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The Tigers had an amazing 162-game stretch, but they had it at the wrong time.

Couldn't be worse than Sweeney.

Shortstop is a continuing black hole In September. Javie OPS is .353, Trey Sweeney is .118. At this point, why not give Trei Cruz a look? He could not be worse than Sweeney.

Think of the Tigers last year...............

They have to to win 2 out of 3 vs. the Braves this weekend and pray (and I am atheist) that Cleveland cools down. This is awful.

You get great pitching from Mize, Flaherty and Skubal and get swept. How pathetic.

I think they just lost the division (and playoffs) today. And, I don't know about what next year looks like after this. Sometimes teams don't recover from epic collapses. The absolute arrogance and stupidity of doing next to nothing at the trade deadline. Like you're so good you don't need to go for it now. After the All Star Break when they were brutal I made a post that was sort of a joke where I wrote "this is going to be really painful" This is very very painful. Sitting still (at the deadline) didn't send a good message and you heard that from the Red Wings last year. The team captain, Dylan Larkin, talked about how let down the team was when they did nothing at the deadline. I think it's kind of the same story here. If this does happen, doesn't someone need to go? I don't know who, but someone?

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Yes. People saying the Tigers got fleeced did not understand the situation. If Smoltz has stayed with the Detroit organization they would have probably brought up up too early - to pitch for a team that was in decline. 1987 they made the playoffs by 1 game, on the last day, they needed every bit of that Doyle trade. It was their last real hurrah. The Tigers fell short in the AL East by a game in 1988 - and then in 1989 it all crashed and burned. That's the team that Smoltz would have been coming to and they would have ruined him. Smoltz was put in a perfect situation for a young pitcher. (Edit:Update) I just looked at the stats for the 1988 team and it's a miracle they won 88 games. Must have been one hell of a job by Sparky Anderson. Talk about a close race.

I was in the CF Bleachers. We could not see the LF Corner. We only reacted when we saw others react.

I didn't know that was Bob, but I sure never would have guess Zach. I thought it was Merlin Olsen.

Suh was too busy stomping on........er, I mean, trying to avoid stepping on O-Lineman to bat down a ball

The one I remember living through, that benefitted us, obviously, was the 1987 Blue Jays. They pretty much had to lose all 7 of their last games for us to have a chance - and then they did. Great slide, Bill Madlock ! I remember that last weekend vs. the Blue Jays. Tigers had to sweep. Friday night Scott Lusader hit a HR and made an incredible diving catch Saturday Jim Walewander scored the game winning run from 2nd on a base hit in extras Sunday - Larry Herndon's solo HR was the only run of the game The Tigers and Blue Jays played 7 times in the last two weekends. Jays won the first 3 in Toronto, Tigers won the last game in TO and then swept them at home. All were 1-run games. That was incredible. It's Division-Or-Bust this time. Tigers can't get swept here. They just can't.

That's exactly what they are doing.

I watch Ordinary People every couple of years - it's such a great movie. How Donald Sutherland never got an Oscar Nomination for that movie is baffling. He's brilliant in it. Everyone was.

Hope it was just as peaceful for Robert Redford. R.I.P. Great Actor/Director.

Everyone alright now?

Okay. I was unable to watch last Sunday I forgot that Gibbs is #0 and Jameson is #1. It's throwing me off, man.

They can beat the Yankees in a series but not the Marlins or White Sox. WTAF is going on, man. They are making this way too close now.

I've been better, but I also will get better. It's more of a frustration right now. Don't miss your yearly checkups. Glad I didn't miss mine.

Maybe just have him skip it or delay his turn a few games then. What's he got to prove at this point?

I've been in my treatment/post treatment haze since yesterday afternoon. How serious is the Tark Skubal injury?

I was a fan, but he turned out to be pretty awful. Woman-beater. Twice, at least. Go hit a wall, dude, don't hit a woman or another person.