IdahoBert

I was 32 in 1984, so I was basically older than almost everybody on the team except for Evans and Wilcox. And although nobody’s ever accused me of being athletic, I’m not doing half bad compared to these guys.

They mispronounced **** Tracewski‘s name. (Edit) Richard! Sorry.

I’m getting verklempt. 1984 was great for me. I was 32 years old and still with memories of 1968 and living in Tucson, Arizona. Six guys from Detroit - whom I had never met before they moved to Tucson - became my closest circle of friends and we shared that entire season together. As a kid, I was the only Tigers fan I knew. So being with a cluster of like-minded souls was a big deal. They were starry-eyed devotees just like me. Watching Jack’s no-hitter in the first week of the season on NBC’s game of the week made us all look at each other and wonder if this could be the year. And it was.

That’s what I had to do. I gotta tell you I’m really relieved the Jack Morris is there.

I just checked to see if because of the festivities surrounding the 1984 team that the mlb.tv feed of this game would come up earlier than usual. It told me that the event was “live.” But all I’m getting is an endless scroll telling me that the “event is about to start” but hasn’t started yet. I’m presuming it’ll scroll like this for 45 minutes or so. Heck.

I still have my authentic warm-up jacket that Sparky's wearing in that photo. It seems unfashionably short by today’s standards, and although I’ve never washed it it’s somehow tighter today. I guess things can shrink in the closet over a span of 40 years.

The idea is to throw the young guys into the fray so next season they won’t be virgin neophytes. We basically need to sing “Tomorrow” from Annie. The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow there'll be sun..

Well, at least we weren’t shut out.

Where’s my eight runs?

Well heck

Riley Ks…

Rogers on 3rd…

Tie game

Expect a miracle. Everybody have fun tonight …

I was rubbing my head clockwise and my belly counterclockwise when he hit that home run. I don’t know if I can ever find that recipe again. Oh no…

What happened to the philosophy of not taking a first strike pitch right down the middle of a plate?

That 11 pitch inning was nice.

We need a long ball

It’s time to put an end of this nonsense and score six runs.

We are being no hit?

I do not like seeing political ads on mlb.tv. I watch baseball to get away from that not to be subjected to it.

Well, we’re gonna have to score at least two runs tonight.

Well, that started out nice.

Are we taking bets on when the tarp is rolled out?

It’s official.