Tiger337

I was not aware of that at the time, but I probably sensed it. I suspect the game is filled with people like that. They are good entertainers though.

By Dombrowski

The premise that the Tigers might could become the Orioles is plausible, but there is nothing in the article to back it up. It's just lazy writing.

Is there any independent Tigers writer worth reading on a regular basis? I haven't paid much attention the last few years.

while I think both voting systems are very problematic, I am more interested in discussing merits of players for the Hall of Fame than for the allstar game. One is for an entire career whereas the other is for a half-season.

I saw it too, but I didn't say anything.

Dingler and Langeliers are the top catchers. Langeliers is the better hitter, so fans might vote for him.

That is a good question. I don't know if they really said that. I was speaking hypothetically. If he is difficult to deal with, I would not necessarily view that as a positive.

This is exactly it. When is America going to get tired of this clown show.

I'd rather have neither. I want a GM that is reasonble to deal with but has boundaries. If a GM makes unreasonable demands and has no flexibility then he will have limited opportunity to make deals because other teams don't want to work with him. I don't know if that applies to Harris, but if multiple teams are complaining about him, I don't necessarily view it as a positive.

No need to extend a starting pitcher beyond the first 6 years. They all get hurt.

Maddoxesque performance by Melton.

Again in the 8th. He's cruising along, no stress.

All the Harris slappys are among my favorite posters. It's not just you.

Not many outliers on the OPS plot.

I don't have any major specific complaints about Harris, although it's fun to poke his ardent supporters I liked the roster going into the season and liked their chances of making post-season. May was a disaster which I think was due primarily to a large number of injuries at the same time and then things just snowballed. I don't think there was much Harris could have done. I suppose rolling the dice on Clark was one thing, but I doubt it would have added many wins. If he did poorly, would it have slowed down his development? I don't really know.

You can't score a run without getting on base. SLG is slightly more important, but they are both really important. Both of them together even more important.

The Twins are next.

The June boon.

I am going to run a race tonight. I'll be done in time for McGonigle's clutch pinch hit home run.

never giving up.

That's how real fans talk.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198705250.shtml

As long as it doesn't interfere with his progress, I am fine either way.