Tenacious D

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“He don’t want to walk you”

Crazy as a catcher, too.

The three Bye teams hit today. Hope it’s not a trend.

Geez, Melton has his work cut out for him.

Couldn’t tell if the two called strikes on Tork were high—looked a bit borderline.

All four Fox analysts predict Seattle in the series. Tigers guaranteed to win now.

Bert calling for two orders of curly fries.

Who did Hanifee replace?

I think you have to optimize Skubal—that’s game 2. Even if he pitches Game 1, you still have pitching chaos on Game 2. Best to flip them.

This. Even if we eek out the win tomorrow, how far can this team go? And more importantly, what happened to the offense? They were very good during the first half of the season.

Will we ever know how serious/aggressive the Tigers will be in re-signing Skubal? Will they need to provide specific contract terms? They are in a no-win situation on this.

How we feelin’?

I probably hate the Red Sox more. We’ve had success against the Yankees in the postseason. Still bitter about the Papi grand slam. It’s a shame they both can’t lose this series.

Nice to see some Joe Coleman love.

with our offense, I wonder if we would have been better served having Skubal face Bibee in Game 2, and take your chances on that one and a Game 3, if necessary? Hate to potentially waste another Skubal start.

really hope we didn't let Williams off the hook--he looks locked in now.

Indians taking a page out of the first half Tigers with that hustle play. Smart against a pitcher like Skubal.

Wish Hinch would call for the double-play here.

didn't see a replay, but the called strike 3 on Greene looked low. Too close to take, though.

Great dog, though

My Delorean and I just returned from the future. <Spoiler Alert> Guardians win 5-2. Skubal pitches well, but our lineup and pen struggle. (Don’t kill the time-traveling messenger.)

100% agreement with all of this

Of course I want them to win, but realistically don't think they have a chance. The Indians are the more talented team this season and I suspect are in their heads. At this point I have more confidence in Gavin Williams shutting us down than Skubal dominating the Indians. Im looking ahead to next season. I’ve been a bit of a Harris apologist, but that will end after this offseason if he doesn’t recognize that the Greene/Tork/Carp trifecta should be our 3rd-5th best hitters on the team. Maybe McGonigle and Clark will eventually fill in as our two best hitters, but we need two consistently better offensive players next season, acquired from outside the org. Also, let’s avoid the starting pitcher lottery picks and acquire an established #2, who can help us next season and serve as protection for a Skubal exodus.

But I was told we’d regress after losing Benedict and Glenn