5/18/25 1:37PM Tigers @ Blue Jays

[IdahoBert]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

So the win in this game went to the guy we weren't supposed to draft, all the runs were driven in by the guy who wasn't supposed to make the team, and the save went to the guy we tried to give away twice.

BASEBALL!

It slipped my mind that torque had driven in all the runs. 

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

At this rate, Jobe could have a 14–0 season. 

He's keeping that bonus pick hope alive.

[Sports_Freak]

Carp doesn't start against LH pitchers because he may not be able to hit them. But Riley has splits that scream out to sit him against them. I guess I don't get it. 

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Twines lose. Tigers have a 5 game lead!

With a tough 3 game series in St Louis. Rain, tornado, rain. Ugh...

[holygoat]

Let's not forget Baddoo making two ridiculous catches in the first to keep the Jays off the board early.

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

With a tough 3 game series in St Louis. Rain, tornado, rain. Ugh...

It’s close enough to Kansas to be the Wizard of Oz. 

[lordstanley]

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I take it you're not a Leaf fan? More like a Montreal fan? 😅

Either you’re joking or else we really need to promote more traffic to the Red Wings section of this board, lol. 

[IdahoBert]

[IdahoBert]

St. Louis is 15–6 at home. Going 2-1 there would be really significant. 

[IdahoBert]

Right now, the pitcher for tomorrow is TBD. Skubal and Jack, however, are listed for Tuesday and Wednesday games. The pitcher before Skubal last time was pitching chaos with Holton starting and Montero coming in.

[monkeytargets39]

56 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Right now, the pitcher for tomorrow is TBD. Skubal and Jack, however, are listed for Tuesday and Wednesday games. The pitcher before Skubal last time was pitching chaos with Holton starting and Montero coming in.

I’d rather just start Montero.  Holton hasn’t been super effective lately…just save him so we don’t burn the pen up at the start of the series.  We got a week until the next off day.

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

Either you’re joking or else we really need to promote more traffic to the Red Wings section of this board, lol. 

Oh, I knew. Anytime the Leafs play, I read it. And agree....😆😆

[Sports_Freak]

32 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

I’d rather just start Montero.  Holton hasn’t been super effective lately…just save him so we don’t burn the pen up at the start of the series.  We got a week until the next off day.

The last time Flaherty faced St Louis (for Detroit), he amazed us with a ton of strikeouts. What was it? 15 or something?

[gehringer_2]

So on ESPN's Tiger page they have come up with the Tidbit that Jobe is the first pitcher in Tiger history to have the team go 8-0 in his 1st 8 starts.

The previous holder of the mark of seven wins out of the gate was one Howie Koplitz, who accomplished same during two late season call-ups in '61 and of '62. (the  61 Tiger team was very good - 101 wins, disgustingly enough, the Yankees were even very gooder - 109 wins). Sadly that was all the starts Howie ever made for the Tigers. He never got out of AAA (Syracuse) for the Tigers in '63, ended up with Senators where he threw 106 innings in '65, then was out of baseball by age 28.

We can only hope young Master Jobe is destined for a more memorable career.

[Shinzaki]

[lordstanley]

24 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

So on ESPN's Tiger page they have come up with the Tidbit that Jobe is the first pitcher in Tiger history to have the team go 8-0 in his 1st 8 starts.

The previous holder of the mark of seven wins out of the gate was one Howie Koplitz, who accomplished same during two late season call-ups in '61 and of '62. (the  61 Tiger team was very good - 101 wins, disgustingly enough, the Yankees were even very gooder - 109 wins). Sadly that was all the starts Howie ever made for the Tigers. He never got out of AAA (Syracuse) for the Tigers in '63, ended up with Senators where he threw 106 innings in '65, then was out of baseball by age 28.

We can only hope young Master Jobe is destined for a more memorable career

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thenorthwestern/name/howard-koplitz-obituary?id=24353295

Howard Koplitz Obituary

Howard D. "Howie" Koplitz, died at Eden Meadows on Monday, January 2, 2012. Born to Eldor and Esther (Diestler) Koplitz on May 4, 1938. Howard was an Oshkosh High School Indian and proud of it. On July 7, 1962 he married Karen Kimball, they have enjoyed 49 years together.

A big fan of State and local sports teams, Howard enjoyed anything that required a ball or a puck. He played professional baseball for 10 years with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators. In 1961 he was Minor League Player of the Year. Howard retired after working 38 years as a United State Postal Service clerk in Oshkosh. He was a former director of the Snitz Club, the American Legion Baseball Organization, and the Postal Employees Credit Union. He coached baseball at Lourdes High School and will be remembered by many as a bird lover and coin collector. His personal "crafty" cards will be cherished.

Edited May 18 by lordstanley

[gehringer_2]

Not quite a Moonlight Graham life story, but in the ballpark.

Edited May 18 by gehringer_2

[romad1]

5 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

My wife’s family moved here from Sweden, and their name was Anderson and apparently at Ellis Island it was thought there were too damn many Anderson‘s coming to America so they renamed the entire family Just. So it’s been a long line of people since 1870 with that name.

You can make your own story in America. 

 

[Arlington]

Howie had the glasses that gave him a little bit of the "Wild Thing" Ricky Vaughn look.  Tigers seemed to have a lot of good arms in the 60s and 70s that had shortened careers. 

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Arlington said:

Howie had the glasses that gave him a little bit of the "Wild Thing" Ricky Vaughn look.  Tigers seemed to have a lot of good arms in the 60s and 70s that had shortened careers. 

If Lolich was your model for what a pitcher should be doing, you would burn out a lot of pitchers!

[lordstanley]

 

[holygoat]

9 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Hope just a precursor for greater pain and tears to strike Toronto sports fans later today. 

Your wish is the Leafs' command.