HeyAbbott

Let's  get cooking in a hurry and open up a can of instant runs!

Looks like a nice crowd, size wise.

The first time I was very conscious of whom Benetti was, he was on a national college football broadcast( Washington vs Utah maybe??). He was super. During the first season that Benetti was our PBP, far too many times, regardless of whom he was paired with, the whole presentation sounded like a simulation of Beavis and Butthead doing play by play.

This year, the presentation seems to be more focused on the game with some fun thrown in, but I am not completely sold. Given the current trend of the TV broadcasts, I most probably will not subscribe to Fanduel Sports Detroit next season. I want the ballgame to be front and center and not some sideshow act in a Vegas Hotel. Given the sports ads , the constant missing of important plays due to in game interviews, and the drunken bar stool spiel, I think starting next year it will be radio only. The constant distractions in the broad cast are just not worth it.

3 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

How many hams could a hamstring pull if a hamstring could pull hams?

Does a hamstring have the chops for that? The whole idea is bacon me crazy !

6 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

Toronto is not getting a top 5 prospect from any team for Bichette.

I don't see a world in which the Tigers trade anything for Bichette. But asking for the moon, only to agree for less, the might be a taker somewhere for it. The way the Pittsburgh GM runs the Pirates anything might be possible.

What would the asking price would be too steep unless one would belive the window is closing for the Tigers. Is Bichette reasonable for a package of say, Max Anderson, Jaden Hamm, and either Jace Jung or JayHen? I don't know. If I am Toronto, I want a top 5 prospect.

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Not really, He was never coming here anyway.

Sometimes, When Breeding horses, a mare might be in heat, but she refuses to accept the desired stallion. In that case, a mare might be receptive to another stallion,so she is teased with the inferior male, and then the old switcheroo is done as the last moment. We were victims of the old switcheroo and we never destined for anything else.

On a totally unrelated note, I saw an FB post on Tiger pride that Illitch has sold 10 percent of the team. Is there any truth to this?

2 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

The ban of Pete Rose was not about punishing Pete Rose.  It was about maintaining the integrity of the game.  It shouldn't matter whether he's dead or alive.  I do think that this was inevitable though given that MLB is now so in bed with gamblers that every broadcast is a game-long advertisement for gambling companies.  

The constant gambling promotion and the insane numbers of in game interviews saturated with plugola are making the broadcasts unwatchable.

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

It’s 1975 but it was a day game. 

OOPs!!! Should have read the link . 1900 was pre- Wrigley, but the post was refering to 1975.My bad!!

11 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Attendance was under 5000? At Wrigley Field?

Actually, this was pre-Wrigley field.

I find this Skubal conversation fascinating. I think Boras starts the bidding at 8/550, with a settlement at around 6/450 by the Dodgers. He will never sign for a paltry 200 mil.

I wonder what the over/under is for the Tigers winning 100 games.

A summary of Kenta Maedea:

His hurling was very unadroit. He will not pitch for Detroit.

This is kinda off topic, but, has their been any information on Vierling's return to the lineup?

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

I’m supposing that six innings of 2-hit shut out ball with 87 pitches is the end of Jobe’s day. 

That's a pretty good day for any pitcher.

I think I just drank the Kool -Aid as this is beginning to look like a 95 win team to me.

I see "Babe" McKinstry is leading off.

Now we're talking!!

On 4/6/2025 at 10:01 AM, romad1 said:

@Detroit Tigers Ownership @illitchfamily @ChrisIllitch

Figure out how to fill that box seat area behind home plate.  You should bring in attractive models so our broadcasts look visually interesting aside from the baseball.   I would suggest you cast a diverse group.  Avoid obvious costumes.  So, if you do cast baseball gays, make sure they don't look like the pride float or Carmen Miranda.  Avoid blackface, turbans, or native tribal headresses just for the purposes of showing diversity.

How 'bout Vegas showgirls in gold sequins and feather headdresses?

Johnny Kane is doing the pregame. I thought he had been removed from the fanduel TV team. Was I mistaken?

Well,well maybe this team can hit?

Well ,he sure hit the hell out of that one

I am catching it on XM radio. The announcers have pleasant  voices

This roster is starting to look like one horribly ****ed up disaster