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9 hours ago, UCFKNIGHT said:

All-time backup catchers: Dwight Lowry, Bill Fahey and Sal Butera. Dwight(R.I.P.)

You forgot Jim Price

Winning 6 out of 10 for the remaining games would be acceptable.   Right?

On 3/26/2024 at 12:51 PM, LongLiveMaroth said:

Well that is a nickname that should stick when he does poorly as a reliever 

I fixed it for you.

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Paws gets suspended for performance enhancing drugs.

And then lands an advertising gig by replacing Tony the Tiger for Frosted Flakes...........

18 hours ago, Edman85 said:

2012 and 13, you had some combo of Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello, Sanchez, and Fister with Smyly in reserve. 2014, Fister was traded, and Smyly backfilled until Price was acquired. That core was pretty durable. You had as good of a 1-5 as you will find in baseball history. Yes, they didn't make every start so you may remember some back end guys who filled in, but you are talking about your 7th and 8th guys not your 4th and 5th.

In 2023 the Tigers had 16 different pitchers start a game. In 2013 the Tigers had just 6.  Talk about a lucky year when no one got hurt or was ineffective.   Wow!

Verlander 34, Fister 32, Scherzer 32, Sanchez 29, Porcello 29, & Jose Alvarez 6

16 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I love when fans freak out about spring training statistics of someone is headed to Toledo to start the season.  It's one of the beautiful things about baseball.   

I remember years ago while I was attending a spring training game that Skeeter Barnes was playing third base and failed to field a simple ground ball.   Folks in the crowd were yelling "See you in Toledo."   

Carpenter reminds me of Jim Northrup.

On 2/7/2024 at 1:40 PM, Tiger337 said:

Speaking of 7, I just found this video of the Cesar Gutierrez game.  I did not know it existed.  7 for 7 for number 7.  

https://www.mlb.com/video/cesar-gutierrez-goes-7-for-7

A good rightfielder would've caught that short pop fly.  Just sayin'

That's a lot of eggs in one basket..........

31 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

As much as I like Granderson, that would be a really large HoF.  I can't really see any argument that gets him in.  

Whitaker > Granderson

I certainly hope the Tigers are smart enough not to trade much of their strength in the pitching department so that it becomes a weakness. I would think that adding a couple of free agent bats would be a much better way to go.  Who that would be......I have no idea but don't trade your strength into a weakness.

I was thinking yesterday during the game about how,  if Juan Gonzalez would've been happy to stay in Detroit and had the numbers that he had while in Texas, he could've had some kind of ceremony upon his retirement.  As it was, he is remembered in Detroit about like that pimple you had on your butt in junior high..............

A legitimate lead off hitter should be a priority.

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I don't think he'll get over 100 million, but he'll most likely get a lot more than 3/49 from some team.  I'm expecting him to opt out.  The Tigers will probably offer one year deals to pitchers coming off injuries or sub-par seasons.  They'll hope for another Lorenzen.  

They could always re-sign him............

Haven't been to Comerica since the September 2018 honor game of the '68 Tigers.  

BTW, The Tigers can still win 100 games..........but the streak has to start today.  🙂

On the bright side, this is the latest in the baseball season for a number of years that I have kept wearing my Tiger's gear.  But... it's time to put that stuff away for another year.     I love baseball, but I can't stand following a team that shows no heart.   

Back to back no-hitters?   Or give up 12 runs again?   

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Having been out of commission most of this year, I watched a game a while back and the stands were pretty full and C-Mo was talking about how great the clubhouse was and how the team really believed in itself and having heard this so many times before I thought we were right on the edge of it being like kittens shot by snipers and that’s what it’s become. I still love this team as much as I did when I was nine years old and my heart still beats for them in the same way, but this is really hard to endure. 

Many of us are right there with you Bert.

It's not going to be easy to break this losing streak anytime soon.........The Braves are pretty darn good.

18 minutes ago, casimir said:

I didn't realize how much time Ibanez has spent at 2B in his professional career.  About twice as many innings at 2B as 3B.  I thought he was primarily a corner IF historically based in his recent seasons.  And maybe that skill set has shifted from the middle to the corners at this stage of his career.

So.......is he one of those guys that is good defensively anywhere but not great anywhere?    

Just a little tidbit on Miguel Cabrera.............At this point forward, he could go 0-200 and still keep his lifetime batting average over .300.    This means that he could be in the lineup for about 60 or so games yet.     I would hope that he would still get a few singles in those 200 at bats...........

Riley Greene is on pace to break the strikeout record by more than 30 for a season.   Somebody please fix him............

Riley Greene is currently on pace for about 240 strikeouts............Please make it stop.    I do remember back in the day that the Tigers benched Rob Deer late in the season so that he wouldn't set the major league record for strikeouts. This is not an option for Riley.  He just has to get better.........right?  

Of the Tiger's 14 position players,  8 are hitting well below the Mendoza line.    What a sad bunch.   

At least in past years, I've been able to wear my Tiger gear into June.   To be honest, I haven't even got it out of the closet yet.

Anyone notice today that most of the Boston hitters are lifting the ball in the air.  Most of the Tiger hitters are beating the ball into the ground.