I don't think Verlander has the edge in the Cy Young at all. If anyone has the edge, it's Weaver, but it's close between the two of them. I think I remember reading somewhere that the last pitcher to pitch to a sub-2 ERA was Pedro Martinez, who also won the Cy Young that year. Unless Weaver's ERA gets above 2 or Verlander lowers his under 2, I think Weaver has it locked up.
Bengals, I don't think you played much baseball in your life? This happens all the time. Even at a high school level, you couldn't do something like that without your next player getting plunked. If Avila was hit in the head, or hit at all, all blame should be put on Guillen. A pitcher should ALWAYS(coming from a pitchers standpoint) stand up for his team, or himself, since he's really the only one who can assert the authority. A guy gets hit from his team, the first pitch of the next inning is at the guy. A player hits a homerun and does his little stunt, next guys getting thrown at. I completely understand and would back Weaver on his actions. Guillen was acting in a very Bush League way after his homerun, and Alex Avila almost had to pay for it. That's why as a hitter you don't do something like that. Have you ever seen Rookie Of The Year, when Bennie(a 13 year old) plays for the Cubs? He dances off first base, calls the pitcher names, and then his teammate gets plunked. Your actions can result in a teammates injury/pain/etc.
No, I understand it all, is what you seem to be missing is Weaver STARTED it and it just went from there. I know how it works, no need to explain it. Guys that have nothing to do with it usually end up paying the price for it. Avila should've charged the mound and beat the big baby. Like I said a hundred different times now, Weaver started it and the Tigers/Guillen finished it. Time to move on, it's over, it's done with, I'm done talking about it. Things happen, it's part of baseball, this doesn't just happen to the Tigers like everyone is making it seem.
Miguel? He wasn't apart of that. Started with Magglio's home run, that's what started it, Weaver didn't like what Magglio did, even though Magglio always does what he did so it wasn't no surprise or something he's never done before. Anybody that actually knows what happened or watched the game would know how it started and that was with Magglio, for something petty that he didn't mean no harm by.
Gotta love it
Ricky was a beast tonight.