IdahoBert

Javy got to that ball

At this rate, this game will take less than two hours.

Skub is dealin’ 9 up 9 down

Cora scores

100 mph K on the first batter

@oblong it’s Star Wars night. Did you dress up?

Todd Jones on the pre-game.

Thinking of the Devers thing - and he has his reasons and it’s complicated -but would anybody on the Tigers roster refuse to do something AJ asked them to do?

Yeah, Idaho is really big on the cranky ass culture war BS. In fact in yesterday‘s broadcast, Jason was talking about places where the natives don’t want people to move to and he mentioned Boise. And it’s true because most of the people moving here are fleeing blue states for this bastion of red state reaction.

So this game begins at 4:40 PM my time in the mountain zone so I’m thinking that means the pregame show begins at 4:20 PM because after all as the saying goes, it’s always 420 somewhere.

Not streaming? Oh heck.

I haven’t watched it in a long time. But the first film came out in 1984 and that’s the time most clearly etched in memory. The second film came out in July 1987 and from what I can tell was filmed in Fort Lauderdale, but my friends were extras in the one filmed in Tucson. I can’t remember if I saw the film with them or not, but I was amazed they made the cut and they were truly an awkward trio and they were just being themselves.

Fast forward where they mention the alumni nerds and the three guys are my friend Kenny who owned a record store in Ann Arbor, John, who graduated from East High in 1965, and a guy I only knew as “the ace“ who was on Social Security disability for mental illness.

Some of my greatest friends who grew up in or near Detroit related all these bleacher stories to me when we met as adults in our 30s in Tucson, Arizona, and I was so envious and to this day remain envious. They told me stories about going to a bar in Corktown and seeing Tram nurse a single beer for two hours after a game. All these guys had a sort of “attitude“ which I guess is perhaps indigenous to the city. Maybe it was just contingent to them or to the time in place I don’t know. All of them also while we lived in Tucson, appeared in the movie filmed in Tucson called “the revenge of the nerds“ and there’s a scene where a reference is made to “alumni nerds“ and as the camera focuses in on my pals the theater crowd erupted in spontaneous laughter because they were an odd looking bunch. One of them died of a massive heart attack when he was only 50 — and fittingly — watching the baseball game. What a way to go.

I wish I could’ve been a part of all this. Having lived in the West 2,000 miles from Detroit for the last 51 years, it wasn’t until 21 years ago with the help of the Internet that I stumbled across MTS and was able to reacquaint myself with the team of my youth. In the meantime this meant that by only reading box scores or seeing an occasional game on TV and never being within radio listening range I was essentially disconnected. But I enjoy hearing all of you relate your recollections from these times I missed and it makes me feel included. Although I have to admit that waking up every morning for the last 51 years with a range of mountains outside my window and an endless sky above has not been a bad trade-off. Now I have where I live and the Tigers too.

That is pretty incredible.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the 21 stage cycling grand tour Giro d’Italia. Lots of climbing through spectacular scenery and I’ve heard it’s even better than the Tour de France. The race though begins at 5 AM my time. I might be running on fumes by the time baseball games begin, but at least they’re in the eastern time zone which makes them two hours earlier for me than for you those of you who live there.

Yeah, that is the only part I like. I don’t know if being on the road is part of it and when they’re in Comerica they have better facilities to do more or not. I’ve never been big into announcer banter before or after games anyway.

I hope I don’t get used to all of the dopamine and endorphins this winning is releasing in me.

Per the wrap up on mlb.com Right-hander Keider Montero was called up from Triple-A Toledo to be the 27th man for the doubleheader, and he started the second game.

I don’t remember watching “Tigers live” at the end of the few games where I had MLB last year. It’s sort of underwhelming.

In Idaho, it’s such a red state. It’s a waste of money.

Tied for wins in MLB 2nd in MLB in runs scored 1st in +DIFF

Yeah, that was my hope. I don’t often get what I hope for but it happened. I guess hoping for something that is conceivable rather than inconceivable is the trick.

They did!