Zakk_Wylde

On the topic of broadcast markets, it still blows my mind that Windsor, Ontario is considered Blue Jays market. Windsor is significantly closer to Comerica Park than most suburbs of Detroit, let alone the rest of Michigan. Yet we are supposed to be Blue Jays fans due to the international border. But I'll tell you what really pisses me off, are all these games that are blacked out because they are on some streaming service. AppleTV for example. So generally we are expected to have subscriptions to half a dozen different streaming services (in addition to MLB.tv) to watch the Tigers?! Maybe that's the norm in certain households, but definitely not mine. I just don't watch that much TV to justify subscriptions to Netflix, AppleTV, Peacock, etc. Yet there are baseball games scattered on these services which causes a blackout on mlb.tv?! That pisses me off! End of rant.

For about as long as I can remember, there has always been a promotion after Sunday games where kids can run the bases. Has anybody here ever brought their kids to take part in that? I'd have to imagine that there are like 10,000 kids, is it a very long lineup/wait? Is it well organized, or a chaotic mess? I'll be bringing my son to a Sunday game in May and I was just wondering if this was worthwhile, or if it would be too frustrating to be worth it. Seems like a cool experience.

A few magical moments for me in the modern millennium. Game 5 of 2006 ALDS, defeating the Yankees (against everybody's expectation). And seeing the Tigers include the fans in the celebration, Kenny Rogers dumping a bottle of champagne on a cop, etc. So many iconic moments and a series result that nobody predicted. Game 4 of 2006 ALCS, Magglio Ordonez's walk off homerun, clinching a spot in the World Series. Verlander's first no hitter in 2007.

I'm hoping somebody can help me with this question. Can anybody here tell me what the only thing that Fieger Law does is? I might have heard it mentioned once or twice while watching a Tiger game this year but I can't remember. Perhaps they will mention it on tonights game?

Absolutely. Just think, once upon a time, our stars were Dmitri Young and Bobby Higginson .. Our big hope was exciting prospects like Kyle Sleeth and Kenny Baugh. Did either of them ever make it up to the majors? Of course we had some exciting up and coming pitchers like Jeremy Bonderman. My point is, we had to have fun wherever we could find it. Watching Nook Logan and Alex Sanchez constantly bunt for base hits made for entertainment during dark times. Then of course we got Pudge and Magglio, and Verlander and Granderson emerged from the farm, and by 2006 things started to get fun for real. I'll never forget Chris Shelton's ridiculous start. Literally hitting like he's Babe Ruth, until a few months into the season when the rest of the league figured him out, and he didn't even finish the year on the major league roster. This board made those days a lot of fun. And I wish a lot more of the old posters would resurface. Whatever happened to DaYooper? Yoda? etc Miss you guys wherever you are!

I remember very vividly, there was talk of trading DMitri Young in 2003, and somebody from this board, I wish I could remember who, started a thread titled "If Dmitri Young is gone, I'm gone." implying that if Young got traded away, he'd give up on being a Tigers fan. Then Dmitri Young turned into hot garbage and eventually was released in 2006, while the rest of the team was on a tear making their first playoff run in decades. But that "If Dmitri Young is gone" thread just kept getting bumped in 2006 so that the initial post would be taken out of context. Ehhh it was pretty funny for me at the time anyway! hehe

Man thats amazing that you did that much legwork to satisfy my insane request. Thank you, you are very much appreciated!!

Man you are amazing!!!! how did you find those videos of Sanchez and Logan?!?! To scrub out the exact spots. So cool to see full 2004-2005 games as well. I know the Tigers didn't win a lot in those days but those are very nostalgic years for me. Man I still can't believe you found those. How did you come up with those videos????

This is true. Man i really miss this board as it existed back in those days. So many amazing posters that seem to have disappeared. We do still have some great people here however.

haha I completely forgot about Berry!!

haha I mean it was a short enough window of time that it might as well have been a dream.

So in the scope of the MLB world, these guys have fallen into obscurity but I'm sure some of the posters on this board who were around in 2004-2005 remember Alex Sanchez and Nook Logan. Both guys were unhumanly fast runners but lacked in just about every other area of the game. So they'd routinely bunt for base hits, leading to teams frantically making wild throws, with Nook and Alex often getting 2 and 3 bases on bunts. Hilarity always ensued in these plays. I think both players got caught using PEDs and each faded into obscurity. Many of these plays where they exploited their speed resulted in plays fit for the blooper reel. I wanted to show some to my son, but I can't find any video on YouTube or anywhere else. Seems they are destined to be forgotten. Do any of you have any memories of Alex and/or Nook? Anybody know of any videos of their Tiger days posted anywhere?

Nice .. Yesavage was amazing!!!!! And in regards to my question earlier. All the Americans in here who are pulling for the Jays (specifically for reasons outside of the scope of baseball itself), I appreciate all of you, means the world with everything going on.

So just like pretty much every other Canadian, I'm pulling for a Jays victory in this series. I'm just curious who the American posters of this board are rooting for. Are you guys pulling for Toronto? or LA? Or do you guys care either way? Just curious!

Seriously .. WHAT THE F#&! WAS THAT?!?