03/28/2026 8:40pm EDT Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

[casimir]

[IdahoBert]

Strange that tomorrow, Sunday, is a travel day. Have never seen that before, and I don’t remember it having ever occurred but I could be wrong. Must be one of those anomalies of early season scheduling.

[casimir]

1 hour ago, IdahoBert said:

Strange that tomorrow, Sunday, is a travel day. Have never seen that before, and I don’t remember it having ever occurred but I could be wrong. Must be one of those anomalies of early season scheduling.

Pretty sure it happened last season after the opening series against the Dodgers.

[CaliforniaDreaming]

@IdahoBert isn't allowed to wear pants until the Tigers lose...

[casimir]

Might as well sweep the series.

[IdahoBert]

46 minutes ago, casimir said:

Pretty sure it happened last season after the opening series against the Dodgers.

That’s probably true, but I can’t be bothered to look it up because I can’t find my pants and that’s more important

[IdahoBert]

This game starts at the same time as the Arizona vs Purdue game. I have attended both universities and I have some divided loyalties regarding this game, but I find watching basketball excruciating because it’s nonstop.

Baseball has a languid enough pace so I can catch my breath which basketball does not possess so I’ll probably concentrate on this game and dart back-and-forth to the ESPN app just to see how the basketball game is going.

[monkeytargets39]

Must Win

Must Win

Must Win

[monkeytargets39]

I’m not a fan of Carpenter leading off.  I get why Hinch likes that, but Carp is so aggressive at the dish and having him lead off just always seems like he’s in HR or Bust mode.  Carp is at his best when he works a count a little bit and waits for the mistake.

[IdahoBert]

Carpenter DH

Torres 2B

Keith 3B

Greene, R LF

Torkelson 1B

McGonigle SS

Vierling CF

McKinstry RF

Rogers C

[IdahoBert]

I wish I had more faith in Jack Flaherty. He had his moments in games last year, but he was also frequently hit pretty hard. If he only gets hit moderately hard and our guys can score runs, that would be a my best case scenario. Although he could rise to the occasion and allow one run in six innings. 

[Tigermojo]

I'm ready for some McGonigle heroics.

[IdahoBert]

So the “pregame“ is only 10 minutes long with no frills. And so far there’s only Daniella and no Andy Dirks as the support staff. Maybe they gave Andy bus fare to get to Phoenix to save money. We do, though, get Jason and Peaches for PBP. 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Karpenter...

[kdog]

Is Carpenter Riley Greene with better pr? 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Keith double. 2 on.

Edited 12 hours ago by Crazy Cat Gentleman

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

yay, contact play

Edited 12 hours ago by Crazy Cat Gentleman

[Motor City Sonics]

Come on Tork,  get on base so K-Mac can have RISP and be clutch again

[Motor City Sonics]

Torres is slower than I thought

[GalagaGuy]

Running on contact when on third is one of those unwritten rules that needs to die.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Use the ABS, Tork !

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

no challenge, Tork? come on.

[Motor City Sonics]

Have the players been told to never use ABS early in the game -  Because I saw that was not a strike in real time and if my blind arse can see it...........

[Motor City Sonics]

Okay,  Good Jack or Bad Jack ?

[GalagaGuy]

I don't think a batter has any idea when it comes to a pitch on the far side of the plate.  Unless that pitch is 6 inches outside, they're not going to know it was a ball.