11-1 losses make Tigers bloggers :(
photo by Samara Pearlstein
That’s really all I have to say about this game. I watched the last half of it in a bar with Ian from Bless You Boys (aka blog enemy #1 [blenemy?]) and we made a variety of sad faces, as you can see. Distortion courtesy of my wide angle lens, frowns courtesy of the Minnesota Twins.
“This may be the most water-torture 10 runs I’ve ever seen,” Ian said, back when it was only 10 runs. And so it seemed. With a final score of 11-1 the game should have felt like a horrific blowout, but for most of the game it really didn’t. It was more like, ‘dum de dum, truckin’ along, a hit here, a hit there, a walk or two, holy freaking cats how did they get 10 runs?!’
We ended up playing a lot of the ‘You Know Who Would Have…?’ game, once it became clear that nothing good was going to come from watching the team on the field. I’m sure you’re familiar with it. “You know who would have caught that high pitch? Pudge would have.” “You know who would have made that play at first? Carlos Pena.” “You know that if it had been Granderson running there he would’ve been safe.”
(One thing we did NOT find ourselves saying was, “You know who would have gotten that guy out? Jason Grilli,” so I guess you can call that a good sign.)
Livan Hernandez’s 60mph pitches both terrified and amazed me. I can only assume that the Tigers batters had a similar reaction.
Anyways, I didn’t see the first half of this game because I was watching Michigan beat Ohio State 4-1 on a night that turned out to be warm and beautiful, so although the Tigers made me :( , there was other baseball last night that made me most emphatically :D .
Now, I’ve only barely started to process the photos from this game (and am going to get wicked backed up, ’cause there are, weather permitting, two more games today, another on Sunday, and then I have two Tigers/Red Sox games to try to get to), but just so you can see how really awesome the evening was:
Take notes, Tigers.
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8 Responses to “11-1 losses make Tigers bloggers :(”
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:40 am
Ooof! The photos from the Wilpon/Fisher megaplex are much more palatable than an up-close view of my sad, tired mug.
I apologize to everyone.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:16 am
Psh, whatever. Our sadness is supposed to illustrate the sadness of the game!
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Jason Grilli continued his streak with Colorado last night, pitching his 12th consecutive scorless inning. How many pitchers in the Tigers bullpen have done the same this season…The only ones that come close are the high priced guys who soend each and every season on the injury list.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 am
Sam, you look bemused, and Ian looks like he needs a nap!
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
Oh, Ian, it’s a wide-angle lens. It’s not meant to be flattering. And you’re both just adorable anyway. :-)
And Ms. Samara, I realize that you wear many hats in the metaphorical sense–scholar, artist, humorist, supporter of various athletic squads–but on this occasion it appears that you have worn the wrong hat, in the most literal sense of all. It is indeed a free country, and I support whatever wardrobe decisions you care to make. Except that one. :-)
May 4th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Yeah, the look on my face is part ‘try to look sad’ and ‘trying to take a photo with a heavy camera/lens, one-handedly’.
Matt, I know, I know… the thing is, the Red Sox hat is my default hat, it’s the most broken-in and it’s less conspicuous than my Tigers hat, which is neon orange.
May 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
And then…there was Sunday afternoon. Some guy named Boof spots the Tigers a six-run lead in the very first inning, but…
Holy crapola! I’m a Twins fan, it’s still quite early in the season, but I still can’t help thinking — Holy crapola.
May 4th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Feelin’ pretty good right now; just hoping the Metrodome doesn’t work its sinister voodoo. It’s harder to be scared of this year’s Santana-and-Torii-less Twins, but still–it just seems like bad things happen in that horrible, horrible place.
(Me, a few days ago.)
Yeah, the sinisterosity continues. I feel like it’s my fault, somehow, for bringing it up.
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