MichiganCardinal

They sure love making Boyd look like the Cy Young.

When you do this 180+ times in a year, it probably turns into just another day at the office at some point.

Thursday it was probably a push. Today, Detroit. With Skubal pitching today, he would be in line for Games 3 and 7 in the ALCS; if the Tigers had won Thursday, there's a world in which he could have pitched in Games 1, 4, and 7.

Alright, I'm over this bye week nonsense, let's go.

I think this is right. They've been punching above their weight class for a while, and it feels like their opportunity to win this series was on Thursday when they were up a run, seven outs away, with no one on. The offense is just missing one or two bats that can consistently turn the lineup over and manufacture one or two more runs in a game. To add something of a pessimistic take though, while the run has been fun (and I'm kicking myself for not paying more attention sooner), I do worry this is just going to ultimately justify the cheapskate tendencies of Chris Illitch that drove me away from being a consistent follower in the first place. Yes, they've had a magical two months with the 5th lowest payroll in baseball, thanks to a stellar manager who is playing chess to his opponents' checkers and a group of young guys and misfit toys getting hot at the right time...... But looking around the league, the Mets, Yankees, and Dodgers have the 1st, 2nd, and 5th highest payrolls in baseball. And while I don't think it's realistic to (ever?) expect Chris to spend how Mike did, I do think the Tigers will struggle to have sustained success so long as they are relying on assembling teams and winning games how they did this 2024 squad. Of course, when you do spend money it also has to be on guys that perform better than Javy Baez, but that's a given. I hope they show me wrong and make this sustainable though. Or Chris shows me wrong and opens the checkbook in the right situations.

I know this is a pet peeve that annoys an audience of one, BUT.... They weren't foul tips. A "foul tip" is defined in the rule book as "a batted ball that goes sharply and directly to the catcher's hand or glove and is legally caught." Every time an announcer says "that foul tip got him", where him is the catcher or umpire, they are referring to a foul ball. Because foul tips don't hurt. /soap box

These are games you have to win in October.

Two bad pitches are the story so far. Middle-middle to Ramirez and Brieske catching way too much zone on Fry.

Didn’t throw a single strike to Sweeney. Didn’t make him.

We got to Clase when they called on him for four outs in game two. They want five now

Hinch can see the finish line and he wants it tonight

Knock on wood, but to this point I think Tichenor’s zone has been the best in this series. And I don’t think it’s close.

🎵 anything you can do we can do better, we can do anything better than you 🎵

Load the bases by taking pitches and then swing at two straight and inning is over.

Bibee isn’t locating. Take more pitches. Says me.

Bad inning.

Kerry trying to hit a home run at the expense of swinging at two straight ball four pitches.

Lucky to escape that only down one. They’re seeing the ball too well.

If Goff starts 6/6 he’ll match the NFL record for consecutive completions. 7/7 will break it (obviously).

I expect another Jared Goff masterclass. Lawrence and Parsons are both out, Zimmer is a creative blitzer but Goff should have all day in the pocket.

I think his problem isn’t being 2-2, it’s being 3-8 in his last 11 dating back to last year. The collapse last year with a team many thought was Super Bowl material put him on already shaky ground.

I’ll accept a dud now and again for the comedic gold that I spew 98% of the time. 😉

No audio. There was just a funny sequence on WDIV’s Facebook stories where their story captions read (out of context) that a man was serving a life sentence for the murder of (story shifts) PAWS!!!

He’s going to be linked to every job until he decides to take one. I don’t think he’ll go to the Jets. Toxic franchise, bad owner, no future QB, picking in the middle of the pack in a bad draft class.

RIP Paws. 😔 RPReplay_Final1728560066.MP4