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Tigers Live Game Blog 4/6

Detroit Tigers vs. The Kansas City Royals

Red Sox Vs. Royals, the Matsuzaka/Greinke Show

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World Series Gripes [14]

*I’ve had enough of the random fucking strike zone. Verlander had both Belliard and Duncan struck out. Now’s he’s thrown like 40 pitches in the first inning. The quality of home plate umpiring is at an all-time low. I have no idea what a strike is, and anyone who says he does is a liar.

*Also, Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are smug, and they’re clearly rooting for the Cardinals, who, by the way, are an average baseball team. This whole thing is fucking annoying.

*Terrible decision by LaRussa in the bottom of the 3rd. Why would he get Pujols moving on a 3-2 pitch to Edmonds? If your semi-injured superstar gets injured trying to take an extra base with a high-strikeout hitter at the plate, you’d be crucified in the press. Unless you are Tony LaRussa, who is perceived to be a genius.

*Verlander’s throwing error in the 4th. Unfuckingbelievable. Twilight Zone-type shit. Awful.

Jones, Zumaya, and Rodney have each made a costly error, and Verlander has made two. Here are their error totals for the regular season:

Jones 0
Zumaya 1
Rodney 1
Verlander 3

Five total errors.

*McCarver’s gushing multiple orgasms following Pujols’ diving play in the top of the 7th inning should have been omitted by censors. Not on prime time. Not in front of the kids.

It makes you wonder what McCarver’s reaction to the great World Series plays of Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles would have been, had those players been playing for the Cardinals. The G spot can’t be stimulated any more than that play stimulated McCarver’s, so it’s difficult to imagine.

It was a nice play, but not really that outstanding. Give me a break, McCarver, you maundering hack.

*Speaking of unbridled homoeroticism, McCarver is once again fellating David Eckstein in the bottom of the 7th.

David Eckstein is a decent player. Not great, just decent. The hero worship of this limpid-skinned homonculus has gotten out of hand.

*Have you noticed that the Cardinals fans aren’t making their own signs? Just about every sign they have shown in the stands is made on the same type of rigid cardboard or plastic. The lettering is flawlessly aligned and perfectly set, with the same blocky font. They are handing these signs out at the stadium, perhaps because of concerns about these shitkickers’ ability to do their own spelling. At least the Tigers fans’ signs are home made.

*The story of this series is that by far the better team was greatly upset by a league average club. Waiver bait like Jeff Weaver turns into Cy Young, awful hitter Yadier Molina becomes Ty Cobb, the vastly overrated David Eckstein secures his place in the Hall of Fame, and the Tigers pitchers turn into worse than little league fielders. $190 per ticket for this bullshit.

Of the 8 teams in the playoffs, the Cardinals were unquestionably the worst, and they are your champions. Congratulations, Cardinals fans, on your 73 win team’s victory in a short tournament held in cold weather. It must be really nice to luck into something like this.

*Screw Scott Spiezio, who came in to pinch hit with two out in the 8th. Thanks to him and the bright red flavor saver he wears on his chin for acting as the token cute fan gimmick of the season.

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Tigers Live Game Blog 4/6

Red Sox Vs. Royals, the Matsuzaka/Greinke Show

Typical [1]

World Series Gripes [14]