Tiger337

I went to bed after 9 innings. Did the Blue Jays announcer do a game re-cap?

I have been starting to realize that not having to care may be the only benefit of growing older. I still have a hard time mastering it though.

True, but I believe it was a Mariner batter.

I heard that too. I am pretty sure it was Seattle.

What a game for Yamamoto. You don't see complete games in post-season anymore. You rarely even see them in the regular season.

Leyland's best line in the speech: "I asked my wife: did you ever think in your wildest dreams that I would make the Hall of Fame? She said: Jim You aren't in my wildest dreams"

Sparky was a character, but I agree he was probably not a great manager. Enough players have said good things about him for me to think he was a pretty good manager. However, I think he was better at managing veteran egos than developing young players. He had a lot of talent in place in both Cincinati and Detroit. It was hard to screw that up.

Definitely one of my favorites Tiger moments. Better than the Ordonez homer because of the personalities involved.

Nobody can stop the Dodgers. It's so unfair.

I think Liranzo still needs to regarded as a top prospect, but I also wonder if the Dodgers knew something.

It's something we can't talk about here.

To follow up on this, these are the players I have identified as having 500 games and 2000 PA with three different franchises" Rusty Staub - 4 franchises Willie Keeler - had 10+ WAR with each Doc Cramer Johnny Damon - 10+ WAR with each Darrell Evans - 10+ WAR with each Curtis Granderson - - 10+ WAR with each Steve Finley Billy Buckner Reggie Jackson Omar Vizquel

If it was just left fielders, you could make a case for Greene because there is no clear cut chloice. Do they break it down by position or just take the top three outfielders? I see McKinstry is listed among utility players. With so many multi-position guys now, I'm not sure how they define that. I don't really care about Silver Sluggers anyway. It has an "everybody gets a trophy" vibe to it. Just pick the best hitter and leave it at that.

They'd likely be stellar today too. They probably would have somewhat lower batting averages and hit for a little more power.

Right.

I imagine that trying to get ball 4 would generally be considered unmanly

In 2024, the Tigers gave their team the message that they were giving up on the season and then they couldn't stop winning! So, maybe they needed that message! I don't think there is any way a fan can know the psychological impact any move will have on a team. Even sim teams have long streaks or slumps for no reason at all. Last year, in a historical sim league, I got beaten by a team with an absolute **** roster. He had no idea what he was doing. I had the highest run differential in the entire league and didn't make playoffs. I lost so many one-run games. What a bunch lof chokers. 😃

If you go to newspapers.com, they've got a bunch of articles from that league. It looks like it was around for a long time - 60s through early 90s? If you want to go down memory lane, you could get a free trial. I had a subscrition for newspapers.com a few years ago when i was writing a little about Tigers history. It's a fun site.

It's always an option!

December 10, 1996. The Houston Astros traded Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, José Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward.

One of my least favorite Tigers ever.

He also had the highest WAR of any third baseman in Tigers history. That is definitely their weakest position, but he was the best of the lot.

Mark Lewis looked like a steal for the first month and a half. Then he came back to earth.

Why not both?

I disliked the Fryman trade, but hearing that they traded him to clear money unecessarily makes it worse. I didn't know that at the time. Did Randy Smith make any good moves? Those 7-player trades with the Padres and Astros were fun but it was mostly just moving players around with no real impact.