It's not that close games scare me. There are enough games in a season that some bounce one way, some bounce another. No, it's more the total blowouts that turn into close games that worry me.
This is a new addition to the "Detroit Tigers' Bullpen Manual To Scaring The Shit Out Of All Tiger Fans": take a game that you inherit at 12-4 and let it get all the way to 12-8 before the door is shut.
This time the culprit was Tim Byrdak, who had been steady in his first stint as a Tiger up until this point. Balls were flying left and right out of Generic Corporate Company Ballpark tonight against both Bonderman and Byrdak, but it's more of a problem for Tim. He's a reliever and his job is to come in and shut the door. Slam it fucking shut. Instead, he left it wiiiide open for the remainder of the game.
Fernando Rodney looked scary as hell in relief of Byrdak, but he got the job done, even though I could have done without the drama of two men on and the possibility of the new worst collapse of the year. Bobby Seay looked fine, and Todd Jones looked decent. Facing two batters and walking one isn't usually acceptable, but whatever.
I like entertaining baseball. But, I'd rather have a entertaining game where the Tigers AREN'T nearly blowing it all to Hell. 12-4 blowouts are quite okay with me, I'll go on the record with that. Jim Price said it best today on the radio when he remarked "Championship teams shouldn't have to score 12 runs every game in order to win games." This team does. The pen needs help, and it needs it now.
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