Tiger Geist

That pretty much sums it up.  The team was really pissing me off, Detroit makes some roster moves and some serious lineup changes and suddenly they are score nine runs, and their 20 year old pitcher is awesome.  Even Nate Robertson and Juan Rincon don’t give up any runs.  What else can you ask for?

You don’t want to get too excited about one game, but when the youngsters do well, you get excited.  Maybe it won’t last, so I will try to control my emotions.

• Not sure how long Jeff Larish will stay up, but I imagine that Brandon Inge and Miguel Cabrera will get a a day off in the next few weeks.
• Unless Marcus Thames is the backup first basemen, his days might be limited.  He makes less then Guillen and Ordonez and might have some trade value.
• Ditto for Ryan Raburn — I imagine he’ll go down before Clete Thomas.
• Tuesday night’s lineup felt much more like a “minnesota” lineup then a “cleveland” or “chicago” lineup.  I like that.
• I feel Clete is here to stay;  it allows Josh Anderson to be a defensive replacement and pinch-runner for the slower Guillen and Ordonez.  Ideally they run a Thomas / Granderson / Old dude who currently isn’t hitting well (Guillen/Ordonez) outfield every night, with the extra guy DH’ing.
• The Red Wings aren’t handling the neutral zone well right now (early 2nd period)
• Nice to hear Dave Strader’s voice again.

Finally… its early.  I won’t go crazy.  However, it might be an expensive year at the Illitch household if they truly want to field the best Tiger team in 2009 and 2010.