MotownWebGuy

Someone also mention a college ad also causing issues? Ideally you'd think I could go into Google AdSense and see all the ads that are running and pick and choose which ones I want to run or not but if that option exists, I don't know where to find it. I've learned in my years working with Google products for my personal and professional endeavors, they make nothing easy to find and/or understand. When I looked into these issues on Monday with my iPhone, I experienced the same problems. Landscape did seem to help me, but I also wasn't able to figure out where to click the ads off. So that's why I turned it off and will look into it more when I return from vacation next week. Sorry for the issues, it's never my intention to make the site difficult to navigate.

I turned off Vignette ads on Monday because Google does not make it easy (if you can at all) to identify specific ads that are causing issues and eliminate them, so I stopped them all. This issue should have been resolved then... If you are still getting them, then it's Google screwing us. There has been a drop in revenue in the past two days which reflects the changes I've made. I'm currently on vacation and don't have a lot of time to deal with this issue, but I'll check again and see if there is any additional changes I can make. Hopefully this resides soon... Maybe a cache refresh is need on users end?

I had few run-ins with Mickey Lolich over the years... I grew up in the Rochester/Lake Orion area, so I remember his donut shops in both downtown Rochester and later in Lake Orion, which was right by my childhood church. One time when I was little, I was having dinner with my parents in Lake Orion at a restaurant called The Orion House and Mickey was there with his family. He got up and left his table, so my younger self followed after him hoping for an autograph. Not knowing any better, I followed him into the bathroom but quickly retreated back to my table once I realized what I had done. Mickey on his way back to his table, stopped by and signed an autograph for me (I still have it), and thanked me for allowing him some privacy. I was young, but still felt embarrassed... My parents still razz me about that to this day. When my older sister was in High School, she did a project for school about Mickey and was able to interview him at his donut shop. He didn't have to do that, but was happy to help her out. I remember listening to the tape she had with his interview over and over. Most recently, Mickey shared a common wall with my mother-in-law at an assisted living facility... My MIL moved from there in early 2025 and passed away a few months later at another facilty, but for about a year (2024) she lived just on the other side of the wall from someone she cheered on during the 68 World Series and for years after. Unfortunately for her (and probably fortunate for him 🙂), she wasn't with it enough to probably realize he was there. My wife ran into him on an occasion or two, and often saw his wife there visiting him. Lots of fun memories of him. I wish his family well in these times...

There were issues with this when we first migrated over to the new server a few weeks back, but these have been resolved to my knowledge. I have not seen an issue with security certificates (security) since a day or two after the migration. Are you still experiencing this issue (or anyone else for that matter)? If so, can you try clearing you cache and see if that resolves anything on your end?

Welcome back! Tapatalk hasn't been a working option for years... The current forum software is mobile friendly, so there isn't a need for Tapatalk anymore.

I gotcha. All fixed.

And a new server will be operational soon (this week?) with additional memory, so hopefully the quirks in the past two months will be a thing of the past. Hope the Tigers stick around long enough to see some benefit!

Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit Game Time Forecast: 79 Sunny LHP Tarik Skubal RHP Gavin Williams

We've been having server issues since July, so the message you saw on your iPad has been common for several weeks now. It also happens on other devices... Trying to work out the issues with my hosting company, but it has been a SLOW process.

When you say you get popups, is what you are seeing something like this: Vignette ads - Full screen ads that appear between page loads If so, there should always be the option to close those out either with an "X" in the upper corner or some other wording under the ad I believe. You should never have to continue or click to enable. Of course if you are seeing something else, let me know. A screenshot (if you are able to capture it) would help me figure out if it is something different. Vignette ads should not be appearing more than one per hour, according to my current settings with Google.

Thanks for your support of this free website.

Sometimes Google likes to make some changes on their own, which changes the level and frequency of the ads shown. I'm happy to make adjustments when this happens, so just let me know when you start to see more than the normal amount. This was not done intentionally.

See ya Giants.

Yes Oblong is correct... MLB Advanced Media took over control of all MLB sites in 2001, which lead to this site eventually. They also run MiLB sites like was mentioned. However, I did not know that they (MLBAM) also run the NHL sites and other properties... Interesting. From Wikipedia: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_Advanced_Media) "MLBAM also runs and/or owns the official web sites of the National Hockey League and Minor League Baseball, YES Network (the television broadcaster of the New York Yankees), SportsNet New York (the television broadcaster of the New York Mets). It has also provided the backend infrastructure for WWE Network, WatchESPN, ESPN3, HBO Now, and PGA Tour Live."

Sadly, I'm one of the suckers paying for the Bally's app right now. As much as I despise paying $20 a month (minus my Xfinity credit) for their crappy app that crashes (often), I enjoy watching the Tigers in the summer and was not willing to go without. That said, once the baseball season ends that will be it for me. I also enjoy watching the Pistons, but not enough (right now) to pay to additional for it. They should be paying me...

I'm sorry, but I'm not the programmer behind this software. If Threads is so great, I'm sure Invision Community will consider it for inclusion in a future software update.

Sorry about the HUGE banner ad running at the top of the forum today. This is apparently an experiment that Google decided to run... I believe I have stopped this experiment, so hopefully it will stop showing soon. Ads are a necessary evil to help pay the bills, but there has to be a happy medium. This new ad is a bit much with everything else that is already running. Sorry...

Are we not allowed to have nice things anymore?

Their RSS Feeds are not working anymore. Not sure if this is a temporary issue, or if they have eliminated them.

We tried a donation type system years ago and it was a bit of nightmare on my end... I know the ads can be somewhat intrusive at times, but they do help cover the costs of running this site, especially with these new vignette ads. Unfortunately running a website like this isn't free (damn!). Yes, it is a minor inconvenience and I do believe that most of the users here understand that. Personally I'd love to have no ads running on here, but it is much less stress on me knowing that when software and server bills come due, that I have revenue to fall back on to help cover the expense.

They are called Vignette ads. Its a new ad format that is becoming more common on websites. Sorry, but they help pay for the expense of running this website. From Google Adsense: Vignette ads are full-screen ads that appear between page loads. Vignettes are displayed when the user leaves a page, rather than when they arrive on one, so the user doesn’t have to wait for them to load. We (Google) limit the number of vignettes per user to maintain a good user experience.

Hooker

Jack Campbell

Good game. I watched most of the second half….how many of these guys are returnees from last years team? Seem like at least a few names were familiar.