kdog Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Guardians rotation: Game 1: Gavin Williams Game 2: Tanner Bibee Game 3: Slade Cecconi Quote
HeyAbbott Posted September 29 Posted September 29 5 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I see the season as a whole as pretty much what I expected. The end was was very frustrating and disappointing and nothing to celebrate, but they played way over their heads in the first half. If someone told me at the beginning of the season that they would win 87 games and get a wild card. I would have been satisfied. To be totally honest, I thought the Tigers played better defense as a team for the whole year than I thought at the beginning of the season. Quote
lordstanley Posted September 29 Posted September 29 I think the chances of the Tigers beating Cleveland are at least 50/50. I wanted the Tigers to win the division because that's the goal at the beginning of each season, not because I think home field will make much difference in this series. Home field is more enjoyable to watch as a fan, because I feel like I'm cheering along with 40,000 others instead of against them, but the players tune that out. The main reason I want the Tigers to beat Cleveland is because it is rare if ever that a chance for me to see Tigers play playoff baseball presents itself so perfectly. The ALDS would start in Seattle, it would be on a weekend, and my wife is out of the country this week so I'm alone by myself. As soon as the Tigers eliminate Cleveland I'd have a little road trip quickly arranged for Saturday morning to Sunday night. 3 Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted September 29 Posted September 29 If Trey Sweeney is in the starting lineup for any of these three games, then someone needs to be fired. Quote
Dan Gilmore Posted September 29 Posted September 29 46 minutes ago, lordstanley said: I think the chances of the Tigers beating Cleveland are at least 50/50. I wanted the Tigers to win the division because that's the goal at the beginning of each season, not because I think home field will make much difference in this series. Home field is more enjoyable to watch as a fan, because I feel like I'm cheering along with 40,000 others instead of against them, but the players tune that out. The main reason I want the Tigers to beat Cleveland is because it is rare if ever that a chance for me to see Tigers play playoff baseball presents itself so perfectly. The ALDS would start in Seattle, it would be on a weekend, and my wife is out of the country this week so I'm alone by myself. As soon as the Tigers eliminate Cleveland I'd have a little road trip quickly arranged for Saturday morning to Sunday night. I like the cut of your jib, LS. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 2 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said: I don’t expect us to win- not because we suck but because our opponent is Cleveland….and they have tortured me as a fan for my entire life. So I have grown to expect them to hurt me every year as much as possible. I loathe them with every fiber of my being. People who think our rival is Toronto or another AL Central team are out of their mind. This is what a rivalry should feel like. But as Tiger337 alluded to, we have not seriously fought the Clevelanders for any pennants or divisions for our entire existence, save the last couple of years. As a rivalry, it's just getting started, but I don't think we are quite at the boiling point just yet. We do need to beat them at some point for a division title or playoff series win, because rivalries have to be even, like Michigan-Ohio State, and not one-sided, like Michigan-Michigan State was from the 70s through the mid-2000s. You know when it becomes a true rivalry? When it gets its own Wikipedia page, like this or this or this. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1 hour ago, lordstanley said: I think the chances of the Tigers beating Cleveland are at least 50/50. I wanted the Tigers to win the division because that's the goal at the beginning of each season, not because I think home field will make much difference in this series. Home field is more enjoyable to watch as a fan, because I feel like I'm cheering along with 40,000 others instead of against them, but the players tune that out. The main reason I want the Tigers to beat Cleveland is because it is rare if ever that a chance for me to see Tigers play playoff baseball presents itself so perfectly. The ALDS would start in Seattle, it would be on a weekend, and my wife is out of the country this week so I'm alone by myself. As soon as the Tigers eliminate Cleveland I'd have a little road trip quickly arranged for Saturday morning to Sunday night. I prefer home games just because of the fans. Their cheering has me reaching for the remote to mute the sound. Just....no. Quote
Edman85 Posted September 29 Posted September 29 I am not saying the Tigers threw the game yesterday, but by every single metric except "recent success against," Cleveland is a much easier opponent than New York. 3 Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 29 Posted September 29 If the Tigers don’t make it to the World Series I would rather see a team like Cleveland or Milwaukee from “flyover” territory beat the big money teams that assemble teams recruited like mercenary armies sent to invade small countries. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted September 29 Posted September 29 35 minutes ago, Edman85 said: I am not saying the Tigers threw the game yesterday, but by every single metric except "recent success against," Cleveland is a much easier opponent than New York. There is truthiness to this at the very least. Quote
lordstanley Posted September 29 Posted September 29 54 minutes ago, Edman85 said: I am not saying the Tigers threw the game yesterday, but by every single metric except "recent success against," Cleveland is a much easier opponent than New York. And I doubt that the Jays think an ALDS vs Boston or New York is much of a reward for the #1 seed, compared to the Cleveland-Detroit winner that #2 Seattle gets. Quote
lordstanley Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Just now, casimir said: Win the series. Win the Series Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1 hour ago, IdahoBert said: If the Tigers don’t make it to the World Series I would rather see a team like Cleveland or Milwaukee from “flyover” territory beat the big money teams that assemble teams recruited like mercenary armies sent to invade small countries. I’d much rather have any other team besides Cleveland win it. Give me Seattle or Toronto. Milwaukee would be fun too. Doubt Cincy gets there but that’d be amazing. Quote
oblong Posted September 30 Posted September 30 I don’t like Cleveland because the way their fans invaded tiger stadium in the 90s. I know it’s not their fault but that stuff sticks with me. Same with the Jays. Even today they sneak over the border. Quote
SeattleMike Posted September 30 Posted September 30 1 hour ago, monkeytargets39 said: I’d much rather have any other team besides Cleveland win it. Give me Seattle or Toronto. Milwaukee would be fun too. Doubt Cincy gets there but that’d be amazing. The Mariners are the only current MLB team to have never played in the WS. 47 years and counting. So if it can't be the Tigers let it be the Mariners. Plus, it would be fun to see this town really obsess about baseball. 1 Quote
SeattleMike Posted September 30 Posted September 30 (edited) 59 minutes ago, oblong said: I don’t like Cleveland because the way their fans invaded tiger stadium in the 90s. I know it’s not their fault but that stuff sticks with me. Same with the Jays. Even today they sneak over the border. When the Mariners play Toronto the crowd is about half Blue Jays fans. And it doesn't matter if the Jays stink. Western Canadians show up either way. This year, however, for obvious reasons Blue Jays fans were not as heavily represented. Edited September 30 by SeattleMike Quote
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