"S. Smith"
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news:7vf124lqrnsi14ap1ctgicjk0r9qpoavt9@4ax.com...> On Tue, 6 May 2008 16:15:13 -0400, "Hosmerica"
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>>"S. Smith"
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>>news:6ie124p3oj2oamqof530iot9ugtr270eeh@4ax.com...>>> On Tue, 6 May 2008 15:46:11 -0400, "Hosmerica"
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IveGotGas.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>"S. Smith"
iphouse.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:ssb124h6i500lkdpd6bsltms244rhkd683@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>>At least one team isn't running away with the division so quickly. I
>>>>>>hope
>>>>>>the Tigers get into a good rhythm soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> They've been in a great rhythm over the last four games. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>They were in a bette rhythm winning 12 of 17 games before these last 4
>>>>games.
>>>
>>>
>>> They are currently closer to .400 than .500.
>>>
>>> What happened to that ".500 by May"? ;-)
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>>
>>The best they could do after their 0-7 start was 2 games shy of .500.
>>It's
>>kind of impressive to dig such a hole and come that close to .500 by the
>>end
>>of April with the pitching in shambles.
I said (about three weeks ago) that the Tigers needed to be somewhere "in
the middle of the pack" by early May--assuming that position would put them
3-to-5 games out of 1st. Well...they're sorta in last place now,
BUT.....they're only 3.5 out going into tonight's game (which, incidentally,
ain't looking real good for a W at the moment, being down 4-0).
Up to this point in the season, granted, the pitching has been less than
stellar, but no real surprise there. At least not for me. Especially minus
Rodney and Zumaya. However--the other facets of the game--hitting
(especially with runners on base) and defense--have been VERY average (dare
I say LESS than average) and those two factors translate into VERY
DISAPPOINTING. At least so far. I can't JUST blame the pitching for this
quagmire we're in.
And so, sports fans (and Scott Smith, too), we need some improvement across
the board as a team if we're gonna hang around the top of the AL Central in
August/September.
