lordstanley

I grew up about 60-75 minutes from Tiger Stadium depending on bridge and rush hour traffic, so a perfect summer night when 17 would be to listen to the first two innings of game 1 at home while eating a pre-game meal, have Ernie & Paul's broadcast of innings 3-7 accompany me on my drive, get into my seats for the 8th and 9th innings of Game 1, head to the concessions between games, then relax and enjoy game 2 in full.

Isn’t that a traditional doubleheader? With a day:night being something like 1pm and 7pm starts for the two games?

Edit: now on pace for 28 HRs, 89 RBIs, current OPS of .740 is his season high.

I’m hoping it holds through 2035. His age 35+ years are probably too much to hope for.

Well, that was an exciting bottom of the 9th.

Yep, on pace for 27 homers and 88 RBIs. Pretty sure his current OPS of .734 is his season high. Even if he ends up with say, 25 homers and 80 RBIs, I’d have gladly take it at beginning of the year as a big step forward.

Check out the lyrics to Seger’s Louise. https://genius.com/Bob-seger-louise-lyrics A sports case from the ‘80s, better known in Canada than the U.S., was Doug Gilmour. When he was playing for the St Louis Blues, he and his wife hired a 13 yr old babysitter to watch their young daughter. The mother of the babysitter found a diary in which the babysitter made several entries about having sex with Gilmour. When her mother confronted her, the babysitter “admitted” that she had a frequent sexual relationship with Gilmour. Truth? Fantasy? Legal case was brought and moved forward before being dropped for insufficient evidence. Gilmour was promptly traded and went on to a storied career with Calgary and Toronto and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.

A pretty meh move. Like Drown said, it would have been bigger news a few years ago. But gave up little and paying him little after retention, so fine.

Anna K turned 16 the day the Wings won the Cup in '97. Fedorov was 27.

Good riddance, if the Wings had scored in overtime instead the Wings and Leafs would both have 12 Cups each. Broken leg? Pfft, probably a bruised ankle. Overblown like Curt Schilling's bloody sock, lol. https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/bobby-boomer-baun-maple-leaf-cup-overtime-hero-dead-at-86

Double play to end it. Big day for Manning, Carpenter and Torkelson. 6.5 games back.

I care more about Manning’s performance the rest of the year than any other Tiger, apart from maybe Torkelson.

Huh?

Ballgame.

Stretching.

With the prices of sports and concert tickets these days, to get this last minute single for $55 was nice.

Liked the way Olson battled out of that.

Made it through the Bluewater Bodge today.

So-so player and so-so broadcaster BUT thanks to longevity and decency he became a Tigers legend, a link between eras.

Waited 75 minutes on the Canadian side of the Bluewater Bridge without even reaching the tollbooth, let alone customs, so decided to ditch the game and turned around and went home. Best decision of my week!

Going to my first game at Comerica since 2019 tonight. Anyone else?