05/01/2026 6:40p EDT Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

[casimir]

Might as well kick off May with a win.

[monkeytargets39]

MUST WIN

MUST WIN

MUST WIN

[IdahoBert]

Jack Flaherty is the starting pitcher. Isn’t he “due” for a good game? I mean, just by the law of averages an occasional bounce back to actually be good is statistically possible. In the post game Dan Dickerson was playing up how much Jack likes pitching for the home crowd etc. etc… I would like that. 

[Motor City Sonics]

14 hours ago, casimir said:

Forever young

[romad1]

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Jack Flaherty is the starting pitcher. Isn’t he “due” for a good game? I mean, just by the law of averages an occasional bounce back to actually be good is statistically possible. In the post game Dan Dickerson was playing up how much Jack likes pitching for the home crowd etc. etc… I would like that. 

it also would be enjoyed by me

[chasfh]

16 hours ago, casimir said:

Love me some Willie.

Get your mind out of the gutter.

[CaliforniaDreaming]

1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Forever young

Delmon or Demetrii?

[NorthWoods]

17 hours ago, casimir said:

I used to hold my bat up high in LL, unfortunately I could never hit the ball like Willie.

[Sports_Freak]

6 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Jack Flaherty is the starting pitcher. Isn’t he “due” for a good game? I mean, just by the law of averages an occasional bounce back to actually be good is statistically possible. In the post game Dan Dickerson was playing up how much Jack likes pitching for the home crowd etc. etc… I would like that. 

With the injury to Mize and JV maybe washed up, we're stuck with Jack all summer. So yeah, I hope he doesn't have an implosion inning, like usual. It's really mysterious, how he can just suddenly lose it. And there's usually no warning. Keep the BP warmed up and ready to go...Flaherty should have a very short leash.

[Motor City Sonics]

3 hours ago, CaliforniaDreaming said:

Delmon or Demetrii?

No, a  young Willie Horton.    It's hard to think of him as young. 

[casimir]

4 hours ago, CaliforniaDreaming said:

Delmon or Demetrii?

Elmn or Dmitiri?

[Shades of Deivi Cruz]

29 minutes ago, casimir said:

Elmn or Dmitiri?

Da Meat Hook

[CaliforniaDreaming]

1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said:

No, a  young Willie Horton.    It's hard to think of him as young. 

Man...I need to use the blue font.

[IdahoBert]

Torres 2B
McGonigle SS
Jones, Jah LF
Dingler C
Greene, R DH
Vierling CF
Torkelson 1B
Pérez, W RF
Lee, H 3В

[IdahoBert]

I so loved Willie Horton that I named my tiger striped cat - who was allowed to be an outdoor cat because we were like that back then - and when I came home from school one day in probably 1965 I received the sad news that Willie had been hit by a car and had died because he was playing in the fall leaves on Jackson Street in Auburn Indiana. I was heartbroken. 

[Sports_Freak]

37 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Torres 2B
McGonigle SS
Jones, Jah LF
Dingler C
Greene, R DH
Vierling CF
Torkelson 1B
Pérez, W RF
Lee, H 3В

The kid moved to a prime run producing spot in the lineup. Impressive. 😆

[IdahoBert]

Wow, the trimmed back, cut rate, Detroit Sportsnet pregame show even at home is only 10 minutes long. Meh, pregame shows are pretty much BS anyway. 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

oh, thank you, Wenceel.

[IdahoBert]

Jack gives up a lead off single so the tedium of worrying about a no-hitter is off the shelf at least, thank God. And Perez robs a home run from the next batter probably given that the fences have been lowered enough for that to become common place

[IdahoBert]

Jack gave up only one run in the inning so if he goes five innings and gives up only five runs and we get six runs we’ll win - that is if our relievers can hold the powerful, powerful Rangers offense to only five runs. 

[IdahoBert]

I’m distressed that Marcus Semien is no longer with the Texas Rangers, so I can’t make childish remarks about his name.

[gehringer_2]

2nd was a better inning from Jack but his FB velo sucks.

[gehringer_2]

Tork failed to barrel up a middle middle FB but salvaged a walk.

[monkeytargets39]

….and this is good Flaherty