6/19/25 DH Pirates @ Tigers Game 1 - 1:10PM Game 2 - 5:40PM

[Tigeraholic1]

Comerica Park - Detroit, MI

Listen: 97.1 The Ticket

Watch: FanDuel Det

Game Time Forecast: 66 Rain

Starters:

Game 1

LHP Andrew Heaney

LHP Tarik Skubal

Game 2

RHP Paul Skenes

Pitching Chais

[Motor City Sonics]

Must wins,  Cleveland is within 10 games now.    I'm getting nervous.  

 

[Sports_Freak]

It should stop raining by 2 or 2:30.

[IdahoBert]

This is getting tedious. Why the hell can’t you people control your weather?

[gehringer_2]

16 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

It should stop raining by 2 or 2:30.

plus 40% chance of a shower after 5p

[IdahoBert]

I asked Google AI about the possibility of playing baseball at Ford Field - because of the rain thing and the tornadoes - and this is babble it gave me: [NB ~ I’m glad the major league soccer team decided against “retrofitting“ Ford Field with a retractable roof. That was a very wise idea on their part]

AI Overview

While Ford Field in Detroit is primarily an indoor football stadium its design could potentially accommodate a baseball game. However, it would require significant modifications and likely wouldn't be a typical baseball field layout. For example, a proposed Major League Soccer expansion team considered playing at Ford Field but decided against retrofitting it with a retractable roof. This suggests that substantial changes would be needed to make it suitable for a different sport like baseball. Additionally, Ford Field's layout incorporates a former warehouse, which influences the placement of suites and seating, and it's unclear how these unique features would adapt to baseball field dimensions. 

[oblong]

We shouldn't have games before May 1 beause it's too cold, we shouldn't have games between June 15 and Aug 25 b/c it's too hot and potential for storms all the time, and the world series runs into late October and it's too cold for that.

New proposal.  2 mini seasons of 40 games each between May 1-Jun 15 and Aug 20 and Oct 3.  Each winner plays in a 7 game WS from Oct 6-15.  No divisions.  No leagues.  If one team wins both halves then we don't need a world series and can move on to the other sports.

 

[Sports_Freak]

32 minutes ago, oblong said:

We shouldn't have games before May 1 beause it's too cold, we shouldn't have games between June 15 and Aug 25 b/c it's too hot and potential for storms all the time, and the world series runs into late October and it's too cold for that.

New proposal.  2 mini seasons of 40 games each between May 1-Jun 15 and Aug 20 and Oct 3.  Each winner plays in a 7 game WS from Oct 6-15.  No divisions.  No leagues.  If one team wins both halves then we don't need a world series and can move on to the other sports.

 

Or...any newly built stadium must have a roof. Knock down Fenway and Wrigley, with climate change, humans need to adapt.

[diaspora04]

Tarp is off the infield.

Edited Thursday at 02:48 PM by diaspora04

[theroundsquare]

that driveway looks wet to me

[Tenacious D]

Ain’t gonna lie—won’t be brokenhearted to avoid Skenes today.

[GalagaGuy]

Can't believe Skubal declined the match-up with Skenes. 

[Toddwert]

looks like its gonna be a long wet day at the ballpark

 

[Sports_Freak]

19 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Ain’t gonna lie—won’t be brokenhearted to avoid Skenes today.

How are we avoiding him? I thought he was pitching game 2?

[Sports_Freak]

Fanduel Sports had a good interview of Donnie Kelly. He talked about Leyland hitting him 2nd in a lineup in New York (Kelly hit a home run.) I remember saying the same thing Kelly did in the interview..."what was Leyland thinking, hitting Don Kelly 2nd?" 😅

I have a hard time rooting against former Tigers who i admire. While Kelly wasn't a regular, he was a valuable part of those Leyland teams. Donnie Baseball always came ready to play!

[Tigermojo]

[lordstanley]

Tork drop!

[lordstanley]

Skubal gets out of bases loaded one out jam. 

[Tigeraholic1]

Skubal with two walks, trade him now!

 

[GalagaGuy]

Skubal has to be having issue gripping a wet ball.  

[Sports_Freak]

A mad Skubal is a dangerous Skubal. Jason said it best "I'm not sure if you want to lead off the 2nd."

[monkeytargets39]

RILED UP

[Tigermojo]

4 steaks

[Tigermojo]

Heany up to 52 pitches already. Have to love this lineup. There's usually someone who steps up.

[monkeytargets39]

Heaney still in….Don Kelly is rooting for us apparently