Motor City Sonics

Might as well start envisioning Skubal in a Dodgers or Mets uniform. The upcoming labor stoppage (and likely lost 2027 season) won't do anything to stop that.

AMERICAN LEAGUE East 2 - Toronto 92-70 I don't think they are an automatic in this division 4- Baltimore 88-74 I see a big big rebound for this young and improving team. 5 New York 87-75 This version of the Yankees is boring, but good. Boston 85-77 - This team could win the division or could finish last Tampa Bay 75-87 - I think the magic has run out and uncertainty hurts the team Central 3 - Detroit 88-74 I don't see this as a lock, but it's a weak divisioin 6 - Kansas City 87-75 - I could see KC winning the division, Witt's going to have a monster year Cleveland 82-80 - Hanging around, always hanging around Chicago 69-93 - A lot of small, but good moves with a decent manager Minnesota 62-100 - This whole thing's a mess. For sale just before a CBA expiring. Good luck there. West 1 -Seattle 95-67 - This is clearly the best team in the West, but Cal won't repeat what he did in 2025 Texas 85-77 - They've been underachieving for two years, now water finds it's level Houston 82-80 - The tank is slowly draining....Drip, Drip, Drip Sacramento 79-83 - They could surprise - some great young hitters Los Angeles 57-105 -Rename yourself California Angels and consider going somewhere out of the Dodgers' shadow. AL MVP - Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City AL Cy Young - Bryan Woo ,Seattle AL Rooke Of the Year - Sammy Basallo, Baltimore AL Comeback Player - Mike Trout, Los Angeles/Baltimore 3 - Detroit over 6 Kansas City in 3 games 5 - New York over 4 Baltimore in 3 games 2 Torotno over 3 Detroit in 4 games 1 Seattle over 5 New York in 5 games 1 Seattle over 2 Toronto in 6 games NATIONAL LEAGUE East 3 - New York 89-73 - Finally some good luck breaks their way 5- Atlanta 88-74 - Last year was Murphy's Year for them 6- Philadelphia 87-75 - Cracks are starting to show Miami 75-87 - Yeah, they exist and that's about it Washington 64-98 - They are on their own baseball version of the Yzerplan Central 2-Brewers 91-71 - They just win. Go ahead and doubt them 4-Cubs 89-73 - Tucker for Bregman is about the same. Pirates 83-79 - Those fans derseve to have it come together. Donnie Kelly, Baby. Reds 80-82 - They had a quietly good year last year, they might again this year Cardinals 70-92 - I can't remember the Cardinals being this down for this long West 1- Los Angeles 97-65 - Something's gotta go wrong for them, doesn't it? Please??? Arizona 86-76 - If they can get healthy, they've got some talent San Diego 83-79 - the window is closed, but they gave it a shot San Francisco 81-81 - They've been between 79 and 81 wins 4 years now, why not a 5th Colorado 54-108 - The team is terrible, but still sells more tickets than half the league (including the Tigers) NL MVP - Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks (Ohtani gets injured in July) NL Cy Young - Paul Skenes, PiratesNolan McLean, Mets JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals NL Comeback - Luis Robert Jr, NY Mets 6 Philadelphia over 3 New York 5 Atlanta over 4 Chicago 1 Los Angeles over 6 Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee over 1 Los Angeles 1 Los Angeles over 2 MIlwaukee World Series Seattle over Los Angeles - because someone has to stop them.

Trey Yeasavage starts the season on the IL, he WAS a competitor.

What would be the OD lineup? Padres haven't announced the starer, but it's gotta be Nick Pivetta, right? Unless he's hurt. It's going to be a RHP Keith, ,dh Torres, 2b Carpenter, rf Greene, lf Torkelson, 1b Dingler, c McGonigle, 3b (or maybe let the kid watch and McKinstry starts here) Baez, ss Meadows, cf

vs. RHP / LHP C - Dingler / Dingler (platoon is based on rest) 1b - Tork / Tork 2b - Torres / Torres (although I do expect Torres to get quite a bit more time at DH than last year) ss - Baez / McKinstry 3b - McGonigle / McGonigle (see what he can do) sometimes Keith playes lefties rf - Carpenter / Vierling cf - Meadows / Baez lf - Greene / Greene dh - Keith / Jones Baez = SS, 3B, CF, 2B McKinstry = 3B, SS, 2B, RF, LF Vierling = RF, LF, CF, 3B, 1B Keith = 3B, 1B AND 2B (if they have to) Carpenter = RF, LF Jones = RF, LF, 2B You know how much Hinch loves that kind of flexibility In the minors Lee 2B, 3B, SS, CF Jung 3B, 2B, 1B Perez RF, CF, LF Move those puzzle pieces around.

I think Perez is the odd man out because Jones is out of options. I think Meadows defense and speed outplays Perez being a switch hitter. Meadows had a slightly better Spring. Baez/Meadows platoon in CF. Vierling/Carpetner platoon in RF. You'll just have to live with left-handed hitting SS, 3B, DH vs. Lefties. McKinstry hits lefties better than righties anyway (.697 - .677 career and .854 - 746 in 2025) and so far Colt Keith is pretty close to even. .731 OPS vs righties but .610 vs. lefties, which isn't that wide of a gap. 13 position players C - Dingler - Rogers (or Valencia if Rogers concussion isn't resolved) INF - Baez - Keith - McGonigle - McKinstry - Torkelson - Torres OF - Carpenter - Greene - Jones - Meadows - Vierling Perez, Jung and Lee will all see MLB time this year at some point. Sweeney seems to be the odd-man out candidate, as far as The 40 goes. I'm sure they'll put some one on the 60 day to make room for K-Mac now, but in the long run, it's gonna be Sweeney that goes. Plus they could swing a trade to get someone off the 40-man. I don't see the Tigers as the runaway winners in the Central at all. People seem to think they have it wrapped up already. Kansas City might surprise folks and Cleveland is always hanging around. I think the White Sox pass the Twins this year and the Twins will be in the running with the Rockies, Angels and Nationals as the worst team in MLB. White Sox have made a lot of good little moves - and they might have a decent manager.

We've had a good sports week Pistons have won 3 without Cade (counting the game he only played 5 minutes) Wings beat Montreal in a must-win Michigan and MIchigan State have both advanced to the Sweet Sixteen Keep it going, Wings. Another win and the Tigers sending McGonigle to Toledo would make this a perfect sports weekend !!!!

What number will McGonigle wear with the Tigers on Thursday in San Diego. #7?

What is with the sound? Hearing all kinds of sounds like a mic was left on that wasn't supposed to be on

It wasn't Larry Hisle - because he was good for a few years.

I think he was a first baseman/DH. I can picture him. It was the 70s, so he had a mustache. I keep thinking Lyman Bostock, but it's not him.

15 years = lots of raises = budget cuts. hey, did you know Brad is friends with D.J. LeMahieu ? Saw your picha there. I can't believe the Tigers haven't retired #19 yet. What are they waiting for?

I thought about how one random play in a Tiger game shaped the entire World Series that year. Let me take you back to a time when Disco was peaking. Saturday Night Fever was a cultural zeitgeist. Saturday Night Live was in it's third season. If you had plans for the weekend you needed to withdraw your money from the bank before it closed on Friday (or Saturday) because once you ran out, you ran out. We didn't have ATMs. All In The Family and the Mary Tyler Moore show were the biggest comedies. Fantasy Island was a big hit, for some reason. We had a President named Jimmy and the big scandal was that he admitted to having impure thoughts. 1978. The Tigers were an improving young team then. Alan and Lou in their rookie seasons. The Origian A-Rod played third. We still had hopes that The Bird would fly again. Ralph Houk at the helm. A man who looked 20 years older than his actual age. Sunday, July 2nd. Game 1 of a back-to-back double header. Tigers leading 2-0 in the 7th inning. Dave Rozema is pitching a good game. To that point he'd given up 6 hits, 4 singles and 2 doubles. Gary Tomasson is on first. Mickey Rivers is at the plate. Rivers hits a fly ball to deep RF. It is all the way to the wall. Tiger RF Mickey Stanley reaches to catch it (it did NOT have HR distance), when a fan, probably Jeffery Maier's older brother, reaches out and interfere's with it, knocking it to the corner. Instead of chasing after the ball, Stanley goes running towards the first base umpire, screaming about the fan interference. Meanwhile, Rivers, who is pretty fast, runs all the way around the bases for a 2-run "double, Adv on E9". Yankees tie the game and then win it on a sac fly in the bottom of the 8th. How did that (possibly) affect the World Series? If you remember, we had to have a one-game playoff to decide the AL East that year. Yes, the Bucky Dent Green Monster Game. Now, perhaps, the Yankees would have tied that game anyway, but there's also the chance Thomasson doesn't even score if Stanley just goes after the ball and there is also the chance that even if Thomasson did score, that Rozema (ERA 2.22) or Hiller (2.32 ERA) who did come into the game, strands Rivers at 2nd. If Stanley had just gone after the ball, there is no playoff game. The Red Sox win the division and the Yankees don't go to the World Series. I just remember my dad yelling "GO GET THE BALL, DUM-DUM, GO GET THE BALL" Just one of thousands of little moments that decide baseball games - but one that sticks in my head. I can't find video of the play.

I can't think of his name, but I can see him. Twins. Played for the Twins. I'll just throw a random name out there.. Jim Walewander

Murkowski for Fetterman.

So is Sesame Street,

Another Duggar arrested for Child Sexual Assault? That family always gave me the creeps. I mean, big time creeps, but wow. I remember something about hugging family members was not allowed because it's too sexual. You know, a simple hug. A bunch of weirdos. I think those parents were trying to start their own little cult. Uber Religious people are always creepy to me. With any religion, but especially Christians My college buddy married a very vile woman who is one of these super religious nutjobs. I don't know how he wound up with her but I could see his inner light dim around her. But she is one of these folks that has to tell you how Christian she is all the time (because her actions being a hateful greedy racist would make you think otherwise, so she has to remind you.......CONSTANTLY). I saw through her. So did several of his college buddies, but I was the one who'd say it. One day at a gathering, she was saying racist things on one hand (anti-Middle East) and then Jesus blah blah blah in the next sentence. I grew tired of hearing it - so I looked at the big Jesus portrait on their wall and said "Do you think he really looked like Brad Pitt? Because he probably looked more like Osama Bin Laden". I was banned from their house forever from that point - I knew what I was doing and I was fine with it. I couldn't stand being around him when he was around her. She cheated on him - they're divorced now. I don't see him much anymore but I know he's happier and his current lady is really cool - a great sense of humor. When we all start chirping on him on Facebook, she joins right in.

Most perfecttly-cast movie of all time. Everyone was perfect for their roles - and the talk of doing a remake is criminal to me. First of all, it's a preiod piece. It can't be modernized like Oceans 11. Secondly, what does anyone think they are going to do better with it? Oh, I know, make it a musical. Screw that.

.......the most overrated prospect in the history of baseball. ......the savior of the Detroit Tigers .....a guy who will hit better than the major league average as a 21-year old (meaning higher than about .246) ...a guy destined for the Toledo Mud Hens because the Tigers don't want to start the clock on him ...the subject of his own thread on Motown Forums

When Billy Crystal listed off the Rob Reiner movies it blew me away, even though I already knew what he'd done You could do a week of just his movies, two a night and just be completely entertained. I know we think of the great directors like Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood and even Tarantino and the great works they've done, but I don't know if they made so many movies that were great AND were great crowd-pleasers at the same time. Some of Marty's great movies have been challenging and some of Clint's have been a bit slow - and QT - as great as he's been, feels like a bit of a one-trick pony - stylized violence with great dialogue, but Reiner did a lot of very different kids of movies that were extremely entertaining. Inconceivable !

Is Trump threatening to deport those players yet? Can McGonigle play 2b?

Yep. And we all know why.

Wenceel and Jahmai will make the team because they're gonna stick McGonigle in the minors. It's time to give up this silly dream of McGonigle playing for the Tigers.

Calgary is not good and they're not playing for anything except to be a spoiler. If the Wings don't win this one, I feel like it's over. I don't care if it's 5-0 or 3-2 in a shootout. They have to come away with 2 points tonight. If they don't, then it's good night.

Kind of reminds me of Jason Thompson. Similar power numbers earl. Thompson had a higher BA, but everyone did in the 70's. Power-hitting first-basemen. When they traded Thompson, I don't think they missed him all that much.