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Well, it's not like we couldn't see it coming from nine years away ...

Newsflash: ewsieg is not going to pretend Dems are infallible.

The current owners of the Tigers have owned the team for 32 seasons now and have only ten winning seasons during that span. Asterisk on that, though, because this current iteration of the current owner saw the light three years ago and basically became a different owner.

Despite the paucity of BIG STARS, the punters like our chances.

As long as he can sling it, I'm cool with it.

People like stars. They want stars. Baseball wants what the NFL and NBA has, so fans to want stars because stars can be marketed and exploited (until they act out, of course). The whole Dombrowski Tigers run was predicated on stars, and those teams did pretty good. That's a big reason so many posters here criticized Harris for not signing stars.

I don't think anyone really believes that Max Fried is a better pitcher than Skubal, but looking just at outcomes, Fried is no doubt off to a better start. I think it is defensible to consider the Yankees the better team, although only marginally better. We still have the better record, though, because outcomes. Yanks are on a pretty good run right now, though.

Lemonade out of lemons: we'll have dual champions.

That’s what a fireman does. Or did, anyway.

Yaz’s series from hell continues apace.

And he flipped the bird at someone, I assume in the stands. I definitely want to know what happened.

He is just not having a good series all around. I loved when he flipped the bat out of frustration after striking out yesterday. We’re totally getting into his head.

They look fully rounded now!

So many fans wanted to fire the hitting coaches all last season. I thought it was more a lack of talent thing. Turns out it was a little of that, plus talent needed to develop and/or get unlocked. A lucky month here and there doesn’t hurt. I wonder how much influence Gleyber Torres, a hoary old 28-year-old veteran professional hitter, had on the other guys, in terms of professional approach to the job and whatnot.

From the MLB app this morning: These April surprises have held up in May The Tigers’ offense is legit Much like last year, when the Tigers made a shocking late-season turnaround to reach the playoffs, their pitching staff appeared to be the clear strength of the team heading into 2025. After Detroit fell short in its pursuit of free-agent third baseman Alex Bregmanover the winter, the club entered the season with much of the same lineup that scored the 11th-fewest runs in MLB a year ago. But while the Tigers have again been effective at run prevention, it’s not the pitching that’s driving their rise to the top of the AL standings -- it’s the offense. (OK, Tarik Skubalhas been pretty awesome, too.) Getting unexpected contributions from Spencer Torkelson, Javier Báez and Zach McKinstry, Detroit’s offense ranks fourth in the Majors in runs per game (5.07) this season, and only the Cubs and Dodgers have scored more runs in May.

No one who did the pizza “celly” ever looked like they were really into it, not even the guy who purportedly came up with it.

I’m sure he’s on Scott Harris’s Xmas card list. 😏

I have “constantly [chosen] to ignore that” because even though you haven’t said that in exactly as many words, you have been constantly implying as much with nearly every post you’ve posted, elevating Jew-hating Free Palestine extremists to a status equivalent to the actual dangerous numerous MAGA far right. Even now you are not saying in so many words that they are not as dangerous or as numerous as the MAGA far right—but you are implying it. And just like your prior implications, that’s good enough for me. You can continue elevating them to that level if you like. It’s a free country. But it’s going to look weird when you do, based on your implication that they are not as dangerous.

Trump does not think these are actual crimes. Crimes is what colored people do on the streets.

Whew!

I’m guessing I you found him far more interesting than Benetti and Dirks. 😉

I’m sorry, I don’t think I was clear on this. I don’t care who he is. Is that clear enough for you? 😉

I don’t know who the joker with the Giants hat on TV is, but I’m glad I get to listen to Dan and Bobby talking about the game instead of having to hear whatever it is he saying.

Not trying to set my own hair on fire or anything, but if he's back on the list after a holiday weekend with the same thing that's kept him out all year, it might be the end for Vierling.