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So this setup is similar to ALDS against the Yankees in 2006 - Tigers up 2 games to 1 with a chance to end the series with a Game 4 win. We remember how great that turned out. Everyone remembers for the Kenny Rogers et al. post-game celebrations with the fans, as do I, but I also remember it as the last game I ever attended with my dad. And I think it was his final time at a Tigers game, ever, even though he lived another 6 years.

That’s what it is all about ain’t it? I talked my Dad into driving up the three hours to Detroit on a random week night to see our favorite players son Prince Fielder play the Tigers. Just so happened to be JV’s first no hitter. This year he is in the last stages of hospice care and bed ridden. He still has the flicker of light when we talk about the Tigers.

I had fears about tonight until I heard how badly that the city was dissed at the Detroit Economic Club. No way this can be allowed to not be a clinch night after that.

I'm doing my part by still wearing the same clothes I've had on since August 11th, it seems to be helping the Tigers.... can't say the same for my personal life though.

I remember spending time at scenic Wallowa Lake in Oregon with the family just short of 20 years ago, back when I wore a Tigers cap all the time, and someone from the Tri-Cities WA area noticed that and they almost hugged me telling me how much they loved their hometown boy Jeremy Bonderman. They were ecstatic. They couldn’t stop talking about him because apparently a lot of people knew him and he was the only celebrity they knew. It was a real Kumbaya “We are the World” moment. Possessing a halfway decent filter about these things I never asked them “What do you think about his first innings?“ Although I wanted to, but I wanted to engage in the lovefest more.

🎵 anything you can do we can do better, we can do anything better than you 🎵

ok, he got out of it. that's probably enough Reese for one day.

yep

This is pretty entertaining...

Speaking of 2016, 538 had Clinton at 48.5, Trump at 44.9, and Johnson at 5. Clinton finished at 48.2 but Trump at 46.1 and Johnson at 3.2. Trump got enough of that Johnson vote combined with a small move to Stein that gave him a slim win in three states. This year there isn’t a 3rd party polling at 5%. That’s why the margins are slimmer.

Doing all I can. I'm wearing the same clothes, and will get the same food and beer. It's really all up to my dad though, and whether he is sitting in the correct position or not...

I look forward to attending my second straight clincher.

Might as well close this series out.

I don't care who we beat. Just win, Baby.

I can see pitching chaos becoming a bigger thing in future post-seasons, as the days off between each game is what makes it a really viable strategy for more teams.

I'm of the opinion they would all run through a wall to win. That's how ubercompetitors are wired, and you don't get to the majors unless you're an ubercompetitor.

I don't think pitching chaos will become that big of a thing. There are too many things that can go wrong when you are depending on bullpen games day after day - injuries, pitchers getting tired, etc. I doubt the Tigers or anyone else will try this for a full season next year. What I could see is teams going with 3 or 4 regular starters followed by a bullpen game or two. I don't think we will see what the Tigers did this year repeated again, but that's what makes it so special.

That's 35-14. It's not 35-5, but damn it, I'll take it.

Vierling has made his mark in Detroit for sure. If I had to choose a favorite Tiger player this season he’d be the guy. He’s the same player every day. Leads by example and does whatever is asked of him.

Hey, the Athletic

I did not have McStinky HR on tonight's bingo card!

That sucked. Need to get Riley going.

Tigers didnt make the playoffs when Trump was president, empirical fact Vote accordingly

6 pitch limit like Montero last night?

but of course this is a double edged sword since adjustments can only be validated after the result. People have to understand that statistical methods can only read a signal that is really there and they can never capture change in a moving population until after the fact. Both US politics and communication system are in the midst of deep change and which models, if any, from the past will be most accurate going forward is the $64 question.

Unlike the Tigers, jokes can't all be winners.

Oakland rAys?

Time to send in ballots 2-8 now!

COLA is based on the CPI-W. Of course we all know the CPI is one of the main economic indicators, and does move the market. Social Security sets its 2025 COLA increase at 2.5%. Here's how it will change your benefits. FTA: Thanks pricks. The COLA is based on a metric that many (other than media propagandists and idiot politicians) people don't think is an accurate measure of inflation/costs. They would also be correct. I'm sure this will be another case of that. At the same time, you are going to get hosed anyway. Since I've been on SS, the COLA goes up, but so does the cost of supplemental insurance. Which of course eats up all the COLA raise and then some. **** you all very much.

I'll take anything I can get. The good news for us this past year is whatever change there was on Medicare drug prices helped quite a bit. From paying nearly $700 a month for Ofev after copay to nothing the last several months. Now just hoping the price of TP drops

What’s wrong with you people? You all want to beat “The Best?” This is America for God’s sake: the land of mere appearances, where attitude and confidence reign supreme and where no greater substance nestling beneath is required. Of course I’m joking, and it would be more emotionally satisfying to finish beating Cleveland, and then beat the Yankees, then the Dodgers. But great wars are often won for prosaic reasons other than great strategy or superior combat skills. Sometimes an army wins simply because they had more access to food or fuel, so it ends up being kind of lame. if we beat Cleveland and then the Royals and then the Padres people are only going to remember “World Series 2024” and how the Tigers outfought every team while lacking most of the resources that other teams have and that will be considered an astonishing outcome.

Plus we beat them in the playoffs.

Hey, by the way, how's Dtrain72 doing these days? Haven't seen him round here since, what, mid-August?

I voted for you

I had to work really late today, but was able to listen on my phone. Not gonna lie, I second-guessed pulling Montero after such an easy 1-2-3 first inning, but that's why Hinch is the manager and I'm not. Among a thousand other reasons, lol.

Sean Casey saluting Tigers fans.

Moneyball? They are going to have a trilogy about us.

I don't think the bullpen strategy is sustainable for an entire season. To start, the rotation was Skubal, Flaherty, Maeda, Olson, Mize with Manning in the wings. Next season, I believe the Tigers are bringing in starters, hopefully to go 5 or 6 innings per game.

I am going to see the French electronic duo Air tomorrow at The Fox Theater. Hopefully we get a cell signal inside the building, but I am expecting that when that show lets out I am going to walk out to see a Detroit I've never seen, full of people having a great time - just buzzing. My whole life I saw other cities with people walking around and taking part in all kinds of things and I would dream about how cool it would be to see Detroit like this. This is different than the NFL Draft or Super Bowl or Final Four, those are great, but full of out-of-towners. But this is for US. Even if the Tigers don't win tomorrow there is going to be electricity in the air. One of my co-workers pointed me towards a parking app and I already reserved a space for tomorrow for $10. Will have to take the Q-Line to get to the heart of things, but I really didn't want to pay $50 for parking. Taking a rare day off work tomorrow so I wouldn't have to rush (I leave work in Ann Arbor at 6:15). It's gonna feel like a REAL city finally. Oh, and **** The Athletic.

Baseball has never been ad-free. 100 years ago cigarette companies and others had big ads on outfield walls. Radio broadcasts from the 1930s available on YouTube have the play by plays plugging multiple products per at-bat. Only ads that really annoy me are logos embedded into the pitcher’s mound (like Corona during Mets-Phillies right now) and the Nike swoosh because it disrupts the front of the jersey I’m fine with side patches and helmet ads I’d pay money to have the option to turn off all graphics when I don’t need them. The strike zone box, the score box, the network’s logo. Would like a clean view of the field.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Will Vest.

Cleveland fans agree. their whole gameday thread is like a bunch of Dtrain72s.

I love Jake Rogers

I know it sucks for people who have to be at work and that the shadows will play havoc with the hitters, but *damn* does Comerica look good on an October afternoon.

I'm not sure the thing I'm asking for is ever coming. I'm not sure it's in Baseball's interest to dissociate advertising and marketing from the game experience. I can tell you from firsthand experience that clients are super stoked to be associated with sports and teams and games, and for far more than just the eyeballs it generates. So the idea that Baseball would charge a few dollars in exchange for an ad-free experience, for which a very high percentage of fans would opt in to, might end up not being anywhere near worth the money for Baseball to offer it.