Pressure. Everyone has felt it. Whether it has been in school, sports, or just at home, everyone at some point has felt that they were under pressure. Maybe no one knows this more right know than Jose Valverde. In the last three days, Valverde has blown two games for the Detroit Tigers (and Miguel Cabrera). The Tigers made it into the playoffs, and because of Valverde, are thankful to still be there. In the 4th game of the first round of playoffs, the Tigers were three outs from advancing to the next round. Insert Jose Valverde. Valverde somehow how gave up three runs in the ninth inning while only getting one man out, losing the game, and blowing a save. Last night, he came into the ninth inning of game 1 of the Tigers' playoff series against the New York Yankees with a 4-0 lead, which doesn't even qualify as a save opportunity. He walks the first batter. After getting the first out of the inning, Ichiro Suzuki, not known for his power, hits a two-run home-run to make the score 4-2. Then, Valverde gets the second out. It looks like the Tigers are going to win after Valverde gets the first two strikes against Mark Texeira. He can't get the final strike, and walks Texeira. The next batter is Raul Ibanez. As many Tigers fans watched and worried, Valverde gave up another two-run home-run, now making the score a 4-4 tie. Valverde then got replaced. The picture in the right is a picture of him exiting Yankee Stadium. In the end, the Tigers somehow won the game, but all is not good in the world of Jose Valverde.
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David
10/14/2012 09:06:07 am
Oh Ned when will you learn, most of us don't understand baseball. Unless you do know that and are taking advantage, I am watching you.
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NIck
10/15/2012 06:52:37 am
I find baseball an VERY boring sport to watch, because it moves so slowly. I know you will disagree with me Ned but...
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DLP
10/17/2012 11:35:24 pm
I am learning quite a bit about these sports Ned writes about!
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Conor
10/17/2012 11:37:09 pm
When me and Franko are billionaires we'll buy you a baseball team
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