what about that ben fransisco.?! forcing me to post tonight. a RBI double, a HR, a walk, and a RBI single. all in game 3. nice to see fausto rebound from his worst start of the season, which i also believe to be the worst start by any indian pitcher this year. a four game sweep of the rays. wineers of 7 of our last 8.

now we are off to detroit. the last time we were there, we swept them. this should be a good series. another sweep would be ideal, by us again, of course. i am not too worried about our pitchers. the starters should be fine. one never knows about the pen, though. but we are facing THE highest scoring team in the league. my concern is the bats. for some reason, despite all the wins, it is still not hitting on all cylinders yet. and our bats often seem to dissipate (to put it nicely) on the road. regardless of the performance of our pitchers, i want to see the bats come through. this is a big series. the tigers do have awesome pitching. verlander pitching a no no and being on the all star team is not a fluke. he, johan, and c.c. are the best three starters in the AL. sorry lackey and beckett, those are the three. kenny is back and doing very well, bonderman can be dominant any given start. robertson is in the so so to good range. their pen is much more vulnerable. our D must be tight. do not give them extra baserunners, additional fodder for runs. tempers may be flaring. there could be fights. the three games could be play off calibar games. i can't wait!