Mr. Rodriguez, Meet Mr. Zumaya

The at-bat between Alex Rodriguez and Joel Zumaya this afternoon was absolutely awesome. It was Rodriguez’s third strikeout of the day and just an awful day altogether for the beleaguered superstar. As I mentioned earlier, I’m beginning to think that if things don’t change for A-Rod, he might find himself in another uniform [...]

Tied Up At One!!!!!

Huge game today that was filled tons of excitement. Tigers head home tied up at 1 and very much a part of this series. Here is a composite boxscore for the hitters through two:

Detroit Tigers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Player
AB
R
H
RBI
HR
BB
SO
AVG

Granderson
9
1
4
3
1
0
1
0.444

Polanco
9
1
3
1
0
0
1
0.333

Casey
8
0
2
1
0
0
0
0.250

Ordonez
7
0
1
0
0
1
2
0.143

Guillen
6
1
3
1
1
2
0
0.500

Rodriguez
8
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.000

Monroe
8
2
2
1
1
0
1
0.250

Thames
8
2
4
1
0
0
2
0.500

Inge
7
1
1
0
0
0
3
0.143

TOTAL
70
8
20
8
3
3
12
0.286

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

New
York Yankees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Player
AB
R
H
RBI
HR
BB
K
AVG

Damon
10
3
4
3
1
0
1
0.400

Jeter
9
3
6
1
1
0
1
0.667

Abreu
8
1
3
4
0
1
0
0.375

Sheffield
8
1
1
1
0
0
2
0.125

Phillips
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.000

Giambi
4
1
1
2
1
2
2
0.250

Rodriguez
8
0
1
0
0
0
4
0.125

Matsui
8
1
3
0
0
0
0
0.375

Posada
6
1
3
0
0
2
1
0.500

Cano
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.000

TOTAL
70
11
22
11
3
5
11
0.314

The usually very patient Yankees lineup has only taken two more walks [...]

Jason Verlander…

Ugh… c’mon Jon Miller! He’s got a great set of pipes, but he has clearly lost a step. When a player’s name was Jason, he couldn’t get it right and now he’s calling Justin Verlander, Jason. What a game so far.

Works For Me!

I had the unenviable task of trying to avoid any news of the score for last night’s game had it gone off. I was at work until 9:30 and I was going to watch the game on my DVR from the start when I got home. Thankfully, it was postponed until today and [...]