Will Tigers Pony up for Skubal

[Stormin]

4 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

Who were the Brewers' "Beer League" players from the 70's & 80's?

Gormon Thomas? George Scott?

I thought they had some guys in worse shape than those two...?

Rob Deer might have fit that profile.    Molitor and Yount were obviously good athletes.   The guy I did noy enjoy watching was Ben Oglivie.  The Tigers traded Oglivie to the Brewers for pitcher Jim Slayton.   Slayton returned to the Brewers one year later as a free agent and Oglivie went on to have several good seasons in Milwaukee.

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Molitor and Yount were obviously good athletes.   

Also Gantner

[Arlington]

4 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Boog Powell and Harmon Killebrew...the list is long. Players who appeared unathletic but could crush the ball...

Yet Harmon is reportedly the batter in the MLB logo

 

[Tiger337]

As a kid, I thought his name was Killerbrew.  Tom Matchick was Tom Magic.  

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Arlington said:

Yet Harmon is reportedly the batter in the MLB logo

 

Pretty sure this is true.

[Tiger337]

Jerry Dior, the creator of the logo, says that the logo is not any single player.  Killebrew says it's him.  

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Jerry Dior, the creator of the logo, says that the logo is not any single player.  Killebrew says it's him.  

If by 'no 'single' player' he means 75% Harmon and 25% his extrapolation I'd believe him. Aside from the bat position being exactly right, the tell is the nose. Harmon had a very pointed nose and so does the logo. 

[NorthWoods]

On 1/29/2026 at 2:13 PM, Screwball said:

I worked in a bowling alley back when Earl was king of bowling. The guy was a fricken machine. He had 25 300 games and this was back when the lanes were not as easy as they are now. Incredible. But I was curious. From his Wiki page;

Dude had game in multiple sports. 

Absolutely.   He was a true legend.   40 years ago I used to bowl 3 leagues a week and weekend tournaments.   Earl Anthony and **** Weber Sr were my heroes.   

[NorthWoods]

On 1/29/2026 at 4:46 PM, 1984Echoes said:

 

I would say SF has described it more correctly.

Also... I don't think I would use Ty Cobb as an example.

 

If you are looking for less-than-athletic looking baseball players who could hit a baseball and played in MLB...

Maybe start with Prince Fielder, Hack Wilson, Tony Gwynn (much more athletic than his svelte figure belied...), Bob Hamelin, Kyle Blanks, Willie Horton and George Scott (in their later years...), amongst many others.

Frank Howard.     

[Screwball]

1 hour ago, NorthWoods said:

Absolutely.   He was a true legend.   40 years ago I used to bowl 3 leagues a week and weekend tournaments.   Earl Anthony and **** Weber Sr were my heroes.   

I don't remember the year, sometime in the late 70s. I bowled in a pro-am at Imperial Lanes in Toledo, Ohio. You bowled 3 games and a different pro would bowl against you each game. Earl was there, and probably **** too. The big tournament started like on Thursday and would be televised on Saturday. Big stuff. We were before that started.

I was lucky, one guy I didn't know, and the other two were **** Ritger and Dave Davis. Davis was a tall lefty. He shot about 190 on the lane I was on. The next game he moved one pair to the right, made an adjustment, and tossed a 279. Dude had a big ball, and natural like most lefties did. Earl was a machine. So smooth. Made it look easy. It's not.

Those guys bowled hundreds of game a week. Saturday afternoon was about watching the tournament that week. Great stuff. Now a dying and soon to be dead sport. 

[Tiger337]

So, we've gone from basebal to hockey to soccer and now bowling?  

Harris REALLY needs to do something.  😉

[oblong]

Curling is up next

[Screwball]

For some reason I think a curling rock weighs around 40 pounds. I don't know how I know that. Looks like fun.

After bowling night was over, we used to go to another bar and play shuffleboard. Probably a 20ft table. Threw sawdust on the top and threw little metal pucks. Another sport. 🙂

It was all just an excuse to drink beer. 🙂

Sorry for the distraction.

[gehringer_2]

9 minutes ago, Screwball said:

For some reason I think a curling rock weighs around 40 pounds. I don't know how I know that. Looks like fun.

After bowling night was over, we used to go to another bar and play shuffleboard. Probably a 20ft table. Threw sawdust on the top and threw little metal pucks. Another sport. 🙂

It was all just an excuse to drink beer. 🙂

Sorry for the distraction.

Make it 3 Stone.' Seems only right to give the weight of a curling rock in 'stone.'  

And who is this 'Harris'? Haven't seen nor heard from anyone of that name.

Edited 6 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Screwball]

35 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Make it 3 Stone.' Seems only right to give the weight of a curling rock in 'stone.'  

And who is this 'Harris'? Haven't seen nor heard from anyone of that name.

Yes, stone, my mistake. Not sure about the Harris thing. I might have confused myself.

[IdahoBert]

I’m not worried about Skubal. In his most recent article on mlb.com. Beck says there is a wealth of free agent starting pitching arms still out there….

<ducks>

[Tiger337]

43 minutes ago, Screwball said:

Yes, stone, my mistake. Not sure about the Harris thing. I might have confused myself.

The Harris thing was just a joke.  Most of what we talk about in the off-season is about what Scott Harris is doing or not doing.  Nothing much has been happening lately, so we have gone off on tangents.  

[Screwball]

We are not far away. I gave up on baseball. They brought me back a couple of years ago when they went nuts in the second half. Then I found out about Skubal. As an old pitching fan kind of guy, I loved to watch him work. What a treat. So I'm kind of hooked again.

I did the bucket list thing in 2019 and went to Lakeland for a ST game. Booked them the first day - great seats - great trip. Would have liked to see of the old picture in the clubhouse with a cleat mark in it was still there. Shoe thrown by Mr. Leyland. He was my guy.

I'm still here so they have a chance to win one more before I'm in a urinal. 

Florida traffic sucks. 

 

[Tiger337]

2 minutes ago, Screwball said:

We are not far away. I gave up on baseball. They brought me back a couple of years ago when they went nuts in the second half. Then I found out about Skubal. As an old pitching fan kind of guy, I loved to watch him work. What a treat. So I'm kind of hooked again.

I did the bucket list thing in 2019 and went to Lakeland for a ST game. Booked them the first day - great seats - great trip. Would have liked to see of the old picture in the clubhouse with a cleat mark in it was still there. Shoe thrown by Mr. Leyland. He was my guy.

I'm still here so they have a chance to win one more before I'm in a urinal. 

Florida traffic sucks. 

 

My father and I went to Lakeland for Spring training several times.  It's something every tiger should experience at least once if they get the chance.  You are right about the traffic  Getting from the airport to Lakeland is not fun, but I love the park (and especially the back fields) and love the warm weather after a cold winter.   

[NorthWoods]

2 hours ago, Screwball said:

For some reason I think a curling rock weighs around 40 pounds. I don't know how I know that. Looks like fun.

After bowling night was over, we used to go to another bar and play shuffleboard. Probably a 20ft table. Threw sawdust on the top and threw little metal pucks. Another sport. 🙂

It was all just an excuse to drink beer. 🙂

Sorry for the distraction.

Used to frequent a bar in Auburn Hills (the Martin's Nest) that was part of a shuffleboard league.   The only bar I ever went to that had actual shuffleboard sharps.

[NorthWoods]

20 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

My father and I went to Lakeland for Spring training several times.  It's something every tiger should experience at least once if they get the chance.  You are right about the traffic  Getting from the airport to Lakeland is not fun, but I love the park (and especially the back fields) and love the warm weather after a cold winter.   

I lived in Lakeland from 9/82-3/84 so got to see a couple good years down there.     Got home just in time for a magical summer, went to over 30 games that year.   I was working around Metro Pwy and 94 so a quick zip down the freeway.

[AlaskanTigersFan]

I-4 sucks. Terrible drive there. Nice ballpark though. 

[Screwball]

32 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

My father and I went to Lakeland for Spring training several times.  It's something every tiger should experience at least once if they get the chance.  You are right about the traffic  Getting from the airport to Lakeland is not fun, but I love the park (and especially the back fields) and love the warm weather after a cold winter.   

We flew in to Tampa, stayed in Clearwater Beach, went to Lakeland on a weekday. Rt. 4 I think it was. Should have been a little over an hour trip in good conditions. Took about hour 15 going there. Game at 1. Must have hit work traffic going home, plus a wreck somewhere so the maps re-routed us. 3 hours to get back. Not fun.

It is a really nice park. We were maybe 10 rows up between home plate and the 3rd base dugout. I could see the guys with radar guns behind the plate. It was late March. We were lucky with the weather, they said the week before wasn't good. 

If you are a Tiger fan, a must do.

[buddha]

curling is awesome.  love curling.

i want to see curlers on those 70s athletics shows.  they'll show cheryl tiegs who is boss.

[oblong]

Jason Kelce’s wife…… 

I watched curling with my dad growing up. He loved it.