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I made a t-shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/66896323-tiger-chaos

But this year Tigers proved Sparky’s old adage - you don’t really know the measure of a team until after the first one hundred and forty games of the season.

Did I miss anything ???

Hi… < shuffles feet, stares at the ground, then lifts up his head and looks at other people in the room then resumes his soliloquy> my name is Bert and I’m a Tigers fan and I have invested vastly more of my psychological and emotional well being in this team than I should… And it’s been going on for years…

I get it about sparky. But I can’t look past the reverence his former players had for him. Tram and Gibby especially. Travis Fryman named his son George in his honor. That has to mean something doesn’t it?

Before we write this series off…if Skubal pitches well and we get a few runs for him on Monday, the Tigers can take the home field advantage.

If the vote in 1776's state is with him writing in Liz: Trump 14,357,129 Harris 13,926,234 It would have been this if he voted for Harris: Trump 14,357,129 Harris 13,926,235 It would have been this if he voted for Trump: Trump 14,357,130 Harris 13,926,236 The first and third totals are not the same. Therefore a write-in is not a vote for Trump. I'm tried of the left gaslighting on that.

So Olson has settled down nicely after a rough start. That's a nice development.

I mean…. Come on. Cleveland is a good team. They want to win too. It’s not always about what our guys did wrong.

I want them to win of course, but I am happy to finally see them on the post-season stage. They have already accomplished more than I expected this year and there should be many good years to come. I couldn't fully engage in the Houston games due to work, so I'm staying with this one.

I’d still rather watch this than any kollege konkussionball game, frankly.

only 5 runs. 'tis but a flesh wound.

They weren't going to sweep their way to the WS, and we get Skubal on Monday. Get the split and bring it home to Detroit.

Also no offense but with the Tigers 2 hrs away from playing in the LDS for the first time in 10 years its kinda a weird time to start a hypothetical trade thread. lol

Enjoy the game lads, I am driving 7.5 hours tomorrow to visit my mother in law who is 93 in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Maybe I will get the game on Sirius radio, don't know yet.

I'm one of those guys who admit in the beginning of a AA meeting they have a problem. Mine is, I haven't watched a Tiger baseball game in probably 5 years. I found this place three boards ago because of Tiger baseball. I even met some people from here (now all gone). So I was a fan. I was lost in, I think it was around 2013, when they lost to the Sox. The famous Prince Fielder 3rd base blunder. I can still see it. Then within a few days or a week, Jim Leyland retired. He was my guy. He has a field named after him at the high school in Perrysburg, Ohio, about an hour away from me. After all that, I was devastated. I never recovered and lost interest. Then... About 2 weeks ago, I was having a cold one at the local dive bar and they had the Tiger game on. The guy who owns the place starts talking about what they need to do to make the playoffs. WHAT? I remember looking at the standings on my birthday - August 8. They were what, 10 games out? So at this point I had to go do some research and see what is going on. What I find is one of the greatest stories in a long time. If my research is correct, they trade 3 people at the deadline, including their second best pitcher, then go 32-12, or something like that, and here we are. WHAT? That doesn't happen. I can't watch games, but once they got to play Houston I could, so I did. Couple of nail biters those were...Pitch a stud game 1, come back with pitch by committee the next day, anything to create chaos. This is nuts. I remember back three boards ago the Jim Leyland type guys arguing with the number (saber) guys about how to play baseball. These guys don't play it either way. Maybe. This team breaks every rule in the book no matter what side of that argument you are on (2 on, 2 out, 3 and 0 and you give a guy a hit sign). While they are using probabilities, they are also creating chaos. This is a new book. What they have done since mid-August is off the charts incredible, and even more so in the way they have done it. IMO, this is one of the greatest sports stories since the USA hockey team won the 1980 Olympics. I have no regrets for missing what I did, and I'm even happier for the loyal fans who stuck with them through all the tough years. I remember 68 and 84. But another one in the books would be fine. Bucket list thing. Speaking of which; Skubal gets two starts against Cleveland, including game 1, period, end of story.

Phil Gardner

Dropped off my absentee ballot in the mailbox this morning. All the political ads will stop now right?

On the contrary, the more they win, the more bandwagon fans we will get coming to the site.

Ah, we weren't going to sweep this series anyway. New day Monday. Ace on the mound No worries

Well, that sucked. Get 'em Monday, right?

If you are going to give up a bunch of runs, might as well do it when you are being shut out.

I only saw part of the show once, and thought it made him look like a (select censored word here). Then again, I was already prejudiced against him.

All they know is that he portrayed a great businessman on a (fake) reality show. They thought he was a real gazillionaire

Games not over just start chipping away.

The dramatic come from behind victory will be all the sweeter when it happens.

We have 8 innings to score 6 runs. Possible.

These guys are really swinging the bats with authority like there’s no tentativeness about this at all.

and now Olson's hurt?

So much for the theory that the layoff may hurt the Guardians hitters timing.

Is there any rain in the forecast!?!

Get that pitch count up!

I say this as a huge dog lover. I'm sick of Herbstreit's dog.

"When are you ever going to need to wear this 'Beat Detroit' shirt again!?1?"- Wife during the annual closet cleaninng

Overconfident much? What a jerk!

Mind blown but true. Halfway between Market-Garden and now is slightly more accurate. because I'm always studying up for my WWII final exam that I hope to take when i am 100 years old. I don't know what the word inenarrable means.

They never had enough pitching. They were lucky that Petry and Wilcox each had their career year at the same time. When the best a wannabe championship org can do to shore up their pitching is Walt Terrell, you have an org which really isn't serious either within their farm system or on the market.

Think Detroit Tigers World Series in 2006 and 2012. That’s all you need to know.

Sparky was a great clubhouse guy and he was fine managing his offense, but I didn't think he never had a good sense for pitchers. After Roger Craig left he never made up that loss.

When I was a kid mowing yards, I saved enough money to buy Baseball Digest each month. I followed him from when he played, then a manager at Lakeland, and beyond. He coached many of the 84 guys. Then Mayo (not sure) left and Sparky got the job. I thought it should be Jim. I was not at all happy. Then years later he goes back there. They get good, my family were huge Tiger fans (required), we were having a ball. Than that debacle. I was so bummed. I want to watch is HOF speech but I can't. I would ball like a baby.

I got catfished. just call me manti te'o

I think that even if the Tigers' run continues deeper into this post-season, Harris is smart enough to realize this is currently an 80-85 win roster and he has to sit down with Ilitch in November to figure out achievable work to do in order to make it an 85-90 win roster by Opening Day 2025.

Covid exposed Libertarianism to me in a big way. My regret kicked in when Johnson came out in favor of antivaxism. I voted for Weld in the 2020 primary.

Hey Beaver, I can’t get over it, but I’m still basking in the afterglow of both the Orioles and the Astros being eliminated. And to think that only a few days ago you were perturbed by the possibilities and challenges these two teams presented. You acted like they were really an obstacle! And you made a big deal about it. Ha! <snicker>

Maybe the Guardians' bats will be a bit off for Game 1 anyways. Won't have played a meaningful game in 2 weeks, since clinching the division on September 21. Or any game at all in the 5 days before Saturday.

All we gotta do to win this series is pitch around Jose Ramirez

Hee-hee

an excellent question, but the real inquiry is who is the 13th best prospect we will pick at #5.