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The team was going nowhere with Avila and the question seemed to be - could he not judge talent or could he not develop it or both? I think we have the answer. He was a good talent evaluator that did not have a good handle on development. Harris came in and fixed that immediately and now we see that Avila was better than we thought. I think the current Tiger system is modeled after the Tampa system, and Tampa always develops good enough talent to basically contend every 3 out of 4 years. The difference here is - where Tampa trades away any player about to get into serious contracts, the Tigers probably can't get away with that as much. The Tampa fanbase doesn't have that ache for baseball that the Detroit fanbase does - and trading away your stars as they become starts would infuriate the fanbase here. If this was the Rays, Riley Greene would be gone, probably this year, even if the team was contending. The Tigers and Lions seem to be on a run of picking and developing good players - the kind of thing that if you stay this good, or even close to it, you should always have a shot at the playoffs. The way Brad Holmes is going with the Lions, a 9-8 season is going to seem like a failure. Imagine saying that just 4 years ago. The way things are clicking into place for the Tigers, and with the talent they have in the minors, losing a Tarik Skubal might not be as bad as some believe. I don't think the Tigers will be able to keep him. I think Steve Cohen's gonna offer him 60 million a year, especially if the Mets haven't won a series by then. Even if Skubal loves it here, he's not turning that down.

That, and Earl Weaver's Manager's Corner. I can't even look at a tomato plant without thinking of poor Alice Sweet.

Those two are not on my Mt. Rushmore, but they're in the foothills surrounding it. How Tayshaun covered that much ground is amazing, like how Austin Jackson caught that ball in the 9th of the imperfect perfect game.

This is going to be such an exciting comeback victory.

The Tigers just became the first team in Major League HISTORY to win 59 games in 2025.

Dingler gets dinged in the dinger.

Wow, that's a Tony Conigliaro situation without the helmet

A very dumb play by Harvey. Come on man.

well i built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'

Relieves him. You could never replace a Tyler Holton. Just like you could never replace an Idaho Bert. There can be only one.

Rollo Tamassi

One away from a Bert.

With the Tigers having 3 (likely 4) starters, there was virtually no way they were getting any reserves. But if someone drops out due to injury, McKinstry should be considered. Shows how dumb we all are. Almost all of us wanted McKinstry and Baez gone.

LOL. Same time !

♫ anything you can do I can do better ♫

Wow. He hit that ball like he hated it.

For an old guy who's destroyed his body and has Parkinson's, I thought he sounded pretty good actually. Look, I am not a metal fan by any stretch, but I can appreciate the weight of that night. I thought he gave all he had left and the worst thing he and Sharon could do now is decide that they could get away with sending him out there for more shows. Please resist. Dude went out on as high a note as you could expect. Leave it be.

Not much of a Black Sabbath or Ozzy fan here, but I guess it was a triumphant night for their last show and I wouldn't be shocked at all if Ozzy shuffled off this mortal coil in the next few days.

Look at that. Matty V is on. Two are on for Riley and Riley is due !

Because they have the best record in the American League and have more experience than any of us.

Get Riley up with two on and let Riley work Come on, Matty V

Two things 1 - No Hitter Alert today. Skubal's near-death experience yesterday will bring out his best 2- Riley's been quiet the last few games. He's about to 'splode.

Very good pitching performance by Logan Allen, but not good enough !

12.5 over Minny 14 over Cle 14 over KC