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Translation: "Swampy behavior is good when my guy does it, bad when the other guys do it. Whaddabout Sotomayor?"

Translation: "Corruption from my side is inconvenient to my arguments, so here's some unrelated stuff I'd rather you talk about instead" Rinse, repeat

Who needs rehab starts.... just wait till you face the vaunted Tigers lol

Also tied in the loss column with the Guardians, one of the two teams from the AL Central not used as evidence of the division being terrible. It's May so standings don't matter much, but it feels nice anyway

Brendan White gets the Will Vest treatment lol

They have played a little over .500 ball since their 2-9 start... never saw that coming despite all their issues

First real blowout of the year... feels nice!

They mentioned on the Mets broadcast earlier... the Mets have gone 25 straight doubleheaders without being swept. Interesting

I'm surprised Lorenzen hasn't given up more runs... batting practice material in this start lol

Maxy is kinda looking old...

Do they have CGI in Russia? The production quality was on par with a Roger Moore 007 movie.... maybe lower lol

I've watched the visitors broadcast the last couple of series, and the color guys in both series (Ben McDonald and Keith Hernandez, both of whom have been around the block a bit) have all commented on how few professional ABs both Greene and Tork have actually had and how they are being slotted high in the lineup. And how difficult that a situation that is. I don't know whether they will make it or not, I'll be the first to say it, but there continues to be a disconnect between Tigers fans (who are emotionally invested) and the observations of outsiders as it pertains to both this team and just Tork/Greene more generally... and I get the reasons, watching seven years of this crap sucks and seeing prospects struggle sucks. But collectively that emotional attachment really hinders people's ability to contextualize these struggles.

He was excellent... and in general, the bullpen, made up of different parts, is starting to look like last year again, which is a huge help.

Very nice win.... despite all the issues with this club, they find ways to claw out some Ws from time to time lol

Eric Haase, aka the offense lol

I mean, yeah, that's probably the case, at least to an extent. I think you and I are probably more in alignment on this than others around here, but they were never fixing all the systemic problems in one offseason.

Hence why the last GM was canned.

The Mets have a loaded lineup that will blow up a lot of pitchers. And offenses need to do more than these guys have done thus far to keep up.

Jarvy hit that ball about a mile! lol

He didn't run out of the box or something, you'd think he would have made it to third

Keith Hernandez slanders the Comerica Keyhole. For.... shame...

You say that, but as bad as the Royals are (ie. legit worse than the Tigers), at least they have Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie P. to market. That's where Greene/Tork struggling comes into play.... it would make it a lot easier for the team to market if they, along with Javy Baez, were making more noise.

It kinda ties into the Miggy conversation where so much of the marketing of this team is backwards looking. Nostalgia isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it feels like as fans we just keep getting clubbed over the head with it over and over again. And it gets old fast. Granted I know that Greene and Tork haven't been good as big leaguers and there isn't a ton of hope surrounding this team, and maybe I'm the minority here, but I'm more invested in seeing the current players succeed than ruminating on the past. I don't expect it, but I hope they go out and and beat JV and Max, just like I hope they would beat any other random MLB starter.

The Russians could stand to invest a few more Rubles into special effects.