Shades of Deivi Cruz

There is no reason we shouldn't light up Cobb. Of course you can't take anything for granted in the playoffs, but we should jump on him early and often.

If the Tigers would have won Saturday, this could have been one of the all time best sports weekends. Three "top ten" SEC teams go down. Michigan loses. Michigan State loses. Buckeyes roll. Packers win. Browns and 49ers lose. Good stuff all around, except baseball and that changes today!

Boy did that game get chippy, not only between the teams but also with the fans. There was a 15 minute delay between innings because of issues with the outfield fans and the Padres players. And Flaherty and Machado were having A LOT of "conversation". After Flaherty struck him out, you could clearly see him say "Get back in the dugout MFer!".

Fascinating. This isn't some young, inexperienced closer. He's one of the best in the game.

I found the good news of having the Yankees in the playoffs. We get to avoid having Costas/Darling call our games.

If she happens to be left-handed, she can have my guitar. I stopped trying to learn awhile ago, and I haven't been able to find another lefty to give it to.

But I got rid of my snow blower last year!

I have tickets to game four in Detroit, and I'm guessing it's going to end up a 4:00 game because the stupid Yankees will be in prime time. That stinks, because my brother and nephew are supposed to be going with us, and it will be much tougher for them to get away from work.

Why are we panicking about TP exactly? I feel out of the loop, and like to stress about the same things others are.

Shoot. No wonder my son's little league team wasn't very good.

Since the beginning of the three game wild card (admittedly not long ago), teams that won the first game are 8-0 for the series, and 7-1 in game two.

When I was young, my dad would take me to a lot of baseball card shows for autographs. One of my friends was a huge Reds (and hence Pete Rose) fan, so we got tickets and went to the card show. Every other show I've ever been to the player would at least look up and acknowledge you when you got to the table. Not Rose. Head down, signing and on to the next, as fast as he could. My friend tried to say something to him about being a huge fan, and got no response whatsoever. Not even a glance up or a nod. Pales in comparison to all of the other "bad guy" stories about Rose, I know.

@casimir I don't know why you ever even bother recording the game and try to watch it later. You know when something interesting happens, I'm just going to text you about it immediately. That's the way it always has been, and always will be.

You went to work??? WTF is the matter with you?

While killing time waiting for Tigers playoff baseball to start (could be working, I guess...), I was thinking about this. I will not get another gas powered snow blower, but I am very intrigued by the battery powered two-stage ones. At $2k though, it feels steep, but I also know how much I hate shoveling snow.

We've had to "root" for Cleveland a couple of times over these last few weeks. Felt so dirty and gross.

The Os are +140 tonight, not -140, and Cade Povich is not exactly contending for the Cy Young. They also have very little to play for. They are three games ahead for the top wild card spot. That said, if Tigers get a decent lead in the game tonight before MIN even starts, then MIN will absolutely fold.

I was over there last weekend and said "I was thinking about maybe going to a game this week" interrupted by a "YES!!" halfway through. 🤣

I will be in attendance with the parents, so yes they might as well do that. I bought the tickets early this week hoping it would work out to be the potential clincher. Now that it is, the tickets are 4-5 times as much. Good job me!

"IT IS BOTH! IT IS BOTH! IT'S BOTH!!!"

Oh man, I love that commercial so much. I laugh every time, and my wife just looks at me like I've lost my mind.

Exactly.

Counterpoint: sweeps are hard, and Thursday day games are weird.

You're welcome.

Littell has been pretty good since coming back off the IL, but he also doesn't tend to go deep in games. Let's get his count up early!