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I wouldn't worry much.

Two hard hit balls off Jack with the first two hitters. I do believe in Jack and I think he just has some bumpy innings here and there Wow, another home run given up by Jack. Zach made a hell of a catch there. Looking right into the sun. Vierling hit another Home Run. Seems like his bat and patience is fine.

I feel like part of that is because of the scandal. People who once liked them have completely turned on them, but I am still not sure what happened. Was what he did illegal? Or just immoral? Because if we're going with immoral then there goes most of the music business.

We should thank the ump for pissing off Skubal. That's gonna work in our favor.

Do we have our new Angel Hernandez?

Since August 10th of last season...............81 games, the Tigers are 55-26. A full season pace of 110-52. This has been an epic run here. And this team still hasn't been 100% healthy through any of it.

25-10 since the Dodgers series.

Bert + 5 !!!!!!!!!

COME ON, BIG SALAMI FOR CARPE DIEM !!!!!

Wait, Donny Kelly Baby is now a manager? Gee, you think Jimmy Two-Packs had a role in that decision?

Marty Castillo's Home Run and diving double play come to mind too.

One of the last home games of 1991 was heavily-attended as Cecil Fielder was on Home Run 49 and nobody had seen 50 in years. Ron Cameron asked me and my friends "Are you here just to see Cecil hit No. 50?" and I said "No, I'm here to see Chet hit No. 5". And Chet did just that. Loved him. Always seem to play with a big smile on his face. Didn't seem the least bit jaded. I know his last years were a terrible struggle and I am glad he's not struggling anymore. One of the most underrated Center Fielder's in MLB history, but not in these parts.

I leapt out of my seat screamed when this happened. Always my #1 memory of Chet Lemon.

This Tiger team is very similar to the 2021 San Francisco team that went 107-55. If you look at their Baseball Reference page, no individual player stats blow you away, but they just seem to get the big hit at the right time. Plus the pitching for that Giants team looks a lot like ours. Doesn't matter of Tork is hitting only .233. He's making the hits count. Who cares if he strikes out with nobody on in the 3rd inning I thought Andy Ibanez had a monster BA against lefties, but he's only hitting .263, but when he does hit, it's usually a big one. They just find ways.

But think about it. Partially because of what the Tigers did last year and what the Rays have been doing - the value of Starting Pitchers might not be as high it once was. Starting pitchers are limited more than ever with number of innings and the Tigers proved that you can win without having a dominant rotation. I mean, they had TWO starting pitchers, basically, the last two months of the season. I don't know, but I think it's better to have depth than height with starting pitchers. Having 4 or 5 good starters and a great bullpen is better than having a dominant ace and then mediocrity. With the one ace you may almost guarantee that 1 out of 5 games, but with depth you can aim towards realistically winning 3 out of every 5. Over 162 games that's a big, big difference. This 10/400 number ain't gonna do it. Not with Steve Cohen in the game. Skubal could get north of 50 million a year or one of these super long deferred-money deals. If the Tigers offer 10/400, Cohen's gonna offer 15/700 or something insane like that. It's all play money to him like it was for Mr. I back in the day. A lot of it will depend on how close the Tigers actually get to winning it all and how well guys like Max Clark, Kevin McGonigle and Jackson Jobe develop. Right now the Tigers have 1 dominant ace, 2 really good dependable starters, a question mark that may finally be showing he's worth the 1/1 pick and a rookie who doesn't know what he's doing yet, but is still looking pretty good. They are in great shape. If they lose Skubal right now to an injury, they'd still be in the top third of the league in starting rotations and I think that's what they are going to try to build forever here. Build such a solid foundation in all aspects that losing one or even two stars will not slow you down. Heck, to me their Offensive MVP last year was Parker Meadows. When he finally returned those two months, they were a completely different team (once he figured it out) -- and the fact that he hasn't even played this year and they have the best record in the AL should give us a ton of confidence in the future. Everyone is playing and everyone seems to be contributing, especially now that Sweeney and Keith have started hitting. They just have a hell of a coaching staff and they seem to have an incredibly good development staff. They aren't asking guys to try to do things they aren't good at. They're simply putting them in places where they know they can thrive. The downside of that is other than maybe 2 or 3 players (Greene, Torres, Torkelson), nobody is starting anywhere close to 160 games, but it seems like we're going to have 10 or maybe even 11 guys who play in 120 games. AJ Hinch is playing Chess here. An added bonus to that is every player on that bench needs to be mentally ready because they might get put in the game at any time and I think that just sharpens up EVERYONE. I am shocked it hasn't happened yet, but I fully expect them to have to put a pitcher in the field of play because they exhausted their bench.

Why AI can never be trusted. Ever. I googled. Matt Vierling Seattle Mariners and trade and this is what it said.

It's Utah Mammoth

Matty V hit a home run and walked 2 more times yesterday. I don't think he's going to need much more time at Toledo. I bet we see him for the Texas series. And Jace Jung can go back to Toledo where he can learn some hitting.

This is just MLB's way to try to cool off the Tigers. They made it rain in Denver. Denver is stupid anyway. What a dumb city. Bunch of Mile-High Hippy Freaks. Screw Denver. And screw the Avalanche and the Nuggets and especially screw those stupid Broncos who got rid of the bronco snorting through the D logo on their helmet, which was one of the coolest helmets ever. Yeah, screw them, man.

Skubal Greene McKinstry Torkelson Kahnle Olson Mize Carpenter Javy Where's your belief ?

I hate this, though. With 8 or 9 All Stars, our team is going to be very tired.

Same here. That last game was very emotional. Hanging on the wall right next to me is the lanyard with the ticket and some dirt from the infield, it's one of my most prized possessions. I buried a friend that day and coudn't imagine going back in there. I avoided driving anywhere near there when they were tearing it down.