RedRamage

Are they still doing that stupid 7-inning crap for double headers?

So apparently this is the Texas Rangers City Connect Unis. Reactions to them have been less than favorable. Personally, I think they're kinda cool. That said they are SO different from the standard I could see why some people don't like 'em.

Okay... I do seem to remember something about when they moved HQ. Being a westsider I'm wasn't familiar at all with them being a Detroit thing.

Yeah, you're probably right... I'm particular to the 1935 season so that's why my mind went there, but Kaline certainly was connected to the Tigers for a longer time. My dream: Cochrane Stadium Clark Field Adams Arena Yeah... that'd work for me. 🙂

I seem to remember there by some effort to get people to NOT call it CoPa as they (ie, Comerica and the Tigers) wanted people to use the full name. I agree that Comerica doesn't sound corporate now because it's been 20+ years of us using it. I thought it sounded very corporate originally and I kinda hated that it didn't feel like it had anything to do with Detroit. I mean Ford Field is very corporate as well but even if you don't consider that it's also the owner, at least Ford is a Detroit thing. That said, I also agree with those who say it could be much worse (in no particular order): Citizens Bank Park Globe Life Field Guaranteed Rate Field LoanDepot Park PNC Park T-Mobile Park

Cochrane Stadium?

Dang it... I knew that. I even fixed my formulas in excel after typing 3-8 cause I knew it was wrong. The problem is that Baseball Reference list the results as W, L, W-wo, or L-wo. I typed it... saw it was wrong, checked what was going on, fixed my formulas in excel, verified that it was doing the calculations right... and then posted without fixing my post...idiot.

Through 14 games: 2003: 1-13, R = 26, RA = 76, pW/L = 2-12 2023: 5-9, R = 50, RA = 87, pW/L = 4-10 A projected winning percentage of .268 would give us 43 wins. Interesting side note in 2003 our projected wpct was .306, which should have given us ~50 wins.

Hmm... to take a serious stab at this. If we say that a corporate name is strictly forbidden: Previous fields that were not corporate named for the Tigers have been named after owners (Bennet Park, Navin Field, Briggs Stadium) so there's a chance it might become Ilitch Field or something like that. I think fans wouldn't be terribly thrilled with Chris Ilitch doing that. Maybe if he said it was named after Mike Ilitch rather than himself he could get away with it. Beyond that I'm not sure what other options work. Maybe Motown Field or Automotive Park to try to tie into Detroit. I could do Motown Field but Automotive Park sounds awful and would probably be nicknamed "Car Park" in no time. Maybe Motor City Stadium? You could try something like Tiger Den, but that feels more like a nickname vs. a formal name (and tigers don't actually live in dens). Same with something like Jungle Stadium or Stripes Park. Those just feel too cutesy. I think Tiger Stadium is the logical choice, but if we were to also exclude that as an option I'd probably go with Motown Field or Motor City Stadium myself.

I get the feeling that if RIchardson was there in the 6th round and the Lions took him you'd be upset because if he wasn't good enough at 6, 18, 48, 55, 81, 152, and 159, why are we taking him at 183 to be the future of your franchise?

Good question... I managed to find a roster from CBS Sports from just before the 2022 and 2023 season. Imported them into excel and did a quick lookup. Of the current 53 man roster there are 14 players returning from last year. Given how poorly the Panthers did last year that probably makes sense.

Well, if it wasn't over before now it is... INT. A couple of kneel downs and the Panthers start off 2023 with a win!

TD Panthers... pretty much looked like the same play were they scored before. This time the point after is good. 29-13, that's pretty much game over with just 1:44 left in the 4th.

QB for the Panthers is on fire! Love 19/21 for 216 yards. 3 TD, no ints. 149.1 QBR!

And the Panthers just did a SOL. Huge interception called back because of a PI on a receiver who wasn't getting the ball thrown to him. And then they get a strip-sack and fumble recovery... so... I guess that's almost as good.

TD Panthers! Nice pass down the middle. 22-13 after the missed point attempt of the day.

Panthers playing pretty undisciplined. Lots of penalties.

Forced fumble recovered by the Panthers on the Gamblers next possession.

Probably not necessary to have individual thread for each game. Anyone watching today? Panthers started out hot, then Houston poured it on for a while. A near pick-6 down to the 2 yard line got the Panthers back into the game. They punched it and are now leading mid-3rd qtr by 3 points.

How many coaches who had zero success have gotten a second chance though? I mean sure there are a lot of re-treads who'd been fired by a team, but there's usually at least some level of success to point too. Other than Fontes no one has won a playoff game. Ross? 27-30, two playoff losses, essentially quit in the middle of a season. Mornhenwig? 5-27 Mariucci? 15-28 Marinelli? 10-38, including 0-16 Schwartz? 29-51 Caldwell? 36-28 ... wait? He had a winning record? Holy Crap. A Lions HC with a >.500 record. Patricia? 13-28, fired midseason. Edit to add: There's almost something to be said about one of the worst team in the league for a long period of time firing a coach. Is another team going to really look at a coach that the Lions fired and think: "Yeah, he could be good."

I think Schwartz problem was a discipline one... both personally and team wise. I don't think he had his team under control and I don't think he had himself under control.

Disagree. I love my 1pm Sunday afternoon games.

And what do you propose that the leagues should do?

I think age is always relevant... it's how relevant? A receiver, a running back, a DE... age probably plays more of a factor there vs. a QB where they're not going to be running around quite as much... I mean unless they're a running QB.

D'oh! Yeah, my sheet has 14 and 54 as well. I just looked at the completely wrong columns: The calculation of winning percentage and projected record is still accurate, I just copied down the wrong columns when making the post.