Spring Training Game Pictures 2008

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:47 am

BUT DON'T DO IT AGAIN!
Hug

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iluvpudge7 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:09 pm

laprimamirala wrote:

It'll keep me out of the arms of ballpark security!! Big Smile

Ohhhhh come on ya gotta come home with a good story, LOL

iluvpudge7 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:10 pm

I wanna see you in the News' set of pics from the days you're there, lol

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:36 pm

i wish!

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laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:36 pm

I don't know if I'm still that ballsy!

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iluvpudge7 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:38 pm

Probably depends on your mood, some days ya just feel ballsier than others, lol

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:42 pm

Trinita will be of great help! Cool

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iluvpudge7 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:50 pm

Will she be there with you?

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:33 pm

Yup! 3 games! Anxious to get going! 2 weeks yet!

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GoGetEmTigers · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:40 pm

Verlander pitches against Blue Jays Feb. 29, 2008
Tigers Win 3-1
John Greilick / The Detroit News

Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco swings a weighted bat during pregame warm ups.

Tigers players, from left, shortstop Edgar Renteria, center fielder
Curtis Granderson, third baseman Brandon Inge, left fielder Jacque
Jones and designated hitter Marcus Thames before the game.

Toronto ace Roy Halladay pitches in the first inning against the
Detroit Tigers. Halladay gave up one run in two innings at Knology Park
in Dunedin, Florida on Feb. 29, 2008.

The Tigers' Justin Verlander pitched two scoreless innings. He was
named today to pitch the home opener on March 31 against Kansas City.

Verlander pitches

Verlander follows through on a strike-out pitch against Blue Jays slugger Scott Rolen in the second inning.

Shortstop Edgar Renteria throws to first, but not in time to catch Toronto baserunner Matt Stairs in the second inning.

Curtis Granderson cranks a solo homer in the second inning, his second in two days.

Manager Jim Leyland, center, and pitching coach Chuck Hernandez congratulate Granderson after his homerun.

Nate Robertson pitches in the third inning. He was scheduled to pitch
yesterday, but his wife had a baby and his pitching appearance was
delayed.

Nate Robertson pitches in the third inning.

Brandon Inge makes a throw out from third base in the third inning.

Tigers left fielder Jacque Jones connects for a single

Tigers outfielder Ryan Raburn makes a catch in right field while second baseman Placido Polanco, left, backs him up.

Tigers rookie prospect Rick Porcello delivers a strike-out pitch to
Toronto's veteran slugger Frank Thomas in the sixth inning. Porcello
looked sharp in his first outing with the big league club, pitching two
scoreless innings, giving up no walks and striking out one batter,
Toronto's Frank Thomas

Toronto designated hitter Frank Thomas, a veteran slugger, walks away
from the plate after being stuck out by Tigers rookie prospect Rick
Porcello in the sixth inning.

Porcello in action on the mound.

Tigers outfielder Freddy Guzman takes a mighty swing at the plate.

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laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:43 pm

GO GUYS!!!

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:10 pm

A couple thoughts on those photos:

Those Blue Jays jerseys are awful!

Verlander's socks aren't high Sad

Verlander is named the opening day starter YAY!

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laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:11 pm

ROCK and ROLL IT, GUYS!

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GoGetEmTigers · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:33 pm

catbox_9 wrote:

A couple thoughts on those photos:

Those Blue Jays jerseys are awful!

Verlander's socks aren't high Sad

Verlander is named the opening day starter YAY!

Inge and Grandy wore high socks! clap

Verlander will be great this year, just needs to get them socks up! LMAO

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"If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed." Source: TV Guide Interview (April 3, 1982)
-- Sparky Anderson

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:34 pm

maybe it's cold!

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:36 pm

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

A couple thoughts on those photos:

Those Blue Jays jerseys are awful!

Verlander's socks aren't high Sad

Verlander is named the opening day starter YAY!

Inge and Grandy wore high socks! clap

Verlander will be great this year, just needs to get them socks up! LMAO

Yeah they did!

They don't have Porcello pictures so I can't comment on his socks.

Think how good Verlander would be if his were high! Think how bad Inge would be if his were low LMAO

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GoGetEmTigers · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:43 pm

2/29/08 Pictures updated, include Porcello.

(No hi socks on Porcello, sorry catbox)

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"If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed." Source: TV Guide Interview (April 3, 1982)
-- Sparky Anderson

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:56 am

Everybody looks in pretty good form! Hope it has warmed up there since the first game.

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:03 am

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

2/29/08 Pictures updated, include Porcello.

(No hi socks on Porcello, sorry catbox)

Just noticed those extra pictures Big Smile

If Porcello wore high socks he'd probably make the team by mid-season. Without them his development will be much slower rant

It's sickening how guys his age are already high sockless.

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laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:38 am

sign of aging?

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GoGetEmTigers · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:14 am

laprimamirala wrote:

sign of aging?

Catbox likes old time look, with high socks, me too.

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"If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed." Source: TV Guide Interview (April 3, 1982)
-- Sparky Anderson

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:24 am

ah! got it!

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GoGetEmTigers · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:27 am

laprimamirala wrote:

ah! got it!

He has stats that say when wearing high socks, players do better.

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"If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed." Source: TV Guide Interview (April 3, 1982)
-- Sparky Anderson

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:28 am

must keep the circulation under better control!

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"There are only two seasons...winter and Baseball."
--Bill Veeck

GoGetEmTigers · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:30 am

He needs to send the info to our pitchers!

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"If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed." Source: TV Guide Interview (April 3, 1982)
-- Sparky Anderson

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:19 am

and quick!
Gone

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mrsrabelo · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:44 am

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Porcello in action on the mound.

OOOOH Freddy has Andrew's number. Shhh...don't tell Soul!!

catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:13 am

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

laprimamirala wrote:

ah! got it!

He has stats that say when wearing high socks, players do better.

I sure do. Like I said, I haven't looked at the stats myself, but that's irrelevant. I'm 100% certain high-socked / stirruped pitchers have lower ERAs.

Critics will argue my theory has a major flaw - everyone wore high socks prior to the 1980s and baseball had less runs scored back then. People argue that the increase in runs is due to steroids and what not, but that's a load of Censored

It's clearly due to pitchers wearing high socks.

High socks help batters/defenders out, too but pitchers more so than batters.

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iluvpudge7 · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:04 pm

laprimamirala wrote:

Yup! 3 games! Anxious to get going! 2 weeks yet!

HOW FUN!!!! I'm going to CA next week (wrong direction, lol) maybe when I get back I should high-tail it down to FL, but I guess at some point I do need to work

Maybe I'll win the lottery......

laprimamirala · Subject: Re: Spring Training Game Pictures 2008 Sat Mar 01, 2008 3:15 pm

Come down anyway!

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