Game 23: Tilde’s Twice-Baked Potatoes

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So, Tigers Are OK, Almost
Published 4/25/2008 by Matt Sussman at The Futon Report
tildeswing.jpg I broke down this series over at The Big Tilde , but this bears repeating: The Rangers scored 10 runs; the Tigers hit 10 home runs. The bullpen pitched 13 innings and had more wins (2) than earned runs (1). Yes, it’s the Texas Rangers, so it was glorified batting practice. But that’s a hell of a lot of runs. And that team is known for at least some decent offense, and the Cirque De Blown Games pretty much became a unified shutdown pitcher. Of course, the question mark is still that starting pitching. Justin Verlander, Kenny Rogers, and Jeremy Bonderman combined ...

Baseball Before Bedtime: Night in My Veins
Published 4/25/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Tigers 8, Rangers 2: Texas' downward spiral keeps...um..spiraling....uh... in a downward fashion but don't expect any sympathy from crotchety grampa Jim Leyland. His Tigers crossed the plate so many times this series they've got dinnerware service for an entire army. Jason Jennings gave up five hits and five walks and five runs in five innings and is probably suffering flashbacks to his days in Coors Field. The Tigers hit, yes, five home runs in the game, including two taters from the Big Tilde. I just realized that the last time the Rangers were relevant I was ...