IdahoBert

It is what it is…

I guess if they come back and score a bushel of runs we’ll all feel pretty ridiculous, but I kind of doubt that that’ll happen.

They suck and blow at the same time which is, technically, a logical contradiction, but they’re managing to do it.

The Tigers are not making Gilbert work very hard

So that foul tip third strike was not really a strike.

Nice at bat Riley…

Don’t strand Torres!

I wish there was the option just to listen to crowd noise. And during the commercials, I would just be happy to watch the beginning of Baywatch, where the women are running on the beach. (That is in case the whole Trappist thing doesn’t work out).

Clean first inning for Jack.

They rely upon Kentucky Bourbon Fruitcake. Which is apparently pretty good, (and the Tigers got that play at first base overturned).

And we begin with a fluke hit.

If they lose this game, the only thing that would keep me from giving up, leaving the ordinary world, and becoming a Trappist monk in Kentucky, is that I’m probably too old and I’d have to learn Latin. So I guess I’m stuck here for the duration.

So what channel is it truly gonna be on? I’m not sure what people are saying or if they’re joking.

Thank you.

This rain really pisses me off. It reminds me of why I moved. When I moved from the Midwest to Tucson, Arizona in 1974 I went from 75 truly sunny days a year to 300. The spring and the fall were not gloomy, and while the summer was, admittedly, quite hot, there were no freaking mosquitoes. There were mountains right outside of town and when you drove up to the top, it was 30° cooler. To be honest, I have never missed the Midwest.

Listening to old jocks talk baseball bores me. I’d rather listen to nerds who are more entertaining and have a different take on the game. But that wouldn’t rope in the casual fans.

That would be nice and with Daniella appropriately attired.

The game is now officially beginning in delay.

KERRY CARPENTER RF GLEYBER TORRES 2B COLT KEITH DH RILEY GREENE LF SPENCER TORKELSON 1B ZACH McKINSTRY 3B DILLON DINGLER C PARKER MEADOWS CF JAVIER BÁEZ SS JACK FLAHERTY SP

No one’s talking about rain or giving drive way reports so I’m assuming it isn’t a problem.

Oh wow, we were both thinking about Jerry Williams at the same exact time. Cool!

When I was a kid in Northeast Indiana, I could pick up WJR and Ernie really easily. And being isolated in a backwoods area, so to speak, it was exciting to pick up WBZ from Boston which came in loud and clear at night and be exposed to Jerry Williams fascinating interviews with people and incursions into current events. Being exposed to something more cosmopolitan than a town of 5000 people surrounded by farmland could provide was really exciting.

Sheesh, so we’re going to have to get back to driveway reports?

Man, this stuff is getting really dramatic. Have a good time at the game, Rob. These games are starting to get as intense as watching Hurt Locker. It sure would be nice to get an early lead and not to have to hope to squeak by on just a couple runs.