IdahoBert

There are apps I’ve purposely never signed up for such as Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, because I am often looking at my phone hours a day and being seduced into doubling that time in an alternate reality is unwise.

I no longer know what to expect, predict, or extrapolate, etc. My projections, hopes, or fears tend constantly to be thwarted by real outcomes that pay no heed to my fantasies. A former brother-in-law of mine once said, “Yew git watt yew git and yew don’t pich a fit.” I guess a broken clock is right twice a day and I think he might be right in this case. Whatever happens we’re going to get what we get.

I didn’t realize this, but the cold hard part in my cinder of a heart takes comfort in this being his out of the gate performance for them. Some Tigers players said they would like him as an addition to the team, but as much as I enjoy the performances of our own players, I don’t necessarily think they have great insight into moves to make at the deadline that require a more strategic global take on matters in a 3-D chess kind of way than in a checkers sort of way. These guys are good at their respective crafts but they don’t have access to all the information that the generals in Command Central have access to.

You put a lot of thought into this. Thank you. I wish I had gotten around a reading it sooner.

I’m not in a position to listen to local sports radio from Detroit, but what you’re saying tends to make a lot of sense to me. And it’s the reason that a lot of sports commentary bores the heck out of me and is unlistenable.

I’m not going to dump on Jonesy. I think we might be setting the bar too high for TV. He’s a personality just as Johnny’s a personality and Daniella is a personality. And he has played the game which they haven’t, but I don’t think baseball players necessarily make great analysts - period. In my mind, he’s not a lot worse than just about anyone else who’s a former player. A lot of former player analysts just fill dead air with something other than dead air. With that as a yard stick I don’t expect much. Ordinary fans don’t have a lot going on upstairs. As some recommend go on more public sites or go on X and you’ll see what I mean. Ordinary people want to see former “stars.“ That’s considered good broadcasting. I would prefer to see thoughtful, creative nerds, and if they wanted to wear suspenders and bowties, or propellers on top of their heads, that would be OK but that’s not considered good television.

This team is sometimes like Colonel Kurtz‘s tortured soliloquy in Apocalypse Now where he describes his state of mind as being akin to a snail slithering along the sharp edge of a straight razor and surviving.

Matty finally delivers. I no longer feel like Drano awash with tiny razor blades is flowing through my system. Instead it’s the sweetest wine mixed by beautiful girls in Ithaca as Odysseus looks on approvingly.

Two outs.

One out.

Thank God that was foul. Know what made it happen, right? It’s the City Connects.

Pour it on!

Instead of falling asleep and waking up to find the team prospering, I watched a couple episodes of Sister Boniface solve murders on BritBox so maybe that’s the key. I also ate some chocolate chip cookies.

She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not.. OMG SHE LOVES ME!

Matt Vierling homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jahmai Jones scores. Gleyber Torres scores. I am like a master of voodoo. I predicted it and it’s six runs.

This game is completely winnable without a doubt. But I’m having a hard time caring. Maybe I’ve gotten too spoiled. They do, however, have the knack of reeling me back in because I’m a sucker.

For a while, this game was very interesting, but I have suddenly lost interest.

Gustavo Campero homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Christian Moore scores.

I’m not watching this so is he changing his swing? Is he choking up and swinging like he’s a girl or something? I jest 😘

Riley singles again?

Sweet Dingler!

It’s too bad Skubal had to waste 10pitches to get that first batter in the third inning