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Lol I've watched that a thousand times over the years. Gotta love Weaver

Not to worry, Meadows is hitting 2 dingers todag

Meadows hits his first dinger today

I hate the Dodgers

Somewhere (maybe Tigers podcast foul territory) mentioned Detroit's team ops is about .650 - 21st in mlb - over that span.

Baltimore, Tampa and even Pitt are all hot right now. 10-8 is probably close

Saw that. Might be the best catch I've ever seen. He might have caught Big Papi's slam in 2013

Had a thought today- the current CBA ends after the 2026 season. Perhaps Skubal will instruct Boras to try and work out a deal with Detroit before FA, for fear of a work stoppage in 2027. That's a bad time to enter FA

That's exactly what I'm thinking - you gave a better analysis. I'm beginning to hope he gets extended

Mr Kaline would have been proud of Carp's footwork and throw. He is improving

Torres seems very relaxed here. His D has been fine. And his patient at-bats are important. If he stays on this course another 60 games, do you start to open extension discussions? I know Detroit has a glut of middle IFs coming up. But with Gleyber you know what he brings, and iirc he is still only 27. Would you go 2/40? 3/54? He might even get 4 yr offers, which I don't see Harris doing. I like him on this team

That's been the Pistons mantra for decades - Detroit vs everyone. However I do think this series win will win over more national media members. I think the other mlb teams know Detroit is for real

Incredible win! Was free game of day on mlb TV, so more folks could see the Tigers are for real. And while he remains below average in the field, Carpenter has made some good strides in right field.

I don't expect Harris to leave any time soon, but what if a major market team throws 15 million per at him - will Illitch match or top? Boston won't be content losing much longer. I could see Illitch matching any offer. Harris has done a very good job. And Harris gets to see what happens in Detroit when its teams are producing. And he has AJ. A lot of reasons to stick around.

His swing is so long - reminds me of Cody Bellinger. Might be prone to prolonged streaks

Al Hrabosky 2.0 Maybe Detroit needs to look at him come draft day

Toronto beat Minn again. Twins have lost 3 in a row. Kody Clemens did hit another HR

Hate to say it, but this is further evidence that it makes little sense to give an 8+ year offer to Skubal. It's far more common for huge deals to pitchers to fail than to succeed. Not ruminating on it, going to enjoy his time with Detroit. But I realize odds are he doesn't stay beyond 2026

I sent this thread to Jones. Lawsuit forthcoming

I didn't realize how much young talent the Cubs have. They are a well rounded team, much like the Tigers, only perhaps the Cubs have a bit more talent.

Per Cheech and Chong, Jones belongs in basketball

Lol, I had Kubek baseball cards but I'm too young to have seen him play. He was a national announcer for decades, along with Joe Garagiola and others during my youth

Gen X all the way! Born in '66

Interesting that Sweeney sat vs a righty. Also, Dingler may very well be an all-star this year.

One of those announcers sounded a bit like Tony Kubek to me.