73-66, 2nd place, 2 games back, WC is gone.
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
Today’s Pre-Player of the Game is…see above.
Tonight’s Okay Jim, We Get It, You’re the Manager, You Make the Lineups Lineup:
1. Jackson, CF
2. Raburn, LF
3. Cabrera, 3B
4. Fielder, 1B
5. Young, DH
6. Peralta, SS
7. Garcia, RF
8. Infante, 2B
9. Laird, C
Detroit Tigers, 73-65, 2nd place, 2 back.
My own game post pictures now haunt me. I decided on a new set of pictures for this important road trip: serious, determined faces. Now instead they look tense, stressed.
Jim Leyland has said that he doesn’t believe in team chemistry; it may also be that team chemistry does not believe in him.
He has become increasingly frustrated in recent days, even lashing out at fans who question his lineup. The fact that Leyland is losing his cool with the criticism, and publicly, may be reflecting–or setting–the tone for the team as the pennant race winds down.
Justin Verlander wasn’t himself, for the second time in three starts. Austin Jackson, after resisting all season long, decided to try on the floppy shoes in centerfield. And Miguel Cabrera, after a 3-strikeout night (and after watching his chances of beating out Trout for the MVP plummet), had a meltdown on a seemingly correct strike call. Cabrera is frustrated.
There were a couple of good things about the game: Putkonen is quietly putting together a decent season; Infante seems to be coming out of his slump; Garcia plays with a hustle and enthusiasm that the team could really use. And Prince Fielder stepped in to try to keep Cabrera from being tossed: he scooted all the way from the on-deck circle, and put himself in between Cabrera and the umpire, retreating when Leyland made it out to take up the argument.
In fact Fielder has been a real bright spot, despite some mildly disappointing power numbers: he gets on base, he plays hard, he runs hard, he gets runners home from 3rd, he is very aware, and he just may be starting to take more of a leadership role with the team.
The Tigers could certainly use it. I have a feeling the Tigers are missing the leadership of Victor Martinez, and yes, even Inge. The look on Leyland’s face as last night’s travesty was unfolding seemed to say he’s done all he can do.
Maybe the talented Ryan Raburn will turn it around.
It is an old truism that every teams starts the season with the goal of playing meaningful games in September, and the Tigers have accomplished that. The weight of expectations may be getting to the team though; it certainly has gotten to the fans. The four games in Chicago will determine whether the rest of the month is exciting, or whether September becomes a very, very long month.
Stat of the Day: The Tigers have yet to win a game in which they have been outscored by the opposition.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Prince Fielder. Forget the statistics; this team right now needs a leader, and Fielder is going to have to be The Man.
Todays Anibalic Lineup:
Normally, a Verlander start would be all about Verlander. But recently, the Tigers have fallen into a funk where sharp starting efforts have been undone by an inability to score runs on offense. Last night after a brief bit of trouble in the first (exacerbated by Cabrera’s failure to turn a DP), Max Scherzer settled down and had one of his best outings of the season.
After the 1st inning, Scherzer only gave up 2 hits in 7 innings, with 9 strikeouts (and 0 walks for the game), which incidentally puts him in the Tiger record book as the only Tiger to strike out 8 or more in 10 consecutive starts, breaking a tie with Hal Newhouser. Max seems to be in playoff form…if only.
Unfortunately, the Tiger offense was unable to put together a rally, settling for a couple solo home runs (the hallmark of their early season malaise), had too many strikeouts (10 from their 3-6 hitters), were unable to advance the potential winning run from 2nd with no outs in the 9th, and had the range of their infield exposed.
Result: for the 3rd time in the past week, the Tigers fall 3-2 (in fact the Tigers have had 16 3-2 games already this season). The Tigers now have a 2nd-half record in 1-run games of 3-10, which is not how one makes the playoffs. The last 1-run game the Tigers won on the road: June 24th. Perhaps the Tigers could borrow a 1-run game or two from the Orioles.
Also notable last night: Ryan Raburn made his late season debut. Confidently aggressive, he scorched a two-hopper to the mound on the first pitch he saw. Impressed, Leyland decided to start him tonight, and placed him in the 6th spot in the lineup. (This may be the season where Raburn waits until the 3rd half to get hot).
I blame the fans. Someone emailed in a lineup that had all right-handers. I’m not blaming any of you personally, but if you confess we will go easy on you. (Luckily, Leyland scratched out “Santiago, 1B” and scribbled in “Fielder, 1B”).
Leyland also decided to take a day off from the Maybe-Boesch-Will-Run-Into-One Project (and he did run into one against Cleveland, a mammoth shot to dead center), perhaps inspired by his 4 AB, 3K performance last night, so tonight in RF we get to see Mini-Mig, Avisail Garcia.
Stat of the Day: Prince Fielder had one of the few offensive highlights last night with a solo home run. Over the past 2 weeks, Fielder has hit for .385 (1.196 OPS), with 3 HR and 6 RBI. And 3 HBP.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Avisail Garcia. The Halos pitch around the dangerous Raburn to get to Garcia, and he makes them pay.
Todays Almost All-Right Lineup:
Detroit Tigers, 73-63, 2nd place, 1 back, WC 5th place.
Every game counts.
Don’t blame me for that, that’s the official Tigers.com slogan. A lot of us were saying that back in May, but they didn’t seem to count as much back then, at least officially.
Anyway, let us not detract from the matter at hand, which is: Battle of the MVPs! Tonight Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers take on Mike Trout and the LA Angels, with the AL MVP on the line!!
(I don’t know, works for ESPN, thought I’d give it a shot).
I don’t have a real plan for how the Tigers will take this series (no thanks to Kevin the Greek), but my gut tells me tonight might be a good time to take a game. Here are the pitching match ups for the series:
So on paper, this looks a bit like the rubber game of the series.
And let’s hope Kansas City continues to be a royal pain.
It looks like the Tigers may have gotten a bit of a break: Jered Weaver is missing his scheduled turn in the rotation. On the other hand, if recent history is a guide, the 5.00+ ERA Santana tonight will turn out to be the real challenge.
Strangely consistent Max Scherzer will try to strike out Too Many tonight (8+ strikeouts in last nine starts). Max has an ERA of 1.03 over his last 5 starts, and is 2-0, 1.29 vs the Angels this season.
The late start tonight (10:05 EST) will test the endurance of the DTW posters; it will be interesting to see who sticks this one out; at least we have some West Coast followers. Tomorrow night should be better, with the special 9:05 start time, which seems to have nothing to do with anything.
Stat of the Day: Ramon Santiago in the 2nd half practically makes one long for Raburn. In addition to various clown episodes in the field, he is hitting .136, with a robust .376 OPS. Although he is 1-for-3 lifetime against Santana, so there’s that.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Austin Jackson. In Wednesday crucial game against Cleveland, Detroit was making Jimenez look all Cy-ish, and was about to become the first team Jimenez faced in 2012 to leave the field without a single walk. When Jackson finally broke the spell and worked him for a walk in the 8th, the floodgates opened. I don’t think 2011 AJax would have pulled that off.
Todays ‘MonyBall Lineup:
Detroit Tigers, 72-63, 2nd place, 1 back, WC not gonna happen.
Well, that’s baseball. And you’ve got to tip your hat to Cy Masterson. Etc. Etc.
See what happens when you don’t have a plan? Hopefully Kevin will use the day off tomorrow to devise something good. Or maybe we should all use the time to work on our lineup submissions.
For his part, Jim Leyland had an explanation for why he went with Don Kelly at 1B (batting 6th) yesterday: “He has not had a good year, obviously, this year, but that’s OK. I’m tickled for him. I’m glad for him.” See, this lineup business is harder than you think. Make sure you leave some tickle room when you fill out your cards folks.
Tonight the Tigers go for their 3rd straight series sweep, this one, like Kansas City, on the business end of the broom.
Doug Fister takes the mound for Detroit, but if this game goes according to trend it will matter more who shows up at the plate against Ubaldo Jimenez. So far this series Detroit has hit .177 against the worst starting pitching staff in the AL. Jimenez’ biggest problem is his control (he is 2nd in AL with 84 walks), which tends to be some sort of secret weapon against Tiger hitters.
Stat of the Day: We’ve said before that the Tigers just aren’t made to win a majority of close games. Well how is this: the Tigers are 2-8 in their last 10 1-run games, and their last 8 losses have been by a combined total of 9 runs.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Delmon Young. Will the day of rest cool him off?
Todays Delmony Lineup:
Detroit Tigers, 72-62, 2nd place, 1 back, 3 back for WC spot.
Apparently sweeping the White Sox is a momentum killer. The last time the Tigers swept the White Sox they followed up by losing to Cleveland, who took 2-of-3 for the series.
Well, you know the old saying that momentum in baseball is the next day’s starting pitcher. Except…Anibal Sanchez did well, and the Tigers were facing a pitcher with 0 major league wins. So much for that.
At any rate, Delmon did his part yesterday. As frustrated as everyone had been with Delmon all season long (this writer included), Jim Leyland kept telling us he was going to get hot, and get hot he did. Over the past 7 days Young leads the team in OPS (1.383), has hit .429, and has 42% of the Tiger RBIs. And he has been consistent game after game, with a 9-game hitting streak, a 4-game RBI streak, and a 4-game extra base streak. Smokey was right.
Now that Delmon has the D-train in gear, the next order of business is…to get Prince Fielder “off his feet.” Huh? Yes, Fielder will be DH-ing today, to get him off his feet (what about Cabrera’s feet?). Maybe this is Fielder’s reward for making 2 impressive plays in the field yesterday.
This means Delmon has been bumped from DH, and gets the day off. Leyland may have done what opposing pitchers could not do–find a way to cool off Delmon.
Not to worry though: Don Kelly is there to pick up the slack. Batting 6th.
Alex Avila states the obvious, speaking of a guy who looks like he could use some time off.
Stat of the Day: Prince Fielder leads the league in both HBP (15) and IBB (17).
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Don Kelly. The Donkey replaces the hot bat of Delmon Young in the lineup. Good luck with that. Maybe Kelly will surprise us all and this will be one of those Lucky Leyland moves.
Todays Who’s On First Lineup:
Detroit Tigers, 72-61, 1st place (tie), 2 back for WC spot.
Well, here we go. It’s all even, the season starts today, and it’s only 28 games.
Unlike Kevin, I don’t have a plan for this thing, so I will go with his suggestion that Detroit win this afternoon.
It all went according to plan last night: Verlander gave up a leadoff home run, which combined with his 8-run last outing made the White Sox (and a few Tiger fans) think “aha, he’s lost it.” The overconfident Chicagoans were helpless the rest of the night, until Valverde entered to provide fun and excitement for all.
Also according to plan Brennan Boesch finally baesched, to dead center, no less; Jhonny Peralta made perhaps the best tag on a stolen base attempt for the season; Avisail Garcia practiced his look-alike Cabrera opposite-field stroke, Don Kelly um…got in the game, and most of all Delmon Young kept the D-train rolling, when he golfed a pitch over the left-field fence for his somethingth home run of the week (depending on whether we are counting the “home runs” as well as the home runs).
There was a downside to the sweep: watching Robin Ventura calmly take it all in. Would have been awfully entertaining to hear what Ozzie Guillen had to say afterward.
The Tigers face a Cleveland team that has lost 16 of their last 18, and a pitcher who has yet to win. In fact, they are looking like an alternate-ending version of Major League. I’ll save the sympathy for later: it’s a pennant race. Besides Cleveland still leads the season match-up, 7 games to 5.
With Garcia continuing to look promising, Dirks back, and Boesch showing glimmers of hope, the outfield suddenly seems a bit crowded, with Quintin Berry holding the short straw. Nonetheless, Leyland found a way to get short-straw Berry in the lineup, as Jackson gets the day off. Might have also been a good day to let Cabrera DH, but it looks like the Jackson/Berry plan took precedence (you don’t dare leave Delmon out right now). Meanwhile, look for Danny Worth to appear in a pinch-running role, now that he has proven his ability to elude goats.
Stat of the Day: Delmon Young has hit 15% of his 2012 RBI and 19% of his home runs in the last week.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Delmon Young. I have a one-game plan for him to continue his hot streak.
Todays AJax on Holiday Lineup:
71-61, 2nd place, 1 game behind CWS, 2 games behind WC.
One game at a time.
Max Scherzer continued his August assault on the American League with a masterful 4 hit, 1 walk, 0 ER and 9 strikeout performance over the White Sox last night. Don’t look now, but Scherzer has an outside chance at 20 wins. The Tigers got timely hits from Cabrera and Garcia, and Delmon Young hit two HRs, though one only counted as a triple. (Are you guys with me here? That ball clearly hit the yellow. How could they miss that?) It was a complete team performance.
So that gets us to tonight. Regular season games don’t get any better. Division rival. Sunday night baseball on ESPN. Ace v. Young Phenom. Win and we’re tied for first. My plan is progressing as planned, and I fully expect JV to bring it tonight.
To give you an idea of just how good Justin Verlander is, even with the 8 ER aberration last time out, JVs August ERA is 3.53.Verlander shut down the White Sox in his only start against them this year back on July 20th,when he allowed 2 ER in 8 IPs. Pierzynski has 3 career HRs off of Verlander in 71 ABs. JV has a 1.75 ERA and .92 WHIP at Comerica this year.
The Tigers have had Sale’s number this year, scoring 8 ER in 12 IPs covering two starts. Sale was roughed up last time out against Bal, but it’s nothing like what KC did to JV. Despite the Tigers’ successes against Sale, only Laird and Peralta have hit him well. Jackson, Cabrera and Fielder are a combined 3-26. I expect this to be a low scoring affair. Hopefully JV can keep his pitch count down.
A few notes:
– JV has allowed 10 unearned runs this year. Chris Sale has allowed 1.
– Before the single in the 9th off of Valverde, the White Sox were 0-17 in the series with RISP. It happens to everyone.
– Rangers rookie phenom and #1 overall prospect Jurickson Profar went yard in his first ML AB.
– DY is 12-27 over his last 7 games. His .740 season long OPS is only a shade off of his career .748 OPS. I hope he continues to mash this September and perhaps even into October, and I hope equally as much that DD doesn’t neglect his career body of work this off-season.
– Brandon Inge will undergo season ending shoulder surgery. Too bad he won’t be with Oakland for their stretch run.
– Al Al will be available tonight. Look for Smokey to use him in the most high leverage situation possible.
Tonight’s Series Sweeping Lineup:
1. Jackson, CF
2. Infante, 2B
3. Cabrera, 3B
4. Fielder, 1B
5. Young, LF
6. Peralta, SS
7. Garcia, RF
8. Boesch, DH
9. Laird, C
70-61, 2nd place, 2 games behind CWS, 2.5 games behind WC.
One game at a time.
Doug Fister was uncharacteristically wild last night, and as a result, the Tigers’ 4 early runs didn’t hold up into the 6th. The Tigers had no problem reaching base all night, but they were still waiting for the big hit…and then came the 7th. Delmon Young smacked a bases loaded double to left center in the bottom of the 7th, and Dotel, Benoit and Valverde shut down the Sox for a 7-4 win. Considering the how hard it seemed the Tigers had to work to score early, and how effortlessly the White Sox were able to come back,, this would have been a depressing loss. But thanks to DY and the 7-8-9 guys, we’re 1 game into my 4 game plan for usurping first place.
Next step, win game 2.
On paper, tonight’s game looks be be favorable. Mad Max toes the rubber as the Tigers most consistent starter over the past month. Max has won his past 4 starts in dominating fashion. In 27 innings, he’s allowed 4 runs, 21 hits, 8 walks and has struck out 35. Max can have an off start every now and again, but he’s been pretty consistent since May. Take away the first month of the season, and Max’s ERA is 3.45 and his WHIP is 1.22. That works for me as a #2. Pierzynski is 10-26 lifetime off of Max and Konerko is 7-24 with 2 HRs.
Opposing Mad Max tonight is displaced Twin Francisco Liriano. Liriano has been so-so for the Sox since the deadline deal, but he’s been better in Chi-town than in Minnesota. Yes, he’s posting a 5+ ERA, but that’s mostly because of an atrocious April. With Chicago he’s 2-0 with a 4.26 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. He’s only pitched into the 7th once since the trade, so again, the Tigers should have their chances early. Cabrera (1.177 OPS) and Boesch (1.126 OPS) hammer Liriano….(and of course you can’t move Delmon Young from the 5 hole because he had a hit last night, so that means Boesch will bat…)
I know there are a lot of distractions tonight, namely about 20 miles to the West of me in Arlington. I’ll have two TVs going with the Longhorns (thank you UVerse for adding the Longhorn Network) and Michigan games, and then the Tigers game on my laptop.
Today’s Call-ups – Worth, Raburn, Kelly, Holaday, Marte. Al Al coming up tomorrow (he had to spend 10 days in the Minors).
Tonight’s Is It Really That Difficult to Work Garcia Into the Lineup? Lineup is:
1. Jackson, CF
2. Boesch, DH
3. Cabrera, 3B
4. Fielder, 1B
5. Young, LF
6. Peralta, SS
7. Avila, C
8. Garcia, RF
9. Infante, 2B
69-61, 2nd place, 3 games behind CWS, 3 games behind WC.
Well, after getting swept by KC while the White Sox lost 3 out of 4 to the Orioles certainly has dampened everyone’s spirits, there is still a lot of baseball left, and the Tigers could very well find themselves tied for first place on Sunday night. Isn’t this why we love baseball? So rather than focus on the negatives, which would be all too easy, let’s try to get back into this thing, one game at at time.
We’ve got our top three starters going for us, we’re at home, and we have a guy named Miguel Cabrera. We can do this.
Last time we played the White Sox, we swept them in 3 home games. We can do this.
We start tonight with the towering Doug Fister. If you can overlook his last start…Fister has been nothing short of dominant since the All-Star break. Prior to the Orioles outing, Fister had seven consecutive quality starts, and allowed 1 ER or less in 5 of those. He’s 6-3 over his last 10 and has reminded all of us of why we came to love him during the 2nd half of 2011.
It won’t be easy, as the Tigers face White Sox ace Jake Peavy tonight. After a sub-par July, Peavy has had a scorching August, posting a 2.83 ERA and 1.17 WHIP. His 9-9 record is really more reflective of poor run support than his success this season. Fielder is 9-27 lifetime off of Peavy; Cabrera is 9 for 38 and he and Delmon Young’s 1 homer each are the only Tiger homers. Note that Peavy dominates innings 4-6 (.543 OPS against), so we have to take advantage of any early opportunities as there aren’t many holes in the Sox bullpen. UPDATE – Cabrera has 2 career HRs off of Peavy.
A few quick notes:
– Jeff Baker is done, I expect him to get picked up somewhere else. It was worth a try. Prospect Avisail Garcia is up, and remember, since he got called up before Sept 1, he can be on the playoff roster.
– Al Al will be back on Saturday, the first day he’s eligible to be back. I think he’s okay for the playoff roster because he was on the DL, can someone confirm?
– If Infante has a big night (4 hits) he may reach 1,000 for his career. I like that guy a lot.
Tonight’s Hope Restoring Lineup:
1. Jackson, CF
2. Dirks, LF
3. Cabrera, 3B
4. Fielder, 1B
5. Young, DH
6. Boesch, RF
7. Avila, C
8. Peralta, SS
9. Infante, 2B
Detroit Tigers, 69-60, 2nd place, 2.5 back, 2 back for WC spot.
“That’s just baseball,” said Tiger manager Jim Leyland about last night’s loss to the Royals, so we’ll just leave it at that.
Well, as soon as we tip our hat to Royals ace Bruce “Cy” Chen, who earned praise from Leyland: “Well, he was awful good,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “He made it look pretty easy, to be honest with you. He was good. He cuts the ball and changes it up, backdoor breaking ball. He really knows what he’s doing, obviously. He’s not overpowering, as anybody can see. He pitched a great game.”
OK then. As we previously mentioned here on this very website, the Tiger offense is either feast or famine; last night it was famine, and they lost, since they don’t do the kind of things to scrape out a run in low scoring games (when they lose “feast” games like the Tuesday game, that spells trouble).
One of these little things is managing a simple fly ball to the outfield with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 out (R3L2O). They had 2 chances last night: 2 strikeouts. Are they really as bad at this as they seem?
I like to measure this by runs per plate appearance (RPA), which tilts a tiny bit in favor of slugging teams, in that it is higher for teams who sometimes hit the 3-run homer instead of the sac fly. The average AL RPA for R3L2O is .663, or approximately 2 runs every 3 PA.
The Tiger RPA is only .613. The White Sox RPA, by contrast, is .730. That means if the Tigers had been as good with R3L2O as the White Sox, they would have plated an additional 32 runs so far this season, based on their 274 plate appearances with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 out. Think those runs would have been helpful this year?
Well, today is another day, another chance to feast. And the White Sox already lost.
Stat of the Day: Tiger record in 1-run games since the break: 3-7.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Cannot be revealed. He agreed to POPG on condition of anonymity.
Todays Laird of the Rings Lineup:
Detroit Tigers, 69-59, 2nd place, 2 back, 2 back for WC spot.
Well, that was different.
The very first comment on yesterday’s post (Tigers Rule) predicted a bucket full of runs, and as if on cue the Tigers hit the bucket with 3 in the top of the first. Meanwhile Baltimore had jumped to a 4-0 lead on Chicago and knocked Sale out of the game, Verlander was about to take the mound, and if finally looked like Detroit was going to make its move.
And then…well it’s hard to describe actually, but it lead to Darin Downs warming up in the 2nd inning of a Verlander start. I wonder how many times the bullpen had to be called before they were convinced it wasn’t a prank call.
The game did have a little of everything, that’s for certain. Once could almost make separate posts on Verlander, Coke, Cabrera, and Young.
As for Verlander: Not Enough Strikeouts.
As Kevin and I have pointed out before, Too Many Strikeouts is an odd thing to worry about when you have possibly the worst defense in the league–the fewer balls put in play, the better. And although Verlander was certainly off, he was also the victim of bad luck and bad defense. Just look at how the 2nd inning went:
4 of the 6 batters with hits had 2-strike counts; only 1 out was recorded for 5 ground balls (for those who like such things, Verlander’s BABIP for the game was .512). A perfect storm of shaky defense, bad luck, and an inability to close out with the K on batters with 2 strikes.
All I have to say about Coke is Leyland will bring in a lefty in that situation every time, and not to bring in Coke would go against his penchant for sticking with struggling players to keep their confidence up (call it the Raburn effect). Well OK, one more thing: so far this season lefties have hit .217 against Villarreal, .267 against Coke.
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The there was the 9th inning. After a disappointing strikeout by Cabrera by a runner on 3rd and one out and an intentional walk of Fielder, Delmon Young, to the surprise and joy of Tiger fans, put the Tigers back up with a 3-run shot inside the RF foul pole. Or around it. Or behind it. Or through it, or something. Or not: it was ruled a foul ball, a call which held up after a video review.
It seemed like a home run to me just based on where it landed–the ball was slicing, and to get where it ended up while being foul it would have had to change its arc in flight. But what do I know. The video replays were confusing. You tell me. Both teams said the umpires made the right call. That’s hard to argue with: if conclusive video is needed to overturn a call, they had no choice. By the same token, if it had been called a home run, it would have also been difficult to overturn the call.
One thing that’s good to know: even though MLB instituted the home run replay review, there are no standards or methods to insure consistency in what exactly they are reviewing. The quality, number and positioning of cameras are the responsibility of the home team broadcast crew, so what you get in Boston and what you get in Kansas City may be completely different. Here is more on the vagaries of video replay. Really, technologically, one could probably design a system that could use videos from intelligently designed angles, combined with measuring velocity etc, to actually predict where a ball in flight will land, much less judge after the fact.
Actually there is such a system: the human brain. That’s how outfielders catch balls. Watch the video again, and focus on the path Francoeur takes. He is pursuing a fair ball. That’s all I’m saying.
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The real question we all want answered: was Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi actually at the game, and what did HE think?
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One thing that can’t be denied is that the Kansas City Royals will have a huge effect on who wins the Central. The Tigers still have 9 games left–almost a third of the remaining schedule–against KC.
Tonight Anibal Sanchez will try his hand against Bruce Chen, Tiger-killer in decline.
Stat of the Day: Tiger pitchers are on a hot streak…wait, that was yesterday’s. So much for that. OK, how about today’s trivia question: Which is the only AL team with more intentional walks than sacrifice flies? You are correct! The Tigers have 35 IBBs, and 32 SFs.
Today’s Player of the Pre-game: Delmon Young. DY did it again yesterday. One more game Delmon, one more.
Todays Is Omar In the Doghouse? Lineup: