MotownWebGuy

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.

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

Welcome Jimbo!

You need to calm the F down....

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

Seems to work...

Some information about this site: 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. 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

You could also check out MotownTigers.com, our site which pulls in content from sources around the web.

Well, it's been about a year now since MotownSports crashed...

Based on his rap video, seems like a classy guy...

The individual team websites I created are the replacement for the news feeds that used to be part of the MotownSports website. I don't intend to make them a part of MotownForums.com, as this website will just contain the forum software. Please visit the other sites as I'm sure you will find them much better than what was previously available on the old website.

This site (MotownForums.com) is nothing more than message forum software. If you desire to read stories specific to each of the four Detroit professional teams, I have built separate websites for each team that are much better than the setup we had within the website portion of the old MotownSports website. All four sites pull in news feeds from throughout the internet specific to each team and are a great resource for finding team related news/stories. I have links to them throughout this forum, either in the side bar on the main forum page or through the links on the top of each individual team forum. You can also find the links under the heading "Motown Sports Network" in the main header on the forum. Each site was built for a specific audience and links back to this forum. It is my hope that these sites will help push new people to these forums and allow us to continue to grow. Or as seen below: MotownLions.com MotownPistons.com MotownRedWings.com MotownTigers.com

I'm not sure I fully understand your question... It is a likely possibility that anything that was enabled on the previous site would be an option here since this is the same software, although a few versions ahead now. Are you talking about the RSS feeds you can access for each forum, such as this for the Tigers forum: https://www.motownforums.com/forum/3-detroit-tigers.xml/?member=1&key=244d43054b54f56362c77956ff957f07 If you are talking about something else, I guess I need a little more detail to better understand what I might have setup previously and have now forgotten. It happens with old age... 🙂

I'm noticing that calendar events are getting repeated multiple times, so I may disconnect this feature if I can't figure out why this is happening.

Nope, I don't get a piece of that action which is why I'm not concerned if they are clickable or not. I do appreciate you bringing this to my attention though as I certainly understand why you might have thought that. The only benefit the site receives from those "free" calendars is the games schedules it provides us.

The calendar event information comes from another website (https://stza.co). I didn't enter or have any control over the information that is displayed when you view the event details. To be honest, I'm not too concerned if the links are clickable or not... I was more interested in having the basic event info displayed so we would know when the local teams have games.

It appears to be renewed and resolved. Post on...

Great game last night... Looked like it was getting away from them early in the third, but they kept it close. Close enough until it started to get away from them again late in the fourth, before their 13-1 run in the last couple of minutes brought them back from a 10 point deficit. Nice win, but still too many games this season where they haven't looked very competitive. After last season, I was hoping for a bit more from them but this season has been a bit of a let down so far. Hopefully with the injuries healing and the COVID issues in the background, we'll start seeing more competitive games and a few more wins. January has been better so far, but they have a ways to go yet.

Yes, both my wife and I are huge fans of Cobra Kai. The original Karate Kid is a classic from our youth, so it wasn't hard to find this series enjoyable. Love the humor and drama... Good stuff. We hate having to wait another year or so to binge the next season.

Issues with the Nameservers on my new server seem to be resolved now. If you had a previous issue accessing the website, please clear your cache or browser history and let me know if you continue to have issues with the site. Make sure to try multiple sources or internet connections if you can. Thanks!

There were some issues with the migration and the change in nameservers... I'm still trying to resolve all of that with my hosting company to make sure things are correctly setup. It is quite possible that the issue you are experiencing is related to that, so I apologize. I hope to get an all clear later today that everything is working fine, so if you still have the issue after that, we'll begin to troubleshoot it. Your phone and computer are probably pulling the site from different places, so one may have the correct nameservers and the other may not.

I guess you solved your own mystery. Awesome!