03/30/2026 10:10pm EDT Detroit Tigers at Arizona Diamondbacks

[IdahoBert]

Waiting fruitlessly for the Tigers “pregame” show which will be exceedingly brief today beginning allegedly at 10 PM EDT. This means that half of it will be ads. I just now noticed that on mlb.com it gave a 10 PM start for the broadcast. I wonder if coverage is going to always be this sparse for the pregame show during road games…

[romad1]

Just because the likely performance tonight will not be anywhere as good as this.   Does anyone recall that when Verlander single handedly got us past the Oakland As in the playoffs to the point of dominance that someone changed the wikipedia page to show that the owner of the A's was Justin Verlander? 

[monkeytargets39]

Guess we have to worry about Skubal leaving after this year and signing with Cure Auto Insurance

[IdahoBert]

Jason is talking about how they rarely have the roof open at Chase Field but when I was in Phoenix for a company conference in something like 2010 or so it was September and in Phoenix it’s 100° plus in September and they opened the roof that night. It was totally fine.

[monkeytargets39]

Can we please drop Carpenter to like 5th or 6th and move Gleyber to leadoff

[IdahoBert]

OBP Machine Torres walks for the sixth time in four games. 

[IdahoBert]

Tork dribbles out to 3rd. Oh well. In his first swing, Riley looked like he would rather be on the golf course, but then he at least got an opposite field single but all of this is to no avail.

[romad1]

Yuck

[chasfh]

It’s one thing to get hit hard on a couple of hits, but when you walk the guy after that, it generally does not augur well for the outing.

[romad1]

He's way down in the zone.  His best stuff has been at the top of the zone. 

[romad1]

Yuck

[chasfh]

Loud out by Kevin.

[chasfh]

Now THAT was a Parker Meadows double.

[chasfh]

I am convinced the reason Javy waves at stuff that ends up a foot outside is he simply cannot process input as quickly as just about any other big league hitter. I think he has to make his swing decision earlier than most, so he has to defend against anything that looks like a strike while it’s still 45 feet away, and make his decision then. So if you can execute a half-decent slider, you got him basically dead to rights. But make a mistake, and he’ll kill you.

[IdahoBert]

So, when I went to the kitchen and cut a very ripe avocado in half and seasoned it and de-pitted it did I miss anything important? <ducks>

[romad1]

Javy with an amazing catch.  These guys are hitting everything Verlander throws. 

[Tenacious D]

Poor JV

[monkeytargets39]

Verlanders arsenal tonight is arrow straight fastballs and hanging breaking balls

[romad1]

welp 0-5

[Dan Gilmore]

Anyone warming in the pen?

[IdahoBert]

Three run Homer, and not for us down 5-0. 

[monkeytargets39]

This game has the makings of Hurter coming in and pitching 3 scoreless garbage time innings to make his era look good

[lordstanley]

Storybook returns aren’t always like a Disney movie. 

[Tenacious D]

Concerned about Flaherty, JV and Mize.

[IdahoBert]

Where’s my six runs?