IdahoBert

It does seem like they should be due to turn things around. I hope you’re right. I don’t know how closely I can follow it though. I’m starting to feel pretty wrung out.

Scoot posts the Scoob game thread!

I remember when rain delays didn’t bother me because the team was doing well

I guess I should cancel my order for a replica of the 2025 Detroit Tigers World Series victory ring…

I sometimes wonder if this bad luck is because Comerica Park is built on an Indian burial ground but the entire Midwest is one big Indian burial ground anyway. So that’s a dumb idea.

Another wasted opportunity with two on in the sixth.

Pinch-hitter Jace Jung replaces Javier Báez. Apparently there is still hope…

Was really hoping for some Torkelson magic in the bottom of the fifth, but no dice.

Other than that two games against the Yankees, they haven’t hit a lick since.

This is frustrating. When I felt this frustrated at the age of five I would retire to my sandbox and focus my magnifying glass on small red ants until a column of smoke arose and I imagined I was attacking Rommel‘s tanks in North Africa. I was a part of the post war generation and World War II was an active memory. I lived in a neighborhood filled with fathers who had grizzly trophies from the war. One of my neighbors had black and white photographs from when his father liberated Buchenwald. pretty horrifying. So stuff like this wasn’t quite as twisted as it actually sounds. It was the background noise of life as a child in the 50s. After a while, I realized how lame and pointless this was and stopped doing it But I almost wish I had a sandbox right now.

Spencer Torkelson homers (31) on a fly ball to left field. Jahmai Jones scores.

They don’t appear to be the same team they were for almost a year, although it’s hard for me to be objective about this because I have such an emotional investment in them.

Well, so much for that.

Montero pitching a no-hitter so far and if he can go 178 tosses today it will be in the books.

Tork ribby

I’m grateful Keider did not give up a homer or walk the first batter. But he walks the second batter.

I was going to complain that I wanted this to be a day game because I just want get the punishment over quickly and then I checked and it is a day game so I got my “wish.” I should be more ambitious about my “wishes.”

I don’t want beat up on this team or blame anyone in the front office or players on the field. They vastly exceeded expectations for a considerable period of time so their stumbles now in comparison seem inexplicable, even treasonous. The endorphin and dopamine rushes I’ve got from this ball club for over a year are dizzying. The Tigers are like Icarus from Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax, causing the wax to melt and him to fall into the sea and drown. The Tigers, though, are not dead yet. I think in general, I just need to be grateful for the joy they’ve given me for most of the last year. It’s actually childish to lash out. I’m old enough to know better and actually I’m kind of sobering up in this regard.

Riley Greene’s WAR according to BR is 2.5 this year and was 5.4 last year. I know his OBP is lower this year. What’s going on?

I’m not listening to much, but my son is in Chicago this weekend for Riot Fest. He’s 23 and he’s never been in a big city with his friends without parental supervision and he’s having the time of his life staying at the Hilton across from Grant Park. Other than Weird Al, I’m not sure who else he saw today and I’m not expecting him to constantly update me. Tomorrow among other things, he’s seeing Jack White and The Beach Boys. Tomorrow Green Day closes the show with about two hours of music. He went to the museum of science and industry this morning and was completely blown away. Everything is occurring at Douglas Park and there’s more groups playing in three days than I care to count. I’m really happy for him. I did count and there’s roughly 90 bands https://riotfest.org/chicago/lineup/

8-1.

That’s my understanding too