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11 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

That's a good point and according to GameDay that wasn't a very buntable pitch, high and outside.

Apparently it was buntable enough.  😆

He attempted earlier in the count and then briefly showed again on the next pitch.  So, as the plate appearance went, it was somewhat on and never fully off.  I don’t know if that’s Verdugo, the coaching, a combo of both.  But I’m the current game of baseball, that opportunity was prime to deploy a bunt.

10 hours ago, Betrayer said:

Can we talk about how overrated Garland is? Also, Mobley doesn’t impress me without Allen next to him  

Mitchell carrying this team with 50 pts on a bum knee.

I don’t really care who gets the honor of being swept by Boston, but I just want Orlando to lose already so we can interview John Hammond. 

I'd take Allen and Mobley on the Pistons.  I was hoping the Pistons traded down from 1-1 in order to draft Mobley plus get other stuff.

And before this play gets forgotten, I tip my hat to Verdugo.  He placed that bunt perfectly against a defense that was ignoring it.  He read that situation perfectly and dropped the ball in a pretty good spot to take advantage of it.

6 hours ago, SoCalTiger said:

Sometimes it seems Hinch just gets a bit to cute. Sometime the obvious is the best.

6 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

I think it's just a case of Hinch being the smartest guy in the room.  Loading them up is such a no-brainer.  His in-game tactics dont do much harm, or much good, and his decision there did not affect the outcome of the came.  So his action was pretty weird but no harm done.

Did he concede defeat at that point and decide to conserve pitch counts for another day?  No manager would admit to it.  I'm sure at that point most of us would have wondered how they escaped allowing only one run to get into extra innings.  What was run expectancy at that point?  Maybe that's what went into the decision to not set up a force everywhere.

Here is the problem.  None out, runners at 2nd and 3rd, bottom of the 9th, tie game.  If you're pitching to the Tigers, you can probably figure out a way to get out of that inning and on to the next.  But it was the Tigers pitching to a team with a legitimate offense.

7 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Yeah - this used to be SOP, but it's not in Hinch's playbook. Apparently out of fashion, but the force at home is sooo much easier for a catcher than a tag play. I wonder how much the difficulty of the latter leaks into thinking about playing for the former. And of course turning the 5/2/3  DP is not beyond the defensive talents of either of the Tiger catchers. 

 

Has the SOP changed given how much more the strikeout plays in the current era?

I'd have loaded them up and set up the force at home.  But I'm a hack sitting on a recliner not privy to the data and feel of the dugout.  Plus I was watching on delay, so even if I would have called in my suggestion, it'd have been too late.

9 hours ago, holygoat said:

Too many guaranteed outs in this lineup. At a minimum, Tork needs to be in Toledo, because he's worthless right now. Hinch not sending him down to protect his confidence doesn't seem to be helping his confidence. Finding his swing and raking at AAA just might. This is a game they absolutely should've won but their offense sucks so bad.

My only retort here is that Harris may have some influence on keeping Torkelson in Detroit.

I've been waffling on sending him down, but its gotten more one sided lately.  And the Tigers are probably getting to that point, too.  They could move Canha to 1B and recall Baddoo.  Or they could time it with Urshela's return, with Canha to 1B and Vierling playing more OF.

I kind of wonder if they might be looking at this road trip as a bit of a marker in the sand.  These are some high stakes games in order to keep up in the playoff chase.  Its a tough ask to get through the Yankee lineup unscathed.  Its obvious that the offense needs something right now.

4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Clarinet?

Not sure that’s the right dimensions for a clarinet.  Looks different than my kid’s, anyway.

3 hours ago, Toddwert said:

but did Jeff Riger fawn over Phil ?

He didn’t refer to him as “old friend”.

I hope Nevin goes on to have success.  But, in the event that this little streak doesn’t last long, maybe repost the tweet for giggles?

6 hours ago, mtutiger said:

Amazing.

Indeed, the use of “dongs” by an adult is amazing.

5 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:

Note from mom?

Do well on your spelling test.

6 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

That sort of makes it worse. 

 

“Cancun on 3” is pretty harmless.  I think given the lack of response from the Buck bench, they hold also have some sort of punishment, but I’m not sure what they can do.  Monsignor Popovich and Father Kerr will no doubt be dismayed about how players are held to such high regard as to not throw the basketball with malice at fans.  Twice.

3 hours ago, theroundsquare said:

I bet that case he was carrying has his high-falutin' shoes in it.  I'm surprised it's not handcuffed to him. 

That’s just a lunchbox.  Bologna sandwich.  Ecto cooler flavored Kool Aid box.  Bag of Doritos, probably cool ranch.  Apple.

54 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Instagram/meta does AI pics for free. I typed in tigers fan on computer 

Is AI dropping the city connects jerseys there?

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

I'd take a split of the next 6 games.

Nah, they can win both.

1 hour ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said:

I'm in the Toledo area, so I have Buckeye cable. AT&T is putting fibre in our neighborhood right now though. YoutubeTV has the Sunday Ticket. I have a college student son, so I was able to get it for cheap last year. Yahoo is not really a thing anymore... LOL!

What?!

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Not opposed to demoting Tork, but would rather see Malloy come up.

I don't think he'll be on the 40 until he has to be.

3 hours ago, buddha said:

JEIII's latest is the ol' make an offer to the beat writer for another team for a trade.  each beat writer basically said "no way."

the pistons dont have the assets to trade for an available GOOD player, much less an available STAR player.

duren and this year's #1 for ingram and the pels' #1.  nope.

duren and fournier for poetl, bruce brown and a #1 pick this year.  nope.

duren, ivey, and this year's #1 pick for lauri markkanen.  nope.  with a big ol' laughing emoji that this wouldnt even be CLOSE to what they would want for markkanen.  five frp/frs is what it would take or maybe 3 first round picks and cade. similar to the donovan mitchell trade.

these are just beat writers, but the overall tenor is that the pistons' assets are not looked at as valuable other than cade and maybe isaiah stewart.  this year's number one is not worth much because the draft class sucks, and ivey, duren, etc are not seen as valuable players.

and we cant trade future ones because we still owe one to the knicks.

we are four years into the worst rebuild in nba history and we have very few assets and NEGATIVE draft capital.

the incompetence of this front office is amazing, matched only by the incompetence of ownership in keeping it around.

 

You'll get Miles Bridges, Tobias Harris, and Patrick Beverly and you'll like it!

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

I think we know what we have in Baddoo.  Saw this movie last season—good AAA player who gets exposed in the bigs.  Nice stopgap option, but I don’t see him as a solution.  We’ll see him at some point when one of our OF goes down.

We probably do know what Baddoo is.  I only bring him up in the event the Tigers do think Torkelson needs a refresher at Toledo and roster fallout that ensues.  I doubt they send him to Toledo.  I expect he pulls out of this slump at some point.  But who knows where things will be at around Memorial Day.

Heck, the Astros optioned Jose Abreau.  Who predicted that to happen?

Might as well win this game.

5 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Does he throw the ball at the wrong fan and then causally ask for it back like “oh my bad” only to chuck 10 times harder right back at who he wanted to hit?

Beverly and his entire Bucks team should be immediately banned from the rest of the playoffs.   

There's at least two dozen players, coaches, trainers, team staff in that area.  What, one teammate kind of briefly pushes him back after the fact?

8 hours ago, chasfh said:

He’s played 150 or so innings, but we’re gonna have to bring up a positional players anyway if we were to send Tork down, so it might as well be a guy the clock is already ticking on, like Hiura. He’s only gonna get one shot anyway since he’s out of options.

Why not Baddoo?  Removing Canha from the OF opens up an OF spot.

I know there were a few comments about trying Carpenter at 1B.  That's probably something that might be nice to try in spring training, but given how this team is so dependent upon pitching and defense, I'm not sure its a regular season experiment.

I have no desire to bring up Hiura.  He's not on the 40, he's a hack at 1B, his offense has been OK like you said.  I guess the priority would be to get Torkelson back on the right path for the long term and short term pain would be acceptable.  Its just to tough right now without the backup 1B.

Given how Canha is a key cog in the offense right now, he's not going to sit much.  I think I'd take my chances with Ibanez as the backup 1B right now.

16 hours ago, Edman85 said:

The way Perez is being featured, I think Meadows gets the axe unless he heats up. Unless Urshela can fill in at short, you still need McKinstry around. It doesn't help that Leonard and Kreidler got hurt in Toledo to give us some shortstop depth.

This probably makes the most sense right now.

7 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Just kick that bitch out of the league.

 

At some point there's just going to need to be barricades around the court.  That is not to place the blame solely on players nor solely on fans.  Heck, owners sometimes can't control themselves courtside.

Unrelated tangent: Anyone notice how much more the Bally's TV team was broadcasting from the stands rather than the floor this season?  

8 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

He hit leadoff in at least 2 of the first 3 games this season.

Awesome.  Torkelson has been 2nd in the lineup more times than that this season.  Neither is suited to be that high in the lineup right now, and maybe won't be ever.

21 hours ago, Deleterious said:

That guy is running around telling his assistant he wants to put a baby in her.  Meanwhile, I get nervous when one of our female employees hugs me.

What the heck kind of hugs you got going on there?