Pav4Hart
Lost in the shuffle of the monumental collapse of MSU and the gut-punch losses of the Tigers (more on that later) is the brief resurgence of the Wings. After losing three straight, the Wings have won two in a row in impressive fashion. Both games were against mid-level teams fighting for a playoff spot. The Wings, with nothing to play for but pride, limited Minnesota and Buffalo to 2 and 1 goals, respectively. Against Buffalo, Osgood had a 97% save percentage. He should cut out that news clipping.
Hossa notched his 40th goal to cap an absolutely stellar season, and Pavel Datsyuk is a mere 3pts from becoming the first Red Wing since Fedorov to garner 100pts. While he's hardly on the radar, Datsyuk should be in consideration for the Hart trophy (MVP). He's 4th in the league in scoring and is the reigning best defensive forward. Despite the team giving up a ton of goals, Datsyuk is a +38. Alex Ovechkin may be the best scorer in the league, but Pav may be the best overall player.
Los Tigres
More of the same from our beloved Tigers last night. Since the past few posts have been stat-heavy, I'll continue the trend.
2009 Tigers
Blown Save Percentage = 100
Bullpen ERA = 11.1
Best posting of the year so far. Love those stats!
ReplyDeleteHow do these things get put on youtube so fast? The game was just on yesterday, they might have won...maybe. The saddest thing was the look on Jackson's face when his win was blown.
ReplyDeleteSomehow the kids just get the video up there asap. In fact, I was surprised I only had one video clip to choose from. I figured there'd be a handful, including a video clip pulled from the FSD telecast. Would've been sweet having Rod & Mario's call.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the live POV is unique too. I really dig seeing all 3 baserunners trotting from station to station. That's a sight only a Tiger's fan can appreciate. Doesn't matter if it's Rodney, Zumaya, Jones, Rincon, or Lyon. The result is the same. Are the Tigers relievers Lionized?