03/27/2026 9:40pm EDT Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

[Tigermojo]

Finally someone who can put the ball in play with runners on instead of striking out.

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Finally someone who can put the ball in play with runners on instead of striking out.

They were showing his stats as a professional baseball player. More walks than strikeouts. Every season at every level. 

[romad1]

20 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I was watching ithe 8th inning n bed last night

McGonigle's AB reminds me of Dave Bergman's 1984 AB vs. the Blue Jays on Monday Night Baseball.   13 pitchers.  Foul after foul after foul until he hit the game winning HR. 

The pitches he took.  This dude's the real deal, man.

That was a fun battle.   I'm actually going to rewatch that after I return from the protest today. 

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Kenley Jansen sounds like the name of a hot sorority girl, but in this case, nope. 

Especially one with her own million-follower glow-up podcast.

Edited 8 hours ago by chasfh

[Motor City Sonics]

1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I was watching ithe 8th inning n bed last night

McGonigle's AB reminds me of Dave Bergman's 1984 AB vs. the Blue Jays on Monday Night Baseball.   13 pitchers.  Foul after foul after foul until he hit the game winning HR. 

The pitches he took.  This dude's the real deal, man.

I meant to say "13 pitches" not "13 pitchers".  I had just woken up.     Like McGonigle, Bergman started out 0-2, worked the count full and then delivered. (SPOILER ALERT)

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Motor City Sonics

[Sports_Freak]

46 minutes ago, romad1 said:

That was a fun battle.   I'm actually going to rewatch that after I return from the protest today. 

MLB TV does great recaps of every game. I'm really enjoying that app, again this season.

[lordstanley]

4 hours ago, casimir said:

Yeah, I’ve wondered that, too.  Or does Whitaker go to 3B and Trammell to 2B?  Didn’t Whitaker start with the Tiger organization as a 3B and then was moved to 2B?  I know later in his career he was going to move to 3B for some 2B prospect that was never to be.

I read this when people were chatting about Chris Pittaro the other day. 
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-8-1985-detroits-chris-pittaro-lives-up-to-managers-hype-on-celebratory-opening-day/

But when Pittaro hit well over .300 and displayed good instinctual glove work during spring training, Tigers manager Sparky Anderson raised eyebrows, gushing that Pittaro had “a chance to be the greatest second baseman who ever lived.”4

Anderson was known for talking up young players, sometimes out of proportion to their talent. But in this case, Anderson was so enamored with his prospect that he went beyond verbal hype. In late March he controversially reassigned All-Star Lou Whitaker from second to third base to make room for the youngster.5 The switcheroo was met with consternation by Whitaker (and reportedly some teammates), so Detroit’s skipper backtracked a few days later on his head-scratching move that would have broken up the duo of Whitaker and future Hall of Fame shortstop Alan Trammell – widely regarded as one of the greatest double-play combinations in baseball history.6

Still determined to find a position for the “best rookie infielder [he had] seen in 15 years of managing,” Anderson declared that Pittaro would open the season as the club’s third baseman

[romad1]

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

MLB TV does great recaps of every game. I'm really enjoying that app, again this season.

watching again... its at the 3:01 mark on the broadcast.  He goes: 

1. foul down rf line 
2. ball high
3. ball low (skips in so not a competitive pitch)
4. foul off to the left
5. foul down the rf side on a pitch he went and dug out of the bottom of the strike zone. 
6. (Dan Petry is imploring him to take it to 3-2 so the runners will be off.  Foul off the umpire's mask.  Umpire is checked for protocol. 
7. foul down rf side.  
8. reaches out to outside corner to flare a foul ball down lf side. 
9. ball low.  (Seemed noncompetitive but maybe closer than i thought)
10. base hit scores two.  

My impressions are that he's Kirk Gibson levels of mental toughness and insane bat/ball skills.  Oh man that is a powerful combination.  

[NorthWoods]

5 hours ago, romad1 said:

That was a fun battle.   I'm actually going to rewatch that after I return from the protest today. 

Praying you survive.

[romad1]

1 minute ago, NorthWoods said:

Praying you survive.

not for discussion here.   It was good and look for my commentary elsewhere. 

[NorthWoods]

The at bat...hmm...html didn't work.

 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by NorthWoods

[casimir]

5 hours ago, lordstanley said:

I read this when people were chatting about Chris Pittaro the other day. 
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-8-1985-detroits-chris-pittaro-lives-up-to-managers-hype-on-celebratory-opening-day/

 

But when Pittaro hit well over .300 and displayed good instinctual glove work during spring training, Tigers manager Sparky Anderson raised eyebrows, gushing that Pittaro had “a chance to be the greatest second baseman who ever lived.”4

Anderson was known for talking up young players, sometimes out of proportion to their talent. But in this case, Anderson was so enamored with his prospect that he went beyond verbal hype. In late March he controversially reassigned All-Star Lou Whitaker from second to third base to make room for the youngster.5 The switcheroo was met with consternation by Whitaker (and reportedly some teammates), so Detroit’s skipper backtracked a few days later on his head-scratching move that would have broken up the duo of Whitaker and future Hall of Fame shortstop Alan Trammell – widely regarded as one of the greatest double-play combinations in baseball history.6

Still determined to find a position for the “best rookie infielder [he had] seen in 15 years of managing,” Anderson declared that Pittaro would open the season as the club’s third baseman

The timing of your link is fantastic.  I read through the same for Mickey Lolich, Jim Price, and Norm Cash yesterday.