04/17/2026 7:15pm EDT Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox

[lordstanley]

Darn. Did I shave my legs for this?

[chasfh]

I don’t know what the technical issue regarding Apple TV and local radio is, but t’s really interesting listening to the producer talk with the talent while the mic is purportedly cold. He was just debating with Dan and Dan that Tigers should have walked Yoshida to get to Wong and set up the force at home. Dickerson disagreed outright, and Petry reminded the producer that A.J. doesn’t like to walk hitters, anyway. 

Edited 13 hours ago by chasfh

[Tiger337]

Fake win for the Red Sox.  I stiil can not get myself to care much about the extra inning games.  I mean I'd rather see them win than lose, but as soon as it became impossible for the Tigers to win in regulation, I Iost interest in following the game.  

Edited 13 hours ago by Tiger337

[GalagaGuy]

18 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Loss. Playing a raw rookie at 3rd base on his ML debut wasn't the smartest move by Hinch. He had multiple options...

He's a third baseman, would you have preferred he play right field or first base? 

[Sports_Freak]

42 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I don’t know what the technical issue regarding Apple TV and local radio is, but t’s really interesting listening to the producer talk with the talent while the mic is purportedly cold. He was just debating with Dan and Dan that Tigers should have walked Yoshida to get to Wong and set up the force at home. Dickerson disagreed outright, and Petry reminded the producer that A.J. doesn’t like to walk hitters, anyway. 

Questioning intentional walks? Yesterday's game was screaming for an intentional walk to the LH Keith to get to the RH Tork. I'm still amazed it wasn't done. Glad, but wondering why...

[Sports_Freak]

53 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

He's a third baseman, would you have preferred he play right field or first base? 

Sit on the bench. 1st major league game in Fenway? What could possibly go wrong?

[guy incognito]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

I don’t know what the technical issue regarding Apple TV and local radio is, but t’s really interesting listening to the producer talk with the talent while the mic is purportedly cold. He was just debating with Dan and Dan that Tigers should have walked Yoshida to get to Wong and set up the force at home. Dickerson disagreed outright, and Petry reminded the producer that A.J. doesn’t like to walk hitters, anyway. 

Reminiscent of the old days of catching backhaul feeds via satellite.

[GalagaGuy]

17 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Sit on the bench. 1st major league game in Fenway? What could possibly go wrong?

I have no idea what you're even talking about.  

[IdahoBert]

[Sports_Freak]

5 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

I have no idea what you're even talking about.  

I'm talking about shaky defense at 3rd base. Hinch had several options rather than putting an inexperienced AAA rookie out there. It ended up not mattering much but it very well could have been a disaster. His defense looked very shaky.

[casimir]

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

I'm talking about shaky defense at 3rd base. Hinch had several options rather than putting an inexperienced AAA rookie out there. It ended up not mattering much but it very well could have been a disaster. His defense looked very shaky.

His defense did look shaky.  I was surprised Lee was called up, I figured it would have been Jung.  But, if Lee (RHH) was called up, you're not going to use him vs a LHP?  Come on.....

[chasfh]

Lee was my dark horse choice to come north with the team. He was pretty clearly in over his head during this particular game. We’ll see how he does next time.

[Sports_Freak]

54 minutes ago, casimir said:

His defense did look shaky.  I was surprised Lee was called up, I figured it would have been Jung.  But, if Lee (RHH) was called up, you're not going to use him vs a LHP?  Come on.....

To be honest, I would have used Keith at 3rd. He was already resting Riley. And Keith has been pretty good. Would Lee's bat be much better than Keith's? IDK, but offensively, we stunk. It looks like that 10th inning throw Lee didnt catch from Dingler really didnt matter, the runner looked safe. But a totally raw rookie may not have been the best idea to start. Hindsight....

[Tiger337]

Why is everybody talking about me? You ask me how I am doing and then you tell me I am not ready.  What's going on?

[casimir]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Why is everybody talking about me? You ask me how I am doing and then you tell me I am not ready.  What's going on?

Because your WAR in last night's game was a -0.6.

[casimir]

37 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

To be honest, I would have used Keith at 3rd. He was already resting Riley. And Keith has been pretty good. Would Lee's bat be much better than Keith's? IDK, but offensively, we stunk. It looks like that 10th inning throw Lee didnt catch from Dingler really didnt matter, the runner looked safe. But a totally raw rookie may not have been the best idea to start. Hindsight....

In general, yes, I don't mind Keith getting some more time vs LHPs.  However, they just called Lee up.  They're playing, what 13 in a row?  They're going to give position players a day off or two during this stretch.  You've got a point about resting both Keith and Greene in the same game.

He had a bad game in a 0-1 loss.  If he had a net zero game, nobody squawks.

[chasfh]

I would bet the decision to sit Colt and Riley was matchup-based.

[Sports_Freak]

22 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I would bet the decision to sit Colt and Riley was matchup-based.

Well, good luck tomorrow when we face, what may be, the 2nd best LH starting pitcher in the AL.

This Tiger team was desperate for a big RH bat last fall. We didn't get one.

[TigerNation]

11 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Sit on the bench. 1st major league game in Fenway? What could possibly go wrong?

The ballpark is irrelevant.

He was called up because he hits lefties, and there was a lefty on the mound.

It's absolutely asinine to suggest a player needs to spend their first game on the bench. 

[gehringer_2]

56 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I would bet the decision to sit Colt and Riley was matchup-based.

When game got to "close, late" esp at the end where anything to the OF wins it and DP could have saved it, I'd have wanted Javy at short and McG at 3rd - mid inning if need be.

In Hinch's defense, Fenway is a place where  the odds a of a game being won by IF defense quality are lower than most places. 

 

Edited 54 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, TigerNation said:

The ballpark is irrelevant.

He was called up because he hits lefties, and there was a lefty on the mound.

It's absolutely asinine to suggest a player needs to spend their first game on the bench. 

Yeah. OK. How did that work out for the Tigers? I'm sure he was really hitting LH pitchers in the International League. AAA hitters don't always have success at the ML level. And his defense was the biggest worry. Going 0-3 is no big deal, most young players don't have immediate success. It would be asinine to expect immediate success. 😆

All I'm saying is the risk-reward heavily favored the risk. You wanna call him up to fill in at 2nd or 3rd as a utility player, fine. But to start him when other regulars are being rested? The shutout outcome was fairly predictable. And again, it's pure hindsight...v

[Sports_Freak]

17 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

When game got to "close, late" esp at the end where anything to the OF wins it and DP could have saved it, I'd have wanted Javy at short and McG at 3rd - mid inning if need be.

That woulda opened a can of worms. With Vierling already outta the game, move Perez to CF and bring in Carpenter for RF? IDK if I woulda pitched to the speedy LH hitter, a RH hitting catcher was on deck. And 2nd base was open, walk the hitter to set up a force at any base or a possible DP? Thats a tough call, it's why Hinch makes the big bucks. Whichever doesnt work is the wrong call...😅😅

[oblong]

They won 6 in a row… losses happen.