08/11/2026 6:40p EDT Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

[chasfh]

Also, lol Weaver implying that we could have won so much more, and can win even more going forward, with Wenceel, Carpenter, Parker, and Verlander—Verlander!—active and playing. How many examples is this now of national media knowing nothing about the Tigers just in the past two weeks?

[motownblues]

Today is Gates Brown day. On 8/11/68 the Gater won both games of a double header with the Red Sox with a pinch hit home run in the 14th inning of game one,and a ninth inning single in game two. The Tigers rallied with 4 runs in the ninth inning which is what they did best in 1968.

[romad1]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Damp driveways.

 Damp driveways, full hearts.  

[romad1]

Jason Benetti quote bingo: 

B: anything from Maya Angelou or another African American maternal figure 

I: reference to a broadway play/musical

N:  Dirks and he get into a discussion about farm livin' or other non-metrosexual coded male activities (car maintenance, home repair)

G:  Animals of any sort

O:  reference to higher order mathmatics

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, IdahoBert said:

Right now it’s got all the way up to 32% humidity

I've been tearing the old decking off my deck this morning, humidity is about 80%. Nails are binding in the old treated lumber like SOBs.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

but the whole giving Skubal a ring anyway thing. I'm pretty sure that would not happen.

you don't think teams have given rings to guys they traded and played against in the playoffs? Interesting question. 

Wikipedia came up with Bengie Molina:

Bengie Molina in 2010 is the ultimate example. He started that season playing 61 games for the San Francisco Giants before being traded to the Texas Rangers. He then played against the Giants in the 2010 World Series as the Rangers' catcher. When the Giants won the series, they still awarded him a championship ring for his early-season contributions

Do you think the Tigers would let themselves be seen as having less class than those West Coast elitists?

[oblong]

Didn't Rod Allen get a 1984 ring?  He wore what looked like a championship ring.

[chasfh]

35 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

you don't think teams have given rings to guys they traded and played against in the playoffs? Interesting question. 

Wikipedia came up with Bengie Molina:

Bengie Molina in 2010 is the ultimate example. He started that season playing 61 games for the San Francisco Giants before being traded to the Texas Rangers. He then played against the Giants in the 2010 World Series as the Rangers' catcher. When the Giants won the series, they still awarded him a championship ring for his early-season contributions

Do you think the Tigers would let themselves be seen as having less class than those West Coast elitists?

Who's talking about west coast elitists? I'm not. I was just making a guess.

I guess I could be wrong on this one.

[kdog]

 

[kdog]

[lordstanley]

Here is Ray Lane's call of Gates' 14th inning walkoff homer.

Then is Ernie Harwell's call of Gates' 9th inning walkoff single in the nightcap.

Edited August 11 by lordstanley

[lordstanley]

2 hours ago, motownblues said:

Today is Gates Brown day. On 8/11/68 the Gater won both games of a double header with the Red Sox with a pinch hit home run in the 14th inning of game one,and a ninth inning single in game two. The Tigers rallied with 4 runs in the ninth inning which is what they did best in 1968.

Forgot to quote motownblues' original post in my clips post above.

[Shelton]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Who's talking about west coast elitists? I'm not. I was just making a guess.

I guess I could be wrong on this one.

I think it’s fairly common practice to award rings to guys that contributed to the season. 
 

But, tigers are not winning a ring this year. 
 

And, I doubt Skubal would want one in this scenario. 

[RatkoVarda]

1 hour ago, kdog said:

eye issues are an awful thing for players to have.

[NorthWoods]

3 minutes ago, Shelton said:

I think it’s fairly common practice to award rings to guys that contributed to the season. 
 

But, tigers are not winning a ring this year. 

Thank you for bringing the title to MoTown!  Like Petzold scheduling his honeymoon this is a virtual guarantee 

[NorthWoods]

Just now, RatkoVarda said:

eye issues are an awful thing for players to have.

I was just telling my daughter about Tony Conigliaro - Wenceel may never be the same.

[IdahoBert]

59 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Here is Ray Lane's call of Gates' 14th inning walkoff homer.

Then is Ernie Harwell's call of Gates' 9th inning walkoff single in the nightcap.

 

Thank you

[Sports_Freak]

Right about now would be a wonderful time for a 6 game home winning streak. Take control of the division....

[Sports_Freak]

Updated Driveway Report (UDR)

 

[Sports_Freak]

6 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Anderson is starting and we are facing Bibee who always beats us.

 

9-1 Tigers.

Actually, I really dont like any of the pitching matchups in this series. But the SP possibilities against the WSox looks really good.

[IdahoBert]

Bibee has really dominated the Tigers lately, and is probably due for a regression. 

[IdahoBert]

Gee, they’re wearing the home whites tonight. 

[IdahoBert]

[Sports_Freak]

It seems like leadoff walks lead to disaster. Prove me wrong, Drew 

[chasfh]

29 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Gee, they’re wearing the home whites tonight. 

Yeah, thankfully, they did not make the decision to wear those stupid Connects on Tuesday after a Monday off day.