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I don't think that Torkelson will ever be an impact player, but he hits left handers which is something they already need. Losing him and Torres is going to make them even more vulnerable vs LHP.

No doubt. I think it was more batters than pitchers, but there were definitely some slow pitchers too.

The problem with spending 20 million on the bullpen is you don't know which relievers are going to good from year to year.

I don't like a lot of the things they have done to the game, but I do like the pitch clock. I don't care how long the game is, but I want the pace to be reasonable. The guy you are talking about is Mike Hargrove, but it got to the point where every player was acting like him today and it was slowing down the game with stuff I don't want to see The pitch clock eliminates those excessive and unnecessary delays which I think is a positive.

It's Navin Field.

It's been done already a long time ago. "And the Tigers hit another Superior home run."

I think it's accepted as part of the game as long as it's players on the field doing it manually. It becomes a problem if someone off the field is aiding them especially if it's done electronically. By accepted, I mean the opponent is going to hate it and they may punish you, but it's not considered cheating.

Or maybe 5/3, 4/3, 3/3, 2/3, 1/3

Blue Jays up 5-1 in the 8th. I am hoping for a Tigers night game on Friday. It's always nice to see the Yankees lose too.

So, the Tigers won't be playing on my birthday tomorrow, but they are still alive on my birthday. That is my marker for a great season. I'll celebrate on Friday.

I went to take a pee when Perez was up figuring he'd be an automatic out and I was content with a 2-run lead. Then I heard a loud cheer as I released.

Outliers like Judge pump up the average. I would bet the median is closer to 0.

The average is 4.35 WAR.

That is cetainly possible. I remember in high school cross country, we had ****head1 and ****head2, Peter *****, Groin and reefer among others.

If they don't score runs, they won't win. That is my bold predicton.

I think he's been a good manager for the most part.

I don't like to be critical of Hinch, but that was a really quick hook. Mize was doing fine and it's not like they have a great bullpen which is going to shut them down for six innings.

Most jock nicknames are either gross or unimaginative. The gross ones don't usually reach the public. It might have started out as something gross, but now it is just a name fans associate with Raleigh. I don't think most fans think of him taking a **** when they hear his name.

The Tigers have score 6 runs in 15 of Mize's games this year.

Is there any evidence of this? You would think that they would get better, but I don't know that they do. Or maybe they get slightly better, but not enough to justify all the outs they make waiting for them to make a small improvement.

I get emotional about that game every time I see it. Maybe it was because of my age at the time, but it was the most unforgettable game I have ever seen - better than the Ordonez homer, better than the Gibson homer, better than any of the no hitters,...

Williams, Glick and the Sports Huddle led by Eddie Andelman were great. Andelman is now unlistenable, but his schtick was hilarious when I was in high school.

That was my thought. You're more likely to get an OK game out of Mize than Flaherty, but you are more likely to get a dominant game out of Flaherty especially aginst a strong line-up.

I believe Philadelphia was around 1200. WCAU? Baltimore and Cleveland also had strong signals. I hated the Orioles because they were so good. I liked them a little better when Jon Miller was their broadcaster starting in the mid 80s. What I remember most about Cleveland was Pete Franklin. He was a jerk, but at that time being a jerk on the radio was new and unique so I thought it was funny. Plus, he used to trigger Yankees fans by explaining to them why the indians were better than the Yankees.

We were able to pick that up occasionally, but it was never very clear. If we moved the radio in the right position we could hear games fade in and out of static. We often had to guess what was happening in the game based on the crowd noise, broadcaster intonation and timimg of commercials. Philadelphia was really strong though and Harry Kalas had such a memorable voice.