Opening Day in Cleveland...Tribe vs Tigers.

• IggyPride00

  

  Should have kept Kluber in longer.

  He was at 107 pitches already. Too early in the season to be stretching his arm out like that going much beyond 100.
• IggyPride00

  

  They should withhold the game checks of all the relievers that participated in this dumpster fire today. Just totally unacceptable.
• Classyposter58

  

  From which team? Ha I cannot believe they left Krol out there against Sands, awful decision by Ausmus. Thankfully the best lineup in baseball bailed us out again
• Al Bundy

  The tying run is on deck, and Santana refuses to bunt against the shift. I don't understand it.
• IggyPride00

  

  The Tigers might as well contract the franchise at this point. They have a sky high payroll and possibly the worst bullpen in the league for the umpteenth year in a row. No one in that organization either seems to notice or care, and it is mind boggling.
  
  For all the money they spend you'd think a reliable bullpen would be higher on the priority list considering the amount of pennants it has cost them in the past 6-8 years.
  
  Our bullpen is horrendous but that is to be expected when you have to operate on a shoe string budget. What the hell is the excuse for the Motor City Kitties?
• Classyposter58

  

  5-0! ​Ridiculous to play a 9 innings game in over 4 hours though
• Footwedge

  Al Bundy;1720863 wrote:The tying run is on deck, and Santana refuses to bunt against the shift. I don't understand it.

  Ummmmmm...maybe because he isn't any good at it?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  IggyPride00;1720861 wrote:They should withhold the game checks of all the relievers that participated in this dumpster fire today. Just totally unacceptable.

  Agreed. They also shouldn't let them shower after the game, or go home. They should make them practice until they can throw a proper strike.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  IggyPride00;1720864 wrote:The Tigers might as well contract the franchise at this point. They have a sky high payroll and possibly the worst bullpen in the league for the umpteenth year in a row. No one in that organization either seems to notice or care, and it is mind boggling.
  
  For all the money they spend you'd think a reliable bullpen would be higher on the priority list considering the amount of pennants it has cost them in the past 6-8 years.
  
  Our bullpen is horrendous but that is to be expected when you have to operate on a shoe string budget. What the hell is the excuse for the Motor City Kitties?

  You're right, a bullpen is EZ. Probably the easiest thing in all of sports to build.
• Gardens35

  Jerry
• Gardens35

  ...and Raburn hit the ball to the outfield....twice.
• BRF

  

  Shit.
• HitsRus

  

  Not much to say here....we threw our best and they beat us.
  
  The game was lost when our pitching walked the #9 hitter, Romine, twice late in the game. You have to make a gfuy like that hit his way on. You most certainly don't want to give them a base runner turning the lineup over.
• HitsRus

  

  Gomes on 15 day DL with sprained knee. Huge loss. Big RH bat.
• Mulva

  

  3 batters in, down 3-0.
  
  at least the Masters coverage starts in 45 minutes.
• Classyposter58

  

  Looks like Miggy is healthy now lol
• iclfan2

  

  We suck again
• Laley23

  

  The Tigers just own the Indians. Hopefully the White Sox and Royals can beat them some this year again, cause we can't.
  
  Moving forward, bullpen has to improve, but as of now, injuries are already creeping up...and to guys you weren't worried about beforehand. Losing Gomes is huge. Brantley with the worst nagging injury in the world and only a matter of time before Bourn goes down.
• IggyPride00

  

  The SI cover course strikes again.
• IggyPride00

  

  The frustrating thing about not being able to beat the Tigers is they aren't even that good. This Lobstein guy is a joke and you can tell he's not long for the major leagues. Their bullpen is abysmal and has been for years.
  
  Yet we can't seem to get over the mental block we have when playing them.
  
  I don't understand it.
• Mulva

  

  Why do we keep pitching to Miggy?
• Mulva

  

  HitsRus;1720908 wrote:Gomes on 15 day DL with sprained knee. Huge loss. Big RH bat.

  Just saw a Buster Olney tweet that he's going to miss 6-8 weeks.
• Con_Alma

  Yep...it's his MCL. He'll be out 1-2 months.
• HitsRus

  

  Con_Alma;1720955 wrote:Yep...it's his MCL. He'll be out 1-2 months.

  news just keeps getting worse
• like_that

  

  iclfan2;1720942 wrote:We suck again

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