Post by tigertowner 68 on Sept 25, 2014 0:03:18 GMT -5
I guess it's just that Victor Martinez gets behind 0-2 and then constantly wastes starting pitchers' offerings until that pitcher has thrown 13 pitches in the at bat to either retire him (at very least a moral victory...if you strike him out it is a badge of honor...btw Chris Sale K'd him today), or allow major damage.
Chris Sale blew a gasket in the in the bottom of the sixth inning when he intentionally hit Victor HARD as HELL in the back to start the inning. Victor, being the consummate pro, walked quietly to first when Sale went berserk, pointing to the CF bleachers and yelling at Victor "That was for your BOY up there...".
Victor is a true gentleman. I'd have wanted to beat Sale's ass! Anyhow, the incident clearly ignited the Tigers. They didn't score in the 6th , but they drove Sale's pitch count so high that he had to come out of the game after 6 innings with the game tied. Because Chris Sale totally lost focus.
This coming on the heels of RED ASS Grant Balfour (busher) barking at V-Mart in the ALDS last year.
The seventh and eighth were a lot of fun as the Tigers (unknowingly at the time) clinched a wild card and saw the magic number reduced to 3 to beat pesky Kansas City for their fourth straight division title.
The newly minted 2014 Tigers beat up on the White Sox with, of all things foreign to their station-to-station years 2011-2013, by getting infield hits and steals from Rajai Davis. And a PERFECT suicide squeeze by Andrew Romine!
The Tigers are a team that is on a mission now. Justin Verlander was off most of the year. He just completed back-to-back eight inning starts. Walked no one.
Finally, Chris Sale was posturing in the Chicago dugout like he had binoculars on after he was removed in the sixth.
New Tiger Ian Kinsler galvanized himself as a legend here in Motown with this one...
Quote Victor Martinez...
"He woke the whole team up," VMart laughed — with Ian Kinsler providing perhaps the best highlight, mocking Sale by pretending to look through binoculars after his RBI double.
"Just having a little fun," he explained.
Chris Sale blew a gasket in the in the bottom of the sixth inning when he intentionally hit Victor HARD as HELL in the back to start the inning. Victor, being the consummate pro, walked quietly to first when Sale went berserk, pointing to the CF bleachers and yelling at Victor "That was for your BOY up there...".
Victor is a true gentleman. I'd have wanted to beat Sale's ass! Anyhow, the incident clearly ignited the Tigers. They didn't score in the 6th , but they drove Sale's pitch count so high that he had to come out of the game after 6 innings with the game tied. Because Chris Sale totally lost focus.
This coming on the heels of RED ASS Grant Balfour (busher) barking at V-Mart in the ALDS last year.
The seventh and eighth were a lot of fun as the Tigers (unknowingly at the time) clinched a wild card and saw the magic number reduced to 3 to beat pesky Kansas City for their fourth straight division title.
The newly minted 2014 Tigers beat up on the White Sox with, of all things foreign to their station-to-station years 2011-2013, by getting infield hits and steals from Rajai Davis. And a PERFECT suicide squeeze by Andrew Romine!
The Tigers are a team that is on a mission now. Justin Verlander was off most of the year. He just completed back-to-back eight inning starts. Walked no one.
Finally, Chris Sale was posturing in the Chicago dugout like he had binoculars on after he was removed in the sixth.
New Tiger Ian Kinsler galvanized himself as a legend here in Motown with this one...
Quote Victor Martinez...
"He woke the whole team up," VMart laughed — with Ian Kinsler providing perhaps the best highlight, mocking Sale by pretending to look through binoculars after his RBI double.
"Just having a little fun," he explained.
