Tenacious D

Didn’t seem to faze this late starter

Who’d we get?

Must win

Must win

I loved Christmas. Our hair shirts were trimmed to a much more comfortable length.

I like that he only has one name. Kind of like Ichiro.

We couldn’t afford to have an elevator in our abode. We improvised by adding a helipad on our roof for the helicopter and then walked down. But we rarely complained about it.

Who is Gil? Had quite a day

Hopefully that lazy and inaccurate narrative will start to go away.

Cristian Santana had 3 hits for Lakeland to raise his average above .150

If we’re to successfully trade for Ohtani, a good performance from ERod would be really good here. Must Win

So many Tigers/Angels connections, including Gary Pettis, Lance Parrish, Al Cowens, Fred Lynn, Jason Thompson, Troy Percival, Damion Easley, Frank Tanana…

I’d do Manning for India, though I don’t think they’d go for it. Also, moving Manning or Skubal will exacerbate out current depth, if you believe we should still trade ERod and Lorenzen to avoid losing them later for nothing.

Yes. And Monday Night Baseball was a big deal. I think the local Tigers broadcast on WDIV was limited to 40-50 games. It was the only way to see an NL team, too.

If you’ve never seen Mark Fidrych pitch or seen a 70’s era baseball game, watch at least the first couple of innings. LeFlore, Staub, Jason Thompson, Aurelio Rodriguez. Heck, even Mickey Stanley. Players introducing themselves, Bob Eucker on the mic, 70’s era commercials. I was 10 years old and this was everything to me. Pure gold. Enjoy

Nice season so far in West Michigan and Erie. Potential bullpen arm in 2024.

Have you ever been laid?

nice to see our core (Carpenter, Greene, Tork and Rogers with two hits a piece, along with Skubal's gem) shine in this one.

is that year over year? I'm talking relative to 10-20 years ago.

I'm not suggesting it should be, but making an observation that outfielders today are hitting for the same average that backup middle infielders did in the past. I suspect other stats are down, too, like OPS, runs scored, though I'm too lazy to look it up.

you'd just like to see Jace's batting average higher, but everything else looks about right based on his pre-draft profile. Good OBP and power potential. Just looking at hitting stats in general, including at the ML level, should we reset our expectations about what good looks like? It seems like a .270 batting average was pretty pedestrian, especially for a good hitter, but now that seems less achievable. Is .250 the new .275?

Sounds like a poor excuse to me.

They might demote someone from Toledo to Erie.

I suspect he has to really show at Toledo to stay in the organization. He’s taking up a spot on the 40-man and there might not be room for him after this season.