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They’ve got to bring back the growling, bat eating, winning Tiger and the sullen, ice bag wearing, beaten (but ready to get back after it tomorrow) Tiger.

What’s the problem with the ignore list?

The reports of Giancarlo Stanton’s elbows are some combination of distressing / disturbing / confusing. Both elbows might require surgery? Good grief. Did these guys shave too much? Should the Yankees have lifted the facial hair policy years ago?

While we’re talking age, I hate the word “kiddos”.

I remember Cincinnati and Cleveland being in the Grapefruit. I think the Reds might have actually been the closest competitor to the Tigers. Plant City, Florida?

Agree, it shouldn’t have happened that way. But part of Stewart’s issue is that he allows himself to respond badly often enough that he’s got the reputation of a quick fuse now. They also gave Curry a tech, but I think the ref mentioned it was for responding to Stewart rather than instigating.

I wonder if Jahmai Jones is that OF depth. 8 don’t know what he looks like in CF and I know spring stats aren’t the greatest barometer. But it sounds like he’s making the most of his opportunity.

I think in 2021 MLB was real particular about not having the Florida teams travel too much outside of those pods because of COVID. It seems like the Central Florida and Gulf of Mexico teams had their 5 team pods and rotated a team from each to cross into the other pod every day. The 5 Atlantic teams stayed on their side, maybe having split squad doubleheaders to fill the void of the odd team not always having a day off. It’s kind of interesting to me the evolution of teams moving from Florida to Arizona. It used to be 18 teams in Florida and 8 teams in Arizona. Now it’s split 50/50. I kind of wonder if more teams will migrate to Arizona. It’s certainly a better geographical standpoint with reduced game to game travel and it seems like the facilities are probably newer.

That’s awesome. My wife was watching TV today when that popped on. I’m the same age as you guys. I don’t recall seeing this movie, but I know I watched a bit of Father of the Bride 2 with my wife a month or so ago. So, I guess they were a bit older then. But the age thing does kind of trip me up every once a while. The guy that works for me is about the same age I was when I started at our place of employment. He was in high school after I started working there. Things like that.

They looked good at the corners on the radio. But Keith didn’t sound good on the one play.

Check out those pillars somewhat obstructing the view.

I think location of spring training sites comes into play. I think in general the Grapefruit League has a group of teams on the Atlantic side and a group of teams on the Gulf of Mexico side, and the Tigers, Blue Jays, and Braves in between the two coasts. I think to avoid too many cross state drives, the Grapefruit League is unofficially divided up into 2 or 3 pods where teams frequently match up with one another, and the occasional “out of pod” matchup occurs to fill out a daily schedule. So I think that’s why the Tigers frequently match up with the Yankees, Phillies, Blue Jays, and Braves, but rarely play teams like the Cardinals, Nationals, and Marlins. I could be absolutely dead nuts on, completely wrong, or somewhere in between the two on this. I could scour the interwebs and find a map of spring training sites to somewhat support my hall brained idea, but I’m kind of tired and definitely lazy.

But the complimentary crayons are nice.

56 players? The laundry machines and laundry attendants need the day off.

Honest question for the Christian Trumpers. Isn't empathy more or less one of the main tenants of the bible?

Trump.

Volume shooter.

I’d have laughed at anyone suggesting home court for a play in game. And here we are, home court for the first round is a legit possibility.

I think Stavenhagen mentioned on the Tiger Territory podcast that Maeda did indeed change up his off-season routine and included more bullpen sessions in response to his 2024 season. So, yeah, like you say, maybe he is simply at the end. But to his credit, he saw a need to change something and he made that change.

If Torkleson goes 3rd person, maybe that’ll unlock his potential?

So glad the adults are in charge….

I’m going to trademark Yo-yo Tariff Policy.

Dude…. I am playing CF today. I’m just playing CF over in LF today. Hey coach, look at me…. I can be ….. CF.

There snowflakes here today. I’d be happy riding pine at the Pirates ball yard today.

So, an acquaintance was telling me he bought a bottle of bourbon which was to honor President ####. He has not yet received it. He’s gotten a few messages about it being on its way but delayed for this reason or that reason or the other reason. He told me it’s gotten to the point where he’s ready to just cancel it (good luck with getting your money back). As he’s telling me this, I remember a few months ago when he tries to justify his vote for President #### by saying we all know he’s a con man, which I didn’t really understand how that benefitted his position. But I politely kept my mouth shut. Maybe if he updates me that he has lost his cash I’ll remind him that we all know he’s a con man and that’s just the cost of doing business in association of him.