Dave Christian

27 minutes ago, AZTigersfan said:

Javy Baez’s season summed up in a nut shell on that ab. Pitch right down the pipe is a wimpy grounder for not one but two outs. 

At least he made contact😡

Vierling with. his second double of the day.

Rogers with a solo hr.

Tigers lead 6-2.

I can't help but wonder if Torkelson has a vision problem.

He doesn't look like he's seeing the ball very well.

Short with an RBI double, 

Five-2 Tigers!

Tigers are playing some solid baseball today, so far at least.

This is looking like a replay of last nights game.😠

Greene with a homerun!

Looks like a tie to me.

Got the lead back thanks to Carpenter.

3 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Not sure if you'd be worried about something like this—I mention it only because there are people who are—but I would say don't worry about walking back to the hotel in downtown Detroit after dark. It's Saturday night in the summer, there will be people all over the place running around having a good time doing their own thing, and it will be as safe as any other place you can be.

Thanks for the advice.

I remember that the area around Tigers Stadium was pretty run down and that didn't scare me.

I never had a seven year old with me before so I will have my head on a swivel.

12 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:

There are a ton of great places to stay downtown.  If you want a standard hotel close to the park, the Hilton Garden is probably your best bet.  If you want something more unique (and are prepared to pay for it), try the Siren, Element, or Aloft, all cool places, all not more than a couple blocks from the park.

Thank you for the suggestions, I will look into all of them.

18 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

When I was a kid, we had no internet.  I had to wait until Friday to get all the stats in The Sporting News.  

Same here!

Looking into the future, I have purchased tickets for game two of the Houston/Detroit series on August 26th.

My youngest son, son in law and my seven year old grandson and I will be making our first trip to Comerica Park.

I haven't been to Detroit since the last game I went to at Tigers Stadium. I would imagine that Detroit has changed a lot since then.

Since we have an eight hour drive to get there, lodging will be important to secure for two nights.

I'm hoping that one of you fellow Tigers fans can recommend a place to stay close to the stadium.

Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.

The Upper Peninsula has historically fielded a number of hardball teams every year for decades.

Guys in their twenties, thirties and a few in their forties would form travel teams and play out their baseball fantasies in front of avid fans.

Back when I was in my forties or fifties, Felch (near Iron Mountain) had a great team.

They had a Sunday game scheduled and word was that former Tigers John Hiller, who played regularly for Felch, had invited Fydrich to pitch for Felch.

My cousin and I, not really expecting that to be true, took a ride down there to catch the game.

I don't recall the score but Felch won and that's the only time I saw "The Bird" live.

It wasn't long after his major league career was over and his "stuff" was still pretty good.

The headline says the game is at 1:10 but it's actually scheduled for 6:20 EST.

Tigers sweep the Giants!

Short with a two run dinger, 5-1.

Oh oh, Ibanez hurt sliding into second.

Baez with one of his typical swing and miss at a ball low and outside for strike 3.

At least we got Cisnero out of there with little damage.

Tork with an RBI, 3-0.

It's hard to keep track of all these pitchers moving around here, there and everywhere.

3 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Texted something similar to a friend earlier today:”Greene-Tork-Carp showing good results now. 3 decent bats that should get batter. Rogers ok as a catcher. Pitching coming together. But still leaves around 4 sub-par position players.”

I would probably include Vierling as decent. Really don’t know about McKinstry or Baddoo yet. 

I like Badoo but his defense and his arm, not to mention his bat, are a question mark for me.

I'm thinking that Torkelson, Greene and Carpenter are a decent core to build around.

Vierling, McKinstry and Rogers are also decent pieces for now.