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Ibanez is pressing... Dan commented last night that he was already in the box after Perez AB like he was really impatient to be there.

Turkey be corrupting our pols.

Todd the painter! Old friend alert

The AJ Hinch presser has more local media than a usual Wed night. Feels like the media crush at a Presidential debate.

Shazam!

On a certain level stealing something from Boston (the Aerosmith riff) would be perfect.

Maybe this

if this run keeps going and isn't just a pleasant surprise we will need a song. May i direct you to the works of Fat Les and his Vindaloo he made for one of the various failed England team efforts in the World Cup. I also liked the New Order one World In Motion. the latter is hilarious because the lyrics are pretty damn gay but also work for the sports stuff as well.

Expected but nice to see

And the USAF covers all of it.

Lets go!

I used to like this town before old man Ford built the Rouge Complex! :--)

it boggles my mind that the SE Michigan radio audience once had Bob Ufer once a week during the Fall.

Yeah a lot of people hate joy. :--)

Overall, I like the younger analyst on TV to send the signal to the audience that this is not just an old fart game. Kirk Gibson was MY Tiger growing up but i'm into my final few years in the workforce and have kids in college. The next generation needs to be represented. Craig Monroe probably won't resurface but, others can. Carlos Pena has been a very interesting voice when i've tuned into him. Seems like we have a lot to gain from more Alex Avila, Andy Dirks and others who may want to stay in the game rather than just count their paychecks. I don't know how we ever get him in the booth but Justin Verlander after he retires would be interesting.

Benetti and Dirks are a good team. Really enjoying that pairing.

Another thing about the character of a place you bring up. When it grays. Totally saps the energy. You need kids and young parents and even...hipsters.

There is something to the mentality of the people who settled a place being an important factor. For years the book Seeds of Albion was considered authoritative about the "folkways" of the United States which broadly implies that snooty but moral NE settlers around the Plymouth Rock settlement were different than cash crop-loving (and eventual slave-holding) Jamestown settlers who were different from fringe British Caledonian and Celtic martial types who settled in the Allegheny and Appalachian mountains, never mind the criminals who settled in Georgia. Fine as it goes but any analysis that ignores the Dutch culture in West Michigan, the Scandinavian and Finnish culture in the upper Great Lakes not to mention the Polish and Italian culture of the cities. It still means a lot that there are variances in place. The character of Hamtramck is definitely shifting but is that bad? Its bad if someone says its bad. Chinatowns were a thing in most cities and now they have to be historical theme parks to protect that character with funding. Its like keeping Tiger Stadium up as a monument. Its fine but does it actually serve a public good to do that. Invest in the good and mitigate the actual bad (crime, excessive vice) vs change as bad (they look different, they eat different food).

Royals and Nats are really in a barn burner

I enjoyed Rod for whatever reason.

Twins are done…these OF are playing like they are running through wet cement.

Twins RF was playing to get the season over.

Familiar voice on the Marlin’s broadcast…

That's fantastic!