03/26/2026 4:10pm EDT Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

[Sports_Freak]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Delayed feed?

No, I was just watching in another room. Slubal with enough runs for 2 or 3 games. This may be a very fun and special season.

[holygoat]

McGonigle has already been animed.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Does anyone in their lifetime as a Tigers fan remember a better debut than what McGonigle had today?

[Jason_R]

Does anyone in their lifetime as an MLB fan remember a better debut than what McGonigle had today?

[holygoat]

8 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Does anyone in their lifetime as a Tigers fan remember a better debut than what McGonigle had today?

I was gonna say Gabe Alvarez's 3-4, 2 homer game, but that was his 2nd game. That's as close as I can remember. 

[The Ronz]

Chris Pittaro in 1985?

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

There is no turning back for me.  I dumped two ugly satellite dishes over the past two years.  If I shift back to something convenient, it will be cable.  By the way, speaking of baseball on tv/radio, what kind of satellite radio set up do you have?  If I get it again, I want something as simple as possible.  

I have Sirius XM. Easy as it gets.

[chasfh]

18 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Does anyone in their lifetime as a Tigers fan remember a better debut than what McGonigle had today?

I think Lou did?

Actually he was 3-for-5, so not even as good.

Answer is no.

Edited 18 hours ago by chasfh

[chasfh]

So If I’m seeing this right, McGonigle might be only the 8th hitter in modern history to debut with four hits and six or more totals bases. I got J.P. Arencibia, Brant Alyea, Billy Bean, Willie McCovey, Ed Freed, Art Shires, and Mike Mitchell.

[monkeytargets39]

[monkeytargets39]

27 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think Lou did?

Actually he was 3-for-5, so not even as good.

Answer is no.

Maybe Andy Van Hekken 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

There is no turning back for me.  I dumped two ugly satellite dishes over the past two years.  If I shift back to something convenient, it will be cable.  By the way, speaking of baseball on tv/radio, what kind of satellite radio set up do you have?  If I get it again, I want something as simple as possible.  

We’ve had a dish since 1999, and occasional weather mishaps notwithstanding—which is 100% mitigated with Internet backup now, anyway—we have had almost no trouble outside of boxes failing, which happens every four to eight years or so. We just like how darned convenient it is just to touch one button and browse our recordings, or plug in a three-digit number we’ve memorized for a quarter century (like 254) to get a channel. For convenience, it beats navigating through frequently changing menus. The only thing even close to being as convenient is accessing recently viewed or up next from practically all the streamers centralized on the home page of the Apple TV app located on the Apple TV box. Everything else, it’s multiple pages and clicks to get to the thing we want, provided we can even easily locate it on the streamer home page.

[Sports_Freak]

42 minutes ago, chasfh said:

So If I’m seeing this right, McGonigle might be only the 8th hitter in modern history to debut with four hits and six or more totals bases. I got J.P. Arencibia, Brant Alyea, Billy Bean, Willie McCovey, Ed Freed, Art Shires, and Mike Mitchell.

He almost learned a hard lesson on his 2nd double, coming very close to being thrown out. Hey kid, that's not a AA rightfielder, thats an MLB All Star....😆😆

[chasfh]

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

He almost learned a hard lesson on his 2nd double, coming very close to being thrown out. Hey kid, that's not a AA rightfielder, thats an MLB All Star....😆😆

Fair, although if you’re 21, you have to go two on that particular hit.

[gehringer_2]

58 minutes ago, chasfh said:

So If I’m seeing this right, McGonigle might be only the 8th hitter in modern history to debut with four hits and six or more totals bases. I got J.P. Arencibia, Brant Alyea, Billy Bean, Willie McCovey, Ed Freed, Art Shires, and Mike Mitchell.

what's considered 'the modern era'? 

[RatkoVarda]

1900 forward

[Tiger337]

35 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

1900 forward

1901 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

So If I’m seeing this right, McGonigle might be only the 8th hitter in modern history to debut with four hits and six or more totals bases. I got J.P. Arencibia, Brant Alyea, Billy Bean, Willie McCovey, Ed Freed, Art Shires, and Mike Mitchell.

I hope he's more like McCovey than the others!  

I didn't know Billy Bean had 4 hits in his debut.  I don't remember it being a huge deal at the time.  He wasn't a big prospect like McGonigle, so the anticipation was not there I guess.  

[Tiger337]

5 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Anderson pretty meh today

I am not expecting much from him given his age and MLB track record.  Any success he has will be considered a bonus.   

[IdahoBert]

I am really happy today. The Tigers won their opener, Kevin was a bright star, Skubal was Skubal and the Arizona Wildcats put up 109 points against Arkansas to move into the elite eight.

They will face Purdue in Indianapolis and I attended both Purdue and Arizona but my heart is with Arizona. I lived there 13 years. So all real world problems aside - which are admittedly legion - these were two bright spots in it today for me.

[casimir]

13 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

It's more expensive, but a lot easier.  It wasn't seamless for me for various reasons, but much better that my roku/youtube combo.  I had the combo last year too and it's hit or miss.  Sometimes, the voice control gets me there fast.  Other times, I go in circles.  

Maybe the voice control technology is confused by your accent not requesting a Red Sawx game?

[TigerNation]

8 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

I am really happy today. The Tigers won their opener, Kevin was a bright star, Skubal was Skubal and the Arizona Wildcats put up 109 points against Arkansas to move into the elite eight.

They will face Purdue in Indianapolis and I attended both Purdue and Arizona but my heart is with Arizona. I lived there 13 years. So all real world problems aside - which are admittedly legion - these were two bright spots in it today for me.

The final four is in Indy, the game against Purdue is in San Jose.

[casimir]

15 hours ago, Dan Gilmore said:

I am assuming this has burned this reliever for tomorrow. 

 

15 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Probably the rest of the series

One of the things I like to see happen in the first game of a series is dig into the opponent’s bullpen  and immediately affect availability for the rest of the series.  This is the first series of the season, so there might be limited results for tonight and tomorrow.  But given how there seems to be so much one inning specialization in the modern game and considering how baseball is such a 50/50 proposition on any given day, build up some advantages for the rest of a series if/when you can.

[Tiger337]

13 hours ago, The Ronz said:

Chris Pittaro in 1985?

I remember that one.  The Tigers got off to a strong start the first week and I was thinking: "This is going to be just like 1984".  What a disappointment that turned out to be.

The best one that I don't remember was Billy Bean: 4 hits, including 2 doubles just like McGonigle.  I remember him doing well initially, but I don't specifically remember that game.  

 

[lordstanley]

14 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I remember that one.  The Tigers got off to a strong start the first week and I was thinking: "This is going to be just like 1984".  What a disappointment that turned out to be.

 

 

Chris Pittaro’s big moment, narrated by Eli Zaret, at the 2m 50s mark.