tiger2022

It really is crazy that these guys can throw like that even into their mid 30s. I played one year in college and my arm was always sore and in pain and I wasn't even a pitcher.

I don't believe Clemens threw as hard as Ryan, but he was a much better pitcher. He still had a lot of movement on his fastball. Johnson probably threw almost as hard as Ryan. At 43, he averaged 11.4 k/9. Ridiculous. Of course, you can make a very convincing case that Clemens was the greatest pitcher of all time. And Johnson was a top 5 of all time. Ryan was probably a top 30-40 pitcher of all time. Probably the best arm of all time though. Verlander has taken care of his arm but it's tough to trust a 43 year old to deliver on a consistent basis.

There were these guys named Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson that played way back.

If they did that to him, they should be fired ASAP. Give him a position and don't mess around with him. Don't screw around with your future star to accommodate AAA caliber players. That would be a Ron Gardenhire move, playing guys in a different position every game for reasons or something.

McGonigle isn't going to make the team and be in a 3B platoon. No team is going to platoon the #2 prospect

When I was 19 I played in a baseball league where everyone had to run off the field and run to their positions. 3 warm up pitches and the batter was in the batters box. You weren't allowed to step out of the box.

The majority of people complaining about the games taking too long were people that don't like or watch baseball anyway.

Pebbly Jack was the best nickname they could come up with for this guy?

I was looking at WAR: Jeter 71.3 in 2747 games Ozzie Smith 76.9 in 2573 Trammell 70.6 in 2293 Larkin 70.5 in 2180 Whitaker 75.1 in 2390 Alomar 67.0 in 2379 Sandberg 68.0 in 2164 Biggie 65.5 in 2850 Grich 71.1 in 2008 games Six guys 1st ballot HOFers, one elected by veteran committee and two not in the HOF.

They still have to pay it sometime.

Air travel has made divisions by geography pointless for the most part. Does anyone feel the Tigers have some amazing rivalry with the White Sox or Royals? Rivalries are based on talent levels and on history. Who were the Tigers rivals in the 90s when they were winning 65 games a year? The answer is no one was because they weren't competitive. Why not just put all the eastern US teams in the AL and all the western teams in the NL.

The fact that 50% of the teams would make the playoffs is appaling. When I was a little kid I remember the NHL having 21 teams and 16 would make the playoffs. That was a complete joke. The playoffs generate money so they are always looking to add more teams.

They didn't pay Verlander $16 million to not be in the rotation.

In the WBC can you just play for whatever country will take you? Obviously, you don't have to be born in the country you play for.