UPCOMING GAMES –
Thursday, March 12 Verlander against the Yankees in Lakeland
Friday, March 13 Casey Mize against the Pirates in Lakeland
Saturday, March 14 Skubal against Toronto and Max Scherzer in Dunedin
This March 11 game of the Tigers at the Twins either the Twins are really crappy hitters or all the Tigers pitchers on this “bullpen day” are really good. No runs scored against Detroit pitching but not many Ks either. The Tigers hitters have already struck out 13 times in eight innings.
The Red Sox announcers were pretty disinterested in the game, and I don’t really blame them, but still it didn’t feel like they were doing their job which should’ve been more than just chitchating about other stuff.
We have another 13 of these spring training games to go… and there’s a couple off days sandwiched in. And there’s three weeks between now and when we play the Padres in San Diego. The winter of our discontent continues until then.
Madden is the starting pitcher in today’s March 10 game at Fort Myers with the Red Sox. The only media coverage is Red Sox radio.
Meadows, P CF
McGonigle SS
Vierling LF
Pérez, W RF
Greene, R DH
Cruz 3B
Jung, Ja 1B
Rogers C
Anderson, M 2B
On the radio just now, Dan said that Max Clark had been sent to the minor league camp. And in the game v. The Rays in Lakeland March 9 John Peck hit a two run homer and the Tigers have a 3–0 lead. And Valdez has pitched three scoreless innings with 4K‘s and no BBs and it’s only taken him 36 pitches.
I’m just really tired of this spring training BS where the games are only of theoretical importance and which is only made worse — for me — by the shallow spectacle of the WBC where national super teams compete against squads of semi pros.
I just watched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring a load of famous actors from 2011. My life was so full of four children and travel and an exhausting work schedule I didn’t watch many movies back then so I hadn’t seen it until now.
It’s pretty tense and the plot is fairly complex and to fully understand what had happened I had to read a recap on Wikipedia after I finished it, but if I decide to watch it a second time I think I’ll enjoy it more but it’s still pretty good on its own.