MotownWebGuy

46 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I've tried them on occasion, but I find that they get in the way of stuff that I need and I have to remove it.  I solved the problem on this site. Whenever I get a popup that won't go away, I hit "continue".  

When you say you get popups, is what you are seeing something like this:

On 6/10/2025 at 5:55 PM, ben9753 said:

Do you have an ad blocker?

Thanks for your support of this free website.

On 6/10/2025 at 5:41 PM, Tiger337 said:

This site is becoming almost unusable now for me with all the pop up ads.  Is everyone else seeing a big increase in ads?  

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.

2 hours ago, oblong said:

Yes.  This website exists because of that change made over 20 years ago.  We were all on the official site and MWG ran it for them.  

 

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."

3 hours ago, Hongbit said:

It’s free for this season.   There’s no word on whether it’ll be free forever.    

I do wonder how many people are paying the $19.99/month for Ballys app right now especially with the Tigers as the only live content this summer.   I’m not sure we’ll ever know these numbers but I know of many more that just stopped watching rather than keep paying the money.   

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.

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Ironic - the one site that I didn't mind paying to join doesn't ask for my money anymore while a hundred others I have no interest in hound me constantly.....

 

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!).

1 hour ago, Biff Mayhem said:

Sorry not sorry. This site has been free since it's inception in 1999. The Ads are part of the user experience and a minor inconvenience to help us all enjoy interacting with the site. Its definitely way less intrusive than what occurs on youtube etc. 

 

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.

42 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Completely agree.

A guy on my bowling team said last week he thinks Tampa has the best covered stadium in baseball. I smiled, nodded, and bowled my frame.

I'll be in Arizona next week for their opening day on Thursday. Many people dislike that stadium, but I don't have any issues with it.  I've been there a few times now and have enjoyed my visits, with the ballpark roof open and closed. 

30 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

There is something wrong with having a season open in that awful stadium.    What will their attendance be today, 16 K ? 

 

2022 TBR season opener 15, 515

2019 TBR season opener 25,025

2018 TBR season opener 31,042 vs. the Red Sox (probably 20 K were Sox fans)

2017 TBR season opener 31,042 vs. the Yankees (probably 25 K Yankees fans)

 

Wait a minute, 31 K is the capacity there? 

Get them out of there.  Nashville would sell out every Opening Day
 

 

I was there for opening day in 2015 against the Orioles.  31,042 in attendance.  I hate that ballpark...  Complete dump.

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

Sorry, my first post and maybe this should be in the draft thread but there was talk with trading for a WR.

Welcome Jimbo!

18 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

GFY.

I have never maintained drafting Hooker as the only solution but as a combo of signing a vet (let's call him Wentz) on a 1-year contract as well as drafting Hooker as a future backup.

You don't like that idea so you're going to ridicule it?

GFY.

You need to calm the F down....

5 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Hmmm...  Stats are similar to DJ Chark over the past 5 years.  Chark has more upside, but more injury risk.

3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

Apparently can't embed tweets anymore. 

Seems to work...

Some information about this site:

1. This site is hosted on a virtual private server from LiquidWeb, a hosting company located in Lansing, MI.  I have used them for probably 15+ years now. Great service.
2. Hosting costs have varied over the years, from a couple hundred a month when traffic levels were high (2007-2017) and lots of bandwidth was needed (on our own private server), to about $50 a month now on a multi-year agreement for a smaller shared server.
3. Software used for this site is Invision Community.  We used vBulletin for many, many years, but I grew tired of it and had difficulties maintaining it at times.  I've had much better success with Invision and find it to be a much more polished program.  However, it does cost more than vBulletin, which I still have a lifetime paid license to use.  I'd rather pay yearly renewals for Invision at this point.

Starting a new message board today would be really difficult in my opinion.  Trends have changed and social media has made it tough for this type of community to grow and stay alive.  We're here today basically because way back in time we were once part of something much larger (the Detroit Tigers official website) and were able to use that to build a very loyal community which continues on today, despite many changes and moves over the years.  Without that, we wouldn't be here.

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

I read that Craig Monroe was going to do color in the booth with Shep for 100 games? He's the reason I turn the volume off during the games. Guy slurps when he talks like he has a constant mouth full of spit. And he just goes on and on and on....

I was wrong. 130 games of that slobbering idiot;

Monroe is scheduled to work approximately 130 games, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, followed by Petry (approximately 100 games), Gibson (about 40 games), Maybin (about 30 games) and Jones (about 15 games).

2 hours ago, casimir said:

130 + 100 + 40 + 30 +15 = 315 games for the analysts.  Sounds like a 3 man booth with Shepard's play by play.  Or maybe the 315 includes the pre & post game shows?  I don't know.

I believe Petry, Maybin and Jones will be primarily doing the desk work for the pre and postgame shows.  Monroe and Gibson will be doing the both work.  I'd assume when Gibson is in, Monroe might be back on the desk for those games, or maybe off.

22 hours ago, RedRamage said:

Yeah it seem like there's sufficient room on the other side honestly so I dunno why they are sharing a side line.

I'm not sure if available room is the issue on the one sideline... my thought is it might be more of an issue with fan sightlines.  There are only so many seats in Fenway and it would stink to lose more because the lower seats along that area would have their view blocked by players/coaches and equipment.

1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

Also... what are the conditions on the "conditional" pick?

I read that if the Vikings win a playoff game this year, the conditional pick becomes a 5th rounder.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the 2024 fourth-round pick from the Lions will convert to a fifth-round pick if the Vikings win a playoff game.