05/08/2026 7:40p Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

[casimir]

[Tigermojo]

Win dummies.

[CaliforniaDreaming]

Today is a new start...Win this game...

I'm glad we have our current ACE pitching today.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaDreaming said:

Today is a new start...Win this game...

I'm glad we have our current ACE pitching today.

Indeed it is!

I saw an article in which Ernie Harrell was asked how he as a broadcaster can stay engaged while calling games when not only a team’s chances to win the division was loooooong gone, but they were mired firmly in last place, and he replied that you simply have to look at each game as a discrete event, one that’s the most important thing in the world right now, and you treat it as that in the moment. That makes so much sense to me, and remembering that helps keep me engaged with the team when things are going rough overall.

[Tiger337]

13 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Indeed it is!

I saw an article in which Ernie Harrell was asked how he as a broadcaster can stay engaged while calling games when not only a team’s chances to win the division was loooooong gone, but they were mired firmly in last place, and he replied that you simply have to look at each game as a discrete event, one that’s the most important thing in the world right now, and you treat it as that in the moment. That makes so much sense to me, and remembering that helps keep me engaged with the team when things are going rough overall.

That's a great attitude which I used to share.  I find it more difficult to do now since I have too many competing activities.  

[gehringer_2]

10 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Indeed it is!

I saw an article in which Ernie Harrell was asked how he as a broadcaster can stay engaged while calling games when not only a team’s chances to win the division was loooooong gone, but they were mired firmly in last place, and he replied that you simply have to look at each game as a discrete event, one that’s the most important thing in the world right now, and you treat it as that in the moment. That makes so much sense to me, and remembering that helps keep me engaged with the team when things are going rough overall.

the key is you have to enjoy watching a baseball game in an of itself, not only as a piece of a standings race or WS quest. Ernie did.  This also goes to the root of why some people say they don’t care if the team is bad for 10 yrs if they can win 1 WS per decade and others don’t care so much about championships but don’t want to watch a bad baseball team yr to yr. Baseball is both a team competition and a pastime. 

[theroundsquare]

3 hours ago, casimir said:

i never understood the reasoning for cutting this guy loose as nonchalantly as they did.  he seemed like a great fit for tiger stadium and early comerica park.  'randy smith' is all i can say