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Some of these were neat to hear, but was it my imagination or were some of the -sson names pronounced shon and the couple near the end pronounced son. Actually, on Instagram she just answered someone’s question about that: an r before the s makes it sh

Still faces misdemeanor charges for disorderly conduct and harassment. No matter what, there is still a 25% chance (according to lottery odds) he'll be sentenced to playing for the Vancouver Canucks.

I bet I'm not the only one who was drawn back to the Tigers and specifically onto the old board by the fast start to 2006. I signed up in June of that year I believe. 20 years now!

I feel much better about the likely departure of Skubal after next season now that Illitch has shown he will spend good money on Valdez. There will be other Valdezes out there after next season and the year after and hitters too that make more baseball sense to sign than Skubal for 10 years. The depressing thing about Skubal leaving would have been if it meant that the Tigers were super cheap, had no intention of trying to fill the gap created except from within, and that Illitch was going to run this like a small market team. If he runs a mid-market payroll, fine with me. Offer Skubal 5x$50mm and if he says no then so be it.

I think the regular season objective should be the same as it was for 90% of last season - win the division and get a bye into the LDS round as one of the two best division winners. The Tigers had the best record in the AL with 16 games left in the season, so no reason not to target the 2026 AL pennant.

So if the Tigers have that same theory, maybe the Tigers tanked arbitration on purpose to hand Skubal a win, thus increasing the Tigers’ chances of winning the bigger prize of Skubal on a long term contract?

A turning point for sure. Then Kasper being stopped on a shorthanded breakaway right after the 2-0 goal.

So on Wednesday a) the Tigers’ World Series legend’s death is announced; b) the Tigers concluded their arbitration hearing about 2-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal; and c) the Tigers signed star pitcher Framber Valdez to a huge contract. I wonder what Thursday will bring?

So much for the good vibes after the win over the Avs. 4-1 stinker in Utah.

Wings showed some signs of life in the 2nd but still down 2 headed to the 3rd. I'd like them to be more than 7 points up on 9th place at the break.

WIngs come out in the 1st period as if the vacation has already started. 2-0 Mammoth after 1.

For sure. And Denny McLain too for different reasons. Overweight, self-destructive gambler, quarrelsome, shady business practices - he seemed like someone who would be lucky to make it out of his 50s or 60s.

I don't really care either way. All I know is that the Tigers didn't pony up to sign Skubal so instead went horsing around into the big game of chicken called arbitration and if the Tigers lose they'll have to grin and bear it.

So Gavin McKenna is in the news.