Podcastin’, Rehabbin’, Breakin’
I may have made all of those words up. Let’s touch on a few things during the all-star break.
Carlos Guillen rehab: He’s starting in Lakeland; went O-3 last night. Guillen can be the biggest help for the team if he can hold down the #5 spot in the order (or, I guess #3, shifting Cabrera and Thames down one). Otherwise, he’s just a very very expensive 6 through 9 hitter on a team with better defensive 6 through 9 hitters. Does this mean the end of the Josh Anderson era? Or would Guillen possibly play some first base, and force Ryan Raburn back to Toledo? In the heart of the pennant race, before rosters expand, my guess is Inge and Cabrera are playing almost every inning anyway, so the first base backup basically turns into an emergency position.
All Star game: Here’s to hoping that Inge and Granderson both have four RBI’s, the game is a blowout, and Jackson and Verlander wave from the dugout. I’m all for being selfish and letting the pitchers get some much needed rest. I do wonder if Leyland kept Verlander in the game Sunday to keep any all-star workload to a minimum.
All Star Break: I’ve been lazy due to the break. Kurt at MackAvenueTigers has not. Go read all of his stuff.
Podcasting, take one: I joined Joe Dexter and a panel of Tiger bloggers / enthusiasts last week on “This Week In Detroit Tigers Baseball“. Listen here. Or, just go ahead and subscribe via itunes. Joe’s a master at the production of these things, and he makes it very easy to have a panel discussion between everyone. On a personal note, I don’t sound nearly as much of a douche since I replaced my cable modem at home (damn you comcast!). Big thanks to Joe for having me on for a second time, and thanks to Greg Eno and J Ellet Lambie for their thoughts and discussion points. I haven’t interacted with Matt Wallace directly on the podcast, but his insights on the farm team progress are always an excellent listen.
Podcasting, take two: Apparently I listened to the last Detroit Tigers Podcast this morning. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of Mike McClary’s work, which it sounds like he’ll mostly limit to his daily fungo website. I really enjoyed last year’s interviews with authors about Tiger’s baseball, and I can’t get over how exciting it was to re-live the 1984 season during his interview with Rusty Kuntz. Looking forward to more podcasts from Mike, which he says will be carried on under the daily fungo title going forward.