[Austin Kent]

I've been watching a bit of the World Cup, the Brazil game is on in the other room as we speak. I managed to catch England's game last weekend, and I watched Ghana and the States play yesterday too. I can't watch any during the week because I work all day.

I'm going for England pretty much since Canada or Scotland didn't qualify. I gotta represent for my few English grandparents.

[SHEED!]

I dunno about you guys but soccer bores me so much... Thats just my opinion though.
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[TheHeff]

Originally Posted by SHEED!

I dunno about you guys but soccer bores me so much... Thats just my opinion though.
My Dancing sheed avatar is my greatest yet

Yeah i use to hate soccer, but if you wanna hold a conversation in europe its an easy subject. I hate club soccer, but am enjoying the world cup...i kinda watched it then i was younger, but not so much. NE ways it's no Basketball or Football or baseball or track n field or lol naw i don't really like it but the world cup lets me get behind someone us americans lol.

[bball2223]

Do we make it 3-0 tonight?

[jvanbusk]

Originally Posted by bball2223

Do we make it 3-0 tonight?

My guess is 2-1.

By the way, this thread is a real blast from the past.

On a sidenote, what is it going to take to turn the Tigers season around? I thing we need a couple big games from the pitching staff.

[ChrisWoj]

I don't know what will turn us around. Right now I have no confidence in the pitching staff, the lineup is hit or miss on any given night, and the defense has been subpar. I think that the Tigers will get their feet under them by midseason and hit a stride, come on strong late... but they need to maintain a near-.500 record until that point or it won't be enough.

[bball2223]

Originally Posted by ChrisWoj

I don't know what will turn us around. Right now I have no confidence in the pitching staff, the lineup is hit or miss on any given night, and the defense has been subpar. I think that the Tigers will get their feet under them by midseason and hit a stride, come on strong late... but they need to maintain a near-.500 record until that point or it won't be enough.

The pitching is up there with the worst in the league right now. Our offense is so inconsistent because they simply have to score 8-10 runs a night for us to win right now. That is asking way too much. We need to make a deal for a pitcher.

[jvanbusk]

The pitching has got to improve. I mean Verlander, 1-6 with a 6+ ERA? C'mon now, what's up with that? This has been one strange start to the season. There is so much talent on the team, it's disappointing.

[DerangedDisco]

I am not sure what can be done to improve the Tigers. Based on stats alone, the pitching is really terrible, but from all the games that I have watched, it seems to me that it is usually one aweful inning that ruins the starting pitcher. There have been many times this year where Verlander has looked great for 5+ innings, before he simply falls apart and gives up 5 runs. There has to be something mental to that in my opinion.

In terms of the hitting, at least we are starting to turn things. It still makes no sense that Cabrera has such a poor average, when he has been such a consistent hitter throughout his career.

On the bright side, our division is not doing very well, and we are amazingly only 3.5 games out of the lead. Considering the length of the season, I am not at all worried about the Tigers making up this deficit.