Justin Verlander deserved a better fate. He suffered his, and the Tigers, first loss of the season, but he pitched very well.
The Good:
- JV looked like the Cy Young and end of 2014 JV. He pitched eight innings, allowed five hits, and two earned runs.
The Bad:
- The Tigers only managed one run, however after scoring 17 runs in the first two games, I can’t complain too much.
- JV only struck on three while walking two but saying this is bad is a little bit of a stretch
- Torii Hunter hit his third home run in as many games accounting for the only Tigers run.
The Ugly:
- The Amazing Al surrendered another run and currently has 6.00 ERA.
All things considered, it was a good home stand, and even I, didn’t expect the Tigers to go 162-0. 🙂
Off to Los Angeles for a meeting with the Dodgers.
“God I love baseball” -Roy Hobbs | The Natural
Flashin' Leather 
I KNOW it’s a short sample……..however in each of his starts JV had a inning where something caused the wheels to come off for one inning. He had a different catcher for each game so read into that what you will. The Amazing Al…….he has the stuff to be the 8th inning guy IF he can find a way control his head and yes he gave up one over the fence but he came back and got it done so lets hope time is on his side. Jobba & Coke are tied to a short leash tied to a block down by the river. This ain’t JL.
I will be interested to see how long this experiment lasts.
Nebraska, you are so right. I forgot all about Joba. He belonged in the UGLY category. But like I said, I was writing after the fact. I had a horrible weekend. I was locked in my office with taxes and could barely pay attention to the game.
That being said, I’m not sure why I was thinking about this, but remember that Yankee fan and the BSOD dinner? That guys was a Jackass! I’m not sure why I thought about him but I did.