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I just stepped outside to check for mail...............HOLY SHIT.............I can't imagine sitting at that stadium in the sun today. Insane. Going to see Tears For Fears tonight at Pine Knob, those British boys are gonna melt. But you know what, I'll see more hits tonight than any Tigers fan saw at Comerica from the home team. .

What is even worse is they don't get any success form any other round............consistently or even non consistent. Most good teams are not loaded with 1st round guys. You have to strike sometimes outside of the first round.............the Tigers don't even do it by accident, man.

Today was it, Today was the end. The White Sox were reeling coming in, the fans were lustily booing their manager who literally could have dementia. Now they're all better, aren't they? There's no reason to watch this garbage anymore..........well, maybe because we're a bunch of junkies looking for a fix, but this is a waste of time and energy. Working from home today and didn't flip on the game for one second, and glad I didn't. Cancelling my MLB TV subscription tomorrow. Why bother anymore?

Think about it............ The team who might win their 3rd straight Stanley Cup was largely built by Steve Yzerman. Makes you feel good. There's hope. It's taking longer than we'd like but you see the potential there. I trust Yzerman. He gets five more years before I start wondering. The Pistons were in quicksand for years and Troy Weaver has come in and made a bunch of moves and most of them are working, he's got the skeleton of a good team and he's got the budding superstar. A good draft pick and a above average free agent gets them into the playoff chase. I think he's done wonders very quickly, even thought it isn't showing in the record (part of that was by design) The Lions seem to have hired a sensible GM that doesn't say a bunch of stupid shit and doesn't act holier than thou. So far I think Brad Holmes has had 2 pretty good drafts, but we won't know. The coach? A bit of a buffoon, but far better than the arrogant ass we had before. The players LOVE the guy and they'll fight like hell for him. There's hope, not this year, but even national pundits are talking about the Lions. And then there's Al.

I'm so sick of the word REBUILDING All of our teams REBUILDING for a decade. When was the last time one of our 4 majors made the playoffs, 2014?

This offense is worse than the 2003 Tigers. The pitching is the only thing being a .250 team.

I hope you looked at the post I made last night during an angry outburst. You saw what 20 years of drafting has brought, as far as position players. You couldn't even put a full respectable lineup for 20 years of drafting. I'm not giving up on Spence, I'm not giving up on Greene, but this idea that Colt Keith or Ryan Kreidler or Roberto Campos will come to the rescue is ridiculous. Right now our development guys are busy screwing them up somehow, probably tweaking the things that are working to the point where they don't work anymore. I don't know, I just know every single person involved in scouting, drafting and developing players needs to be fired at the end of the season. I shudder at the thought of them having their hands on another draft but you can't really cut everyone loose in mid-season. I know it won't happen. I know Chris doesn't care, so here we are 1988-2005 all over again, and with that as the standard of suck, we're only in 1996. Gonna be a great fuckin' decade.

What's the point in keeping AJ either? So he can rot? I like the guy, but why sentence him to this? He's now paid for his past crimes, he did his time, first in purgatory and now 2 years in Hell. Release him. Al's going nowhere. Al doesn't rock the boat. Al's a good little soldier for Chris. Chris is a businessman who inherited a sports team and as long as he can squeeze any kind of profit out of it, he's not selling and that's why we need to stop giving them our money.

At this point the fanbase should be in full revolt. A struggling team with a near 80-yaer old manager, who doesn't seem to know what he's doing just came in to your house and pissed all over your rug and laughed. This has very little to do with injuries, the injuries have been mainly pitchers and the pitching staff has held up remarkably well. You have one kid who had a remarkable start to his career on the mound and has only 1 win to show for it becuase of your horrible lineup. Kid had a bad day today, he ain't perfect. Boycott this team. Don't spend a dime on merch, don't buy tickets, don't give them your money anymore. This is repulsive. This aggression can not stand, man.

Al Avila joined this team as 2nd in command for player personnel in 2003, he became GM in 2015. So for 20 years he has been at or just next to the top and even before he was GM, he was in charge of scouting and his voice was the loudest in the room when it comes to drafting. I went back to the 2004 draft and looked at position players the Tigers have drafted that has made it to the majors. (I am not counting DJ LeMahieu, who they drafted in the 41st round, didn't sign and then was drafted 2 years later in the 2nd round by the Cubs). This is 20 fucking years. Are you ready for this? Outfielders Brennan Boesch Nick Castellanos Tyler Collins Andy Dirks Daniel Fields Jeff Frazier Mike Gerber Derek Hill Matt Joyce Cameron Maybin Jake Robson Cristin Stewart Steve Susdorf Clete Thomas Casper Wells Infielders David Adams Kody Clemens Brian Dlugach Jeff Larish Scott Sizemore Devin Travis Danny Worth Catchers Alex Avila Curt Casali Grayson Greiner Bryan Holaday James McCann Chris Robinson So, for 20 years of being at the top and being largely responsible for the draft, your starting lineup/roster would be c - Alex Avila 1b - Jeff Larish 2b - Devin Travis SS - Dany Worth 3b - Scott Sizemore rf - Nick Castellanos cf - Cameron Maybin lf - Matt Joyce DH - James McCann Bench Cristin Stewart, Brennan Boesch, Brian Dlugach, Kody Clemens Oh my GOD, how is he allowed to continue his job? That's 20 years and the only respectable position players are Alex Avila, James McCann, Nick Castellanos, Devin Travis & Cameron Maybin. That's it. It's so bad, it's just sooooo bad. So when you see that my call is to fire everyone, I mean everyone. AJ too. Total clean sweep is needed. EVERYONE !

Victor Reyes is BY FAR the best hitter on this team.

Never mind.

Why can't I watch this game? Someone explain to me.

I know, I was watching all the footage in Chicago on one TV and the Tigers on the other. Storm Porn. We got very very lucky.........

Putting the American flag on to soda cans and other items is a violation of flag code. I've always hated patriotism for profit, even as a little kid, I thought it was disrespectful and cheesy.

Aye Aye ! Or is it Ayy Ayy Not saying there is or isn't a God, I don't know. I just think organized religion may be good for some, but the people that are at the top are as corrupt as any other organization. People get to the top of very large organization usually by being sneaky, greedy, petty and vicious, but have a way of making it sound like they're doing you a favor. Trying to apply things that were written (by men - clearly men) 2,000 years ago to life today is absolute insanity. Religion is a way to keep people in check, and that works for a lot of people, but it also is used to be cruel, vindictive and it's used to cover up crimes, often against it's very followers. I think Organized Religion holds humanity back. If you read about countries where religion isn't very influential, they tend to be more advanced, more tolerant, generally happier with lower crime and lower violence. I think the lack of ORGANIZED religion has a lot to do with that, because a lot of people in these countries do believe in God, they just aren't using that belief like a weapon.

You may be ambidextrous, or as I heared a boxer once say on Sports Center "You can't defend me because I'm amphibious", to which Olbermann quipped "Yes, he's 4-0 Underwater".

MEGASTORM '22..............We Will Rebuild!

He needs 18 more months (per: Lynn)

45 became a crooked number a few years ago.

Flashbacks of the 2006 World Series.

Mr. Avila, after very careful consideration I've come to the conclusion that your new offensive system sucks.

It's the Russian, they're spying on us.

Did Lance Lynn hit a Tiger player?