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Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera difference for Detroit Tigers - again
posted by Pat Caputo at
12:31 AM
Friday, October 11, 2013
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Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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Pat, I thought the difference in the series, even though it was a tough one, was a toxic combination of great pitching by the Tigers and weak hitting by the As. Mr. Beane has done everything right except the team low batting average of 257 during the season. They hit 217 in the post season. The As had speed, good D, and good pitching. I would give up the power for a higher batting average after all they play in a big ballpark. The Boston series, is the first one to the other team bullpen wins. You cannot find a better ballpark for JP to play LF than Fenway. We need José Iglesias play ss at Fenway to steal an out to help prevent the 3 run homerun. Then our huge park JP can play ss. I am also surprise at Boston team speed. They will be stealing so the Tiger pitchers have held the runners close. I hope they steal and we throw some of them out to help prevent the three run homers.
thru 4 and a half innings, games 4 and 5 were mirror images. leading team fueled by 2-run HR, losing team being no-hit.
at that point, the games diverged. Straily couldn't sustain his dominance thru the middle innings, Verlander could.
more than anything, the performance of these 2 pitchers determined the outcome of the series.
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