Tenacious D
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Amy Winehouse “Rehab”
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Link to 5:15 press conference?
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I hear Joel Zumaya is in the running.
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2 hours ago, kdog said:
Did the Tigers deport Jacob Robson to Canada? #shameful.
#poutine #americas’hat #hoser #eh?
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I suspected this after the Whitaker ceremony, when Al and Chris sat on their hands to avoid getting booed mercilessly. Thought it would come after the season, though.
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If we think AJ is a flawed manager, I don’t want to fix it by moving him to the front office. That’s classic corporate America.
I’m in the camp of going external for a GM and let that individual determine who is the best manager.
After watching the Whitaker ceremony, and Avila and Ilitch’s muted roles, I’m feeling better that a change is coming. They aren’t oblivious to what fan sentiment is—getting rid of Avila allows Ilitch to start to restore his public persona, if that matters to him. If you’ll recall, Mike was a pariah for a while, but he was able to turn that around, starting with bringing Dombrowski in and opening up his wallet. Of course, winning ultimately fixes everything.
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9 minutes ago, mtutiger said:
Somebody has been reading MTS... Chas and I have both mentioned this in the past iirc
Any precedent for this? Not sure how managerial skills transfer.
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3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:
What if Torkelson and Mize are Jason Thompson and Dave Rozema?
As long as we can eventually flip Tork for Al Cowens, I'm good.
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1 minute ago, 1984Echoes said:
If he makes it through the 7th however I think it's time to make a move to the BP...
I wonder if they will do the opposite of what they've done with a lot of our younger pitchers and try and get him as many innings as possible, prepping for the 2023 season? He's missed a lot of time this year.
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Of all of our minor league positions players, I'm most bullish about Wenceel, Keith and Crouch. I like the guys who don't K a ton, which is unusual, especially in our organization. Nice to see Carpenter improve his K rate at Toledo. We saw the same with Kreidler last year when he was promoted. Pacheco made big strides in Lakeland (vs. his debut last season). I like him a lot, too. I don't think he'll hit for as high of an average as Castellanos has mustered at times, but I think he'll have as good power (if not better) and be a plus defender.
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keep the audio off. Dan Hasty's earnestness is a bit much. Like biting into a sugar cube. Feel guilty saying it, because I'm sure he's genuinely a nice guy, but I can't listen to his Podcast anymore, which sucks because it's the only one that interviews actual Tigers minor leaguers.
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When it comes to Baddoo, we’ll always have 2021. And humiliating poor Nathan.
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Someone else is probably better equipped to answer this, but without there being a Rule 5 draft last year, teams have basically two years worth of players that have to be protected on 40 man rosters, or risk losing them. Not sure if Carpenter is in that boat with us, but if he’s not, it may be a reason not to put call him up this season. Or, perhaps they want to maximize his trade value this offseason and fear he might get exposed against ML pitching.
Or, the front office is inept.
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5 minutes ago, mtutiger said:
Yu Chang in the mound?
With only a 6 run lead? That’s crazy.
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Just now, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:
I guess Deivi Cruz/Neifi Pérez night will have to wait another inning.
Deivi was already a statue at SS.
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14 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:
Crouch with a HR as well tonight
I would think Dingler to Toledo and Crouch to Erie promotions are imminent.
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Classic Leyland quote, talking about Miggy eventually getting his number retired: “My Mom could have done a good job managing those guys.”
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Nice starts by ERod (Lakeland rehab) and Bergner (Toledo). Olson continues to struggle at Erie.
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Did Shep just kick Lou out of the booth? So much for the tears shed earlier.
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The Castro boys!
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12 minutes ago, Hongbit said:
Sparky was not in great shape for last years of his life. He had dementia pretty bad which didn’t allow him to be out in public. Not much they could really do at the time.
I never knew that.
10 minutes ago, buddha said:illitch also never forgave him for refusing to manage the strike breakers, iirc.
This was the reason I always heard.
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1 minute ago, Jim Cowan said:
Even then they got it backwards, Trammell as manager and Gibson as bench coach. I remember being shocked by that.
Yeah, I hated that. I’m probably Trammell’s biggest fan and figured it would not end well. I’m glad he’s part of the organization again—I didn’t know if he’d embrace us again.
Gibby was better equipped to be a manager—he proved that in AZ.
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1 minute ago, Motor City Sonics said:
Well, if you remember, they had this scheduled for 2020 and then the pandemic happened - and then they weren't sure if they could draw many in before 2021 so it was pushed back to today, they made this announcement in the offseason when they (and we) thought they'd have a decent year.
I understand. I’m not suggesting they scheduled it for this reason, but I’m sure they’ve embraced it as one of the few positive PR opportunities available. I’m also cynical, so take it for what it’s worth.
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Just now, Motor City Sonics said:
They need to interview the next-in-line with the Rays, Dodgers and Padres. All teams draft and develop incredibly well. Doesn't mean they'll do well here, but if they bring their experience here and are given complete control over hiring, we can start to turn this thing around, even if it means restarting a rebuild - because based on what Al's done with this one, it's at least 5 or 6 years until this team contends again - and that's if everything goes right.
While the jury is still out, I think the Lions might have done that successfully getting Brad Holmes from the Rams. Of course, thru also thought they were getting that when they hired Dan Quinn from the Pats.
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Thank you for posting these—much appreciated!