I witnessed the best at bat I've seen from a Tiger player in recent memory during today's thrilling win against the A's. Brandon Inge's 15 pitch at bat, resulting in a walk to keep a come from behind rally alive was a thing of beauty. Even more impressive was that Inge was behind 0-2 in the count, then battled for 7 minutes, fouling off 9 pitches. Not nearly as dramatic as Dave Bergman's legendary nationally televised 19 pitch at bat against Toronto in 1984, as that ended with Bergman hitting a 3 run home run, but it had it's similarities.It was so good, that Jim Leyland had something to say about the length of Inge's plate appearance...
Tigers skipper Jim Leyland joked that Inge stood in there so long he had enough time to smoke more than one cigarette.“One-and-a-half Marlboros,” Leyland said. “That was a tremendous at-bat. He showed great discipline up there. When people see that, they see the way it can be done.”
A one-and-a-half-marlboro at bat. I don't think Leyland could have given Inge any higher praise that that...
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