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No C-Mo in the booth today, thank goodness. I will greatly enjoy not having to hear him intensely inhale 172x today before speaking/growling about something. 🙂

Thom Brennaman redemption tour? I’ve always enjoyed him on the call in any sport, but particularly his time in the baseball booth with the Reds. Of course, he also comes the type of baggage that most organizations would shy away from in this current landscape. I wonder if he’ll ever see a MLB or NFL booth again.

This is suddenly all I can think about right now, and it would cut deep if he were to go into the Hall as an Astro. That said, I’d rather that JV get traded to a contender than to have to hear Jeimer Candelario’s name again for the rest of 2023 (after just skimming through the posts over the past couple of days). Damn it, though, I really dislike JV back in Houston.

Shep, please quit saying “tonight”. It’s a day game, you booger. Do you suppose that he refers to lunch as “dinner” or “supper”?

Tigers fan for four decades. This is the ugliest, least inspiring Tigers baseball that I’ve ever seen. Mercy. Sorry Al (Kaline). Sorry Ernie. Sorry Sparky. Sorry baseball fans everywhere.

Don’t worry everyone. Pizza Boy has….wait….

Shep (on Riley’s running catch on the warning track): “…as he feels the crackling sound under his spikes”. Feels the sound. Shep. 🤪

Unfortunately, your father is the Tigers’ GM (hardy har har), and I don’t see him being savvy enough to identify and pull-off this type of “good” trade, let alone two. Having said that, I definitely agree that we need a couple more bats (and then another couple after that), and I’d be all for inquiring on Miggy Andujar and Florial.

Welcome back to this dimension, GOAT. 😯

Prediction: we never see another homer by Grossman as a Tiger. Ahh…we’ll always have 2021.

We’re on the verge of the Jeimer Knoblauch era, aren’t we?

Kody Clemens down in Toledo watching Harold Castro morph into a modern day George Brett…

Ways C-Mo refers to “MPH”: -“Mile Power” (35% of the time) -“Miles Power” (35%) -“Mile Per Hour” (25%) -“Miles Per Hour” (5%) (excitement level of 💯 nearly every time)

**looks up 2023 MLB mock drafts for the first time in 2022…**

Me and my wife made the very tough decision last night to cancel our trip up to Detroit for Opening Day this year due to the weather forecast for tomorrow (it’s a 5.5 hour drive from where we’re at in KY). 🥲 Was so looking forward to Tork’s debut, and a wonderful day in the D (but in the back of my mind, always expected shitty weather). We have to be back home Saturday evening, so a PPD game tomorrow (to be played Saturday when we wouldn’t be able to stay and watch it) would be a nightmare scenario. At least we recouped most of our hotel room costs. Anybody need a pair of tickets 19 rows behind home plate? Pffff…

Does it make me an awful human being if I secretly hope he pulls a Brennaman?

So incredibly predictable. 🙄

This is a complete hunch, but I still think that the Rangers will throw a Lindor-esque offer at Correa in the next couple of days.

Sadly, I can’t help but think that Shep will be back in the driver’s seat for yet another season of calling Tigers games in 2022. 🤨 What I wouldn’t give for a better baseball PxP man (and supporting cast, save for Peaches and an occasional Gibby appearance).