PLAYERS:
Tim Couch,
Justin Verlander,
Ubaldo Jimenez,
Derek Lowe,
Jeanmar Gomez,
Josh Tomlin,
Justin Masterson
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians
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Good read on Tim Couch- “When you’re in it, you think completely different,” Couch said. “But when you get removed from it you realize. That was almost an impossible situation to be successful in. It really was. We just didn’t have a lot of talent. Every week was a struggle. Then I had my problems. I kept getting hurt. It was one thing after another.” [McManamon/FSO]
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The team the Indians are playing this week? They tend to cause headaches as well- “It’s not the losing streak that makes me want to snap. It’s that the Royals apparently have learned nothing from an entire generation of losing. For 25 years, the Royals have been the most anti-sabermetric team in all of baseball – while the Godfather of saberm
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