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By the way, I listened to the first podcast by Jason Benetti and Dan Dickerson today and it was really good. I look forward to one every two weeks, which I guess is how they’re going to do it. How Dan got his break when he was subbing along side with Ernie for the last game ever played at Tiger Stadium and he got to do an inning was really cool. It was the first real baseball announcing he ever did and it was good enough to land him a full-time job the next year. 

One of my best friends who graduated from East Detroit High in 1965 now lives in Clearwater and he loves Tropicana. He likes the fact that it’s air-conditioned and forgives it for all of its other sins. He always sees the Tigers when they come down there although he’s a big Rays fan too, which makes sense. I met him in Tucson when he and a whole passel of Detroiters move down to Tucson and we were able to enjoy the 1984 season together as ‘men of the cloth’ so to speak. I spent most of my life being the only Tigers fan I knew, and it was incredible to be around people in my own age group who lived through 1968 and saw the Tigers as a church they attended with pride. 
 

I wear my watch on the inside of my wrist because in an active situation, it reduces my exposure in a war zone. Time is critical when I plan operations. If my watch face is on the outside of my wrist, I have to lift my arm and turn it to see the time. This effectively doubles the width of my body, increasing my exposure. Either that or I’m just a poser.  

Nice win… darn it … but still, very very nice.

This game is about as perfect as they come. They scored six runs, Mize was good, the guys who aren’t normally hitting were hitting, and the guy I never heard of before, Kennedy, hits a homer. It’s almost like being Tobey Maguire in the first Spider-Man movie and learning the Kirsten Dunst actually likes you and you’re not stupid and you don’t turn her down because “with great power comes great responsibility.” 
 

I’m starting to feel it was a good idea not to spend $149 on the MLB TV. 

They are not striking out 16 times a game anymore. Actually, this is progress of a sort. 

I didn’t watch this game, but my understanding is that the Baez homer came on a ball that was actually in the strike zone. I like this “one weird trick” of swinging at balls in the strike zone. Even if it’s something casinos want to stop you from doing, but can’t. 

On 4/13/2024 at 2:19 PM, Tiger337 said:

I still don't watch extra inning games because it's not real baseball.  It's not a protest.  I'm just not interested in watching that.  Maybe if they are in a pennant race some day, I'll force myself to watch that fraud.  Anyway, one game this season, I was working with the game in the background and I lost track of the inning. All of the sudden there was a man on second base and I got pissed at the pitcher.  It think it was Lange.  Not sure.   

I’ve had the same WTF experience, wondering how the guy got on second base so damn fast. It’s almost like it’s T-ball. Maybe in extra innings they should just have a home run derby off a Tee. 

Gas up the Hindenburg and bring in reinforcements from Toledo. 

This game sucks. 

I was hoping that Tork would become Dave Kingman at least. 40 homers and a .220 BA.  Heck. 

Well, at least it wasn’t a triple play if you want to look on the bright side of it. 

The billionaire oligarchs can do anything they want to. They instituted the pitch clock, which is good. They made the DH universal, which is OK. They don’t seem to be big on tradition. We begin extra inning games with a guy on second base now. Why not just make doubleheaders seven innings each like it was during Covid. 

I hate extra innings. 

Walkoff time and counting 3… 2… 1…

Heck!

Maybe the Tigers need a hypnotist, somebody with Rasputin-like presence, to encourage these guys to put some wood on the ball. 

They struck out 15 times yesterday they are trying to achieve a new record today. 

5 minutes ago, clark1mt said:

We know a little more about your spare time habits.

I don’t have all that much spare time on my hands. 

Am I a bad person for thinking that the name Kerry Carpenter sounds like a female porn star name? Or is this already old hat? I was hardly around this site last year, so I wouldn’t know if everyone had the same idea that I had or if I’m just a bad person.  

With an airship terminal attached to the new scoreboard, the Tigers can now send players to Toledo for hitting refresher courses and cut travel time from 1 hr. and 11 min. to only 22 min. (per Jason Beck)

8 runs and they only struck out 15 times to do it. I guess it is what it is. I don’t know what to do about it. Maybe an Abe Vigoda look-alike should walk in and announce that “Javier Baez sleeps with the fishes” and see if that rights the ship. 

You think YOUR hitting sucks? Let me tell you about sucking…