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But who cares about the long-term? They got the ring, man. And even though he left Horry open the next year and Horry daggered us, they would not have made the finals without him. I think of the Doyle Alexander thing. I don't think the Tigers lost that trade like others do. The team knew their run was coming to an end in the next couple years, so they went all in and it worked - from the Doyle perspective. Without Doyle, they don't catch the Blue Jays and make the playoffs. Plus, if the Tigers held on to Smoltz, there is no guarantee he would have had the same kind of success with the Tigers. He would have come up to a very bad Tigers team and they probably would have called him up too early out of desperation.

Also, sad to see the once-promising Matt Manning go "POOF". Part of the Tigers last no-hitter. He had his moments. Had a brilling Spring Training in 2024 but lost the roster spot to Reese Olson and that seemed like that was that for him with the Tigers. I can totally understand why a player might fall apart in that situation, he's human. Makes me wonder what might have happened if he went north instead of Kenta last year.

The Pistons went and got Rasheed Wallace when everyone thought he was a lockerroom cancer and that acquiring him would destroy team chemistry - they took the risk. Paul Coffey was a future Hall Of Famer and Keith Primeau was still considered one of the top 10 young players in the league, but the Wings took the risk and got Brendan Shanahan. It was the final piece. The Tigers get Charlie Morton. Come on, man.

I feel like this trade deadline was a MASSIVE failure. Of course, 29 teams will have failed at the deadline and the Tigers will just be one of them, but the time was now. Wait the F are we waiting for anyway. Skubal is probably at his peak right now. Torkelson has been pretty average after a hot start. The likelyhood of the fantasyland version McKinstry and Baez repeating this year is pretty slim. Parker Meadows, if he can even stay healthy, has not grown from last season and the best prospects are post CBA players. The time was now. They needed an earthquake and they came up with a series of whiny farts. Was that onions and ketchup? I can taste it....on my tongue. Okay, the tuxedos are pretty ****ed up now.

This idea that everything will click into place again like this year is the what the Orioles were thinking. Look where they are now. When you have it in front of you and it's as seemingly close as it is to them now - you go for it now. You make the bold moves now. Not just because we're bored as fans, but because there is no guarantee that you will be anywhere close to this position again in 2026 or whatever baseball looks like after the 2027 lockout.

So, I guess Steve Yzerman is working for the Tigers during his downtime.

Randall = John Smoltz. People will complain about it for years. LOL

So, Steve Yzerman is consulting the Tigers, I see.

WOW. Scott Harris with the ALL-IN move. Amazing. (I'm just practicing). Come on, man, did they consult Steve Yzerman at the deadline here? I mean, crickets, man, crickets

Just wait'll Maeda next year.

Please, please, please, baseball Gods, I hate Chris Sale. Don't make him a Tiger, please don't make him a Tiger.

Wow, that's shocking man.

Positive is a confirmation of a break. Negative is no break. The Diamonbacks are lying. Franklin Perez was perfectly healthy when the Astros traded him, too.

No thanks, man. If I was gonna go gay, it would be for that blind, ugly bastard.

Whew.

Wow, busy freaking day, eh? I was working all day.

Wow, now there is two on. Come on, man.

Oh great................Break the hand of the guy we were gonna trade for. Well done, Will.

Wait, Reese Olson is done for the year? Wow. Can't keep our four main pitchers healthy very long. They HAVE to make a trade for a starter.

When and why did they call Andy Ibanez back up?

Bertation. A very very heavy bertation.

Riley Greene with the mustache only looks like Ron Glass from the Barney Miller show.

0-2 to Marte, do NOT throw him ANYTHING inside, please.

Get Tommy out of there, man.

Guys. I mounted a desk fan on the wall just before the Seattle series. I took it down this morning. I will leave it down,