2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[tiger2022]

When I was 19 I played in a baseball league where everyone had to run off the field and run to their positions.  3 warm up pitches and the batter was in the batters box.  You weren't allowed to step out of the box.  

[gehringer_2]

40 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

There were a lot of older people, me included, who remembered when games moved faster because hitters and pitchers were not taking forever to get ready.  Enforcing the time rules was the best thing they have done in years.  

It's funny how custom can end up changing the rules without anyone ever actually changing the rules. Umpires always had the authority to move the game faster, but it became custom to give players all the time they wanted. So to get back to the intent of the original rules they had to make a new set of rules to reverse custom where the rule was kept by an impassive clock instead of a malleable umpire. 

[casimir]

43 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

There were a lot of older people, me included, who remembered when games moved faster because hitters and pitchers were not taking forever to get ready.  Enforcing the time rules was the best thing they have done in years.  

Restricting delays between pitches/batters/innings has been wonderful.

[casimir]

On 3/13/2026 at 10:47 PM, Motor City Sonics said:

4-team divisions.

Fail.

[holygoat]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

There were a lot of older people, me included, who remembered when games moved faster because hitters and pitchers were not taking forever to get ready.  Enforcing the time rules was the best thing they have done in years.  

100%. I'm honestly baffled that any baseball fan still has animosity toward the pitch clock three years in. 

[Sports_Freak]

Isn't Jason calling the games? Neither yesterday and today....Yankee announcers suck.

[Tigermojo]

I think I've only been able to get the Tigers broadcast once or twice this spring on mlb.tv. 

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, Tigermojo said:

I think I've only been able to get the Tigers broadcast once or twice this spring on mlb.tv. 

I can switch it to the radio feed but the sync is off. And who is this Corpenter guy the announcer keeps calling for the Tigers?  😅😅