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I hope Paddack doesn’t give up a couple home runs in the first inning.

Elvis strikes out the side and makes the Tigers look bad.

So, good luck to us all, eh? Beauty.

Torres 2B Carpenter DH Pérez, W RF Torkelson 1B Greene, R LF Ibáñez 3B Dingler C McKinstry SS Báez, J CF

It’s annoying how these links to X don’t work and don’t populate the space in the post

“You'll be swell, you'll be great Gonna have the whole world on a plate! Starting here, starting now Honey, everything's coming up roses!” — Ethel Merman from Gypsy

I have a friend who moved there. If I lived there, I’m sure I’d go to a lot of games and get into the local team. He only goes there when the Padres play because he grew up in San Diego, which I get. I guess the experience of baseball isn’t as seminal for him as it is for a lot of the rest of us.

JV’s motivation just must be the edge he feels when he’s competing. In his defense, it’s probably not about money or even about pride. That “edge“ must be pretty alluring. Not wanting to give that up makes sense.

The Giants scored only 26 runs in his first 16 starts so his 1-9 record is deceptive.

I can’t see what the point is by this time. When is enough ever enough?

Thx. I just can’t see the Tigers tying up hundreds of millions of dollars for numerous years which would make it harder for them to do all sorts of other things, especially when it’s a pitcher and pitchers are so prone to injury. I mean, position players are prone to enough injuries as it is.

By the way, there’s rain in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Chicago, but it’s sort of spotty and hopefully won’t cause any delay of games.

By the way, is there anything about Skubal’s arsenal that would have a tendency to increase the likelihood of an injury? He’ll be 30 years old a little after the end of next season.

I’m no great seer, but I’m assuming Skubal is an ordinary man of extraordinary athletic ability so I don’t think the Tigers have any chance of signing him to a long-term contract. He would have to have the kind of sentimental attachment to the team - which many of us possess - not to sell himself to the highest bidder, which I sincerely doubt the Tigers could be. And the Tigers know this. He’s a walking corporation and corporations tend to operate by the bottom line. I would never hold it against him to follow suit with this rational trajectory. How the club responds to this challenge will be interesting.

This!

The White Sox are doing better in general than they were when the Tigers last played them in Chicago which was a series we merely split. And the Tigers are now a less powerful team. This one could be a nailbiter.

He might be better used in on-field interviews, but he’s not as photogenic as Daniella.

Boy, you really nailed that one

Game over!

Under review at first

win

Two outs!

Crappy call the umpire on a third strike is in our favor. somebody in the dugout for the Angels was tossed.

Vest is closing…