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Monday, August 01, 2011
Verlander complains?
Jim Leyland and Mike Scioscia had the perfect response to bunting in a 3-0 (no-hit) game. Justin Verlander should have said one of those two things. And he did say one of those two things, but he preceded it with something unsportsmanlike:
“There’s arguments both ways, but obviously from a pitching standpoint, we like to call it bush league,” Verlander said. “It’s a three-run game, so if you get a guy on base, you never know what can happen.”
His second sentence precludes that there is an argument going the other way. There is no argument.
He also noted that Aybar elbowed him on a rundown. Some pitchers make a huge deal if they are touched at all when they are in a fielding play. I only saw the play once in regular time (not slo-mo, or with multiple angles, and of course, being at the office, I’m blocked). I don’t know if Aybar did a dirty play. I’d like to know if any nonpitcher would have said what Verlander said, had it happened to a nonpitcher. Seems to me in a rundown, with everyone in motion, some “basketball elbow in the key” contact will happen. Especially if the Tigers are not setup well for that rundown.