remindmeofthe | (no subject)

Hey, does everyone remember that game a couple years ago between the Tigers and the Red Sox where Nate Robertson was just killing the Red Sox, eighty-eight pitches through eight innings, striking out guys like Papi and Manny without breaking a sweat, the Tigers were cruising to an easy win - and Tram decided to bring Fernando Rodney in?

Yeah, why did that just happen again?

Okay, yes, vastly different situations - tenth inning versus the ninth, for starters, early in the season, not wanting to pile the innings on too soon, and okay, fine, I get it - but LEYLAND. Bondo's pitch count was FINE. And Fernando Rodney HATES US. And you had Jonesy warming before and oh dear god WHY have you driven me to advocate bringing JONESY into an extra-innings tied game? And Halladay came out for the tenth, dammit! And you do remember how we lost the division last year on the LAST DAY OF THE SEASON, right, so THEY ALL COUNT.

*deep breath*

Sorry, Smokey Jim. Most of that was probably residual anger from that other game. It still makes me angry and probably always will. (Yes, the Tigers did lose it. By a lot, as I recall. And this is against the RED SOX. Can you imagine how far the bits of my head would have flown if it had been a team I didn't like?) You are still my favorite manager.

(But Rodney?)

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...I wondered what happened, although mostly in the sense that I got home at 9:30 and the game was already over and then I saw it went to extras. Did it actually start at 7 and they played 10 innings in under 2.5 hours?

Yup. Halladay and Bonderman barely stopped to breathe between pitches. It was already in the sixth inning at the one hour mark.

Damn, I keep missing the exciting ones. (Should totally have been watching the Tigers instead of King Felix no-hitting the Sox, since I couldn't actually enjoy the no-hitter bid. But then, I only get to see so many Sox games on actual TV in a year now.)

Ugh. Roy Halladay's last ten inning complete game was against the Tigers. AND JUST GUESS WHO THE LOSING PITCHER WAS. I BET YOU CAN'T GET IT.

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I was at that Tigers/Sox game. And if I recall correctly, it was shortly after The Trade. But I think I was more pissed at Jamie Walker than Rodney. And then Craig Monroe hit the most meaningless grand slam I've ever seen.

I think that game was the start of my Tigers jinx.

I think it's mostly 'cause Leyland doesn't want to stretch Bondo out this early in the season. He doesn't want to overuse him in any hint of a way if he can help it. Since he was under 100 pitches after 9 I think he should've been allowed to finish up, but... I guess I can see where Leyland was coming from. I guess. :/