casimir

Imagine what the attendance could be with a good team.....

They've been around long enough that if they are elected into the hall of fame, they'll be wearing Tiger hats on their plaques.

"I was talking to JV at the ping pong table today,....."

What if the hitters took ping pong paddles rather than bats to the plate?

Who gets called up as the 27th loser?

Isn't Reyes about due to hit his 10/5 rights? He is the Buck Farmer of position players.

I'm not sure how much a manager can have an impact on 4. Obviously if they aren't careful with rest and days off and such, they can burn players up. I'm not sure how much Hinch/Fetter have to do with the pitching injuries that we've seen. It could be a very flukey situation. It could have something to do with workload (game prep counts here also). It could have something to do with conditioning (not sure what the training staff reporting structure is with respect to the coaching staff). I would be interested to know how that works.

Detroit Tigers (43-73) at Cleveland Guardians (61-53)

Detroit Tigers (43-73) at Cleveland Guardians (61-53)

UoM's schedule : Hongbit :: Cabrera's roster status : Casimir I hated those similarity comparison things in grade school. I couldn't imagine when it would be useful in life. Now it all makes sense to me.

Would he oblige while knowing that the Tigers would just move him to the bullpen for the playoffs?

Detroit Tigers (43-72) at Chicago White Sox (58-56) http://ilitchnewshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1935-WS-program-600dpi-775x1024.jpg

Heard a little ditty about Kylie Irving wanting a contract clause excluding him from playing back to backs as it is “inhume” and limiting his overall season games played to 60.

None available. Supply chain issues.

Is Rozema still pitching at the fantasy camps? The Tigers might need him before the season is up.

It got all used up last season.

The slobberfest wasn’t directed at you necessarily. As for Cabrera running the play out, yeah, he might have been busting his ass down the line. But if he was busting his ass down the line and didn’t make it after the shortstop kicked the ball about, what, 30, 40 feet away and still tossed him out at 1B on a not too close play? That’s a guy that shouldn’t be running bases.

Why not?

If they redo Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, Cabrera could be the Black Knight.

"I did it, Mommy. Thank you for everything." Damn it if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye.

"Hit" might be a bit subjectively vexxing given what we are seeing out of the team as a whole, but you are spot on. As many times as people want to cry and complain about CastroW out in the OF, its certainly due in some part to Cabrera being unavailable to do anything defensively. CastroH shouldn't be playing as much, but guess what, they need to put someone at 1B. Candelario needs a day off, or Schoop needs a day off, or this, or that, or another.... Well, they're dealing with a 12 position player roster plus Cabrera. 2 Cs, so a bench IF and a bench OF. The Castros are necessary because they can play multiple positions. And for as much as Shep likes to speak of how the Tigers have that roster flexibility, they really don't. The Castros can move around, and that's about it. Oh, Schoop can play 1B? Yippee. There's only so many moves this dumpster fire can make on a day-to-day basis or in game moves. Cabrera will do nothing in the field. If he could, he'd have played a few games at 1B by now. But it clearly isn't going to happen. And even with a healthy start for 2023, he probably won't be of any defensive value again. But they have to carry his worn out carcass because people like memories of what used to be rather than acknowledge the actual situation at hand. This team sucks so much right now. But, hey, they've got Cabrera to goof around from the dugout for the camera. And I guess the main point to some is that Cabrera has earned this for some reason or another.

Let Cabrera take them as a going away gift.

Yes, he's unhealthy and ineffective. The latter might improve based on getting the former resolved, but for some reason, the Tigers/Cabrera seem unmoved to the health issue. Put him on the IL, let him travel with the team, he can still be in the dugout throwing sunflower seeds at teammates or making balloon animals or whatever for the cameras. Its gotten to the point where he's getting to be a sideshow and well past the point of being an effective baseball player. Any incremental milestones he hit from here on out really don't do anything for his resume. He's a hall of famer. But he looks like AAAA material that can't actually move around on the field of play anymore.

This will hit the drinking age this season. Kind'of appropriate, I guess.