Tigermojo Posted July 24 Posted July 24 5 minutes ago, VegasTiger said: Don't you dare. I already did but next time he strikes out, I will ask again with the bold confidence of a baseball fanatic. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Whoa! I just awoke from rare 2 hour “nap” in the middle of the afternoon and I’m dizzy as heck. And we score early! I lived in a strange alternate universe where two old time stadiums were crammed right next to each other - only a few feet apart - and were connected by a creaky, old-fashioned delivery elevator that served as a space-time cosmic wormhole. It was a slow, noisy delivery elevator, big enough to hold a model T auto, with an imposing gate that automatically rose slowly and loudly making frightening grinding noises every time you ascended to a new floor. Everything smelled of polished oiled wood and was permeated by the exotic smells of an early 20th century tobacconist shop. There was a news stand off the delivery elevator and it looked like something out of a movie from the 1920s. There were newspapers in foreign languages I couldn’t understand on racks in the news stand, and some of the papers were printed on vibrant yellow or pink newspaper like sports-oriented newspapers of France and Italy. Prominently displayed was the newest issue - 1920s - of the Sporting News printed in St. Louis. The teams were the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals but the ballparks were ancient yet well-maintained. It was definitely not 2025. Out of the delivery elevator as it rose to different floors I could look down upon the ballfields of either stadium if I glanced to either my left or my right and the stadiums were empty as if I had arrived hours before game time, or as if they were yet to be populated because I was in between space time moments where only something or nothing at all could occur. I was hoping to rent a flop house room in one of the hallways off the delivery elevator for $2 dollars a night and was planning to get a shave and a haircut at the barbershop with a hypnotizing, revolving red and white barber pole before the games began and was trying to decide which game to attend when I woke up. Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 24 Posted July 24 4 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Whoa! I just awoke from rare 2 hour “nap” in the middle of the afternoon and I’m dizzy as heck. And we score early! I lived in a strange alternate universe where two old time stadiums were crammed right next to each other - only a few feet apart - and were connected by a creaky, old-fashioned delivery elevator that served as a space-time cosmic wormhole. It was a slow, noisy delivery elevator, big enough to hold a model T auto, with an imposing gate that automatically rose slowly and loudly making frightening grinding noises every time you ascended to a new floor. Everything smelled of polished oiled wood and was permeated by the exotic smells of an early 20th century tobacconist shop. There was a news stand off the delivery elevator and it looked like something out of a movie from the 1920s. There were newspapers in foreign languages I couldn’t understand on racks in the news stand, and some of the papers were printed on vibrant yellow or pink newspaper like sports-oriented newspapers of France and Italy. Prominently displayed was the newest issue - 1920s - of the Sporting News printed in St. Louis. The teams were the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals but the ballparks were ancient yet well-maintained. It was definitely not 2025. Out of the delivery elevator as it rose to different floors I could look down upon the ballfields of either stadium if I glanced to either my left or my right and the stadiums were empty as if I had arrived hours before game time, or as if they were yet to be populated because I was in between space time moments where only something or nothing at all could occur. I was hoping to rent a flop house room in one of the hallways off the delivery elevator for $2 dollars a night and was planning to get a shave and a haircut at the barbershop with a hypnotizing, revolving red and white barber pole before the games began and was trying to decide which game to attend when I woke up. Stategic naps are one of the best ways to get the team going. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Just now, Tiger337 said: Stategic naps are one of the best ways to get the team going. Immediately waking to a home run was a nice surprise. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Maybe I should try to go back to sleep and they’ll score more runs, but I probably already messed up my sleep schedule for tonight by taking a mid-afternoon nap. Quote
lordstanley Posted July 24 Posted July 24 This game is clipping along. Heading to the bottom of the 4th, Olson at only 50 pitches, Tigers lead 1-0. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Just saw the news and realized that I outlived Hulk Hogan so I win. I’m 73. He was 71. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Morty’s cheeks are flushed more than usual in this heat. Quote
lordstanley Posted July 24 Posted July 24 Need some more runs before turning this over to the bullpen in a couple of innings. Quote
lordstanley Posted July 24 Posted July 24 4-pitch inning. Our bats are still not back. 1-0 after 5. Quote
Edman85 Posted July 24 Posted July 24 2 hours ago, chasfh said: Someone else will pick him up. I doubt it. Tigers had last priority and he made it that far, and hasn't upped his value since. He probably isn't opting out of $1.1M guaranteed to try to latch on somewhere on a split contract. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 The Tigers do Morty not much good by giving Lauer 4-pitch frame. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 The ump is not making friends and influencing people with some of his calls tonight Quote
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted July 24 Posted July 24 I guess the lead was too good to be true. or too small to be true, more likely. Quote
lordstanley Posted July 24 Posted July 24 And sure enough, Guerrero makes the Tigers pay for the walk. Double ties the game. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 That was not a hard hit ball down the left field line, but it’s enough to score a runner from First. 1-1. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 24 Posted July 24 At the rate we’re going it might be days before we score another three runs to even dream of tying. Quote
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