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[gehringer_2]

Wilson was a very good hitter, he probably should have been used a lot more.  But he came up in the 50's. Not only was he a black player expected to shut up and be happy, it was also the era of the grey flannel suit when things were done the way they were done, and that was that. And to be honest , that last part didn't change much in baseball until Ohtani.

Edited October 28 by gehringer_2

[Motor City Sonics]

Asking if anyone knows.     During the upcoming 2027 lockout (I think we'll lose the whole season).   What happens with every player on the 40-man roster?    Are any of them allowed to play in the minors?   

 

I'm asking because if McGonigle or Max Clark have great years in 2026 at Toledo and it seems as if they can be called up, would it make sense to call them up only to cost them an entire season of development in 2027?    

I think the best-case scenario for 2027 is starting AFTER the 4th of July.   

 

This one is going to be nasty.  

[RatkoVarda]

i think minor leagues would play, but guys on 40 man roster cannot play

[4hzglory]

29 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

i think minor leagues would play, but guys on 40 man roster cannot play

I'm not honestly sure about the minors anymore either as they are under the current cba now.

[Tiger337]

This was one of my favorite games ever and the Tigers didn't even win.  It was the night Gibson hit the ball over the roof in one at bat and then later tripled and scored when he knocked down the homeplate umpire.  It was an exciting display of power, speed and boldness unlike anything I had never seen from the Tigers before.  

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=607993830328466

[lordstanley]

9 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

This was one of my favorite games ever and the Tigers didn't even win.  It was the night Gibson hit the ball over the roof in one at bat and then later tripled and scored when he knocked down the homeplate umpire.  It was an exciting display of power, speed and boldness unlike anything I had never seen from the Tigers before.  

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=607993830328466

“It’s out of Tiger Stadium”. Love it. 

[IdahoBert]

When I was a kid, I just loved Earl Gibson. I especially loved how he talked about Detroit being a great place and being able to “live the life“ in Detroit that he couldn’t live elsewhere  

His stories about spring training during segregation are revealing, and how the Red Sox white players had to bring sandwiches to him in the bus because he wasn’t allowed to go into all sorts of places when they were traveling.

My recollection is that he permanently relocated to Detroit and was a salesman.

[papalawrence]

I was not aware that Jared Goff's father Jerry played in MLB for parts of 6 seasons.

[Screwball]

It was probably harder to hit a home run in the lower deck in right field that the upper deck or out of the park. That overhang was quite significant. We had seats out there one game and I got a ball during batting practice (Steve Kemp). It was a shot. Hit around row 4 or 5. 

On edit; it wasn't that far. Right field was a left handed batters dream.

Edited October 31 by Screwball

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, papalawrence said:

I was not aware that Jared Goff's father Jerry played in MLB for parts of 6 seasons.

1986-97 mostly in the minors

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=goff--001jer

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Jerry Goff shares the modern record for most passed balls in one game (6) with Geno Petralli and Rube Vickers; it came in his final major league game, with the Houston Astros against his former team, the Montreal Expos, on May 12, 1996. He also hit a homer off Expos starter Ugueth Urbina in that game.

His first major league homer came in spectacular fashion: on June 26, 1990, playing for the Montreal Expos, he pinch-hit for Dave Schmidt to lead off the top of the 9th against Chicago Cubs closer Les Lancaster at Wrigley Field and homered to put the Expos ahead, 6-5, which was also the game’s final score.

His son Jared, was the starting quarterback for the University of California, Berkeley before being selected first overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 2016 NFL draft.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Goff

Edited November 1 by CMRivdogs

[papalawrence]

When Ted Williams was 38 he had a 9.7 war playing in only 132 games. His ops+ was 233.

 

[IdahoBert]

On 10/28/2025 at 5:55 AM, papalawrence said:

Earl Wilson hit 35 home runs in 740 career at-bats, including 7 hr in 88 ab's in 1968

When I was a kid, there were certain players I’d check the box scores for and for Earl Wilson it was to see if he’d hit any home runs. I would also check the box scores to see how many guys Ferguson Jenkins had struck out, and in NFL football it was to see how many yards the Bears’ Bobby Douglas had scrambled for and sometimes it was more yards than he had passed for. 

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, papalawrence said:

When Ted Williams was 38 he had a 9.7 war playing in only 132 games. His ops+ was 233.

 

That’s incredible considering how much better pitchers generally were 20 years after he started playing. Age 38, 233 OPS+ … talk about locked in.

[Tiger337]

 How about 263 OPS+ at age 39?

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

 How about 263 OPS+ at age 39?

so you're saying that in 1957 no one thought to notice if Ted's head was getting bigger?

😉

Edited Saturday at 02:50 PM by gehringer_2

[Tiger337]

9 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

so you're saying that in 1957 no one thought to notice if Ted's head was getting bigger?

😉

Nobody had a bigger head than Ted Williams!

[lordstanley]

18 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Nobody had a bigger head than Ted Williams!

Especially after being encased in a block of ice!

[chasfh]

22 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

 How about 263 OPS+ at age 39?

This guy was from another planet.

[papalawrence]

RIP Tom Timmerman. My early Tigers memories include Tom and his glasses. 

Tom Timmermann Passes Away - MLB Trade Rumors https://share.google/hREyYsb16BYd9mGcP

[IdahoBert]

I sure am glad I’m primarily a Tigers baseball fan. In my lifetime I’ve enjoyed two world championships. Both of them deeply meaningful and fulfilling in unique ways.

So I’m very glad I’ve never put a part of my soul in hock to any other sport and especially to the Detroit Lions Gun, Pawn & Used Prosthetics Shop.

Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against the Lions, their fans, or even football for that matter. Some of you are fans of both. So in both reality and in principle, I respect that.

But damn, you’d have to be almost 80 years old to remember a Lions championship and then it would’ve happened when you were only 9 or 10 years old and it would be a hazy and incomplete memory at best.

So nobody can fall back on their memory of that dopamine and endorphin rush a championship provides.

And the emotions stirred up by football are really gladiatorial. It’s all or nothing and for 68 years it’s been nothing. Winning is the only thing and that’s a reasonable expectation especially since you play almost 150 fewer games so you have fewer times to experience the joy of winning at least some of the time. 

This Lions Eagles game has just become too painful to follow. Damn! I can’t really claim it as my own suffering but it sure bothers people I actually care about.