I agree with you Brian. That’s a reasonable wish, and it makes sense. Mesa needs to pitch badly every time he comes in, or it won’t be obvious to those nitwits to just cut bait, as you say. You’re right on the money.

Gil Meche is going to eat the Tigers alive tomorrow, and Maroth is a very bad bet against the Royals offense. It’s going to be ugly, I’m guessing, and we’ll be in a huge hole to start the season.

If the Tigers have to lose one game all year, I’m glad it was that one. By the end of the game, I couldn’t feel my feet. It was absolutely freezing. The only plus was I didn’t have to freeze through a bottom of the ninth.

Mesa looked atrocious. I only think he threw about eight or nine. Every one was right down the middle of the plate. Not one foul ball, not one swing and a miss, I don’t think. He may have worked the count a bit on the first hitter, but the rest were first or second pitch swinging, and driving the ball hard. He looked like a high school pitcher out there.