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It's very telling how you always comment on this cherry picked nonsense and completely avoid talking about the blatant corruption going on with Trump and his kids. For as much as you cared about Hunter Biden being on the board of an oil company, you sure don't seem to care about Trump's kids making hundreds of millions of dollars with shady deals. Why is that?

Tork might be batting .180 and can't field, but he's clutch. That's something you can't teach.

I have a 30 year hatred of Cleveland fans. Goes back to when they flooded Tiger stadium. No other city fan base makes me angry. I can’t explain it. But F them.

That game was the Junior Valentine show that nobody asked for.

By May 15, 1976 I was a pretty passive baseball fan. I was 11 years old I went to a few games with my dad. I collected baseball cards, but I really wasn't that into it. On that cloudy, cool Saturday my dad took me to a hardware store. Not a chain store, a really small and crowded store on Van Dyke south of 14 Mile Road. My dad was one of those guys that would want to talk shop with the hardware guy. Pretty boring for me. But while he was doing that, I stayed at the front of the store, where they had a little black and white TV. The Tiger game was on. There was this kid I'd never heard of pitching. Skinny and tall. All arms and legs and he was just kind of goofy-looking. Circling the mound after every out, getting down on his knee to pat down the mound. The catcher would throw the ball back to him and the next pitch would come right back. No pitch clock needed with this kid. One little, Two little, Nine little Indians made one out after another. I think my dad finally got done with the hardware guy and we left in the 5th inning. We lived 3 miles away. He made one quick stop at the store. I got home and turned on the TV and there was only two outs to go. The game was already over and that goofy kid was still pitching. Six weeks later the rest of the country was introduced to Mark Fidrych on Monday Night Baseball. In just six weeks the Tigers were selling out games he started and after that Monday night game - FIdrych was selling out road games too. He didn't even really know who Babe Ruth was. He was an instant Superstar, but he was genuine. It was innocence. It was real. He is the reason I fell in love with baseball. That Summer was wild. We had 3 All Stars (Fidrych, ,Ron LeFlore, Rusty Staub). The Bird started the game in Philly. I'll never forget the stats 19-9, 2.34. We thought it would last forever but it was over in less than 4 years. But I will never forget that Saturday - 50 years ago today - that changed my life. I'll never get tired of watching this clip. Here's the box score from that game. Wow 50 years man. Where the hell did it go? https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197605150.shtml

Cleveland sports writers think ausar should have been thrown out of the game for having the temerity to run through a moving pick. go read it and laugh.

In an ideal world the interviewer would say “ if that is all you got, it was a waste of time and money and you are an idiot”. But this is Fox, so…

The karma play

the key play in the game was wade slipping on the same spot where harden flopped a minute before. KARMA!!!!!! the basketball gods have finally had enough.

Thompson and Reed were huge tonight. Jenkins hit some big shots in the 4th. Sasser gave them nice minutes. Duren had a solid game as well.

Watching Cade get mugged by Struss after that weak ass call on Ausar is infuriating.

The last two Thompson fouls were a joke

Remember. Get behind Mitchell, wrap your arms around him, make a fist, put it just above his belly button, your other have over it and pull inward.

Wow. No call on that Cade drive and harden gets the call on the other end.

SlickNickShady?

That pedestrian bridge over 75 - there was a building on the other side of it. It was called Superior Color - a printing company and my dad worked there. During Summer Vacation from school, when the Tigers had a day game, he'd come home for lunch, pick up me and my friends and go back to his job and give us a $20 and we'd go to the game. The game would usually let out about the time he was done with his work day and he'd be waiting for us to drive us home. His company printed the gameday programs and would just drop them off. The ushers at that gate knew my dad, so if one of them recognized me, he'd just let me and my friends in the game for free. Even when we did buy the bleacher tickets - with the tickets, the hot dogs, peanuts and soda - for 3 of us - we'd have change for my dad. They also used to print some of the yearbooks. During the winter, when I was sick with pneumonia and missing 2 weeks of school, he came home with the 1977 year book (before it was published) and he hands me the yearbook with a roll of postage stamps and a stack of envelopes and he told me the addresses for every team are in the back of the yearbook and I should write a letter to each team asking for a pocket schedule. He knew I needed something to do while I was sick. Most of the teams sent stuff back. I would say all but 3 or 4 teams. The Mets sent a huge enevelope stuffed with schedules, stickers, special baseball cards, refridgerator magnets - so I really liked the Mets after that. (Plus I liked the orange and blue uniforms).

I think uniforms are the least of our concerns this season.

Wait until you get into your 60s!

Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI Watch: Prime

Letting Torkelson field pop ups sounds like a bad idea though

i also really hate cleveland fans. i remember them from the 90s too. They were very annoying AND cocky. like "were not from detroit" as if cleveland was a much better city. the indians hadnt won anything in forever (and still havent), and they came in and acted like they were superior to the tigers historically. i ran into cleveland fans in napa of all places and they were talking a lot of smack. not like in a funny way, but in a serious "**** detroit, you suck" way. so cleveland can go **** itself.

He used to pound the strike zone too—now his control isn’t there

Wow what a grab!

I think Beltre was more defensive about the head touch than the cup check.

Beltre was everything right about baseball. Having fun while playing. Remember Miggy rubbing his head and watching Beltre getting all upset with him. Apparently, Miggy knew he didn't like his head rubbed....lmao

It was actually a reference to the past series at the Mets. But I had forgotten about this one.

By “be normal” he means “don’t nominate a girl, especially a back girl”.

I saw "Fluharty 5.40 ERA" and though "****, didn't he just pitch?"

94 points. We held a team that was 6-0 in the playoffs at home to 94 points. Remarkable.

He had to swing just out of the zone to get that. The other night he took strike three in almost the same place with the game on the line. And he went to RF.

Listening to Wade is terrible no matter what. He’s so bad. Not Webber bad, but still. Bad.

walk and a hit - Torkelson has to get back to that being his normal night and maybe he'll be OK.

but not that time.

Where’s my three runs? In Torkelson‘s back ****ing pocket, pal!

the most surprising thing about wade slipping at half court is that they didnt find a way to call a foul on detroit.

Forget about Detroit playing against the refs. They are playing against JBs dumb rotations more often than not.

Tobias with an epic falloff. 0 pts in 16 minutes and a team low -9. He’s getting targeted over and over. I don’t want to see another 16 minutes from him in the second half. This coach needs to adapt to what’s happening. He just doesn’t have it tonight. Go elsewhere.

casual cade makes an appearance.

Exactly. That’s a foul on Merrill and a tech on Ausar.

Detroit is coming into next season looking to prove something too. they came into last season with an entitlement mentality. They were coasting on their reputation and came into week one and got embarrassed. Dan Campbell remembers that. Penei Sewell remembers that. Gibbs and Goff and ASB remember that. They are going to come out in week one this year and try to establish their identity as bullies in the run game and precise in the passing game. They want to announce to the league that they are back.

I'd be more embarassed by only clearing the mat by a foot vs a stiff swing. 😉

I just watched that clip and I my allergies started acting up in my eyes. Stupid Allergies.

Saw your picture in the paper today and I couldn't believe my eyes Dead before your time, but so long beyond your prime Looking nothing like the memory from when I was a kid Golden hair flowing down, on your knees grooming the pitcher's mound And it's always 1976 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks So many things that the years won't fix Always 1976 Always 1976 Set against a fading Motor City and Richard Nixon's shame A rock star had arrived, Fidrych comes alive! And I know that it's hardly fair to say you won't grow old But forgive me if I try to keep that faded image in my eyes And it's always 1976 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks So many things that the years won't fix Always 1976 Always 1976 What does it say for the rest of us When our heroes die and leave us alone? What does it say for the rest of us When we wake up and find this bird has flown? And it's always 1976 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks So many things that the years won't fix It's always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976