06/11/2023 11:35 am EDT Arizona Diamondbacks vs Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

  

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Detroit Tigers

Watch:  National - Peacock
Listen:  Tigers - 97.1 The Ticket, D-backs - 98.7 FM Arizona's Sports Station, KQMR Latino Mix 100.3 FM

[mtutiger]

The Detroit Tigers v. Zach Gallen.

Good for my fantasy team, bad for the Detroit Tigers lol

[Toddwert]

Well this game should be over early enough to watch better games

[Dtrain72]

This is THE game where Javy explodes and puts the team on his back for a 7 game winning streak!   Ooops, I mean this the game where Harvy explodes and....well, he just explodes

[kdog]

Will Vest is opening with Wentz pitching afterwards.

[Tigermojo]

1 hour ago, kdog said:

Will Vest is opening with Wentz pitching afterwards.

Grandmaster level chess.

[Dtrain72]

Doesnt really matter who's pitching when the offense scores less than a dirty toilet

[chasfh]

I don’t think Wentz is better than Vest so I’m OK with Vest opening.

[Dtrain72]

It's an offensive Javy explosion!

[LongLiveMaroth]

Maton with the 2 out ground rule double. 1-0 Tigers. Would have been 2-0 if the ball didn't bounce into the stands.

[Sports_Freak]

A run? Is this even legal?

[Tigermojo]

Wow they got a hit before the fifth inning.

Wow they scored a run in the first inning.

[chasfh]

Dan Dickerson called that a two-run double before walking it back as a one-run ground rule double. It seems to me like he’s botching more calls like that, although maybe you guys think he’s botching it just as much or even less. It’s just my impression is all. 

[Tigermojo]

Sigh....

[Toddwert]

8:30 AM start for the Dbacks …. If that isn’t an advantage 

[Dtrain72]

I look forward to Haase not being here in 2024

[Dtrain72]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

Dan Dickerson called that a two-run double before walking it back as a one-run ground rule double. It seems to me like he’s botching more calls like that, although maybe you guys think he’s botching it just as much or even less. It’s just my impression is all. 

The Tiger's incompetence is contagious?

[Toddwert]

Just now, chasfh said:

Dan Dickerson called that a two-run double before walking it back as a one-run ground rule double. It seems to me like he’s botching more calls like that, although maybe you guys think he’s botching it just as much or even less. It’s just my impression is all. 

I’ve noticed that too… eyesight getting bad

[chasfh]

Maybe Hinch should’ve kept Vest on the chess board. 😝

[Tiger337]

24 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Dan Dickerson called that a two-run double before walking it back as a one-run ground rule double. It seems to me like he’s botching more calls like that, although maybe you guys think he’s botching it just as much or even less. It’s just my impression is all. 

One thing I've noticed lately is Dickerson talking more about things like veteran leadership and clubhouse presence.  I wonder if he has been told to tone down the stats and talk about old school stuff more.  Or maybe some of his partners don't respond well to stats, so he tries to get them engaged in other ways.  If that is the case, it backfired with Andy Dirks a couple of weeks ago when Dickerson talked about the importance of shut down innings and Dirks told him that innings after the team took the lead were no different than other innings.  You always want to keep the opponent scoreless.     

Edited June 11, 2023 by Tiger337

[SoCalTiger]

I thought Dirks was solid. He did not sugar coat like all the rest. For example he said clearly that Wentz fastball and off speed was essentially the same speed and not good enough to pitch in the middle of the plate. Bingo. If Wentz can’t paint corners he’s    fodder. 

[chasfh]

I also believe Dirks is a solid second banana. He is at least as honest an assessor of what he sees on the field as Jim Price is, and I value that in analyst. 

[Tiger337]

5 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

I thought Dirks was solid. He did not sugar coat like all the rest. For example he said clearly that Wentz fastball and off speed was essentially the same speed and not good enough to pitch in the middle of the plate. Bingo. If Wentz can’t paint corners he’s    fodder. 

Yeah, Dirks is probably my favorite Tigers analyst now.  

[Tigermojo]

Carpenter is a hitting machine since he came back.

[chasfh]

9 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

One thing I've noticed lately is Dickerson talking more about things like veteran leadership and clubhouse presence.  I wonder if he has been told to tone down the stats and talk about old school stuff more.  Or maybe some of his partners don't respond well to stats, so he tries to get them engaged in other ways.  If that is the case, it backfired with Andy Dirks a couple of weeks ago when Dickerson talked about the importance of shut down innings and Dirks told him that innings after the team took the lead were no different than other innings.  You always want to keep he opponent scoreless.     

Not for nothing, I’ve noted to myself the same thing about Brian Kenny on the Network. The last couple of years he’s been all in on “cut of jib” index and all that stuff. He may have gotten the same notes. Who knows, maybe it’s all coming from the same source.