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As a result the Reds are in. Tito is back for October baseball.

He did a great job on his Tiger Stadium presentation when the park closed. Hate to hear of his passing.

Charlie Morton getting the start for Atlanta tomorrow.

I think this team has missed a healthy Vierling this year more than has been discussed.

Imho, there is absolutely no way Harris gets the boot. Should he? I’ll ask the forever question, how much freedom does he have to spend?

I knew leaving the bases loaded in the fourth inning would come back to cost them. Tork & Riley back to back outs killed it.

Game over

Ironic that you mention this. Watching the game last night I noticed Mize in the dugout as the game was ending. In that the Tigers are literally in playoff mode now, I wondered why the team didn’t fly Mize out earlier in the day for the purpose of getting enough rest/sleep as opposed to flying out with the team post game.

Kyle Harrison is the primary piece that came back to Boston in the Rafael Devers trade with San Francisco. He was the Giants #1 prospect less than two years ago. The Red Sox put him at their AAA club after the trade but he’s been up very recently after being cleared after some shoulder issues that weren’t serious.

Riley with a Baez special.

Messick K’s the side.

Walks always come home to roost.

Houston won today vs A’s.

I’ve watched this entire series on the Cleveland feed. Much more tolerable.

From my limited observations of Cleveland, they’re not beating themselves. The Tigers literally self imploded last night. btw, I’m really hoping the Reds get in.

Tigers?

My impression of some of these comments is that not everyone has attended games where the systems were being used. I’m an old guy and a traditionalist…and I like the ABS/Challenge system. From the time the pitcher/hitter/catcher indicates that they want to challenge a ball/strike call until the call is confirmed or overturned takes less than a minute. The Challenge works fine. I’ve been to a dozen games where the Challenge was being used. It does not hold up the game. It is automatic, strike or ball. It’s not like the challenge reviews in MLB where you have to wait on the New York review, which can take forever sometimes. My personal opinion is that the Challenge system will end up being a soft introduction to the full ABS system, as in, no challenge. The system will read the pitch and the call will immediately be relayed to the umpire, method TBD. For fans this won’t be any different that what you have going on now, except the call will be correct. This, I am ready for. I’ve attended a number of games where the straight up ABS System (no challenge) was used and it’s totally invisible to the fan experience. Those in attendance that weren’t aware the ump was a part of the straight ABS system would still yell at the ump when they thought the call was incorrect. I’m sure that will still be a part of the game for years. Of all the changes in baseball over the recent years, this is the one change that I am happy to see. And with this, I truly hope the strike box on the screen during the televised games goes away.

“it is what it is.”

One of the Cleveland announcers, postgame, called Skubal’s snap over Tork’s head, “asinine.” I couldn’t agree more. I think that and Kwan’s leadoff bunt were the two most critical points of the game.

This team is psychologically beaten. Zero confidence-zero motivation.

I just had the same thought, literally.

He did foul the ball off the bat. Brutal.

Baez was scratched shortly before the game due to neck stiffness.

They’re making Skub work.