Tiger337

It's a cheap thrill, but a cheap thrill is better than what they gave us the last several years!

I think he was taking a shot at me for complaining about expanded playoffs in the past. I still don't like expanded playoffs in general. Making the playoffs because they have wildcards is not what makes this exciting for me. It's the comeback itself that excites me. If they don't make the playoffs or they get bounced in the first round, I will still consider this a remarkable run.

He should be, but I bet a lot of writers have already mailed in their votes for Quatraro

They are only the second team which has made such a comeback in the wildcard era.

Sarah Langs with some numbers on the Tigers history comeback:

I don't think Pence is a nut job. He has conservative beliefs and I will almost always disagree with him, but I think he is sane. I also think his beliefs are shared by a very large portion of the electorate. He is not radical, just somebody who I am almost never going to agree with.

What are the odds that he is even a functioning human being in 4 years?

I don't think he'll be their closer for long either, but I don't worry about his fragility. He's just a mediocre closer.

You worry too much about Foley. There are lots of mediocre closers in baseball who blow games and usually they are just fine the next outing

If they wait until the end of the year and the Tigers make the playoffs and the Royals don't, then it will be Hinch. I think a lot of writers mail it in early though. This is not an award that matters to me at all though, so I'll be fine either way.

33 homeruns in one game? That must be a record.

It's really looking like the Tigers are going to finish second in the division.

Were they really normal, rational people or did they just hide their hate and bigotry because it was considered taboo (whereas now they are being told it's OK)?

Mostly true, although I think a percentage of undecideds are people who have become disengaged with politics because they think politicians don't care about policy.

They won the game, so there is no reason for him to feel down. I also don't think this is going to go down as an epic game in Tigers history. There have been a bunch of memorable games the last few weeks and I don't see this game as standing out from the others.

There is no Republican Party now. It has turned into some kind of mix of Authoritarian White Christian Nationalist Populist with Trump throwing some communism in there.

I dont think they think that deeply. Like everything else, It's a binary thing for them. The people making the laws with exceptions for rape and incest are just pretending to be reasonable for the middle of the road midwestern women.

They should be thinking outside the box.

It's more complicated that that. There are some who want to control women and girls and some who are horrified by abortion because they think it's murder.

I can see that. FG trying to predict what teams will do over the last week based on projections doesn't do much for me, but the BR system (which I didn't know much about) seems more useful for curiousity sake.

Flaherty has not pitched as well since the trade. It could be becaue he needs Fetter or it could be that he is tired or not totally healthy.

Right, I think their true talent is somewhere in between.

I think some of their pitchers are not as good as they have shown the past several weeks, but I also think Hinch/Fetter have utilized the staff in a way that maximizes their abilities. This is something that would not show up in the FG system. I don't know if it should or not. I think their pitcher utilization has been a real asset, but I am also not sure how long the success from it can be sustained.

I think they try to guess how many innings each pitcher will throw the rest of the way regardless of how they are used. I would guess that in systems which project player performance, pitching one inning as an opener is the same as pitching one inning in middle relief.

They could very well go far in the playoffs this year. However, regardless of how they finish, I wouldn't count on the same group sustaining this kind of play for 162 games. I am hoping they make significant upgrades this off-season.