Tiger Beat: Mondo Bondo And Fairy Perry

Tigers L 5-4, 25-21 overall, 1 GB on the Twins

What? We gained half a game last night with a loss? Well sweet. Wait, how did we lose? In the eighth inning? After being up 4 runs? Well shit.

So Bonderman was pretty nasty last night, he pitched 7 innings with 94 pitches. He gave up just 5 hits, 2 BB, 1 ER and had 6 strike outs. Everyone was talking about how good he looked. How he looked more like a finesse pitcher than the speed guy he once tried to be. And then he handed it over to the bullpen. Now, I learned something really awesome about the bullpen today: That the Tigers hadn't lost a game all season after leading through seven innings, thanks mainly to the fact that our bull pen has led the American League with a 2.33 ERA. Let me say that again, OUR BULLPEN HAS LED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN ERA! Not in most runs allowed in the ninth inning, not for most blown saves, but in ERA! Wow. I feel genuinely proud to be a Tiger and totally approve of the job Dombrowski and Leyland have been doing out there. Wait. What's that again? How did we lose again? In the eighth inning? With Ryan "Ghost Faced Killa" Perry pitching? After being up 4 runs? Well shit.

Perry has been the right handed set up man all season and in no way do I blame Jim Leyland for going to the pen, even though Bondo said he could have gone some more, but I've had a sinking suspicion about Perry all season. Yes, he has one save and nine holds this season, but I haven't really felt comfortable with him on the mound. The chin strap beard, the "I know a rapper and he gave me this necklace and when I'm not pitching it has a diamond encrusted AK-47 pendant on it, what up homey?" necklace, all in all, I just don't trust him. And he proved my suspicions right, giving up 5 hits and 4 runs in 0.1 innings. 0.1 innings? Shit, get out of my way and I'll get the mom from Rookie of The Year to jump in there and throw some Tim Wakefield floaters and get through 0.1 innings. Whatever, if the team isn't mad, I'm not mad. Cabrera comes back tomorrow, all should be right. Hopefully.

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