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3 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

...too soon?

Future AAA baseball folk hero, Spencer “Toledo” Torkelson. 

“Staaaaahp itttt”. No, you stop it, C-Mo.

You get up to one “Oppo Taco”, and “you hang it, we bang it” per game. That’s it. Not countless of each. You’re ruining the Benetti buzz with your repeated growlings, man. 

I almost feel bad for Toledo Tokerson at this point. 

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. 

1 minute ago, Tenacious D said:

Kind of wish it had been somewhere else.  Just makes him more of an Astro with his HOF legacy.

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. 🤪

On 6/22/2022 at 4:29 PM, alex said:

I have thought about this. Both Andujar and EFlorial are in limbo it seems in NY.

Would believe NYY, like all teams will be looking for RPs. I think they lost Chad Green for the season. IMHO, the Yanks will do what they need to do for this year. So there could be a fit as Andujar 'could' play OF/3B if the Tiger brass see's him as a potential get.

With Florial, also a recent 'top' prospect and still young, he has nowhere to play in NY. The question is 'What do the Tigers have with current their OF corps?' ex DHill, Daz, Baddoo, WCastro, VReyes, etc. I think Meadows, when healthy, is one piece and Greene of course. We all know by now you need depth - but is Florial a better option than what they have?

Another 'bat' (or two) is needed in the lineup and 3B and/or OF might be the place. Perhaps 2B but few have more power than Schoop (also a decent defender) - but they might be more consistent.

I feel a 'good' trade or two, perhaps soon (next 6 mos.) could go a long way for the Tigers and their future.

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. 

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Kobe throws 75 pitches tonight. 5IP 4H 1R 2BB 4K

Welcome back to this dimension, GOAT. 😯

1 hour ago, kdog said:

We are still waiting on Meadows and Grossman to homer unfortunately.

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…

9 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Unless Shep pulls a Thom Brennamen or something I afraid we are stuck with him for the foreseeable future. I did really like Petry in the color role so I'm glad he is still part of the rotation. 

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.  

47 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

The Tigers re-upped with Bally Sports going forward.

I wonder if they got the payday they hoped for. I know they were exploring an RSN, but RSN's have kinda taken a dive with cord cutting the past few years.

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).