Nate Robertson:

Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:04 am

Well, remember who is coaching him, Leyland and good old Chucky boy!

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:37 am

Chuck has messed up Verlander, Bondo, and others, why not Nate too!

I will be happy when Leyland, and his coaches, time is up in Detroit!

Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:43 am

I have YET to figure out why they are still here scratch

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:06 am

LOL Muskegon Heights' mascot is the Tigers HAHA

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:32 pm

According to the current fantasy numbers, Robertson has the 254th most points amongst starting pitchers. Of course simple math says that 30 teams with 5 pitchers each gives you 150 pitchers. Basically teams 6th and often 7th starters are better than Robertson and his 6.06 ERA.

Amongst pitchers with at least 93 IP this season, Robertson's ERA is the worst in all of baseball.

Baseball hasn't seen a guy qualify for an ERA title (162+ IP) with an ERA over 6.00 since 2006.

The worst ERA ever is 7.71 set back in 1930. If anyone can break that, Nate can. Not since 1936 has a MLer had an ERA over 7 in a full season. C'mon Nate Rolling Eyes

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:34 am

Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:35 am

He won't lose another start the rest of the season

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:59 am

Hey, I found a pitcher that has sucked more than Robertson!

Ian Snell.

Just goes to show, that as bad as you are, there's always someone worse than you.
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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:02 am

08/24/2008 8:19 PM ET
Relief appearance heartens Robertson
Left-hander records two outs, feels confident in his slider
By Jason Beck / MLB.com

KANSAS CITY -- The last time Nate Robertson was a reliever, he was in his first full big league season trying to earn a spot in the Tigers rotation behind teammates Jason Johnson, Mike Maroth and a 21-year-old Jeremy Bonderman.

His latest relief effort wasn't about getting back a starting spot -- not yet, anyway. It was about getting back his slider. In that sense, his two batters faced potentially provided him a nice building block.

"I felt like I threw one bad slider today out of six," Robertson said. "And I know what I did [on the bad one]. That's the big thing. Instead of searching, trying to figure it out, you know what you're doing."

Robertson's first appearance out of the bullpen in four years came just four days after the Rangers hit him for five home runs over 3 2/3 innings in a loss that prompted manager Jim Leyland to make a move. Sunday's timing, however, had more to do with Robertson's work Saturday with pitching coach Chuck Hernandez, who used a drill to get him to work on the mechanics of his workhorse pitch.

Robertson said he wanted to try the adjustment in a game as soon as he could. So when the Tigers were down by a 7-3 margin, Leyland called on the lefty to face back-to-back left-handed batters in the bottom of the eighth.

"For me, it's not good just to sit on it," Robertson said. "We're going to work on it out there beforehand, so it's good for me to get out there and get in a game. If I work on something, I like to take it out there as soon as I can. That way, you can build off of it, not think too much about what you're trying to do."

The slider Sunday proved effective. Ross Gload swung and missed badly out in front of back-to-back sliders to start off the inning before grounding out to second. Mark Teahen fouled off one before grounding out to first on a fastball.

Leyland went to Aquilino Lopez to finish off the inning with switch-hitting Alberto Callaspo and back-to-back right-handed hitters coming up.

"He actually threw a couple better [sliders] today," Leyland said of Robertson. "One didn't work very good, but a few others worked OK.

"I normally don't go out and change pitchers like that with two outs, but I didn't want him to pitch too much. I wanted him to walk away feeling OK. Not that it seems like a big deal, but I think it is."

Robertson said that he'll probably have another session of drills with Hernandez on Tuesday.

Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:09 am

Feel the Force, Luke! Big Smile

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:10 pm

Was is Natewins20 or NateEra20? scratch

He's ERA is closer to 20 than his win total! HAHA

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:15 pm

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As a reliever...

3 games - 5 innings - 7 ER - 12.60 ERA

Double Puke

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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:22 am

Nate has passed the 162 limit to qualify for the ERA title. With 3 ER ( clap

) yesterday, he raised his ERA to 6.15. The next highest is Brian Bannister at 5.77 then Kenny Rogers at 5.70. Kenny will not pitch the rest of the year and Bannister will get at least 1, probably 2 more starts before the end of the year. Robertson should continue to get work out of the bullpen.

Robertson would have to pitch 11 more scoreless innings to have an ERA lower than Bannister's (assuming Bannister doesn't pitch anymore). Bannister will have to allow 8 ER in 1 inning to catch up to Robertson (assuming Robertson doesn't pitch anymore). The worst ERA title is all but Robertson's.
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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:06 pm

Robertson's 7 ER today sealed his worst ERA title. It's at 6.35. Bannister was 2nd and his 0 ER in 6 innings tonight gives him a 5.76 ERA.
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Subject: Re: Nate Robertson: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:31 pm