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Bonds 2001-2004 was the most ridiculous stretch ever. They wouldn't pitch to him and he was still hitting at least 45 HRs a season in that stretch. He could have legitimately hit 100 HRs in one of those seasons had they not walked him so often.

I played one year in college and everything moves and seems to happen so much faster than in high school. I assume it's like that every level you go up. And don't even get me started on sliders.

Maybe they can just set a pitching machine up some innings.

Billy Bean was the ambassador of inclusion. He was one of the first players to come out. Arguably, he was the greatest Billy Bean, regardless of last name spelling, in MLB history. Bean .226 5 Hr, 108 hits, .574 OPS, minus 2.0 War Bean. 219 3 Hr, 66 hits, .542 OPS minus 1.6 War I seem to remember the Tigers excited that they picked up the one with the E and were all ready to cut the plain old Bean loose after that.

I'd prefer to see Zach McKinstry get the job starting before tonight's game.

Guys that have been dead for at least 120 years, both were generals, and most Americans don't have any knowledge of history. At least he knew Stonewall was associated with Jackson. At least he didn't confuse Ole Hickory with Reggie, Bo, or even Austin.

Enjoy the win. Maeda and 2 bullpen games coming up.

Kind of shows you the pathetic state of this organization's pitching.

Is that really ever true though?

You can watch the product out there. Does it seem like the team is in a rebuild? They literally have 2 bullpen games a week and then start 2 other guys who have ERAs in the 5.50 to 7.00 range.

This seems like an AJ Hinch and Shelby Miller night. You know AJ wants to just to prove how amazingly brilliant he is.

Chill out. It was meant as a joke. How can I have evidence about the Tigers making the playoffs next season? Regardless, it doesn't mean I am incorrect and typing in all caps certainly helps your post. And yet somehow your claim that the Tigers are going to be good next year is presented as a fact. Not understanding your logic.

You can probably do them all.

They should allow a team to have 15 pitchers on the roster with 10, 11, or whatever active every game. The other ones are starters or bullpen guys that are ineligible to pitch the game they are scratched. The rest of the people on the roster are hitters. Maybe even allow a team to have an emergency catcher for the game in case of injury. Teams would be able to carry one or two guys who can be designated pinch hitters because they suck on defense.

At the beginning of the season, did anyone think Montero would be the #2 starter?

I remember this baseball card

I'm curious what people on here would think would happen to a Tiger who refused to put on the little Caesars outfit and carry the ridiculous pizza stuff in the dugout after hitting a home run? Fine? Benching? Optioned to Toledo?

On Friday, Miller gave up 4 runs in 0.0 IP. You would think a manager would maybe think someone who went through that might not be playing with a lot of confidence...maybe putting that pitcher in a high leverage situation might be a super, duper bad decision. But we have the smartest guy in the league as a skipper though. Also, Meadows is a possible building block, but take a seat kid after a multi hit game, gotta get his boy Zachy his at bats.

He'll be back up in September.

Take away the cheating garbage can Astros and Hinch's career mark is 363-448. I would say it is likely that he has no clue how to manage a game of baseball. Even in Houston he lost the locker room when the players didn't respect him enough to stop cheating when he "claims" he tried to stop them. Or he lied about trying to stop them. Either way, we can look back at the days of Brad Ausmus as the good ole days.

Thankfully, the Tigers manager is the smartest guy in the league. While normal managers wouldn't dare use Miller in that situation, Hinch once again proves that he is playing 3d star trek chess while everyone else is playing Shoots and Ladders. Thankfully we have him at the helm.

You CANNOT replace McKinstry. I actually don't even mind him on the roster but I don't want him starting 130 games a year. I think Kreidler can do everything Zach can and hit just as poorly.

Maybe. He got fired in Arizona because he lost the locker room In Houston, he either lost the locker room because the player's did what they wanted or he outrighted lied about wanting them to quit cheating. To a lot of the players, managers are probably interchangeable. I do know that Zach McKinstry must love Hinch.

I don't think players tank. Why do they care of the franchise gets a higher draft pick? That probably isn't even in the top 100 things they are concerned about. When it's all said and done, baseball is an individual game. You hit better, you stay on the roster and you have a chance of making more money. Grounding to the 2nd baseman to advance the runner to 3rd isn't going to get a guy paid. And tanking and screwing off isn't going to help someone's case to stay in the majors. I'm sure there are guys who do that...most of the White Sox players, but it seems a good way to cut your career and earnings short.