Comments on: Justin Verlander perseveres as Tigers send Yankees to the brink of elimination http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 07:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: brianbowman16 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-204315 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:28:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-204315 I really can’t blame a Twins fan for being just a wee bit bitter
go ahead you deserve it (if it was a white sox fan i’d say piss up a rope)

You guys, unfortunately for us fans of the Detroit Tigers, will more than likely be back to haunt us next year. I’m just extremely glad we could take advantage of you guys not being around this year to be a pain in the collective ass lol

GO TIGERS!!
MAKE EM PAY FOR STARTING NUKE LALOOSH TONIGHT!!

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-204124 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:17:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-204124

They were both getting that outside strike versus lefties

The problem is that the Yanks have 6 LH vs Detroit’s 1, so why the ump was consistent, it hurt the Yanks far more.

]]> By: gdeli http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-204067 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:36:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-204067 damn delmon young. squat here in mn and boom! for the tigers. what a jerk.

]]> By: purnellmeagrejr http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-204051 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:20:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-204051 I, alone, think that was funny. I feel sorry for us both.

]]> By: purnellmeagrejr http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-204039 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:58:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-204039 I’m going to listen to WFAN this afternoon just to bask in Yankee fans going nuts.

]]> By: daisycutter1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-204036 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:46:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-204036 Thanks for backing me up. Detroit did get a lot more calls off the plate than the Yankee pitchers did.

]]> By: protectthishouse54 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203983 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:32:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203983 “- You want to nitpick that Rafael Soriano shouldn’t have come back out for the seventh after getting the final two outs in the sixth? Fine. But I have a bigger problem throwing a first-pitch fastball to Delmon Young.”

This is my biggest problem with last night’s game. Smoltz even called it. Soriano has been giving up backbreakers all year!

]]> By: pestiesti http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203972 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:12:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203972 I don’t see where Detroit was getting calls that New York wasn’t. They were both getting that outside strike versus lefties, Detroit just threw a lot more of them. It looks a lot less egregious if you look at the LHH plot (http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/zoneplot.php-pitchSel=all&game=gid_2011_10_03_nyamlb_detmlb_1&sp_type=2&s_type=7.gif) and RHH plot (http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/zoneplot.php-pitchSel=all&game=gid_2011_10_03_nyamlb_detmlb_1&sp_type=3&s_type=7.gif) separately.

]]> By: Francisco (FC) http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203966 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:59:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203966 It seems like A.J. can go once through the order, then second, but third time seems to be the charm.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203960 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:42:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203960 I was going to make some smart-assed remark about framing pitching…but both Martin and Avila graded out on the high positive side in that study, with Martin slightly better (+15 R/120G to +13 R/120G).

]]> By: daisycutter1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203956 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:28:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203956 I’m still blown away by the two completely different strike zones last night…

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/zoneplot.php-pitchSel=all&game=gid_2011_10_03_nyamlb_detmlb_1&sp_type=1&s_type=7.gif

I’m pretty sure that’s the most inequitable chart I’ve seen, regular season or postseason. At least Wild Pitch Burnett will make things a lot easier for tonight’s home plate umpire. /headslap

]]> By: humanexcrement http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203955 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:10:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203955 What’s with Yankee catchers getting injured left and right this year? Must be some kind of conspiracy. Either that or I’m an idiot. Nah, must be a conspiracy.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203953 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:58:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203953 Valverde has to take a seat on the bench in game 4. He has thrown too many pitches. Fortunately for him, the captain came up small in the clutch.

Any bets on which inning A. J. gives up 4 runs after looking unhittable early in the game? I suspect that it will be the 4th inning.

]]> By: dl3mk3 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203952 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:53:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203952 Sabathia historically has become annoyed when he has to field bunts, Leyland im sure was trying to get the CC to have to run around and thinking about fielding and not pitching.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203945 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:58:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203945 Ahh give him a break; he has trouble remembering where he stuck the pine tar….

]]> By: craggt http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203944 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:51:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203944 I also love how he got the quote wrong.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203943 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:49:27 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203943 Also said by Smoltz; “Dumb & Dumber is my favorite movie” . This just after he quoted from it. Love me some Smoltzy…

]]> By: brianbowman16 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203941 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:36:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203941 Actual quote from TBS broadcaster John Smoltz, presently completely out of context for maximum enjoyment: “That is a shagging dream.”

said that about my ex-wife……BEFORE i married her

GO TIGERS!!!!

]]> By: craggt http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/04/justin-verlander-perseveres-as-tigers-send-yankees-to-the-brink-of-elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-203939 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:25:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=90255#comment-203939 I will be at the game tomorrow and I simply can not wait. I have no idea how I’m going to sleep tonight, my heart is still racing.

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