Tigeraholic1 Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Publix Field @ Jokers Marchant Stadium Game Time Forecast: 74 Sunny Listen: WXYT 1270 Watch: NA Starters: LHP Max Fried RHP Jackson Jobe 3 Quote
Tigermojo Posted March 13 Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, 1776 said: Two weeks from today it all starts in Chavez Ravine. Ah ee ah ee ah wah wah wah Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 No one will probably read this because the game threads are not well visited lately, but I was able to discern who’s responsible for Comerica Park being abnormally large even though it has shrunk in recent years. Everyone else may well be aware of this, but I find the casually considered logic behind this reasoning to be stupendously inane. 395 feet to the left-field power alley? “As we were suffering through some years of pitching that wasn’t very good, all of us realized that very few ballparks penalize bad pitching as much as Tiger Stadium does,” then-Tigers president John McHale told the Detroit Free Press just before the ballpark opened in 2000. “So we thought it might be interesting to design a park where there was a dimension that would allow a pitcher -- if he threw it in the appropriate place and could induce the batter to hit it -- to be reasonably sure of a long, relatively harmless fly ball.” https://www.mlb.com/news/comerica-park-dimensions-history Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 7 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: if he threw it in the appropriate place and could induce the batter to hit it Does any real baseball person talk this way? Quote
Tigermojo Posted March 13 Posted March 13 6 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Does any real baseball person talk this way? Indubitably. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted March 13 Posted March 13 10 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Does any real baseball person talk this way? Only when they talk about controlling the strike zone. Or the race to a 2 strike count. 😆 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted March 13 Posted March 13 20 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: No one will probably read this because the game threads are not well visited lately, but I was able to discern who’s responsible for Comerica Park being abnormally large even though it has shrunk in recent years. Everyone else may well be aware of this, but I find the casually considered logic behind this reasoning to be stupendously inane. 395 feet to the left-field power alley? “As we were suffering through some years of pitching that wasn’t very good, all of us realized that very few ballparks penalize bad pitching as much as Tiger Stadium does,” then-Tigers president John McHale told the Detroit Free Press just before the ballpark opened in 2000. “So we thought it might be interesting to design a park where there was a dimension that would allow a pitcher -- if he threw it in the appropriate place and could induce the batter to hit it -- to be reasonably sure of a long, relatively harmless fly ball.” https://www.mlb.com/news/comerica-park-dimensions-history Juan Gonzalez didn't like that big ball park. It was the best thing about that deep fence, he left. The Tigers dodged a bullet with that steroid freak. Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 No Torkelson in the starting lineup today. I wonder if he’s being traded for a bag of magic beans and a unicorn today and he’s undergoing a physical. Quote
romad1 Posted March 13 Posted March 13 (edited) 34 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Does any real baseball person talk this way? He was a bow-tie wearer, was he not. That's a choice. You can either be a novelist of antebellum romance or a male stripper if you affect that look. Edited March 13 by romad1 1 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Gleyber Torres homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Thank you, thank you, thank God, for you, the wind beneath my wings… Quote
Tigermojo Posted March 13 Posted March 13 1 minute ago, IdahoBert said: Gleyber Torres homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Thank you, thank you, thank God, for you, the wind beneath my wings… Just saw a headline today the Yankees are looking for a right hand bat HAHA He seems like he might have a chip on his shoulder. Possible grittiness. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Jobe Ks two in the second. But yeah, we need to send him down to Toledo and pamper his ass, right? I’m gonna go all High Plains Drifter on the next person that suggests this. 1 Quote
oblong Posted March 13 Posted March 13 43 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Does any real baseball person talk this way? John McHale was a nerd. And I don't just say that because he wore a bow tie and had glasses. He told an interview once he was in the middle of reading Sophacles. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 13 Posted March 13 13 minutes ago, romad1 said: He was a bow-tie wearer, was he not. That's a choice. You can either be a novelist of antebellum romance or a male stripper if you affect that look. My wife spent some time dealing with the Tigers front office during the end of his time there. (She managed the radio broadcast network, that was a small part of her job). Let's just say he was an interesting person 1 1 Quote
Hongbit Posted March 13 Posted March 13 11 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Jobe Ks two in the second. But yeah, we need to send him down to Toledo and pamper his ass, right? I’m gonna go all High Plains Drifter on the next person that suggests this. Haha. Another benefit of bullpen chaos is they can keep him on an innings limit and not have to shut him down in July. 1 Quote
romad1 Posted March 13 Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, oblong said: John McHale was a nerd. And I don't just say that because he wore a bow tie and had glasses. He told an interview once he was in the middle of reading Sophacles. He was really reading the Mack Bolan book Double Crossfire and musing about the effectiveness of the Fairbairn Sykes dagger vs. the Gerber Mk1. Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, oblong said: John McHale was a nerd. And I don't just say that because he wore a bow tie and had glasses. He told an interview once he was in the middle of reading Sophacles. Well, I’m all for that kind of stuff. In fact that makes me like him more, but I’m not cutting him any slack for a 395 foot power alley in left field dimension. Quote
romad1 Posted March 13 Posted March 13 4 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: My wife spent some time dealing with the Tigers front office during the end of his time there. (She managed the radio broadcast network, that was a small part of her job). Let's just say he was an interesting person Dave Dombrowski was my speed. I think Scott Harris might be the superior GM if we can keep him though. 2 Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Jobe has gone a whole 40 pitches in three innings! This is serious.We should stop the game, put him in short pants under a tree, and give him a juice box. Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Another home run. Definitely should’ve gone the juice box route. 2 Quote
IdahoBert Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Getting roughed up by the New York Yankees is a learning experience. This is something you overcome. Quote
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