casimir

Until Irving stops it.

Bull poop. Iverson played.

Cord cutting is an issue. The blackout rules are an issue. Waning popularity is probably an issue, although to be fair MLB is trying to do something with the flow of game play. Whether or not what they are trying works is another thing. How much of an issue is viewing habits sports in general? Are people more into catching highlights after the game or maybe checking the score and seeing whether it’s worth their time to watch a game after some time has passed? I know a few season ago the NBA had considered some sort of subscription to broadcast 4th quarters of games. I don’t think it ever came to fruition, but would that have been a consideration 20 or even 10 years ago?

Sparky loved those veterans.

Good grief, 45 years. That’s incredible.

Granderson CF Higginson RF Fryman 3B Gibson LF Castellanos DH Clark 1B Avila C Infante SS Santiago 2B Bench of Inge (C) and Cuyler (OF) needs an IF. Any way to trade Simon back for Suarez and put him at SS, bump Infante to 2B and Santiago to the bench?

That's the story of my athletic life.

You won't see him on the floor tonight vs the Pistons.

Loss.

Can't lose them all. Ivey and Duran played well, which is nice for the future. Bogdanoich, Bey, and Burks had good stretches/games which might be short term memory gains and/or value enhancements on the trade front. And Diallo did some good Diallo things. Maybe its just me, but I find him fascinating. You just don't know what the results will be, but the kid seems to be always at full go. It reminds me of young Rodman as far as the energy and athleticism goes.

Oh, how you dare you call out a hometown favorite for past shenanigans.

Is it different voices depending on the scenario? That's how I roll.

LOL..... thanks. I'm not trying to sound like a prick, but I do know that that rule exists. It was a bad joke gone awry. I let it loose as hard as I could throw it and it ended up off target. Call it a Gregory Soto fastball.

Phoenix Suns vs Detroit Pistons

And just for the record, Doug Strange had 31 career home runs. But @oblong had live visual of his only home run as a Tiger. I hope you still have that ticket stub.

It was a Labor Day day game. Only 17K there, so I’ll bet you had plenty of elbow room. Bo Jackson played, but only as a DH. I know he probably needed DH days, too, but geez, what a contrast of LFs between he and 38 year old Fred Lynn. And between the two, Jackson was the one that had his body betray him at a still youthful age.

Not if he ain’t wearing a Tiger cap.

His 300th HR was as a Tiger and hit off of Kansas City’s Bret Saberhagen on September 4, 1989. The Tigers traded Chris Hoiles and two players to be named later for him. Now that I think about it, “players to be named later” is a ridiculous phrase. Unless the player is not yet born, they probably have a name. That phrase should probably be changed.

Marvelous.

Nah.......

No, but he may have sired a few Detroiters.

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.

Suarez did have some minor league playing time in Cincinnati's organization (246 PAs), but the majority of his minor league career was with Detroit (2,205 PAs). Now, that's not to say once he arrived from the minors he was a complete player. Certainly he developed some in the majors. I think its fair to give Detroit some credit for Suarez. At the very least, he did make his MLB debut with Detroit. His minor league numbers were such that his promotion to Detroit wasn't a shock. Could be a situation where Cincinnati finished that development off or further improved him beyond what Detroit could have been able to do.

Yes, you're right. I could have stated that better. The similarity between the two is indeed with respect to the development as a Tiger minor leaguer. The nonsimilarity between the two is that Joyce returned some value and Suarez returned some crap.

Similarly, how about Eugenio Suarez? Well, not quite similarly. Joyce and Suarez got very different returns.