GDT: 4/14/07 - Tigers @ Blue Jays

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 7:52 am
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Chad Durbin Pitching against AJ Burnett.

The Tigers rocked AJ pretty good his last outing. Hopefully he's not at his A game. And soon to be former NO. 5 Starter Chad Durbin will pitch today. I hope god have mercy on Durbin. Cause the Blue Jays are gonna Rock him today This may be a high scoring game, or it could be a very painful game to watch if AJ is throwing good today.

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From: damus777 4/14/2007 10:54 am
To: furrabb23 (2 of 142)
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I'm expecting a high scoring affair from both teams. When Durbin does depart from the game, Grilli may be his replacement.

I hope Omar finally gets a start today. Perhaps either give Casey a day off & use Guillen at 1B - or give Grandy a day off & use Omar in CF..

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From: scubathehood 4/14/2007 12:12 pm
To: damus777 unread (3 of 142)
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I know! I've been waiting and waiting to see Omar this year. I wanted him to spell Inge at third during his slump and Leyland put Neifi in instead. Frustration... Infante has too much potential to never see playing time.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 1:26 pm
To: scubathehood (4 of 142)
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Durbin Gives a a 3 Run HR to Vernon Wells. Why is he in the rotation when we got Miner, and Ledesma.

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From: shibboleth 4/14/2007 1:31 pm
To: furrabb23 (5 of 142)
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My goodness.....Nothing like hanging a curve right over the heart over the plate on Vernon Wells. And his fastball is certainly nothing special--about 87 mph and he doesn't even locate it very well. They mention that against Baltimore he resorted to his fastball as the game went. Why on earth would he have done that? At best, his fastball is something he might want to show now and then, and only to nibble the corners. It's certainly not an out pitch.

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From: shibboleth 4/14/2007 1:33 pm
To: ALL (6 of 142)
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Once again our hitter are scuffling. I hear all this talk about what a great hitting team we have. But I don't see it. I think our hitters are really overrated--and I mean really, really overrated. There's no doubt about it that the strength of this team is in its pitching staff--and the weakness is in its hitting.

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From: shibboleth 4/14/2007 1:36 pm
To: ALL (7 of 142)
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Well, first batter for the Jays gets on base with a double. I really do not think Chad Durbin has the kind of stuff to stay in the majors, let alone starting.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 1:37 pm
To: shibboleth (8 of 142)
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Like I said this is most likely Chad Durbins last start in the majors.

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 1:39 pm
To: shibboleth (9 of 142)
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The Tigers look horrible kind of like they looked at the end of the season last year. Against a pitcher like Burnett they can forget about it! They are so out of snyc the only way they can win is if Bonderman or Verlander were to pitch their 'A' game every night and even then they might lose in extra innings like last night. These hitters better start earning their pay. I like to see Omar Infante playing today and I think Leland should use him a little more. Durbin should be pulled now and relegated to the bullpen. Give him no more starts. 4-0 now, how far does Leyland want to go with this clown???

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 1:39 pm
To: ALL (10 of 142)
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Durbin is throwing hanging breaking balls Get HIM out of there. He's getting hit hard.

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 1:43 pm
To: Jdog21 (12 of 142)
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What gets me about a guy like Durbin is that he'll probably bad-moouth the organization for yanking him out of the rotation because you know it's going to happen soon. This guy should be pitching for the Midland Loons!

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 1:49 pm
To: ALL (13 of 142)
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Durbin seems to have straightened himself out. 4-0 is not insurmountable lead. You still have a chance to come back at this early stage.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 1:56 pm
To: ALL (16 of 142)
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GO OMAR!. I swear every time he's called upon, he produces.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 2:01 pm
To: shibboleth (18 of 142)
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Bases loaded for Maggs. C'mon earn your pay check.

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 2:13 pm
To: Jdog21 (22 of 142)
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well were you saying that last year when the Tigers looked the same to me as they do now? Grandersom, Monroe and Inge are rally killers but this shouldnt be a surprise to you is it? Sure they can turn it on sometimes but it just seems that one or the other more times than not will strike out and kill whatever they have going. Pitching is the only thing that keeps them in the game.

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 2:20 pm
To: Jdog21 (26 of 142)
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I was watching and I saw Granderson swing at a pitch just off his shoe laces for the second out. I dont like seeing a hitter go after the same pitches bat after bat. Thta to me is a rally killer. With no outs the odds of scoring with a runner on first are very high and they are very good still with even one out but with 2 outs they arent good at all. Look at Monroe up there now with 1 out. What will he do? Kill the rally?

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 2:24 pm
To: catbox9 (28 of 142)
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Brandon Inge is doing someting good finally. That should shut me up about him for now.

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 2:26 pm
To: catbox9 (31 of 142)
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Burnett blows

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 2:26 pm
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The Inge haters need to zip it! Nice hit by Inge. Tigers doing a good job of making Burnett throw lots of pitches.

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 2:30 pm
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Alright Durbin. Hang another one right over the plate, please.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 2:30 pm
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Grilli and Seay are warming up....

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 2:31 pm
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Thank you Durbin!

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 2:32 pm
To: sharon66 (40 of 142)
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After a DP, Durbin gives a up a 2 Run HR. You blow Durbin.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 2:32 pm
To: ALL (41 of 142)
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Durbin.......................

aaghh.................

kenny needs to heal up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW.

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 2:34 pm
To: catbox9 (42 of 142)
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Did you really expect this BUM to hold the Jays after his team got him back into the game??? I blame Leyland for this and he should have played his first hunch to yank Durbin

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 2:39 pm
To: HurtSoGood (47 of 142)
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Go away Troll! The Big Hurt isnt much of a factor in the Tigers thinking and hasnt been for a few years now. Thats why the White Sox didnt want him anymore.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 2:39 pm
To: Jdog21 (48 of 142)
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I agree. He's starts Durbin insteed of Miner or Ledesma. Both of them pitched good for us last year when Maroth was down.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 2:40 pm
To: ALL (49 of 142)
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I wish Maggs would of swing like that his last AB with the bases loaded.

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From: ultigerfan 4/14/2007 2:42 pm
To: Jdog21 (52 of 142)
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Yep...he does seem to have some blonde moments now and then but overall he's a great manager.

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 2:56 pm
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You're a big idiot crybaby! WAAAAH! Goof!

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 3:00 pm
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Your mother's the best shag in town.

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From: curtis789 4/14/2007 3:02 pm
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C-Mo looks like Tiger Woods sometimes in the batters box instead of a Detroit Tiger.

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From: HurtSoGood 4/14/2007 3:06 pm
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Waaahhhhh! WAAAAAH! God bless America!

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 3:07 pm
To: catbox9 (76 of 142)
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Actually, retiring anyone's number is silly, when you think about it. Put up a statue, or put their name and number in the outfield, but to me, there are other ways to honor players than deleting their number from the system forever.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 3:12 pm
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1 2 3 for grilli. nice!

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 3:26 pm
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Big break for the Tigers.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 3:28 pm
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A single ties it up!!

Let's go Tigers!

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 3:33 pm
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LOL and they say us girls are chatty!

We have 2 more innings to tie it up...

Maybe grilli can keep us out of trouble better than rodney.

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From: furrabb23 4/14/2007 3:40 pm
To: sharon66 (88 of 142)
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Grilli is really dealing out there.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 3:57 pm
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Look for us to win this one.... leyland won't let us lose like that twice.

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From: bigkevin84 4/14/2007 3:59 pm
To: ALL (96 of 142)
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Grando ties it up, alright!!

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From: bigkevin84 4/14/2007 4:02 pm
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Oh piece of cra.p Overbay!!! Dang it!

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:06 pm
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crud.

From: shibboleth 4/14/2007 4:07 pm
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I didn't think Ledezma threw that bad a pitch. You've got to give it up to Overbay. He just went down and got it.

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From: yankeesvictory 4/14/2007 4:09 pm
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Yankee fan here.

Very interesting game. You can't say the Tigers didn't give it there all. They kept themselves in this game.

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From: yankeesvictory 4/14/2007 4:14 pm
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He's got good plate discipline.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:19 pm
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bases loaded!

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From: shibboleth 4/14/2007 4:20 pm
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Too bad Pudge didn't have that same plate discipline. He went after ball 4 with a 3-1 count and popped out. This game would already be tied if not for that.

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From: yankeesvictory 4/14/2007 4:20 pm
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Looks like B.J. Ryan is not at the top of his game today.

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From: yankeesvictory 4/14/2007 4:22 pm
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This is what I call a see-saw game.

Unbelievable.

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From: capco12 4/14/2007 4:24 pm
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I really think Sheffield's plate patience has rubbed off on some of our guys.

Clutch double by Thames to take the lead as I type.

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From: yankeesvictory 4/14/2007 4:26 pm
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A four-run ninth inning so far... not bad for a day's work.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:27 pm
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Way to grind it out and make every pitch count...

Go Tigers!!!!!!!!!!

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:31 pm
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Yes, grilli did better than ledezma. durbin stunk it up. luckily we got the bats going...

let's hope rollercoast can get it done with a 3 run lead.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:33 pm
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Plus, a win today guarantees at least a tie in the series, which is nice when you are away. 3 out of 4 would be even better!

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From: podwich 4/14/2007 4:37 pm
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Yep. It's the token base runner. I'm used to it.

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:39 pm
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Yay!!!

I'm exhausted just from watching this one!!

Good job by thames coming off the bench...

Rod Allen is so funny re: thames bat breaking on his bloop double "It died a hero"

Go Tigers!

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From: sharon66 4/14/2007 4:41 pm
To: catbox9 (135 of 142)
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great minds think alike!

If you switch to the audio stream, then you get the wrap from dickerson/price. (On mlb.tv) didn't know if you knew that.

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From: scarolina 4/14/2007 5:20 pm
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Even though it is politically incorrect, I totally agree about Robinson. What's the big deal? Make a big deal out of the Babe, or Ty or Lou Gherig. He is far from the greatest player ever. If it's because of race, than have a day for Clemente too.

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From: scarolina 4/14/2007 5:24 pm
To: yankeesvictory unread (138 of 142)
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A nice Yankee fan !!!!!!!!!

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From: scarolina 4/14/2007 5:45 pm
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I also do not think it was out of the goodness of their hearts that the game was integrated. It was greed; that Dodger GM (whose name escapes me) realized the untapped potential of a large group of people. The bottom line of profit once again.

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From: scarolina 4/14/2007 9:50 pm
To: gs78 (142 of 142)
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Yep, that's him. Humanitarian or good businessman? Maybe a bit of both?