This is only his second game of the year and it comes against his former team, Seattle. Best of all? Ricky P and SchrEYEzer had much better command this weekend. The Tigers' starting five are finally starting to come together. According to Rod, UniBrow has been working with the boys on raising their hands before pitching to get on the top of the ball more. I don't know much about the mechanics of pitching, so I'm going to trust him on this one.
Worst of all? The Tiger's "finish men" as they were. I've liked Dotel all this season, and he's performed in almost every chance he's had. Even Philthy Phil has been good this year. It's the "Slow as H" brothers that are really stumbling. I was never a fan of Valverde, but at least he got the job done...in a sense. Well not any more! Saturday was a travesty that SchrEYEzer can have such a good game and then lose the W to Papa Potato, especially after his 7 walks last time out. Then, they put him in Sunday too! I'm thinking a change is needed. As for Benoit, he's starting to show glimmers of Valverde and takes just as long to throw the ball. You're on watch, kid.
It's apparent though that Smokes has been reading the blog, although he's backlogged a couple of weeks. He finally moved BBoesch out of the two spot! Dirty Dirks isn't a perfect #2 man, but he's a vast improvement over BBoesch. The Shout Out goes to AJack. Talk about a start to the year. He's a perfect lead off hitter for us at this point and it's hard to believe he's only 25. Good work, Young Man.
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| Ricky P, and all the starters, appreciate the run support |
Great start - good looking ball player...
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