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I think the next 3 games are at home vs. the Angels and then they go to Chicago.

Okay. Day off. Back home now. Mud Hens are at home. 1-hour drive. Let's make some moves. Max Anderson and Ben Malgeri need to come here and Jones and Short need to go away. Use McKinstry as the backup SS if they have to, but with a day off, a 21-year old kid should be able to start and play full games at SS for the next week. Does anyone know how close Javy is?

Yep, Zack ****ing Short starts both ends of a double header. Fire Hinch.

Because Reasons. Why are Short and Jones on this team? Reasons.

They didn't figure out how to win. We figured out how to lose.

Last year's Trade Deadline. To come away with Charlie Morton and Chris Paddack and whomever that injured stiff from Cleveland was, Paul something, Was it Sewald? Did we even get 5 inning out of him? That showed me that the team was more interested in filling the Illitch family parking lots downtown than they were in actually winning. The the Pistons do the same crap. Great season - pickup up a stiff at the deadline who contributes nothing Guess I'll have to savor that 2008 Stanley Cup for a lot longer.

Hey, Jansen didn't throw that many pitches, maybe he's available for Game 2 !

The only deal Harris should be making is the deal where he sells his house in the Detroit area and moves back to San Francisco.

I feel like that just ended their season - and it's Memorial Day. Massive changes are needed.

F this team. What a bunch of losers.

But man, could he dive to make a catch that didn't require diving.

Might as well roll Bernie Lomax out there. At least he wouldn't swing at pitches nowhere near the strike zone.

Baltimore's record is barely better than ours and Baltimore's pitching is pretty bad (at least the starters). If not now, then when? We're all waiting for Carpenter, Baez, Torres and Meadows to come back, but are any of them close?

6 guys in this starting lineup are hitting .200 or lower. I'll forgive Lee because I don't think he was ready for MLB yet. And I know there isn't much else on the bench with Veirling (.200), Rogers (.159 and short (.067). But Keith hits .246/.299 vs. lefties in his career. He's only 1 for 9 this year because Stanford Boy won't even let him see lefites. But Keith vs. Lefties is better than most of thes right-handed hitters. So stop babying him. You are paying him like a major leaguer, treat him like one. Perez, Workman, Jones..........why are they even here. Okay, maybe Malgeri, Julks, Jung, DeJong and Max Anderson wouldn't be better, but they can't possibly be worse, can they? Can we give it a shot and find out? Can we shake this thing up? Maybe some of these guys come out of their coma if they see other guys getting sent to go eat the Tony Packo's diet. Jones is on the team because he's out of options. That's their hangup and that absolutely shows you just how bad this team really is. It is worse than 2003. In 2003 we had no expectations. Sometimes you need to change for the sake of change and I've never seen a clearer example of it with the Tigers. And I've been paying attention since May 15, 1976. This is just brutal roster management and the lineup and game decisions aren't much better. Jones .175 / .254 Perez .160 / .212 Torkelson .194 /.306 Lee .200 / .250 McKinstry .193 / .253 Workman .179 /.179

We could be like the Braves last year where injuries derailed the season (about the same timing too) but they recovered this year (2028 for us). Or we could be the Orioles - who looked like a young contending team two years ago - but the management didn't bolster it and those young players crashed down to earth and they look like they are ready to start rebuilding again after a two-year run. I feel like we are the Orioles here.

Even before the injuries they weren't exactly setting the world on fire this season, they were .500. I think we had a lucky stretch where McKinstry, Baez and a couple other players played way above their average and now they are literally crashing before our eyes. When Baez, Carpenter and Meadows come back - and they are still welll below .500 (which is what I think is going to happen), do they even consider changing managers? I just don't know why Hinch seems so untouchable. August 2024 - June 2025 looks more lucky than good now, doesn't it?

Franklin Perez is coming any day now................

Sorry Casey, you didn't throw a no-hitter today, so you're gonna lose.

Maybe we can find the next Jose King, Dawell Lugo and Sergio Alcontara !

Can I bet at the Casino that the bottom 5 of the Tigers lineup won't get a hit today?

I guess we're only starting 8 today? Short is so bad that they are leaving SS blank?

It's different this time. Baseball is not on very stable ground when it comes to media rights. Baseball has turned into an Old Guy sport. Younger people just aren't all that into it anymore. The complete disconnect with Black kids is a major problem, as you see fewer Black players. The fact that little league has lost it's innocence and just turned into a cash cow now doesn't help. I think the people in charge of baseball still think it's America's Past Time. Now, it's just passed it's time and it's on the downslope now. This thing hitting the concert industry right now (Blue Dot Fever), is gonna hit baseball too. Family of four - MLB game. $400 night, probably. You don't win fans over with that. Plus you take the fact that realistically 25 out of the 30 teams have no legitimate shot at a title and the game is in trouble. I got news for ya, once the new car smell wears off in Las Vegas, that's going to be a complete disaster. But some of these baseball guys still think it's bigger than football. Some of them are dillusional. That won't help. The players union chief getting in a stupid scandal just ahead of this probably won't help. This is going to be a mess. Like the NHL season we lost. Took of year of everyone being idle to realize they need to compromise. Same thing'll happen here.

Actually 74-88. But trending the wrong way.

The Dark Cloud is that this will leave a bitter taste for all of us - and we wont have a season in 2027 to rinse it out The Silver Lining is - now they don't have to fret about keeping or trading Skubal. The question now is - Can Harris get a better haul than Avila did for J.D. and J.V. ?