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The fly ball looked deep to me right off the bat so I didn't understand why the announcer was calling it in a flat monotone as it got closer to the wall. Then I remember I was watching the Jays feed. Quite the contrast.

Picking up Suarez at the trade deadline may have been worth it for Seattle just for the grand slam he just hit. 6-2 Mariners in the 8th.

1-0 after 2. Still preventing many goal chances.

Finally a tight game in the Jays-Mariners series. Bryan Woo comes in for the 6th inning but has just given up a leadoff double.

Wings lead 1-0 after 1 in yet another game against an Atlantic division opponent. Speaking of which, Montreal doing some fun stuff in the early days of the season. Would be nice if for a change of pace the Wings and Habs could move up in the standings. Sick of Florida-Tampa-Toronto-Boston.

ASP is an NHL goal-scorer!

Maybe Patty is finally growing as a person.

I thought nothing of the Appleton acquisition until I was chatting with a couple of Jets fans this summer (yes, there are several in Vancouver) who said that this was a good pickup. Not for the goal-scoring which has occurred so far, but yes as an upgrade to the 4th line.

If only Max had barked at Leyland that way after the 7th inning of Game 2 at Fenway in ‘13. The great “what if…”

Jays are smashing Mariners dreams. 6-2. Jays fans in attendance are louder and more numerous than I expected.

Yet another ball gets past Raleigh. 5-1 Jays.

Mariners are on the verge of letting another game get out of hand against them. Castillo has already been pulled and it’s only the 3rd. 3-1 Jays, bases loaded.

I recognize 11 of the players and 7 of the songs.

The Wings have outshot their opponent in 3 of the 4 games, with the only except being Monday’s game at the Leafs.

Yep, since we can't enjoy the thrill of victory for our Tigers, don't let other teams or their fans trauma dump their agony of defeat onto us. We're emotion-free from here on in. If we get laid off from a job, we lose the paycheck so by the same token we lose the worry of how the company and its employees are faring in life after us.

Hey mlb.com, that's our phrase.

12-2 Jays. Quite a letdown for the crazed Mariners fans.

Let's say for argument's sake Chris Ilitch wanted to sell the Tigers in the next 3-5 years. Which move - trading Skubal for prospects, letting him walk next winter, or paying him to a bloated contract - is best for maximizing 2028 franchise value? I think there's an argument that signing him would.

This was amazing, especially from the two minute mark onwards. They don’t win Cups any more, but no one does hockey ceremonies better than the Habs and their fans. Dryden and Lafleur were my two favorite players of the ‘70s.

I’ll take that!

Our best hope is that Skubal only has loyalty to himself, which would be his right. So be willing to test the market and not accept a perceived underpay, despite his history with the Tigers organization and city, fine. But by the same token, not feel obligated to test the market if he feels the Tigers have given him a fair lucrative offer, despite what Boras or the union might prefer he do. Make an offer this winter, maybe there is a small chance Skubal would surprise us.

Magglio’s homer was also on an October 14th. I remember because Fox announcer Thomas Brennaman mentioned in his home run call how “on this day 22 years ago…”

Jake Moody with the walkoff 38 yard FG for the Bears over Washington.

2-1 Dodgers, bottom of the 9th, 2 out, bases loaded