lordstanley

If I were Illitch, I'd aim to position the Tigers for sale for the year 2030. Maximize attendance, TV ratings, and merch until then. Signing Skubal and winning a championship or two would drive that. A new owner in 2030 won't be scared off by the remaining few years of Skubal's contract, will just see it as a cost of entry for acquiring the team.

Great, actually. No one can take away the joy and excitement of 4 Cup triumphs over a 12-year span. Give me 2 World Series and 2 Super Bowls over the next decade. That will take me to 68 years old. Both the Tigers and Lions can suck for the rest of my lifetime after that. Would make that deal in a heartbeat.

If you had told us before the game that a Tiger would leave the game due to “left shoulder flare-up” we’d have had fans jumping off of the Gordie Howe Bridge.

ESPN and Boras are in cahoots

Tigers improve to 9-8 in their past 17 games.

I’m in Victoria, BC now and while my wife and I were having afternoon tea at the Empress I stopped in at a pub a few blocks away. Bartender had the game on and was wearing a Tigers cap with the orange English D. I asked him if he was a Tigers fan or just liked the hat. He replied adamantly that he is a Tigers fan, originally from Windsor. We agreed that the Tigers really need the win tonight but fortunately in Skubal we both trust. A shared moment thousands of miles away from Comerica.

The AL went 7-0 against the NL today. Which means a lot of teams that I don’t like won.

Milwaukee will be the new media darling.

Did Dylan Larkin and other Red Wings players start hanging around the Tigers’ clubhouse a couple of weeks ago and rubbed off on them?

A hit!

4-0. I remember the good ol’ days of May and June when a typical 5th inning score was Tigers 3 Losers 1.

No Tiger hits through 5. I wish talking about a no-hitter in progress on the Internet had the power to jinx it.

A good thing about Dan Dickerson is that I’ve listened to him for so long that once ball leaves the bat I can tell by Dan’s tone and words how excited or worried I should be. Still adjusting with Greg Gania

3-run homer, Tigers trail 3-0.

Tigers will bounce back today just as MotownForums has!

Stumble …skid …slump…nosedive …plunge … collapse. Maybe we’re still only at “skid”.

Tigers lose. have a knot in my stomach.

Kahnle could end up released within a few weeks.

Probably not, but that’s fine with me. Winning attracts. He admits as much: “Since I was there, it's been a lot different," Suárez said, comparing the Tigers of the 2010s to the 2025 Tigers. "It's a new team with a lot of young guys and a lot of talent. I think they have a really good chance to make it more than the playoffs this year. They got, for me, the best pitcher in the league right now: Tarik Skubal," Suárez said. "They got a bunch of good players. I think they really have a chance to win it all this year."

True, 47-50 after 97 games and 52-57 on July 31. But the '24 Tigers even with their torrid finish still topped out at 86 wins and lost the division by 6.5 games. to get up to 87 wins the tigers only need to go 28-37. Before this ugly 4 game losing streak, the tigers had won 8 of 10.

Only 65 games left. No AL Central opponent is good enough to make up a double digit deficit in that span.