Sorry for yet another Tiger post, but this has to be the single most embarassing loss ever...
Add a rearview mirror to that long list of Tigers needs.With the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning of a 2-2 game Tuesday night at Comerica Park, Tigers reliever Steve Avery turned his back on Cleveland's runner at third, Omar Vizquel, who promptly pranced home with one of the more brash stolen bases of the season.
Stealing home? With two outs in a tie game? Simply going between pitches? It literally doesn't get any more embarassing than that.
Posted by mikewolf at May 28, 2003 02:21 PMMe, I hate the Tigers because on Sunday they blew their chance to sweep the White Sox by giving up a late grand slam to Carlos Lee, then a 12th inning three-run shot by Joe Crede (or "Cruddy," was we Sox fans call him). So thanks to the Tigers, I have to live for at least several more days with the eerily apathetic Sox manager, Jerry Manuel. Consensus is that he'd have been gone this past Monday if they'd lost the third game to Detroit. The Tiger's starting pitchers for the series had a combined win total of one before the Sox came along.
Posted by: Vernam on May 28, 2003 06:05 PMI'm sure that the Tigers will think of something even more interesting next week...
Posted by: Frankenstein on May 28, 2003 08:48 PMGeekness follows...
Personally, I have a soft spot for Crede. I think he's going to turn his season around now that I picked him up as a backup 3B on my primary roto team. What's that, Vern? Yeah. The soft spot is on my head, you're right...
Manuel is the most laid-back, non-plussed manager ever. He needs to be shown the door, methinks. The Sox have a lot of young talent mixed in the with some good veteran leadership. They shouldn't be struggling, especially in the AL Central.
Posted by: mrw on May 29, 2003 11:14 AMSpeaking of Crede, I played baseball against him many times in high school. He comes from a family of stud baseball players.
His brother played @ Central Missouri State during my brief career playing College baseball @ Truman State U. I think he was batting .500 coming into our series. Sick.
Anyway, Joe was the man, even when he was a year younger than me.
Truthfully, there were few teams (and fewer players) that intimidated and/or dominated our team then. Joe was definitely one of them.
I've followed his career from the minors. His success has yet to surprise me.
Plus, he's a class act. Very humble in victory and open to meeting with the opposing team, which is pretty rare, given the competitiveness today.
Posted by: Cory on May 29, 2003 08:18 PM