Tiger337

"pitching and three-run homers"

They aren't minimal. They are pervasive. It downgrades the viewing experience for me.

Short sighted maybe, but what part of that is that loony?

I think the long drought and two playoff appearances make it even more likely that fans would complain. They are eager for a winner and they have seen that those opportunities have not been all that common for the Tigers over the years. Fans might not see the Tigers as a team on their way up with the best pitcher in baseball leaving after next year. Some fans might see the Tigers as being there already rather than up and coming. They can win a championship this year and with Skubal leaving we don't know that their chances are necessarily going to better in 2 or 3 years. The future is now.

Tigers fans are pretty bad, but Red Sox fans are worse.

I think every sports forum on the internet has fans that want the GM or manager or both fired.

To an extent, that's probably true, but I think Harris's effect is pretty limited. Hinch/Fetter were quite good at managing the bullpen even before Harris came aboard.

What else were they going to do though? They had injuries and then Harris traded two of their best remaining pitchers at the deadline (and I don't blame Harris for that). They had no choice but to go to bullpen games. The genius was not in the plan but how it was executed. I have to give most of the credit to day to day management and to the pitchers.

Minor league contract for Dugan Darnell. 🔥🔥🔥 https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2026/01/06/detroit-tigers-dugan-darnell-free-agency/87941082007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z115125p119650c119650u113725d00----v115125&gca-ft=226&gca-ds=sophi

The best I can see from him is a Jahmai Jones type season (and that did have value) but that's going to hard for Jones to repeat.

Someone with an OPS of .840 could play most of the time at DH. Rooker and Ozuna had OPS significantly lower than that, played mostly DH and had value. The problem is I don't see Malloy hitting .370/.470 over enough plate appearances to be valuable.

That would be quite valuable if he could do it. So far, he has not been close.

I think that was a good cheap move by Tampa. They can see if they are able to pull more out of his one strong tool. I doubt they can, but it's worth a shot.

Tampa 😟

I wanted them to acquire a couple of relievers at the deadline. Finnegan was a good acquistion. Perhaps Jansen was available and I doubt he would have cost a top prospect. If he did, then it would have been a bad move.

Yes, I know. They were just cartoon characters. It was a good show.

She was very sweet too, whereas Wilma was kind of a b****

It counts for a lot! My motivation for the list was to compare Greene's early career to past Tigers.

That is how I remember it being reported at the time. If there was group think and steretyping involved, it sure didn't come from me. Leflore was one of my all-time favorites and I hated that trade when it was made. There are some articles like the one below which indicate Andersion thought he was a bad influence. I can't find one that specifically mentions Whitaker. https://www.vintagedetroit.com/how-sparky-anderson-saved-the-tigers-from-ron-leflore/?srsltid=AfmBOop6xrg7CrDsEBNSWslE6sixI0ezfDv_X1SNOsJnMMNSbIMiiWXJ

I already said that I think Harris is a solid GM and that I have no interest in seeing him replaced. He's not perfect though and I'd like to see him be a little more aggressive/creative. I think several other postets share that view.

The 70s, 80s team had all kinds of different personalties including guys like Morris and Gibson who might not have been regarded as ideal teammates. On the other hand, Anderson got rid of Leflore because of his bad influence on Whitaker. But that's something that fans can't really know. I just want the Tigers to accumulate talented players. I'll let them decide who is a good teammate, because I don't think fans really know about those things.

What conclusion is that?

Just looked it up now. 426 pages. The constitution is less than one tenth of that.

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