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Ouch!

90% spinners today

Hi praise from Pierzinski and Wainwright for Melton

Love it!

So who we got? Kahnle? Hurter? Wonder if Melton will be considered?

Meadows seems lost (again) at the plate

Vest!!

So many times. There's a reason he only had 13 wind this year

Me too. More than Jose Ramirez.

Game is fast approaching. Got me some butterflies percolating. Or maybe it was the chili omelet

Win goes to Matt Boyd this eve. The Cubs hit home runs AND they don't strike out much. Early in the summer I thought they'd be the WS favorites, even after Det won that won that series. I still think they can take it all

Yep, I expect Kirby and Castillo and the kitchen sink.

He'll carry that memory for the rest of his life. Philly fans can be brutal. And baseballs blunders have a long shelf life. Just ask Fred Merkle, Fred Snodgrass, Mickey Owens, Bill Buckner, Donnie Moore, Sal Maglie, Abbott and Costello, the Mighty Casey, Jim Joyce.........

That was the first thing that popped into my mind after the error

I'm thinking similar. Harris will probably add 2 mid FA. I'm actually hoping Verlander is one of them, but I doubt it happens. SF wants him to stay put.

RIP Mike Greenwell. Early in his career I thought he was going to be a superstar. Still had an excellent career. Battled thyroid cancer and passed this week.

Baseball always has its ups and downs, but this season has been crazy. Extremes for most every team, even the contenders. Toronto and Milwaukee seem to have avoided the extreme lows, and they also happen to be 2 teams that don't strike out so frequently. I love the Tigers. I hope Friday is another celebration

The Finnegan double play was huuuge. The M's were up 2 and could have blown it wide open. He came in with bases loaded and no outs, and held them to 1 run.

I was mentally prepared for the season to end. Now I am enjoying a stogie and awaiting Friday

It's 50/50 imho, with Skubal on the mound. On to game 5!

I hear Motzart's Requiem playing faintly in the distance........

That's a great way to frame what they're missing. It seems a lot of teams are missing that, even ones with more stars. There were so many extended losing streaks this year, even amongst the top tier teams. Maybe hitting (in general) is still adjusting to the fact that most every team has pitchers that throw 99mph and/or have a 2500+ spin rate. It has become a different game. I heard Trout talk about this.

I agree. When it flipped to fs2 I took a nap

Lately I've been thinking that a percentage of Aug 2024 to Aug 2025 was a mirage. Harris helped put together a Giants team with several short term contracts, and they unexpectedly won 107 games in 2021. They lost to the Dodgers in the NLDS. The next year the Giants went 81-81. They've been sub .500 since. Maybe Steve Phillips is right, typically a contender needs an everyday superstar. Cleveland has Ramirez. KC has Whitt Jr. Detroit does have Skubal, but Greene is the only position player that is in the "star" convo. Teams win without a superstar. Takes plenty of good fortune. Even with a superstar. Now watch the Tigers win the next 2

Same for me. I've watched that game many times. 1976 was one long Christmas for me, at 10 years old