Crazy Cat Gentleman

nice catch by Paredes. long run, wet grass, last-second adjustment.

c'mon, Michael, 3 easy outs and no drama. I know you can do it.

Baddoo SFs Willi in. now 5-2. nice 9th inning here, and it looks like Fulmer might have the bottom half of the inning, so there's half a chance the Tigers can keep the lead.

Garneau and a bobble in LF score WCastro from 1st. 4-2.

DAZ! way to take the lead back!

F this HP ump all of a sudden.

and that was Tim Anderson running. very lucky they didn't lose him. watching the Tigers biff up a rundown chaps my ass even worse than the bullpen, I think.

once again, Tigers have no frickin' clue how to pull off a rundown.

time for the nightly bullpen implosion.

correct.

Paredes's out at least advanced Baddoo to 3rd, and Harold SFed him in. 2-1 Tigers.

Paredes hit that one on the screws and fair, still no luck. just a fly-out/line-out.

Baddoo took a leg to the head as he slid into second on a steal. worried me for a second, as it happened while his helmet was coming off (thought he might have taken one directly to the head), and he didn't get up right away. one concussion is enough, and he's already had his.

there was a discussion about this on the Portland subreddit a year or two ago, and some people noticed that people (including themselves) tend to step or veer in the direction that's called out. I know I've done that. one time, though, the person coming up behind me called out, "coming up behind you," or something similar. I thought that was kind of a cool idea, just say you're coming and let the person who needs to move decide which way to go.

dang, I don't know how fast Cameron is, but the Sox couldn't even make it close on a pitch-out? wild.

it's unavoidable, because there's an odd number of teams in each league. yeah, the NL team in the final interleague series should have to play on the road. maybe we'll get lucky and the NL will adopt the DH next season.

I didn't hear anything in the last game he was on. it does kind of feel like he won't be back, just given the health problems he experienced during the season. as much as I like him, I think I'm ready to move on. Petry, AJax, McClendon, whoever.

García is looking to get left off of the postseason roster.

I long for the days when believing stuff you read on the internet got you looked at funny.

F

[insert obligatory Bummer joke about that inning]

ugh. inning finally over after the Sox get all 3 of the Tigers' 7th-inning runs back.

did the entire bullpen shower in gasoline before the game?

Grossman's turn. 4-0. huge foul tip by Haase before he got his hit way back when.

Daz! big double, now 3-0!