Dan Gilmore Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Still don’t see how you are Useful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) I'm really sorry if some of you feel as though supporting failure somehow makes you a "superior" fan to me. I'm just not wired that way. I cheer success, and I loath failure...I am FANatic in both capacities. It's not that I am enjoying these guy's failures. I'd love it if Javy, and E-rod and our outfield platoon raced neck and neck to the MVP award this season. But in honesty, I was like "E-Rod? Really?" And when we signed Javy, the first thing that came to mind was his vulnerability to breaking balls in the dirt.....something my Cubbie fan friends told me to anticipate. I would dearly have loved for those guys to have made me eat an extra helping of humble pie over my concerns, but so far they are exactly who I expected them to be. I steadfastly believe that we are where we are, because we ARE who we are. We ARE the lower priced spread. And for however long we are closer to .333 than we are .500, there's not a lot you are going to be able to say to convince me otherwise. I said earlier this year that I would consider .500 to be success....let Al deliver that, and I'll change my outlook Edited May 8, 2022 by Useful Idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dan Gilmore said: Still don’t see how you are Useful. Just another one of those things put there for your wonderment...like the stars in the sky 😈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley70 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 The reason the Tigers are so bad have nothing to do to with the payroll. So you aren't even complaining about the correct problem. We are 5 years into a rebuild and we do not have a home grown prospect in the lineup that wasn't drafted #1 overall. No franchise, especially one not located in New York or Los Angeles, can compete without developing homegrown cost controlled talent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: Listen closely.....stop trolling and hating. If you don't like watching the Tigers, go knit yourself a sweater. See? You're just unhappy because I won't "pump sunshine" and pretend everything will be just peachy once we follow the yellowbrick road. All the excelsior pretending that our failures are just due to the cold weather, or the plague of injuries... looks mostly like this to me: Hey, if you guys wanna speculate how things can get better, I'm not here to try and stop you. But since we are speculating,..let me speculate that the injuries to our rook starting pitchers might be the product of expecting kiddies to fill too bigga void? PERHAPS had we splurged a little on top tier pitching, then the kiddies might not have had to try and carry the load that they did? (again, since speculating is allowed) Edited May 8, 2022 by Useful Idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, Useful Idiot said: See? You're just unhappy because I won't "pump sunshine" and pretend everything will be just peachy once we follow the yellowbrick road. All the excelsior pretending that our failures are just due to the cold weather, or the plague of injuries... looks mostly like this to me: Hey, if you guys wanna speculate how things can get better, I'm not here to try and stop you. But since we are speculating,..let me speculate that the injuries to our rook starting pitchers might be the product of expecting kiddies to fill too bigga void? PERHAPS had we splurged a little on top tier pitching, then the kiddies might not have had to try and carry the load that they did? (again, since speculating is allowed) TLDR. I really don't care what your negative opinion is. I love Tiger baseball and if that upsets you, you could always go knit a sweater. And I hope you realize that's code for what you can go do to yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Stanley70 said: . So you aren't even complaining about the correct problem. Hey. it was really good to see Niko playing today, wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: And I hope you realize that's code for what you can go do to yourself. Well, I'm just crushed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 Hey, I can be an optimist...I'M SO GLAD that we don't have an outfielder standing out there wearing a string of pearls.. Although I'll admit it might look fetching today with those pink hose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 And Hey, I'm not just a fiend for pouring money down the drain. In fact I'll go as far as to say, with our offense the way it is, A Avila is just wasting money if we are paying anyone in the Bullpen over league minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Should of traded for Adames! The Brewers got him for very little and he has been on fire since they got him. Of course, it's very possible that Avila made an offer and the Brewers wanted something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Stanley70 said: The reason the Tigers are so bad have nothing to do to with the payroll. So you aren't even complaining about the correct problem. A. AVILA, is this you? 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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