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I yearn for the day next season when I will see the first lineup without Niko or W. Castro.

How about this lineup: Akil Baddoo LF/DH/CF Robbie Grossman RF/LF Jonathan Schoop 2B/1B Carlos Correa SS Miguel Cabrera DH/1B Jeimer Candelario 3B/1B/DH Spencer Torkelson 1B/DH/3B Eric Haase C/LF/DH Riley Greene CF/LF/RF Reserves: Derek Hill CF H. Castro PH/DH/2B Dustin Garneau C - until Jake Rogers returns some combination of the gristle left over from the mess of W Castro/Niko Goodrum/Vic Reyes/Isaac Parades/Zack Short

22 years ago I walked out of Tiger Stadium for the last time..... I love this photo of my friend and I as we're still season ticket holders today. He's 63 now, had some serious health issues, multiple heart attacks, got covid this year the same week he got vaccinated, etc. But we got to go to 4 games together once he got his energy level up. We joke that I'm older now than he was then. Seems like yesterday.

I turned because of Trump in 2016. I could not believe that clown was winning primaries. I thought the GOP voters lost their damn minds. They did. But now the scales have fallen from my eyes. To see slimebags like Cruz and Rubio bow down and kiss the ring made me puke. I will never vote republican again. So, in a way, I owe Trump a lot.

This was a cool topic in the old place. And I just happened to luck into a shot while camping near Hayes,Va this weekend

Comerica Park Detroit, MI Forecast RHP Matt Manning Vs LHP Dallas Keuchel

I was full on with term limits when they passed. I was wrong. It has been an unmitigated disaster in Michigan & I think would be even worse if ever adopted on a federal scale.

No to term limits. All that would get us a a revolving door of transactional business assholes looking to swoop in, make some quick bucks off taxpayers and lobbyists, and then steal away with Washington connections in hand for future graft opportunities. It's bad enough that our system allows too many of those people as it is. Cementing it in legislation would drive out the remaining people who are dedicated civil servants and turn it into a true swamp, 100%.

When I was a kid my dad worked at a printing place called Superior Color. It was right across the freeway from Tiger Stadium and the pedestrian bridge over the freeway let out right in front of his parking lot During weekday afternoon games on his lunch hour he'd drive up to Sterling Heights pick up my friends and I, bring us to his work, give us a $20 and we'd go to the games. Bleacher tickets were $3 and we had enough left over Once he had freebies (they printed programs and last-minute scorecards). The games would usually end just before he'd get out of work. If it ended early, we'd go back over there. He was a supervisor at that point, so he had an office that was soundproof, and he'd take us to the printing press area. Couldn't believe how loud it was in there. This was Superior Color. Can't believe the building still stands. Looks to be in good shape too. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3351173,-83.0710483,3a,75y,317.48h,89.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRWYdSKQnLgCiC57TIR_7VA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Tigers wore historic numbers to honor the greatest Tiger at each position I went to the last five games. The day before this, local boy Dave Borkowski pitched a gem (8 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 6K) and they pulled him in the 8th inning and I was so angry. Let the kid finish the game, his whole family is there, let him have the moment. C Brad Ausmus (#11 for Bill Freehan) 1B Tony Clark (#5 for Hank Greenberg) 2B Damian Easley (#2 Charlie Gehringer) SS Deivi Cruz (#3 for Alan Trammell) 3B Dean Palmer (#21 for George Kell) DH Robert Fick (#25 for Norm Cash) His own number, best Grand Slam I've ever seen in person RF Karim Garcia (#6 for Al Kaline) A crime that this guy got to wear that number CF Gabe Kapler (No Number for Ty Cobb) Is Kapler the last player to where no number? LF Luis Polonia (#23 for Kirk Gibson) I was in the first row, lower deck of LF, right over the scoreboard. Close up view as the all-time Tigers took their positions in the field. Fidrych was the first one out and of course he RAN to the mound, got down on a knee, started grooming the mound and pulled out a baggie. Willie Horton was about 15 feet in front of me, he was crying his eyes out. We (my friends and I) started taking bets on who would be the last out and I won.......I said Alan & Lou would come out together. I swear after all was done my friends and I lingered long enough to be the last ones to leave. We had an empty cup and we asked one of the on-field security guys to scoop some up and you can see the dirt from the field in that pouch with the ticket. It hangs on the wall right next to me. One of my most treasured possessions.

I agree with that. “They make fun of us for being dumb. They make fun of our teeth. Yet they don’t say shit when they are stuck in a ditch and we pull over and use our truck to pull their suburu out”.

Sir this is a Wendys

Hope so! I’ll be there Friday and Saturday!

The memories.............

This absolutely has been a successful season.

Come on, Boys.....................Walk this one off...............

Right Field Overhang. CF upper deck bleachers. Dank, narrow concourses with no view of the field, bullpens on the field, no ferris wheels or kids rides, I loved every inch of that place.

Yes. This is 2004, and we have the Manager in place to make next year more like 2006 than 2005. Considering how far below average our payroll currently is, there should be more than enough $$ available next year to get the 4 types of guys that everybody has been talking about: SS, SP, RP, and another power hitter (nearly any position would work). The FA options are generally in their 30s, so I hope they can keep the terms down to 2 or 3 years at most, unless of course they land one of the plus FA youngsters like Correa. Add to it the probability that at least 1 of the youngsters (Manning, Tork, Greene) can likely contribute something positive (say 1 to 2 WAR) next year, and I see no reason why this team shouldnt shoot for 85-90 wins with an average-ish payroll.

I'm not strictly against term limits per se, but the ones we have in MI are so short they are counterproductive. I think something more like 12 yrs would force sufficient roll-over without creating the incompetence churn we have in the lower chamber now.

Here's hoping there are enough yous to sink that whole fascist cabal in 2022 and 2024. 🥂

At the time Tiger Stadium closed, I was working as an employee of the company who held the contrat to run the Tigers website. I have two fond memories from the final game at Tiger Stadium, which I got to spend in the press box: The reaction of the folks in the press box when Robert Fick drilled his HR... Typically the working press showed no favoritism during a game and cheering was frowned upon. That all changed when Fick hit that homer as everyone seemed to burst out and cheer. I don't think anyone cared at that moment! The final game also brought out some celebrities, the most exciting to me was Tom Wopat. Yes, Luke Duke from the Dukes of Hazzard... I grew up watching that show in the late 70's early 80's, so sad to say that was a pretty cool moment for me. Too bad Daisy wasn't with him...

No doubt. This season has far exceeded not only my expectations, but my best reasonable hopes. But now the pressure is on. They can't autopilot this shit anymore and hope for draft picks. It's time to make moves to contend, and I mean starting next year.

Excellent JB! I have a whole catalog of fungi shots from a couple of trips to Isle Royale. The joke for me being that the SO is a mycologist.

I am so proud of this shot I have to add it here again:

If they don't, so what. The fact that its been a possibility this late into the season is a success.

nice! that reminds me a lot of a picture I took in Hede, Sweden, about 10 years ago.

thanks?

good news for the lions: bears offensive line looks god awful. bad news for the lions: bears defensive line looks real good.

Yeah, you're gone pal.

Thanks a million. I was pretty confused, especially considering I hadn't been on MTS in a few months!

I go all the way back to 1968, so I am old too.

Welcome Archie. The more old guys the better.

That's not really true. Several posters here are conservatives or moderates who abandoned the Republican Party because it has turned into a joke. This forum is more anti-Trump than liberal.

Since the media coverage was brought up in this thread...

I've long thought the cleverest name for him is Agent Orange.

That’s my impression as well. Probably just doing his due diligence and all that should be done with a #1 draft pick.

You probably hate puppies and ice cream too.