MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[KnightSlappy]

Adrian College 2013-14 schedule is out also:

http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/schedule

They are at the same Allegheny tournament as Alma.  They are also @Franklin, @Mount Union tournament, and Carnegie Mellon at home.  I think their games against Siena Heights, Marygrove, UM Dearborn, Concordia and Lawrence Tech are Non Division III games.

That's not likely going to be an improvement over last years weak non-conference schedule.

But #7!

[Pat Coleman]

Adrian College 2013-14 schedule is out also:

http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/schedule

They are at the same Allegheny tournament as Alma.  They are also @Franklin, @Mount Union tournament, and Carnegie Mellon at home.  I think their games against Siena Heights, Marygrove, UM Dearborn, Concordia and Lawrence Tech are Non Division III games.

That's not likely going to be an improvement over last years weak non-conference schedule.

But #7!

Voters don't get fooled as easily a second time. Hopefully they don't have a head-scratching win like the one against Wooster to throw us all off next year.

[sac]

Hopefully the other half of their team makes it to the second half of the season this time.

[oldknight]

Adrian College 2013-14 schedule is out also:

http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/schedule

They are at the same Allegheny tournament as Alma.  They are also @Franklin, @Mount Union tournament, and Carnegie Mellon at home.  I think their games against Siena Heights, Marygrove, UM Dearborn, Concordia and Lawrence Tech are Non Division III games.

That's not likely going to be an improvement over last years weak non-conference schedule.

But #7!

Voters don't get fooled as easily a second time. Hopefully they don't have a head-scratching win like the one against Wooster to throw us all off next year.

Adrian's win certainly was a surprise at the time and looks even more surprising now. But I believe sac pointed out once that Wooster was missing its leading scorer (Doug Thorpe, 13.9 ppg) that game which offers some explanation for Wooster's loss.

[KnightSlappy]

Adrian College 2013-14 schedule is out also:

http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/schedule

They are at the same Allegheny tournament as Alma.  They are also @Franklin, @Mount Union tournament, and Carnegie Mellon at home.  I think their games against Siena Heights, Marygrove, UM Dearborn, Concordia and Lawrence Tech are Non Division III games.

That's not likely going to be an improvement over last years weak non-conference schedule.

But #7!

Voters don't get fooled as easily a second time. Hopefully they don't have a head-scratching win like the one against Wooster to throw us all off next year.

Less egregious than Calvin remaining below Thomas More and St. Vincent in the regional rankings, so you're good.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The Tigers have now played exactly 1/3 of their games, so projections are somewhat reasonable (and very easy to do!).  Miguel Cabrera, a notoriously slow starter who generally does much better in the latter parts of the season, is WAY ahead of his Triple Crown season stats.  He is currently on pace for a .369 BA, 51 HRs, and an all-time record 195 RBIs.  IF he heats up (as he usually does when the weather does), we just might witness the greatest season in major league history.  Stay tuned.

Tonight's fourth inning was special: 8 runs in (culminating in Miggy's grand slam) before the first out!  The rest of the game was anti-climactic.

[KnightSlappy]

The Tigers have now played exactly 1/3 of their games, so projections are somewhat reasonable (and very easy to do!).  Miguel Cabrera, a notoriously slow starter who generally does much better in the latter parts of the season, is WAY ahead of his Triple Crown season stats.  He is currently on pace for a .369 BA, 51 HRs, and an all-time record 195 RBIs.  IF he heats up (as he usually does when the weather does), we just might witness the greatest season in major league history.  Stay tuned.

Tonight's fourth inning was special: 8 runs in (culminating in Miggy's grand slam) before the first out!  The rest of the game was anti-climactic.

He'll need a lot (lot, lot, lot, lot) of heating up to match the best seasons of the likes of Ruth and Bonds.

[sac]

A few days ago Miguel Cabrera was on pace to log over 500 total bases for the season.  The Major League record is 427 in Babe Ruth's incredible 1927 season..........in 151 games

Cabrera has never logged more than 377 in a single season, he is more likely to gravitate to normalcy than to keep up this torrid pace.  If he does repeat his hot run of late 2012 added to this spring he undoubtedly will log one of the best seasons in Tigers history and probably among the best in Major League history.  That said he's doing stuff that hasn't been done in Detroit since the 30's and 20's by guys like Gehringer and Cobb.


My two favorite stats that get flashed every game are his 8 consecutive months with 20 rbi's and his ridiculous +.500 BA with runners in scoring position.  The list of names who could do no better than the previous record of 6 months is pretty staggering.  The +.500 BA w/RISP speaks for itself.

[calvin_grad]

A few days ago Miguel Cabrera was on pace to log over 500 total bases for the season.  The Major League record is 427 in Babe Ruth's incredible 1927 season..........in 151 games

Cabrera has never logged more than 377 in a single season, he is more likely to gravitate to normalcy than to keep up this torrid pace.  If he does repeat his hot run of late 2012 added to this spring he undoubtedly will log one of the best seasons in Tigers history and probably among the best in Major League history.  That said he's doing stuff that hasn't been done in Detroit since the 30's and 20's by guys like Gehringer and Cobb.


My two favorite stats that get flashed every game are his 8 consecutive months with 20 rbi's and his ridiculous +.500 BA with runners in scoring position.  The list of names who could do no better than the previous record of 6 months is pretty staggering.  The +.500 BA w/RISP speaks for itself.

And they still only have the 7th best record in the AL.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

Fortunately, they are in a pathetic division!  I have little doubt they will clinch the Central by the middle of September.  And IF their starting pitchers keep it up, and IF the hitters and pitchers can ever start connecting on the same days (losing 2 days out of 3, 1-0 in 11 innings was pathetic! ), I just don't see anyone in the postseason they don't match up well against.

I blame the loss today on two things:  Leyland not recognizing in time that Porcello was gassed (this was woefully reminiscent of Sanchez's last outing: absolutely dominant for 6; melt down in the 7th); and Miggy not being superman every day - his DP in the first hurt, but his DP in the 4th (immediately prior to Prince's HR) was a killer: a solo shot that should have been a 2 or 3 run dinger.  (Apparently the Tigers have decided Miggy needs a stint in Toledo - they traded for a third baseman today! )

[Pat Coleman]

Fortunately, they are in a pathetic division!  I have little doubt they will clinch the Central by the middle of September.

That reads like something I should post on my bulletin board.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Fortunately, they are in a pathetic division!  I have little doubt they will clinch the Central by the middle of September.

That reads like something I should post on my bulletin board.

Yeah - but I don't think even that would help anymore!

The Twins used to scare me more than any other team in the division, but aside from Mauer and Morneau I just can't see what you've got to contend.  The Tribe is holding close (with Detroit going 1-5 on the road trip), but they'll fade.  Seems like five years in a row that it was time that the Royals young team was finally gonna contend - oops.  And the ChiSox - double-oops.

I just can't see Detroit winning fewer than 88 games (and hopefully a LOT closer to 100), and I just can't see anyone else in the Central winning 87 - the division is truly DOWN.

[sac]

A few days ago Miguel Cabrera was on pace to log over 500 total bases for the season.  The Major League record is 427 in Babe Ruth's incredible 1927 season..........in 151 games

Cabrera has never logged more than 377 in a single season, he is more likely to gravitate to normalcy than to keep up this torrid pace.  If he does repeat his hot run of late 2012 added to this spring he undoubtedly will log one of the best seasons in Tigers history and probably among the best in Major League history.  That said he's doing stuff that hasn't been done in Detroit since the 30's and 20's by guys like Gehringer and Cobb.


My two favorite stats that get flashed every game are his 8 consecutive months with 20 rbi's and his ridiculous +.500 BA with runners in scoring position.  The list of names who could do no better than the previous record of 6 months is pretty staggering.  The +.500 BA w/RISP speaks for itself.

And they still only have the 7th best record in the AL.   

55 games in last year they were 25-30, 6 games back of the White Sox.  10th 'best' in the AL.  They are exactly opposite of that at 30-25 this year.

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

[KnightSlappy]

A few days ago Miguel Cabrera was on pace to log over 500 total bases for the season.  The Major League record is 427 in Babe Ruth's incredible 1927 season..........in 151 games

Cabrera has never logged more than 377 in a single season, he is more likely to gravitate to normalcy than to keep up this torrid pace.  If he does repeat his hot run of late 2012 added to this spring he undoubtedly will log one of the best seasons in Tigers history and probably among the best in Major League history.  That said he's doing stuff that hasn't been done in Detroit since the 30's and 20's by guys like Gehringer and Cobb.


My two favorite stats that get flashed every game are his 8 consecutive months with 20 rbi's and his ridiculous +.500 BA with runners in scoring position.  The list of names who could do no better than the previous record of 6 months is pretty staggering.  The +.500 BA w/RISP speaks for itself.

And they still only have the 7th best record in the AL.   

Sure, but they have the best Pythagorean Record in the AL. Most runs scored and 4th fewest allowed per game. Cream will rise.

[calvin_grad]

A few days ago Miguel Cabrera was on pace to log over 500 total bases for the season.  The Major League record is 427 in Babe Ruth's incredible 1927 season..........in 151 games

Cabrera has never logged more than 377 in a single season, he is more likely to gravitate to normalcy than to keep up this torrid pace.  If he does repeat his hot run of late 2012 added to this spring he undoubtedly will log one of the best seasons in Tigers history and probably among the best in Major League history.  That said he's doing stuff that hasn't been done in Detroit since the 30's and 20's by guys like Gehringer and Cobb.


My two favorite stats that get flashed every game are his 8 consecutive months with 20 rbi's and his ridiculous +.500 BA with runners in scoring position.  The list of names who could do no better than the previous record of 6 months is pretty staggering.  The +.500 BA w/RISP speaks for itself.

And they still only have the 7th best record in the AL.   

Sure, but they have the best Pythagorean Record in the AL. Most runs scored and 4th fewest allowed per game. Cream will rise.

Something's rising....doesn't smell like cream.