8/11/25 7:40PM Tiger @ White Sox

[oblong]

2 minutes ago, holygoat said:

This inning is still live, so Tork's HR might not count depending on how this rain goes.

Why is that?  The game was tied after 8 so wouldn’t they just resume it tomorrow ?

[monkeytargets39]

2 minutes ago, VegasTiger said:

There is no chance this game is over.

 

I meant over for tonight.  I Didn’t elaborate.

[Tigermojo]

41 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Where’s Monkeytargets’ 2 runs???

You don't even care if they get curly fries. You're just like make it a double you optimist you.

[oblong]

In what previous scenario would Tork’s HR not count?  I legit don’t know.  I never bothered to learn that stuff 

[monkeytargets39]

Just now, Tigermojo said:

You don't even care if they get curly fries. You're just like make it a double you optimist you.

Gotta be honest….the curly fries are not nearly as good as they were when I was a kid.  
 

Now if we are talking Checkers fries…..

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

2 minutes ago, oblong said:

In what previous scenario would Tork’s HR not count?  I legit don’t know.  I never bothered to learn that stuff 

if the game were called and not suspended, I think they would have to roll the score (really the whole state of the game, stats and all) back to the previous fully-completed inning. it was 1-1 at the end of the 8th, so the game would be a tie.

Edited Tuesday at 02:10 AM by Crazy Cat Gentleman

[Tigermojo]

The dent on the foul pole can never be erased!

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Not anymore. Would be suspended to tomorrow and picked up where it left off. This changed a while back.

So we'll have 2 on, with 2 outs and 2-2 count on Mckinstry no matter when they pick it back up.....cool!

[lordstanley]

Al Kaline lost two home runs to rainouts, but both of them were hit in the 2nd inning before the games were official.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

4 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

if the game were called and not suspended, I think they would have to roll the score (really the whole state of the game, stats and all) back to the previous fully-completed inning. it was 1-1 at the end of the 8th, so the game would be a tie.

and that's with the home team trailing or a tie game. I think with the home team leading, it would have been called in favor of the home team at the point at which it was suspended. not exactly sure on that one.

Edited Tuesday at 02:13 AM by Crazy Cat Gentleman

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

looks like Daniella has her wide-angle-booth-cam-appropriate clothing on again today.

[IdahoBert]

So I return after leaving the game and putting on my tinfoil pyramid hat and thinking positive thoughts about unicorns and rainbows, and we have a lead, but it’s raining? 

[Edman85]

Is it late enough that Daniella Upskirt Hour isn't an FCC violation?

[IdahoBert]

Daniella likes thin crust because she doesn’t over eat because she’s smart and her looks are important for her job, but she’s a lot more than just a looker.

[monkeytargets39]

Nobody cares about Logan.  There are other things we are interested in right now

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

and that's with the home team trailing or a tie game. I think with the home team leading, it would have been called in favor of the home team at the point at which it was suspended. not exactly sure on that one.

if there are 5 complete and a tie, it can go back to the last complete inning. If it was tied at the end of the last complete inning, the game has to be continued - though not necessarily tonight. Future radar projecting a fair amount of rain.

Edited Tuesday at 02:21 AM by gehringer_2

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

if there are 5 complete, it can go back to the last complete inning. If it was tied at the end of the last complete inning, the game has to be continued - though not necessarily tonight.

it was like that in the olden days?

[IdahoBert]

8 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Al Kaline lost two home runs to rainouts, but both of them were hit in the 2nd inning before the games were official.

Didn’t Al end with 399 home runs? Got ripped off. 

[IdahoBert]

3 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Nobody cares about Logan.  There are other things we are interested in right now

You got your two runs you should be dancing. 

[lordstanley]

I think when games are delayed like this in the opening game of a series, the managers should be given a chance to negotiate a settlement. Like in tonight's situation, the White Sox manager could say, we'll give you tonight's game but in exchange we want to be spotted with a 2-run lead for tomorrow's game. The Tigers could counter by saying we'll take the win, thanks, but since we only needed 3 outs anyways it's not worth runs tomorrow but we'll give you runners on 1st and 2nd to start the game. The White Sox manager will then threaten no deal, let's just play things out. Hinch will say, fine, we will take tonight's win and give you a 1-0 lead for tomorrow. Final offer. Deal or no deal? It's a deal, everyone goes home for the night.

[lordstanley]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

Didn’t Al end with 399 home runs? Got ripped off. 

Yes, and kicks himself for it. 

https://talkindetroitsports.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/al-kaline-hit-401-home-runs-but-rain-washed-out-two-and-left-him-at-399/#:~:text=On June 1%2C 1958%2C Kaline,from the game were erased.

In the final game of his career, Kaline pulled himself from the game after his first two at-bats. It cost him two chances at becoming the American League’s first member of the 400-home run, 3,000-hit club.

“It was my fault,” Kaline said in The Detroit News in 2015. “It was one of the worst, if not the worst, decisions I’ve ever made in my life. Sometimes when you make bad decisions, you don’t realize how it might hurt other people.”

Kaline was speaking of Tigers outfielder Ben Oglivie, who replaced him in the game and was booed by the fans wanting a few more glimpses of Kaline.

“I really felt bad for Ben,” Kaline said.

He also wishes he had known about that 400-homer, 3,000-hit club.

“Back in those days, statistics weren’t as important,” he said. “You didn’t have ESPN, And I didn’t realize 400 homers would be such a milestone

The record book shows that Kaline finished with 399 home runs, and that is official. But No. 6 circled the bases 401 times in his major-league career. And that’s a fact.

[Edman85]

Anybody remember the game before the rule changed, 2004 time frame, when the Tigers were at Cleveland and jumped them to a huge lead, and the grounds crew slow rolled the tarp and resulted in the game getting called and wiped?

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

woo, the tarp's coming off!

[lordstanley]

I would sure love an insurance here. Vest for the 9th?

[Sports_Freak]

Rain delay gigglefest.