When I bought these tickets, I thought the Tigers would still have a chance to
catch the Indians. Things were looking up and they were doing well against
Minnesota and they were gaining some ground on Cleveland. Then the wheels fell
off the wagon. The Indians came back from a 5-1 deficit in game 1 to win it in
the 11th inning. Then they came back from a 4-1 deficit to win game 2. That
put the Tigers in a tough spot and I was hoping they would pull out to at least
win this game.
Anyways...pictures...
Feet Dry...Entering enemy territory. I had to be cautious...
A view from the stadium
Another view from the stadium
One thing I do have to say about Cleveland, it is a pretty nice city. I was
amazed at the hustle and bustle around the ballpark. This is a pretty stark
contrast to Detroit where there isn't quite as much hustle and bustle.
Cleveland does have some pretty nice buildings.
One of the Indians, Casey Blake as he is hitting a Solo Shot to cut the Tigers
lead to 2-1.
Another shot of Blake.
Everytime the Indians would get a rally I would hear this damned drumming. So
I looked around the stadium and found the source of it.
Carlos Guillen was one of the bright spots of the game. He got a double with
one out and then managed to steal third base. Unfortunately for the Tigers,
this was as far as he got.
One of the Indian hitters
Another one of the Indian hitters - Travis Hafner
One of the neat things about the game - the Hot Dog races
A Random Indian
Leyland arguing a call. The Indian hit it to the outfield, but from our vantage
point, we could clearly see that the ball hit the ground. The umpire missed
that and called the guy out. The Umpires confabbed and awarded the guy
first base. Leyland tried to get it back to an out. As it was, the Indians
had a guy on second that probably would have scored.
Magglio Ordonez. He's one of my favorite players, but today wasn't his day. He
ended up going 0 for 4. He even had a chance where he could have tied up the
game, but he struck out. This is very rare for him. He still has a shot at
the batting title though.
The Indians' Manager
The Indians' Mascot
Jason Michaels - Another Cleveland player
Nate Robinson had an okay game. He ended up giving up 4 runs but he was solid
through most of the innings. He ended up with 5 strikeouts.
On the flip side, we had C.C. Sabathia. He only gave up 2 runs and had 7
strikeouts. His name is getting mentioned for the Cy Young Award.
Another normally solid player, Placido Polanco. He was only 1 for 4 today.
Gary Sheffield.
Grady Sizemore - one of the bad guys.
Marcus Thames. He was injured for a good part of the year. I think he is still
shaking some of the cobwebs.
Some random Tigers.
You're Welcome
Granderson ended up pinching hitting. Given that he is normally pretty solid,
I was hoping he'd deliver......
He ended up getting a walk but then got stranded at third.
Rafael Betancourt. He wasn't solid as he did load the bases. But he was solid
enough as the Tigers didn't score.
Joe Borowski. He is the Indians' closer and caused the bottom of the Tigers
lineup to go 1-2-3.
Timo Perez. Normally another solid player, but he ended up being part of the
1-2-3 Ninth.
I was hoping to see the third game of the sweep. But I didn't want it to be the
third game of an Indians sweep. Oh well, most of the Indian fans were pretty
decent and didn't do too much ribbing. To the guy taunting Magglio in right
field....He doesn't suck. His batting average is still higher than every
player on the Cleveland lineup. To the same guy..The Tigers don't really suck
either, the breaks haven't been going their way this year.
There is still a chance the Tigers can make the playoffs but with the way the
Yankees are playing...not likely.
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Feet Dry...Entering enemy territory. I had to be cautious...
A view from the stadium
Another view from the stadium
One thing I do have to say about Cleveland, it is a pretty nice city. I was
amazed at the hustle and bustle around the ballpark. This is a pretty stark
contrast to Detroit where there isn't quite as much hustle and bustle.
Cleveland does have some pretty nice buildings.
One of the Indians, Casey Blake as he is hitting a Solo Shot to cut the Tigers
lead to 2-1.
Another shot of Blake.
Everytime the Indians would get a rally I would hear this damned drumming. So
I looked around the stadium and found the source of it.
Carlos Guillen was one of the bright spots of the game. He got a double with
one out and then managed to steal third base. Unfortunately for the Tigers,
this was as far as he got.
One of the Indian hitters
Another one of the Indian hitters - Travis Hafner
One of the neat things about the game - the Hot Dog races
A Random Indian
Leyland arguing a call. The Indian hit it to the outfield, but from our vantage
point, we could clearly see that the ball hit the ground. The umpire missed
that and called the guy out. The Umpires confabbed and awarded the guy
first base. Leyland tried to get it back to an out. As it was, the Indians
had a guy on second that probably would have scored.
Magglio Ordonez. He's one of my favorite players, but today wasn't his day. He
ended up going 0 for 4. He even had a chance where he could have tied up the
game, but he struck out. This is very rare for him. He still has a shot at
the batting title though.
The Indians' Manager
The Indians' Mascot
Jason Michaels - Another Cleveland player
Nate Robinson had an okay game. He ended up giving up 4 runs but he was solid
through most of the innings. He ended up with 5 strikeouts.
On the flip side, we had C.C. Sabathia. He only gave up 2 runs and had 7
strikeouts. His name is getting mentioned for the Cy Young Award.
Another normally solid player, Placido Polanco. He was only 1 for 4 today.
Gary Sheffield.
Grady Sizemore - one of the bad guys.
Marcus Thames. He was injured for a good part of the year. I think he is still
shaking some of the cobwebs.
Some random Tigers.
You're Welcome
Granderson ended up pinching hitting. Given that he is normally pretty solid,
I was hoping he'd deliver......
He ended up getting a walk but then got stranded at third.
Rafael Betancourt. He wasn't solid as he did load the bases. But he was solid
enough as the Tigers didn't score.
Joe Borowski. He is the Indians' closer and caused the bottom of the Tigers
lineup to go 1-2-3.
Timo Perez. Normally another solid player, but he ended up being part of the
1-2-3 Ninth.
I was hoping to see the third game of the sweep. But I didn't want it to be the
third game of an Indians sweep. Oh well, most of the Indian fans were pretty
decent and didn't do too much ribbing. To the guy taunting Magglio in right
field....He doesn't suck. His batting average is still higher than every
player on the Cleveland lineup. To the same guy..The Tigers don't really suck
either, the breaks haven't been going their way this year.
There is still a chance the Tigers can make the playoffs but with the way the
Yankees are playing...not likely.
Back to my baseball page