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

[IdahoBert]

We should worry about every team we play, but I don’t think Tampa Bay is like facing a buzz saw.

Yes, they could certainly hand the Tigers asses to them, but the Rays lost a series to the Red Sox on the road. They did indeed beat the mighty Yankees 3-zip in Yankee Stadium, but the Yankees were slumping. And they just finished splitting a series with Baltimore at home.

Our team takes every team seriously, but they don’t tremble in front of them either. I’m looking forward to watching these games. Two of them are day games beginning at 12:10 PM, pretty early because of the heat I’m sure. And for me these games begin at 10:10 AM and for people on the west coast an hour earlier.

For me, this is the very definition of convenience because I don’t have to sit around like a puppy dog waiting to be fed all day long.

[Sports_Freak]

That's about the most vocal I've ever heard a Tigers crowd. At least, the most unhappy. Sitting thru a long game and going thru a rain delay? They used to stop serving beer in the 7th inning, didn't they? That vocal crowd reminded me of a White Sox crowd. 

[holygoat]

So this happened, lol

 

[RandyMarsh]

8 minutes ago, holygoat said:

So this happened, lol

 

Wow, it looks like a Pirates fan as well unless it's a team with a different yellow jersey. 

[holygoat]

Apparently the dude was wearing a Pirates jersey and a Tigers cap.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/fan-ejected-after-pirates-rhp-dennis-santana-takes-a-swing-at-him-in-bullpen-031224343.html

[IdahoBert]

Yelling at a player and acting out from the safety of the stands is a gutless thing to do. There is a degree of acceptability in these exchanges but it’s easy to cross the line if you get caught up in the moment.

I say this as a person guilty of this activity who crossed the line unknowingly at the time and is mortified after the fact. What I did was surely not worthy of ejection but it reflects poorly upon me.

I don’t think it’s a final referendum on my overall character, but it’s not something I’m proud of. The group psychology engendered by spectatorship is weird. 

[oblong]

You can't say whatever you want to players. I'm fine with ejecting the fans as happened here.  People are obnoxious and need to be held accountable.  Purchasing a ticket doesnt give you indefinite license.

 

[Tiger337]

When fans get out of hand verbally, it also makes other fans around them uncomfortable.  

[casimir]

4 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Yelling at a player and acting out from the safety of the stands is a gutless thing to do. There is a degree of acceptability in these exchanges but it’s easy to cross the line if you get caught up in the moment.

I say this as a person guilty of this activity who crossed the line unknowingly at the time and is mortified after the fact. What I did was surely not worthy of ejection but it reflects poorly upon me.

I don’t think it’s a final referendum on my overall character, but it’s not something I’m proud of. The group psychology engendered by spectatorship is weird. 

I got lippy at a minor league hockey game once.  I was a few “pops” in.  The arena was old and didn’t have plexiglass around the entirety of the penalty boxes.  I was same row as the box and a few seats over.   He heard me above the crowd and wasn’t pleased with my commentary, and rightfully so.  Not my best moment at all.  His response sobered me up, and that was that.