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Javy is due for a HR.

At least we don’t have to worry about the weather. That’s actually kind of a relief.

I guess it’s not Minute Maid Park anymore. I read that by mutual agreement the naming rights that were supposed to continue through 2029 were abruptly discontinued in February of this year. I find myself not believing hardly anything on the Internet anymore, but what I read was that since Coca-Cola owns Minute Maid they’re trying to make all naming rights for things like this Georgia specific.

If after 12 innings with the score still tied in North Korea, the manager of each of the two teams will meet at home plate with paintball guns, walk 40ft. distance from each other and on the count of three fire. Trained medical personnel will ascertain which manager would be most seriously wounded depending upon where the paintball shot is located on their bodies. A headshot or one to a heart will considered more serious than a mere wounding. If both managers completely miss their target the first time, they each walk forward 10 feet putting them only 20 feet apart. If being only 20 feet apart they are still so inept as to meet a definite conclusion they will switch to arm wrestling.

I remember him. I think I had one of those back of the cereal box baseball cards which you cut out with a pair of scissors that showcased exactly that year. I know I had one of Harmon Killabrew too.

2-1 @ Houston 3-1 @ Angels 3-0 @ Rockies 26-12 Then invited to Buckingham Palace.

It’s a great place but a strange place to have a baseball team given what the elevation does to the game. Maybe we can get a four home run game out of Tork.

Just finished watching S-1 E-3 on HBO of THE LAST OF US and there’s a brief but meaningful comment about the 2003 Detroit Tigers that I delighted in. It’s the kind of comment that a real insider to the Tigers would make, and it made me feel that the people making this show are my people.

Jobe pitches the third game in Houston, which is a getaway day game on Wednesday and it will be his first game since April 18, a 12-day gap.

So this next road trip of 10 games: three in Houston, four against the Angels and three against the Rockies could be pretty interesting. Houston has reason to have a real grudge against us and they are a team to contend with, and the Angels and Rockies are doing pretty bad. You have to play the games, but I suppose if we go 1 – 2 at Houston, split with the Angels 2–2 and go 2-1 with the Rockies. that would be a 5-5 road trip. Totally acceptable and within the realm of possibility To my mind that would be the worst case scenario, but maybe we don’t have to entertain worst case scenarios.

The Tigers are not only the team with the highest run differential in MLB. They are the only team in the AL Central with a run differential on the positive side and it’s not even close.

At +42 runs the Tigers now have the highest run differential in MLB.

Wow. I suppose I could be accused of “drinking the Kool-Aid,“ but I get the feeling that this club is more than just a collection of individuals but an actual team that is synchronized by a certain attitude and intent that fosters better results than that to which we are accustomed.

I couldn’t follow it. I’m glad he preserved the shut out and since I’m not watching it I have no insight into his interior psychological state.

Kenta Maeda replaces Sean Guenther. It almost feels cruel to watch how this will play out even though I don’t expect the Tigers to lose.

Gleyber Torres doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Heston Kjerstad. Javier Báez scores. Justyn-Henry Malloy scores.

Sean Guenther replaces Tarik Skubal.

Oh my heck 5-0! We’re closing in on the sacred number six!

Jung gets it done. 4-0

Did Torres valiantly force the throw to second to let the run score or did he just get greedy?

Now 9Ks after 5.

Skub at a normal pitch count after 4 w/7Ks and no BBs. Nice.

I sure would like to see the guys put up some big numbers on the board in this game.