly before teams see his ST was just a fluke

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From: scarolina 11:48 am
To: polartiger (36 of 74)
41208.36 in reply to 41208.29
Early or not... who on this board thought we'd start out like this vs. KC ???

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From: bondlander05 11:48 am
To: ALL (37 of 74)
41208.37 in reply to 41208.34
Sounds like I'm not missing much....where's the 1000 runs?

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From: scubathehood 11:48 am
To: slugger1978 (38 of 74)
41208.38 in reply to 41208.32

You didn't really state an opinion though. You just said the tigers are making this no name guy look like cy young. I take it you're watching the game right? It's not the tigers making him look like Cy Young it's his pitching that is. He's nibbling the corners and throwing some nasty breaking balls. He's doing what Kenny does - only it's coming from his right hand instead of his left.

Jacque Jones looks horrible.

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:49 am
To: ALL (39 of 74)
41208.39 in reply to 41208.35

Here is my prediction for the next 3 batters for us...

Polanco- Groundout to Short

Sheff- Lazy fly ball to center

Magglio- Grounds out to 2nd baseman

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:51 am
To: ALL (40 of 74)
41208.40 in reply to 41208.39
The excuse of " it is cold" is just ignorant ROD. He says this like we are the only team that went from Florida or somewhere warm to somewhere that isn't 80 degrees. Where did the Royals play? Indians? Yankees? Res Sox? None of them are looking like cr.ap like we are but yet we continue to allow them to look like this like last year to start the season and accept that this lame excuse is legit

From: slugger1978 11:51 am
To: scubathehood (41 of 74)
41208.41 in reply to 41208.38

well that is your opinion and i respect it
still with that offense you have to find a way to beat this guy its not just his use of the corners
every pitcher can do it shoot it to the opposite field but do something,
they have to make him work and not doin some unpatient stuff at the plate


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From: scubathehood 11:51 am
To: slugger1978 (42 of 74)
41208.42 in reply to 41208.21

I'm sorry I guess it just irks me when someone puts a pitcher down just because they haven't heard of him. He's pitched a great game and it won't be his last so some credit should be given. The Tigers aren't beating themselves, he's beating them.

Now if we were talking about Monday, the Tigers beat themselves. They had ample opportunities to blow the game open and get Meche out of there but they failed to do it. Today, it's all Bannister.

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From: bondy38 11:51 am
To: ALL (43 of 74)
41208.43 in reply to 41208.39
well at least miner did a good job. hopefully this offense will wake up now.

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From: scarolina 11:51 am
To: Dtwn4eva (44 of 74)
41208.44 in reply to 41208.35
MINER! Today's hero???

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From: scubathehood 11:54 am
To: Dtwn4eva (45 of 74)
41208.45 in reply to 41208.27
Are you Dtwn4eva or Dtwn42games? Frustration is understanding but don't go overboard here...

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From: slugger1978 11:54 am
To: Dtwn4eva (46 of 74)
41208.46 in reply to 41208.39
LOL
whow the fist two outs pretty much close as you said

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:55 am
To: slugger1978 (47 of 74)
41208.47 in reply to 41208.41
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH PATHETIC TEAM

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From: tigersfan1984 11:56 am
To: tigerroar unread (48 of 74)
41208.48 in reply to 41208.20
What was the suicide hotline number?

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From: bondlander05 11:57 am
To: ALL (49 of 74)
41208.49 in reply to 41208.46
I can't wait till Sheff leaves town. All he can do is draw walks and hit tremendous foul balls.

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From: scubathehood 11:57 am
To: ALL (50 of 74)
41208.50 in reply to 41208.47
Well I'm off to work so I won't get to see the comeback. Hope you all enjoy it.

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:57 am
To: ALL (51 of 74)
41208.51 in reply to 41208.47
YEah... Polanco Weak fly to 3rd, Sheff weak roller to 3rd and Maggs K's off a cra.pppppyyyy pitcher. Figures though. This is normally how they start the season and hope that it is accepted

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From: slugger1978 11:57 am
To: tigersfan1984 (52 of 74)
41208.52 in reply to 41208.48

yikes 2 hit shutout through seven for this genius
and the white sox just around the corner

gotta love it

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:58 am
To: scubathehood unread (53 of 74)
41208.53 in reply to 41208.50
There wont be a comeback so you will miss the SPOILS celebrating another win

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From: pietwisted 11:58 am
To: Dtwn4eva (54 of 74)
41208.54 in reply to 41208.51

This team is gonna blow big this year. We lose the 1st series at home to the ROYALS!!!????

He.ll we may get SWEPT!

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From: Dtwn4eva 11:58 am
To: ALL (55 of 74)
41208.55 in reply to 41208.53
They just showed the Tigers box scores and the stats and everyone is o-2 or 0-3 except for Renteria and he is 2-3. LOL that was pretty funny

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From: 4nextyear 12:02 pm
To: slugger1978 (56 of 74)
41208.56 in reply to 41208.52
Yeah, the ChiSox are much improved this year and they ALWAYS kill the Tigers.

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From: scarolina 12:03 pm
To: tigersfan1984 (57 of 74)
41208.57 in reply to 41208.48
I just called and the line is busy.

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From: slugger1978 12:04 pm
To: ALL (58 of 74)
41208.58 in reply to 41208.56

gosh
how much else can go wrong 2 WIld pitches?? how many past balls??
we are serving the runs on a silver tablett


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From: slugger1978 12:12 pm
To: scarolina (59 of 74)
41208.59 in reply to 41208.57

looks like we get shutout at the second day of the season

pathetic

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From: scarolina 12:15 pm
To: slugger1978 (60 of 74)
41208.60 in reply to 41208.59
,Miner, a minor leaguer

From: tigersfan1984 12:19 pm
To: scarolina (61 of 74)
41208.61 in reply to 41208.57
Thats just the Detroit branch lol

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From: slugger1978 12:24 pm
To: tigersfan1984 (62 of 74)
41208.62 in reply to 41208.61

they have killed every little breath of life today
seen that last DP by pudge???

they stink
i bet those are games ( losses ) which will haunt you at some point this season

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From: scarolina 12:26 pm
To: tigersfan1984 (63 of 74)
41208.63 in reply to 41208.61
I know! I called the operator and she said she couldn't understand it; the same thing happened last September!

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From: ultigerfan 12:29 pm
To: ALL (64 of 74)
41208.64 in reply to 41208.62
Tigers need a little wake-up call. Take all these latin players and they hate this cool weather. Still you have to be able to play through it. To me they are just going through the motions and this has got to be getting Dombrowski a little riled don't you think?

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From: ejs6263 12:31 pm
To: scarolina (65 of 74)
41208.65 in reply to 41208.63
I'll continue to beat on the "it's still early" theme. Disappointing but ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme.

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From: scarolina 12:32 pm
To: ultigerfan unread (66 of 74)
41208.66 in reply to 41208.64
DD can only coast so long on his past glory.

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From: slugger1978 12:33 pm
To: ejs6263 (67 of 74)
41208.67 in reply to 41208.65

however

jones and inge look like complete clueless junk at the plate

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From: bondy38 12:39 pm
To: ALL (68 of 74)
41208.68 in reply to 41208.67
this slow start is placed squarely on polanco, sheff, maggs, and cabrera. These 4 guys are not producing at all. Pitching has been ok, but definately good enough to win the the last ballgames.

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From: scarolina 12:41 pm
To: slugger1978 (69 of 74)
41208.69 in reply to 41208.67
It's not so bad Inge's Ks on gameday where you can't see it, only read it.

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From: granderguy 12:43 pm
To: scarolina (70 of 74)
41208.70 in reply to 41208.69
I don't even need to watch Inge and Jones at bats on gameday, just come back in 10 minutes and check that, yes, they did in fact strike out again.

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From: ejs6263 12:44 pm
To: slugger1978 (71 of 74)
41208.71 in reply to 41208.67
I'll admit to never having been an Inge fan so I'm not surprised by his performance despite all the noise from whatever source about Inge deserving an everyday spot on a MLB roster. Like Polanco and Sheffield, I expect Jones to pull out of it.

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From: polartiger 12:46 pm
To: bondy38 (72 of 74)
41208.72 in reply to 41208.68

"this slow start is placed squarely on polanco, sheff, maggs, and cabrera. These 4 guys are not producing at all. Pitching has been ok, but definately good enough to win the the last ballgames."

I have to agree with you. However Maggs had a decent day yesterday. Pitching will not get much better than this, and we have to start scoring runs. Several games in which our hitters will destroy a team will not make up for the rest of games when will lose 0-4, 0-2, 3-4, etc.... This is how we managed to avoid playoffs last year.

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From: tigersfan1984 12:51 pm
To: polartiger (73 of 74)
41208.73 in reply to 41208.72

"Several games in which our hitters will destroy a team will not make up for the rest of games when will lose 0-4, 0-2, 3-4, etc.... This is how we managed to avoid playoffs last year."

I agree whole heartedly. With the two starts we have had they looked great through 5, we needed to get them a lead so they can feel more secure and not have to pitch perfectly. Both games too me were on the offense. I can't believe that we were shutout.

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From: scarolina 1:07 pm
To: ejs6263 unread (74 of 74)
41208.74 in reply to 41208.65
MEANINGLESS ???????????? We could easily lose the division or wild card by 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!