4/30/25 2:10PM Tigers @ Astros

[IdahoBert]

Win. 

[Tigermojo]

[Sports_Freak]

[IdahoBert]

[chasfh]

46 minutes ago, buddha said:

how has javy looked in center?  can he play it?

This guy is a Joe Blow content creator, but he does do a pretty fair job highlighting Javy's CF work in this sub-two-minute video. 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by chasfh

[IdahoBert]

Glad for Javy and Colt today. And Riley with FOUR HITS! Wow. Keep ridin’ the wave. 

[IdahoBert]

Javy took the time to admire his work on that slam. He knew…

[Tigermojo]

7 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Glad for Javy and Colt today. And Riley with FOUR HITS! Wow. Keep ridin’ the wave. 

Too bad he didn't get a chance at 5 for 5.

[IdahoBert]

I think that plane ride to Los Angeles is going to be a lot more upbeat and spirited than it might’ve been otherwise. I know these guys have or should have ice water in their veins, but those first two losses took a lot of wind out of my sails. 

[Tigermojo]

I keep reminding myself how young they are. There will be good and bad this year. 

[chasfh]

28 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

I keep reminding myself how young they are. There will be good and bad this year. 

Just remember that after the 1984 Tigers went 35-5, they immediately went 4-8.

Although I recommend you push out of your memory the fact that after May 22 of that year, the Yankees had a better record than the Tigers. 😉

[papalawrence]

Marathon.

Describes the baseball season and the greatest candy bar of all time.

Edited 16 hours ago by papalawrence

[romad1]

49 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Marathon.

Describes the baseball season and the greatest candy bar of all time.

Payday describes the #8 candy bar and what today was for me.

100 Grand describes what payday was like for a former poster on MTF.

Edited 15 hours ago by romad1

[lordstanley]

Probably also the first time they reached 3 losses before April 1. I bet many years they only played between 20-25 games before May 1. First comment under post is how the ‘84 Tigers were 18-2. Still, very happy to be 19-12!

[IdahoBert]

Jason said that when Colt Keith hit the home run he hit it in the former home of the Colt 45s. Does he not realize that’s two ball parks ago or did he just mean Houston in general? It just seemed like an awkward way to put it. 

[IdahoBert]

Also, it was real touching when the rookie pitcher’s mom broke down crying, saying that her son was realizing his dream. It was very sweet. And she is not a “prototypical hot mom.” Which made it even sweeter and more vulnerable.

[gehringer_2]

30 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Jason said that when Colt Keith hit the home run he hit it in the former home of the Colt 45s. Does he not realize that’s two ball parks ago or did he just mean Houston in general? It just seemed like an awkward way to put it. 

He does occasionally try for a connection that's just too  out of reach. During the Milwaukee series, when Wolfram came in to pitch (#86) he said something about how he really should be wearing 74, because Wolfram is element atomic number 74. But aside from the tiny number of people in the audience that know enough chemistry for 'periodic table' and 'atomic number' to register, this was even more of a stretch because of course we don't even know element 74 as Wolfram, we actually call it Tungsten. So there was a miss on multiple levels. Overall though, despite the misses, it's interesting to hear all the bits of knowledge Benetti has squirreled away in his noggin that you wonder where he ever got.

[holygoat]

47 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Jason said that when Colt Keith hit the home run he hit it in the former home of the Colt 45s. Does he not realize that’s two ball parks ago or did he just mean Houston in general? It just seemed like an awkward way to put it. 

Swapping in "city" for "home" would've made it clearer and less awkward. 

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Marathon.

Describes the baseball season and the greatest candy bar of all time.

Which Marathon?

Or …

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Probably also the first time they reached 3 losses before April 1. I bet many years they only played between 20-25 games before May 1. First comment under post is how the ‘84 Tigers were 18-2. Still, very happy to be 19-12!

Also happy to not have gotten swept in April. Not sure when that last happened. Probably 1984?

[romad1]

7 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

He does occasionally try for a connection that's just too  out of reach. During the Milwaukee series, when Wolfram came in to pitch (#86) he said something about how he really should be wearing 74, because Wolfram is element atomic number 74. But aside from the tiny number of people in the audience that know enough chemistry for 'periodic table' and 'atomic number' to register, this was even more of a stretch because of course we don't even know element 74 as Wolfram, we actually call it Tungsten. So there was a miss on multiple levels. Overall though, despite the misses, it's interesting to hear all the bits of knowledge Benetti has squirreled away in his noggin that you wonder where he ever got.

Perhaps his desired audience demo are 18th century chemistry historians and foreign trained scientists and these were all nodding along and hooting when he did this.  I'll be having lunch with about 6 MSU chem undergrads and will ask them about this.   Per wiki...apparently in German, Wolfram is translated as "wolf cream" which sounds like something Bob Guccione invented.

[romad1]

6 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Perhaps his desired audience demo are 18th century chemistry historians and foreign trained scientists and these were all nodding along and hooting when he did this.  I'll be having lunch with about 6 MSU chem undergrads and will ask them about this.   Per wiki...apparently in German, Wolfram is translated as "wolf cream" which sounds like something Bob Guccione invented.

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Name

The name "wolframite" is derived from German "wolf rahm", the name given to tungsten by Johan Gottschalk Wallerius in 1747. This, in turn, derives from "Lupi spuma", the name Georg Agricola used for the element in 1546, which translates into English as "wolf's froth" or "wolf's cream". The etymology is not entirely certain but seems to be a reference to the large amounts of tin consumed by the mineral during its extraction, the phenomenon being likened to a wolf eating a sheep.^[11] Wolfram is the basis for the chemical symbol W for tungsten as a chemical element.

Wolframite is the rock not the actual periodic element but they have a similar origin. 

[gehringer_2]

"Wolfram" was indeed named for "Wolframite" which is a Tungsten Oxide  but "Wolfram" remains in the list of the 'classical' names for some elements like Natrium is Sodium and Aurum is gold and etc (Ag, Hg, K, Fe, Sb) and why the W on the periodic table remains for element 74. 

But just another measure of how esoteric that tidbit from Benetti was!

 

Edited 2 hours ago by gehringer_2

[RandyMarsh]

I was told there would be no science.

[papalawrence]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Which Marathon?

Or …

70s version by a landslide