Tiger Geist

Take that Blue Jays.  Of course, we were going against a rookie pitcher, but we knocked around their bullpen as well (a bullpen probably still tired from Wednesday’s 14 inning game).  Always a good sign when the team can jump on the bullpen early in the series.

Thoughts:

• Sheffield is either hurt or just not seeing the ball very well.  He looked very very bad in his three strikeouts;  in his double it appeared he timed the ball perfectly but had to throw his entire body into the swing.  Where are his historically quick wrists that can turn on any pitch he wants?  
• Cabrera is probably at his best when he’s hitting doubles.  Two more last night;  he’s heating up (and cleaned up some movement during his swing).  He also seems more comfortable in the field now.
• Curtis Granderson goes 2-4 in a rehab game, with an infield single and a triple.  I was worried about his conditioning, since he couldn’t do any running during the early part of his injury.  Apparently this won’t be an issue.
• mlb.tv picked up Toronto’s feed for the game, and i really enjoyed it.  Both announcers were great, and they did something “crazy” — the screen wasn’t constantly filled with the score, strike count, graphics, ads, etc.  Very noticeable and very pleasant.