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October 13, 2012
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Leland really should have pulled Valverde the moment he walked Texiera; he was wild the whole inning. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
posted by hincandenza at 11:40 PM on October 13, 2012
While I cheered the Ichiro! home run, this was my reaction later in the inning:
posted by grum@work at 11:41 PM on October 13, 2012
I assume they are already working on building a Raul Ibanez addition to Monument Park.
posted by grum@work at 11:44 PM on October 13, 2012
The greatest sport twitter account ever sums it up nicely:
Brandon McCarthy @BMcCarthy32
Raul Ibanez is the St Louis Cardinals funneled into one man.
posted by grum@work at 11:46 PM on October 13, 2012
god
posted by insomnyuk at 11:49 PM on October 13, 2012
By the way, not a sellout at Yankee Stadium tonight.
posted by grum@work at 12:37 AM on October 14, 2012
Wow. Valverde has been awful to the point where it should be inexcusable to use him in a key situation. He should have never been allowed to pitch to Ibanez, that is Leyland's fault. It will be interesting to see what the Tigers do about the bullpen, especially since Benoit was far from lights out either.
I was really impressed that the Tigers managed to stick it out. Hopefully the momentum from the victory will be put to good use in the series.
And what a terrible way for the postseason to end for Jeter. That sucks.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 01:32 AM on October 14, 2012
Delmon the hero, in a bid to win the heart of every Detroiter, said:
"The other team wants to drive Mercedes-Benzes and eat Morton's, too. ..."
Nothing about Escalades or Lelli's. That'll go over well.
posted by beaverboard at 10:09 AM on October 14, 2012
2012 MLB Postseason Infographic