IdahoBert Posted July 12 Posted July 12 McGonigle SS Dingler C Keith 3B Greene, R LF Torkelson 1B Carpenter DH McKinstry 2B Vierling RF Outman CF Quote
Sports_Freak Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) Let's go Tigers....🤣🤣 Edited July 12 by Sports_Freak Quote
chasfh Posted July 12 Posted July 12 The TV guys just mentioned that Bryce Harper has been in the majors for "almost a decade and a half". I looked it up and yeah, this is his 15th season. I am always a little jarred when I realize how long he has been playing in the majors. I remember the "Clown Question" interview—when a writer asked him if he was going to celebrate in Toronto with alcohol where the drinking age is 19. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 12 Posted July 12 I guess it takes a Tarik Skubal to send Derek Hill back to the dugout. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Three straight at bats where Torkelson grounds into a double play Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 25 minutes ago, chasfh said: The TV guys just mentioned that Bryce Harper has been in the majors for "almost a decade and a half". I looked it up and yeah, this is his 15th season. I am always a little jarred when I realize how long he has been playing in the majors. I remember the "Clown Question" interview—when a writer asked him if he was going to celebrate in Toronto with alcohol where the drinking age is 19. Harper had a weird thing going for about 8 yrs where all his odd numbered year seasons were better than his even numbered year seasons. Quote
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted July 12 Posted July 12 wow, never seen a ball rip through a guy's glove like that before. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 14 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Three straight at bats where Torkelson grounds into a double play He seems like a nice guy, and his HR swing is a thing of beauty, but I've pretty well despaired that Tork will ever be a smart hitter. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Welp! Ouch! Double clears the bases… Yeah these Phillies are pretty damn good team. Quote
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted July 12 Posted July 12 I think I would rather have slept through this game like I usually do Sunday mornings. Quote
chasfh Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Yeah, that was, unfortunately, the kind of thing I mentioned I was afraid of seeing with Montero. He had been getting good results almost all year and was being anointed the pitcher MVP of the team this season—and I don't mean here, necessarily, but definitely by Tigers announcers—but his underlying peripherals indicate that he was skating by on a whole boatload of luck. And no, I'm not saying he's actually terrible, because he's not been. But he has not been anything like a lights-out shutdown pitcher, either. He's a serviceable guy who can eat you innings at the back of a rotation or the front of a bullpen, and not much more, at least at this moment. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Our announcers are pretty much feckless boosters, which is to be expected. But I remember during the “bad days“ when Dan and Jim were together and they were really blunt about what was happening and that bluntness now seems to have gone away. Of course this is just my impression. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted July 12 Posted July 12 10 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Our announcers are pretty much feckless boosters, which is to be expected. But I remember during the “bad days“ when Dan and Jim were together and they were really blunt about what was happening and that bluntness now seems to have gone away. Of course this is just my impression. That might have been a function of Jim being willing to call it as it is. I think Dan still gives us reality, just maybe not as bluntly as we did before, and maybe because Petry, Dirks, and maybe Bobby Scales are simply less direct as people. Quote
SoCalTiger Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) "Should I stay(trade) or should I go(hold)" by the Clash would be a perfect theme song for our 2026 Tigers. Edited July 12 by SoCalTiger Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 12 Posted July 12 And now no real baseball for a week. The All-Star game is meaningless to me now given that the two leagues are in constant interaction. And I like interleague play but the All-Star game just bores me. And the HR Derby is a total joke. Isolating one aspect of the game really rubs me the wrong way. It’s such an emasculating exercise as it is that they should just have the guys hit off a tee to make it official. There’s no heavy lifting involved in it like in a real game. It’s completely useless. 1 Quote
SeattleMike Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, chasfh said: Yeah, that was, unfortunately, the kind of thing I mentioned I was afraid of seeing with Montero. He had been getting good results almost all year and was being anointed the pitcher MVP of the team this season—and I don't mean here, necessarily, but definitely by Tigers announcers—but his underlying peripherals indicate that he was skating by on a whole boatload of luck. And no, I'm not saying he's actually terrible, because he's not been. But he has not been anything like a lights-out shutdown pitcher, either. He's a serviceable guy who can eat you innings at the back of a rotation or the front of a bullpen, and not much more, at least at this moment. Although I share your general sentiment about Montero he pitched pretty well, again, today. Had a double play ball knock off his leg for an infield single. The walk to Marsh, not good. The cookie to Realmuto, not good. The ground ball to McGonigle for an infield single and cheap run. Not his fault. He then followed that up with two clean innings. Not a bad outing at all, other than the at-bat to Realmuto. Edited July 12 by SeattleMike Quote
chasfh Posted July 12 Posted July 12 6 minutes ago, SeattleMike said: Although I share your general sentiment about Montero he pitched pretty well, again, today. Had a double play ball knock off his leg for an infield single. The walk to Marsh, not good. The cookie to Realmuto, not good. The ground ball to McGonigle for an infield single and cheap run. Not his fault. He then followed that up with two clean innings. Not a bad outing at all, other than the at-bat to Realmuto. He did straighten up after his first inning but man, he was hit really hard, too. I'm not saying replace or anything, and we won't, of course, just saying that I believe we will see him regress to the mean more in the second half, so let's not be surprised, I guess. Not much more to say about it than that. 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 1 hour ago, chasfh said: That might have been a function of Jim being willing to call it as it is. Price had the advantage of having reached a level of immunity few broadcaster ever can. Dickerson is somewhat of a homer - excepting maybe official scoring, but I think he will usually note when a Tiger fielder should have made a play. Ernie just didn't editorialize much - which I was fine with, but maybe the modern listener expects more broadcaster reaction. If a ball had hit an outfielder in the palm and rolled out of his mitt Ernie might have told you in detail exactly what had happened but left you to make the judgement about it for yourself. I have a hard time recollecting him adding anything like - "that's one he's got to put away" very often, but that would be pretty standard for a modern announcer. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 1 hour ago, IdahoBert said: Our announcers are pretty much feckless boosters, which is to be expected. But I remember during the “bad days“ when Dan and Jim were together and they were really blunt about what was happening and that bluntness now seems to have gone away. Of course this is just my impression. Jim didn’t sugar coat things much, which I appreciated. 1 Quote
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