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

[RatkoVarda]

i totally bought Sparky's nonsense regarding Pittaro. i don't think the outcome would have been different, but huge disservice to the kid to hype him so much.

and if they don't trade Howard Johnson, who knows how the 80s would have played out!

Edited 20 hours ago by RatkoVarda

[Sports_Freak]

4 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

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

 

Great memories.....my brother and I were at that game. We froze our tails off, even though we were "well lubricated." 😁

[IdahoBert]

1 hour ago, TigerNation said:

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

Well, I’m just stepping on my own toes here. I could’ve sworn that I read somewhere that it was going to be in Indianapolis. Well that makes it less of a “home crowd” for Purdue. 

[Tenacious D]

13 hours 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....😆😆

That’s the running chaos that the Tigers embrace.

[lordstanley]

14 hours ago, chasfh said:

I have Sirius XM. Easy as it gets.

And Sirius XM was only 1 pitch behind my TV today. So I’m fine using it going forward for when I’m audio only. If it was a full at bat behind I’d feel out of sync with the world. 

Here is a deeper dive into McGonigle’s at bats. 

 

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

i totally bought Sparky's nonsense regarding Pittaro. i don't think the outcome would have been different, but huge disservice to the kid to hype him so much.

and if they don't trade Howard Johnson, who knows how the 80s would have played out!

I bought everything he said at the time.  I think I fnally figured out it was BS when he said the same stuff about Lovullo.  

[casimir]

2 hours ago, lordstanley said:

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

 

Wow, Julio Franco was in the Highlights.  Has he retired yet?

[tiger2022]

15 hours ago, Jason_R said:

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

Last night Chase Deleuter went 3-5 with 2 HRs.  

Strasburg struck out 14 in his debut.

Trevor Story hit 2 HRs in his debut.

It's a pretty short list.

[4hzglory]

53 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

Last night Chase Deleuter went 3-5 with 2 HRs.  

Strasburg struck out 14 in his debut.

Trevor Story hit 2 HRs in his debut.

It's a pretty short list.

Deleuter is interesting though, was that truly his debut as he had 22 at bats in the postseason last year.

[chasfh]

5 hours ago, lordstanley said:

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

 

Man, that groovy music anchored by the flute sounded old even by 1985 standards.

[Edman85]

5 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Well, I’m just stepping on my own toes here. I could’ve sworn that I read somewhere that it was going to be in Indianapolis. Well that makes it less of a “home crowd” for Purdue. 

Purdue has traveled pretty well to the west coast lately. Should have a decent crowd there tonight. I know we have overwhelmed USC, Washington, the San Diego MTE last year. It's a pretty national alumni base.

[Sports_Freak]

4 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

That’s the running chaos that the Tigers embrace.

And I love the aggressiveness. People look at the stolen base stats and decide the Tigers aren't a good base running team, with no speed. Totally wrong, we were among the leaders in all of baseball going 1st to 3rd last season. Taking that extra base will help win a lot of games. Just live with occasionally being thrown out. .

[Sports_Freak]

4 hours ago, lordstanley said:

And Sirius XM was only 1 pitch behind my TV today. So I’m fine using it going forward for when I’m audio only. If it was a full at bat behind I’d feel out of sync with the world. 

Here is a deeper dive into McGonigle’s at bats. 

 

I just saw this on that network. And today's Free Press was all over KMac's debut. This kid has a quick compact swing that is going to play very well for years...

[casimir]

45 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Man, that groovy music anchored by the flute sounded old even by 1985 standards.

The eyeglasses, the hair, some of the jackets.

it was amusing to see footage of the snowflakes.  Anymore it seems like anytime a game encounters that, it never happened in the past.

Oh, and the low maintenance of the playing field.  No special patterns mowed into the lawn.

[casimir]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I just saw this on that network. And today's Free Press was all over KMac's debut. This kid has a quick compact swing that is going to play very well for years...

Please, no KMac.  That’s cheap and plasticy.

[Sports_Freak]

29 minutes ago, casimir said:

Please, no KMac.  That’s cheap and plasticy.

True...probably better than hacking his name trying to spell it. I guess...kid? Or Kevin? Speeling is my weekness...😆 

[Tigermojo]

59 minutes ago, casimir said:

Please, no KMac.  That’s cheap and plasticy.

McMoney

[monkeytargets39]

It’s gotta be McGarnagle

Edited 13 hours ago by monkeytargets39

[Hongbit]

Koko 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

And I love the aggressiveness. People look at the stolen base stats and decide the Tigers aren't a good base running team, with no speed. Totally wrong, we were among the leaders in all of baseball going 1st to 3rd last season. Taking that extra base will help win a lot of games. Just live with occasionally being thrown out. .

They also led the majors in OOB (outs on the bases).  They were good overall, but they didn't have a historic baserunning season like a lot of people keep saying.  Aggressiveness is good, but it comes with a cost.  

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Please, no KMac.  That’s cheap and plasticy.

How about just call him McGonigle?  If he develops a nickname naturally, that's fine.  No forced nicknames.  

[casimir]

43 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

How about just call him McGonigle?  If he develops a nickname naturally, that's fine.  No forced nicknames.  

Ok, Boomer.

[oblong]

The best nicknames are ones you wouldn’t know right away  

[casimir]

I want to say the best nicknames aren’t derivatives of given names.  Cool Papa.  Big Unit.  Babe.  Catfish.  Pudge.  Three Finger.

But then some are so simplistic and the literal sound of the nickname is good.  Something like Yaz.  Or Teddy Ballgame.

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

I want to say the best nicknames aren’t derivatives of given names.  Cool Papa.  Big Unit.  Babe.  Catfish.  Pudge.  Three Finger.

But then some are so simplistic and the literal sound of the nickname is good.  Something like Yaz.  Or Teddy Ballgame.

Miggy...Gibby? Those are parts of their names and easy to say and spell. Any more that a 5 letter name for a great player deserves a nickname. Whether it's a part of their name or not.