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That will show up in the box score as a routine ground out to the pitcher. 1 out.

Seattle wins. They get out of a 1st and 3rd none out jam in the top of the 11th, then score on a close play at the plate on a slow bouncer to 1st. Tigers' division lead is 6 over Minnesota and Cleveland, 7 over KC.

Mariners blow another 9th inning lead over Minnesota. Now tied in the 11th

Keith gets his 2nd hit of the game, the Tigers' 2nd hit of the game.

Nothing worse than when your audio feed buffers at a key moment only for it to come back when the Royals runner is being waved home with the game's first run.

Around 10 years ago a French singer named Alizee was the talk of MTS for her performance of her song J’en Ai Marre, which I believe translates to I Love Tigers Fans. Her other big hit was Moi Lolita. This week, in a concert in Paris, Dua Lipa paid tribute to Alizee by singing the latter song on the 25th year anniversary of its release.

I remember earlier in the month Curtis Granderson, in an interview in which he was overall flattering towards the Tigers, said that in the coming weeks the Tigers “would finally be tested” - Texas, Boston, St. Louis, Toronto etc. I thought the Tigers had already had a normal enough schedule to date. But if we just look at the time since Granderson’s remarks, the Tigers have gone 13-7 versus Texas, Boston, Toronto, St. Louis, Cleveland, San Francisco, and KC. The last 14 of those have all been against teams over .500 and the Tigers have gone 9-5.

Mariners gave up 7 runs in the 10th inning to Washington last night and 6 runs in the 10th inning to Minnesota tonight.

Twins lead 8-6 in the 10th.

Tigers wobble for the first time since the opening weekend - losing 3 straight at home to last year's division winner - and respond by thumping out 5 straight wins. The lead that had narrowed to 3 games is back up to 6.5 games. That's what championship contending teams do.

Tigers win!

Tying run at the plate.

“Touch them all time” by the substitute radio PBP man sounds like trying too hard to come up with a phrase. I thought it was just a one-off but he has used it twice tonight.

Lockerroom cancer bribes kids with gifts as hush money.

DeBoer completely threw Oettinger under the bus.

Interesting what if that we used to ask. Imagine if Jim Nill had been promoted by the Wings the summer of 2013. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/through-deft-drafting-and-dealing-jim-nills-stars-emerge-as-consistent-force/ EDMONTON — As architect of a team playing in its third straight conference final, Jim Nill chuckles when asked if he saw any of it coming. “No, no, there were too many unknowns,” said the humble 67-year-old Hanna, Alta., product during a quiet sit-down at Rogers Place. “If you asked me coming out of the bubble here in Edmonton during COVID, I was worried where we were going. It was Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin’s team, and they were getting into their 30s, starting to age out.” After losing to Tampa in the 2020 Stanley Cup Final, a rebuild seemed inevitable. “We're in a different market down in Dallas, and rebuilds are tough, so I'm sitting there, hoping I wouldn't have to go to that route and that there was another way to do it,” he said. “Then, all of sudden, these players showed up, so it didn’t become an option.” In a league in which conventional wisdom suggests teams almost always need to go through several lean years to aid a reboot, the Stars have been a model of consistency based on their ability to draft better than most teams the last dozen years. “Our scouting and development team did a good job and suddenly we hit on a couple big drafts,” said Nill. “Guys like Roope Hintz (49th in 2015) and Esa Lindell (74th in 2012), were all coming up through the farm system, so the combination of that and another big draft where guys hit well kind of put us to the next level again. So instead of taking that dip, we were able to stay pretty consistent.” The big splash he refers to came in 2017 when the Stars snagged Miro Heiskanen third overall, Jake Oettinger 26th and Jason Robertson 39th. Thomas Harley was selected 18th overall in 2019, but the organization went into the bubble tourney still unsure just how impactful each of them would be. It was only clear a few years later they would be franchise cornerstones.

If anyone is craving some off day viewing, here is nice quality video of the '84 home opener. Tigers roster and staff is introduced from 18:05 to 21:25. National anthem by Fat Bob Taylor at 22:00. Spoiler alert - big moment at 53:40.

Most Rockies fans presumably are also fans of the Nuggets, Avalanche and Broncos, each of which have won a title within the past decade. Plus if there's no good baseball for them to watch this summer they can use the time to go climb a few 14ers. I don't feel sorry for them.

Interesting, I didn't know about the part that I italicized.

And in 2003 it was September 5th before the Tigers won their 37th game.

Sweep!

Guardians have scored 5 in the 8th to take a 7-4 lead over the Dodgers. Twins have lost though. Tigers will have a 6 game lead if they close out this win.