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So he’ll be safe at 2nd? Hmmmm…. I wonder if Vegas has odds on #3,000 being a triple?

The adrenaline and the warm weather should make it easier.

Hmmm…. So now what to do with Cabrera in the nightcap if he goes hitless in the matinee? Again, I think Hinch allows Cabrera to make the call if he plays or sits this weekend. There probably was a bump in ticket sales for #3,000. And with Monday being an off day, Cabrera can probably DH 3 games in 2 days that are bookended by off days.

Death, taxes, and Nelson Cruz demolishing the Tigers. Those are the only guarantees in life. — Casimir 3:16

Should’of scooted the game down to Monroe.

Just scoot it down to Monroe.

Well, never mind for now. Looks like he’s on the IL. Thanks a lot @Tigeraholic1.

Blame Boone. Fire Ausmus. That’s like a haiku or a sonnet or something, right?

That's a good point. If Baddoo doesn't get it going (either at the plate or in the field), he may find himself switching places with Hill.

I actually had a thought about Grossman, Cabrera/Meadows, and Meadows/Cabrera at the top of the lineup. Grossman is still getting on base via walk, although he is really pulling the ball early on (53% vs career 29%). And, sure, move Torkelson up higher, because he seems to be doing well enough after his 0fer. What do you do with Reyes? He's been one of the more productive bats, but, come on, its Victor Reyes, we've seen this act before, right? Or have the mechanical changes done him a favor? Heck, I'll go with it. Grossman, 9 Cabrera, DH Meadows, 7 Torkelson, 3 Candelario, 5 Reyes. 8 Haase, 2 Castro, 6 Schoop, 4

Wacky game in Toledo. Zach Short (1st inning) and Daz Cameron (2nd inning) get rung up on 3rd strikes via pitch clock infractions (which I need to trademark as stalled 3rd strikes). Then a called check swing strike gets hitting coach Adam Mellhuse and manager Lloyd McClendon tossed. The batter after that is awarded 1st due to catcher's interference. And Joey Wentz is pitching right handed. (OK, that last part might be false).

Monday is an off day. Its supposed to be warm on Saturday and Sunday. And right now Cabrera is one of the best bats in the lineup. Hinch needs to manage the club for the season, but I bet he let's Cabrera decide whether or not he sits this weekend.

He's getting tonight off.

The next time the Tigers are on the road and they face some kid at the plate taking his first cuts in an MLB game, they need to lob it up there so they can let him get a hit. Otherwise its a "dick move" per some of you whiners.

Hold on now, @chasfh, it was a lefty pitching. He's got Ls all over his damn name. Hell, Luetge rhymes with LOOGY for crying out loud. It was the absolute correct move to walk Cabrera and pitch to Meadows. To criticize it, especially for anyone so sabermetrically inclined, is absolute malarkey. And to cry about robbing the crowd of a chance at 3,000,..... seriously? Go pound sand with your left hand. And while we're on the topic of left hands, this is good stuff:

Ha! Why the hell did I think he was left handed? Was I day drinking without the drinking? What a waste of a day.

He's not much for chatting to the press, is he? Its kind of odd considering how much talking he does on the field and in the dugout. I forgot to mention that he also said he was pretty emotional for the first at bat. He admitted that he had to wear sunglasses because he was tearing up and didn't want anyone to notice. I kind of wonder if there is more relief by hitting these milestones than there is satisfaction for achieving it. He's had 2,999 other hits in his career. He's a certain hall of fame player. The 3,000th hit seems like a mere footnote. And he's also hitting a bit better than he has in years (granted, start to the season, small sample size, yada, yada, yada). And he's healthy. And the team has its best roster in years.

You're entitled to your opinion. But it doesn't mean you're right.

Cabrera was good in the BSD interview. On the intentional walk decision: He understood it, it was a baseball move, they're trying to win the game. On kids skipping school to be in attendance: "NOOOOO! Don't do that! Don't skip school." On whether he has heard louder boos in Detroit: "Oh, louder. This home crowd can get loud." Again on whether he was upset about being intentionally walked: "No, (big grin) my on base percentage went up."

Seems official. This one kind of came out of nowhere, eh?

Well, OK, if Brieske is up, who goes down? And by down, off of the 40.

The weird thing is that he's going to be playing 2B.

With all of the pitching injuries and poor offense? 5-7 is probably the best that could be hoped for.

I don't blame the Yankees. They're trying to win the game, not avoid 3,000. Pitch the lefty against Meadows or Cabrera? Come on, we'd be justifiably raking Hinch over the coals if he had some random lefty pitching to Judge rather than Gallo.

Kyle Farnsworth Jr pitches for Weatherford?