Dan Gilmore

In the recent discussion about Miggy- his slowness specifically, IL and retirement more broadly, I was tempted to make an all caps text wall post. It would have offered the single kernal of contradiction HE JUST STOLE THIRD!!! amidst a stream of incoherent ranting. Good times.

Born in 1956, never lived in Michigan. As a kid in upstate NY we would visit aunts and uncles by driving across Canada every year. My favorite relatives lived in Dearborn and they made me a Tigers fan (no Yankee love - who needs an overdog). Fast forward to 68 and I am in junior high in central Illinois - pretty solid Cardinal country. One of my teachers had the radio on during class for a game, I don’t recall there being another Tigers fan in the group. That was a sweet victory in so many ways and cemented my fandom. Lots of lean years followed but 84 was magical. And the final week of the 87 season- by then I was in the PNW and it was hard to keep up with games. I would buy The Sporting News and get excited about players (Marshall had great SO numbers!) that seldom made it in the bigs. I still have Bill James abstracts and books from back then. Watched Cecil drive a massive HR against the W Sux with my Dad when we drove up for a game during a visit to Illinois. 2006 was redemption for all the bad years, although, like others I was in to the firepower from the nineties teams. Loved Tony P and others. And the run after 2006 was a lot of fun for the most part. As a final Tigers note, my first born is named Lew (never liked the Lou spelling), partially for Lou. Took him to see the Tigers beat the Yankees when he was getting started at UM. Lots of great memories, although I am getting fuzzier on many of them. And having this forum (old one included) has been wonderful. When I joined in 2002 or 2003 I had no idea it would be such a regular part of my life. The people on it and the hugely beneficial connection and information for a fan so Far away. Thank you all. Well, almost all. 😎

Take off

Muddlers Row

That was Kinky

Another witch.

Make them change their company name to Liars not sheep.

Yep, plus there are more trials after this one. He seems to have weak lawyers on his side right now, will even those guys bail? How’s he gonna pay them? The wheels grind slow, but he’s going to suffer. I remember Ballmich on the old site being a Info Wars guy. 🤮

Right. His ceiling was sometimes said as Greg Maddox, because of his control. Hasn’t turned out that way so far, but the splitter was not all he had going for him.

Hoping Turnbull and Erod add to the 2023 staff, plus some of the others currently injured ones are not lost long term.

As others have suggested, Al could get the “promotion” to senior advisor status and a new GM brought in, instead of being actually fired. I could see that happening.

Gitmo

I believe the actual quote did not say everyone was available for trade, it said just about everybody. May be too hair-splitting for some, but it is a distinction in my mind.

I don’t want to limit the return to starting pitchers, this year is lost. Manning may be back soon, possibly Wentz later. Get the most talent back from a trade, we have holes in many areas.

I think Skubal has more stuff than Boyd ever did. Some similarities, sure, but I always felt Boyd was getting results beyond his stuff that wouldn’t hold up. I also doubt Skubal gets traded, just wanted to say he seems different enough to me to not evoke the rumored Yankee trade scenario. As you were

Well they don’t want to end up as Bannon’s cellmate.

I take it that was the PAT for the 28th.

So, way back in the Spring there were folks here advocating a trade to get Montas. Who were we thinking from our side would get it down?

Robert Duvall, or Larry Linville? Manfred does have some ferret genes.

You posted something that was dumb and misleading, for the reasons Rob pointed out. I would expect a man to own up to being wrong, but you keep trying to deflect. Weak.

So the All Star game is winding down, the AL has a big lead and Miggy hasn’t been in yet. Bring him on as a PR? 😎

“When I’m playing for the AAA team in Fargo”

I agree with Hart on that take.

This RP has seen his era rise more than a full run this inning.

What a different few days for Schoop, after a hot streak he gets the IBB.