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Julio swung at ball four. Still a stressful situation.

Anything more than 2-0 would seem insurmountable.

Tigers trail. Jack now has to stop this inning from getting away from him with the top of the lineup coming up.

And pinch hit him for Meadows.

They better show a replay of this.

I thought I knew everything about the Fidrych '76 season but Pearlman pointed out a couple of big things I missed. I didn't realize he had made a 1-inning appearance in relief against Baltimore before his first start vs. Cleveland. I didn't realize he had drawn 36k vs the Angels prior to the famous Monday night game. I got emotional watching that video. I have said it on this board before but I'll say it again: June 28, 1976 was hands-down the most memorable day of my childhood and if a time machine could bring me back to one moment in time that would be it. Last day of 3rd grade was the Friday before. I was turning 9 two days later. We held my birthday party in the lower deck in left field at that Yankees-Tigers televised game. Brought a few friends, one with whom I remain close friends to this day, gradually drifted apart from the other two but still remember them well. A few close family members came along, a couple who are still alive and important in my life today, a couple who have since passed away. Whenever I see the replay of that game and whenever they pan to the crowd, I keep hoping that I'll spot our group on camera even though I've seen the footage multiple times. I'll never forget the curtain call moment, because those were rare back then and we didn't even know for sure whether Fidrych was hearing about the cheers and would come back out - the moment he popped back was honestly as exciting to me as the final out of the '84 Series.

Went for a walk. Dumb (I thought) MLB app shows it still delayed. Surprised to walk in door to see it in the 2nd inning. I was ticked. Then after 3 pitches wonder why the Tigers are wearing grey, that’s odd. Finally realized they’re showing Sunday’s game,lol. My brain is fried.

This delay is boring. I’ve had my game face on for an hour.

He can sit in the stands and gripe with other fans about Yzerman and Harris not being more aggressive at the trade deadline.

The Chemical Valley, Bluewaterland, and the hometown of ex-Wings Bill Lochead, Tony McKegney, Dino Ciccarelli, Pat Verbeek, Shawn Burr, Paul Ysebaert and Harry Neale, ex-Tiger Mike Gardiner, the Phillies’ Rob Thomson, Masters’ winner Mike Weir, Bollywood adult film star Sunny Leone, singer Kim Mitchell, and astronaut Chris Hadfield.

I would argue that’s the greatest moment in Tigers history. Baseball was king. Depression era. Never won a World Series with Ty Cobb despite 3 straight pennants between 1907-1909. Lost an explosive Game 7 at home the year before in the Ducky Medwick game. Then finally a walkoff win for the long-awaited title?! What a joyous release that must have been.

In Sarnia at night we’d regularly pick up White Sox games with colorful Jimmy Piersall which I believe were around 670am (WMAQ?), the Reds (WLS?) around 700 and the Yankees with Phil Rizzuto around 770. Middle of the dial had the Red Sox (WBZ?) and the Cardinals. I too recall Harry Kalas and the Phillies but am drawing a blank as to where on the dial. Picking up LSU football games on Saturday nights was like hearing from another planet. I recall feeling slightly betrayed when a radio jingle with which I was familiar from Tigers broadcasts “Gee it’s good to be back home again, with the Detroit Tigers playing baseball again” was played on Reds broadcasts, identical but with “Cincinnati Reds” replacing Detroit Tigers. I forget who was the advertiser.

Monday was exactly one month since the Tigers’ last win at Comerica, which was September 6th over Chicago. I wonder if they’ve ever gone a month between home wins within the same season before.

Could someone persuade Raleigh to skip the next couple of games in order to spend time with his wife marking the impending conception of their child?

Dodgers’ bullpen rearing its ugly head.

It’s not clear cut to me. I think when a team has been slumping and is the underdog, chances of pulling an upset are better in a best of 1 which is better than in a best of 3 which is better than in a best of 5, and so on. Better team tends to prevail the larger the sample size. Plus that one game would be with Skubal starting. So does home field give you a bigger advantage than having your ace starting does?

So given that the Tigers were considered underdogs by everyone going into the series, if a Great Spirit offered a deal tonight of a split of the next two games, reducing the series to a one-game winner take all with Skubal on the mound, would a Tigers fan accept that offer? I’d say no, need to win both of these games. Not to mention doing so would save Skubal for the beginning of the ALCS.

Nice. Any timeline for Davidson’s injury?

If I’m McDavid I would have made veto power over deals like that part of my extension.

The Jays play in downtown Toronto at the Rogers Centre, formerly the Skydome. A new concert venue opened this summer north of downtown but still in the city, with the name ...Rogers Stadium. Many news stories of tourists or even locals seeing "Rogers Stadium, Toronto" on their ticket and showing up to the downtown venue instead of the new one, leaving themselves a couple of hours to get to the new one in time once they found out.

Same here, and expanding that to the next 5 games - broken up by the bye - should be even more revealing. In order of difficulty, in my opinion, the Lions will have to play: - @Eages - @Chiefs - vs. Tampa -@Washington -vs.Minnesota I'd be satisfied with 3-2, thrilled with 4-1, can't see 5-0 happening.

I think they will, yes. But despite the loss to Denver yesterday I still consider a Philly #1, as their 4 wins - while by narrow margins - have been against the Cowboys, Bucs, Rams and Chiefs. That’s more impressive than Bears, Ravens, Browns and Bengals.