Motor City Sonics

So the injuries will be the thing the team and organization hangs this on. But what if Baez, Carpenter, Meadows don't bring them out of it? What if they continue like this? Why is it seemingly impossible to suggest parting ways with Hinch? It's not working. We had a run there for a bit, but that was pixie dust. Other than that August 2024 to June 2025 run, has this team every really been good with Hinch?

They can't keep running Tork out there. They just can't. He's a black hole.

It's all about pitching and we've been brutalized with injuries, but Mize came back very strong, Melton's pitching at Toledo now (maybe 2-3 weeks away from a start here). Skubal might be pitching by Father's Day and Old Man Justin needs it to be warm so that brittle body doesn't break down. 3 80-degree days are not enough.

It feels like when the Tigers lose, the Pistons win and since the Pistons are in a Game 7, that is the better result for me. I know there's injuries, but we can't dump some of these guys and at least TRY some other guys from Toledo? I don't know that Malgeri or Julks or Max Anderson would be improvements, but we can't try and see? Oh, but they'd have to cut guys from the 40-man. Yeah? So what?

What is Jack's ERA now.........7 ?

There's your 3 runs. This game is over. Time to cut the grass

Ben Malgeri is hitting .300 at Toledo and plays all three outfield positions better than Perez. He's not a switch-hitter but since Perez can't hit either side, why does that matter.

What the **** happened to this guy?

Jack's not waiting til the 2nd time through the lineup to suck today. Jack's just helping you realize you need to go cut the grass. Why put it off for another hour.

There, fixied it for you.

And I, for one, welcome our Sunday Afternoon games. I'd like to remind you that, as a trusted radio announcer, I can be helpful in rounding up others to protest Sunday night games.

You left out the most important part. Did any of the shortstops look like they could field and hit well enough to beat out Zack Short and Paul DeJong on our roster?

Hello "Summer". It sure is nice to see you. Stick around, we'd love your company for awhile.

I guess Chevy Chase hated that scene. (Chevy hates every scene and everyone)

Jack Flaherty Day. Loss. He'll pitch 5 innings get 8 or more strikeouts but have one inning where he gives up 6 hits and 4 runs and - well, this team couldn't score with a $100 bill at a ........... you know what. 3 Runs Toronto. That's what you need today. Just 3 runs. Can't wait until the lineup is posted and I see Zack Short and Jahmai Jones on it, even though we're facing a Righty.

Hi there. I'll start with 3 from TV that are top of mind for me Go find these on You Tube 1. Taxi - What Does a Yellow Light Mean. If you know, you know. Reverend Jim may have saved the show. 2. Sopranos - Christopher Multisanti's Funeral. Darkly funny the Sopranos way 3. Mary Tyler Moore - Chuckles The Clow Funeral. The part that makes it so funny is Mary wasn't acting, she was really cracking up.

Californacation was like that for me. I watched the first 2 episodes and absolutely hated every single character. I know the point was to not like them, that they were sex-obsessed creeps, but you have to have SOMETHING in a character to latch onto.

June 28th is the 50th anniversary of that Yankee Monday Night game. The whole game is on You Tube (I think they cut the commercials out, though). I am going to re-watch the entire thing. That was wild. Nobody left until he took that curtain call and he was totally freaked out by it. I don't think he understood what he really meant. You have to remember, the year before that Kaline retired, the team was 57-102. Three game short of a full season because they were so bad they didn't need to make up rain outs? They lost 19 in a row that year. And then BOOM. Here comes Fidrych, LeFlore and Staub and they had a winning record again. The rest of that team in 1976 wasn't very good. Aging Bill Freehan, Mickey Stanley and Willie Horton. Tom Veryer and Pedro Garcia up the middle. Yuck. Starting rotation was The Bird, Dave roberts, Vern Ruhle and Ray Bare (with Joe Coleman getting traded). They had a losing record but it's hard to remember it like that because Fidrych made it so exciting. I still remember one of his commercials, sort of. It might have been for Highland Appliance, were he's on the mound telling the ball about all the great deals, then he throws the pitch, you hear a loud knock and Fidrych watches the ball sail away and says "Hey, Ball, where ya goin?" - then the announcer says "that balls headed to Highland Appliance" - or whatever it was. Here's part of a commercial clip, for something else, who knows what

Don'cha feel like, maybe other than Barry Zito, the innocence of the game kind of died out with Fidrych and Fernando Valenzuela? They were too young and naive to be cynical. They just went out and played with no pretense. Barry Zito was a bit of a weirdo, but I'm not sure how genuine that was, even though it was entertaining.

Yes, because the Tigers realized it wasn't going to be consistently 80 degrees until early June. Old timer is not pitching in the cold. He's brittle.

My dad's work building (back in the day)

That pedestrian bridge over 75 - there was a building on the other side of it. It was called Superior Color - a printing company and my dad worked there. During Summer Vacation from school, when the Tigers had a day game, he'd come home for lunch, pick up me and my friends and go back to his job and give us a $20 and we'd go to the game. The game would usually let out about the time he was done with his work day and he'd be waiting for us to drive us home. His company printed the gameday programs and would just drop them off. The ushers at that gate knew my dad, so if one of them recognized me, he'd just let me and my friends in the game for free. Even when we did buy the bleacher tickets - with the tickets, the hot dogs, peanuts and soda - for 3 of us - we'd have change for my dad. They also used to print some of the yearbooks. During the winter, when I was sick with pneumonia and missing 2 weeks of school, he came home with the 1977 year book (before it was published) and he hands me the yearbook with a roll of postage stamps and a stack of envelopes and he told me the addresses for every team are in the back of the yearbook and I should write a letter to each team asking for a pocket schedule. He knew I needed something to do while I was sick. Most of the teams sent stuff back. I would say all but 3 or 4 teams. The Mets sent a huge enevelope stuffed with schedules, stickers, special baseball cards, refridgerator magnets - so I really liked the Mets after that. (Plus I liked the orange and blue uniforms).

I just watched that clip and I my allergies started acting up in my eyes. Stupid Allergies.

Saw your picture in the paper today and I couldn't believe my eyes Dead before your time, but so long beyond your prime Looking nothing like the memory from when I was a kid Golden hair flowing down, on your knees grooming the pitcher's mound And it's always 1976 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks So many things that the years won't fix Always 1976 Always 1976 Set against a fading Motor City and Richard Nixon's shame A rock star had arrived, Fidrych comes alive! And I know that it's hardly fair to say you won't grow old But forgive me if I try to keep that faded image in my eyes And it's always 1976 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks So many things that the years won't fix Always 1976 Always 1976 What does it say for the rest of us When our heroes die and leave us alone? What does it say for the rest of us When we wake up and find this bird has flown? And it's always 1976 The camera lies and the mirror plays tricks So many things that the years won't fix It's always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976 Always 1976