Todd Jones is out as the closer for your Detroit Tigers.  Fernando Rodney is in.  Last week I had a post about just this situation.  Turns out I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.  I backed Jones, and didn’t even consider Rodney.  I was wrong.

A few weeks back, probably the ispiration for my afore mentioned post, I had a discussion with SODS senior photography editor TCox.  He said Jones sucks ( I guess he was right), and I said Jones usually got the job done, and in any case, who could possibly take over for him? (Mike in Waterford* says trade Sheffield for Papelbon!!) Either way, it’s a pretty sticky situation.  Roar of the Tigers has a similar opinion. 

What’s done is done.  Jones blew the first game in a critical series with the White Sox over the weekend (Joel Zumaya didn’t help matters either).  He has blown 3 of his last 7 save attempts and had a pretty brutal month of July overall, so I can’t argue against the move.  But I’m pretty sure fans who aren’t already soured on Rodney and his crooked hat (Are there any?) will do so quickly.  The same could happen, heaven forbid, to Mister Triple Digit Zoom-zoom Whoopee!!! Zumaya if he keeps up the way he is pitching.  That said, I’d bet that Jones is back in, at least in a closer-by-committee role, before the season is up.  Any takers?

*I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce Mike in Waterford.  He is not a real dude.  He is a vehicle which allows me to ridicule the clueless fans who call sports talk radio everyday.  Mike’s opinions include:  The Pistons could trade Rip Hamilton for Kobe Bryant, Chris Chelios is good, Kid Rock is a musical genius, Brandon Inge is better than Pudge Rodiguez, and the Lions should have stuck with Joey Harrington (In Mike’s defense, I supported Joey for way too long also).