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Ironic in that for a long time everyone used to watch the Braves on TBS, now they are going to be the most restricted team that you can watch.

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/who-was-ty-cobb-the-history-we-know-thats-wrong/

I know he was an asshole. Just a lot of it was made up, exaggerated. I never said he was a saint.

What's worse is a lot of Cobb's reputation of being an asshole is a lie, made up in order to sell a book.

I never saw him play. He was before my time. The only memories I have of him is him being an asshole. His numbers are historical, but I don't have the nostalgia that most people here have. May he rest in peace, but there's very little emotion here from me.

Time to evaluate my predictions. Spencer Torkelson: 2024 Prediction – 603 AB | .231/.315/.483 | 39 HR | 99 RBI | 2 SB | 71 BB | 175 K 2024 Actual – 342 AB | .219/.295/.374 | 10 HR | 37 RBI | 0 SB | 33 BB | 105 K Brutal season for Tork as he spent a lot of time in AAA. This was my major bold prediction, and it was a swing and a miss. Riley Greene: 2024 Prediction – 596 AB | .277/.339/.435 | 16 HR | 61 RBI | 16 SB | 56 BB | 172 K 2024 Actual – 512 AB | .262/.348/.479 | 24 HR | 74 RBI | 4 SB | 64 BB | 156 Big breakout year and exceeded my power prediction. Nice to see. Tarik Skubal: 2024 Prediction – 163 1/3 IP | 13-6 W/L | 2.92 ERA | 0.986 WHIP | 179 K | 38 BB 2024 Actual – 192 IP | 18-4 W/L | 2.39 ERA | 0.922 WHIP | 228 K | 35 BB I thought I was being over optimistic, but he exceeded my expectations. Cy Young. Kerry Carpenter: 2024 Prediction – 473 AB | .262/.330/.467 | 24 HR | 68 RBI | 7 SB | 39 BB | 118 K 2024 Actual – 264 AB | .284/.345/.587 | 18 HR | 57 RBI | 0 SB | 22 BB | 75 K Man, if only he could have stayed healthy all year. Major improvement on power. Kenta Maeda: 2024 Prediction – 134 2/3 IP | 9-7 W/L | 4.11 ERA | 1.132 WHIP | 149 K | 37 BB 2024 Actual – 112 1/3 IP | 3-7 W/L | 6.09 ERA | 1.380 WHIP | 96 K | 31 BB 🤣 🤣 🤣 😭 Not good. Javy Baez: 2024 Prediction – 527 AB | .235/.282/.372 | 14 HR | 63 RBI | 12 SB | 26 BB | 136 K 2024 Actual – 272 AB | .184/.221/.294 | 6 HR | 37 RBI | 8 SB | 12 BB | 69 K Ok, I so wanted to be optimistic here. Funny how the Tigers improved so much when he got injured. Jack Flaherty: 2024 Prediction – 154 IP | 9-8 W/L | 4.27 ERA | 1.422 WHIP | 154 K | 67 BB 2024 Actual – 162 IP | 13-7 W/L | 3.17 ERA | 1.068 WHIP | 194 K | 38 BB Why couldn’t Fetters fix Maeda the same way? Parker Meadows: 2024 Prediction – 480 AB | .244/.327/.400 | 16 HR | 53 RBI | 21 SB | 56 BB | 139 K 2024 Actual – 270 AB | .244/.310/.433 | 9 HR | 28 RBI | 9 SB | 25 BB | 76 K Also spent some time in AAA after a brutal start. Optimistic about his return, though. Breakout next year? Mark Canha: 2024 Prediction – 439 AB | .257/.351/.387 | 9 HR | 61 RBI | 9 SB | 51 BB | 83 K 2024 Actual – 393 AB | .242/.344/.346 | 7 HR | 42 RBI | 7 SB | 51 BB | 96 K Way off on the playing time. Continues the after-prime decline. Matt Manning: 2024 Prediction – 116 1/3 IP | 6-9 W/L | 4.56 ERA | 1.272 WHIP | 81 K | 33 BB 2024 Actual – 27 2/3 IP | 0-1 W/L | 4.88 ERA | 1.554 WHIP | 23 K | 12 BB So many pitchers have surpassed him on the depth chart. Is he even in the picture next year? Jake Rogers: 2024 Prediction – 338 AB | .213/.282/.417 | 19 HR | 50 RBI | 1 SB | 30 BB | 124 K 2024 Actual – 310 AB | .197/.255/.352 | 10 HR | 36 RBI | 1 SB | 22 BB | 99 K Just a tad optimistic about his power potential. Reese Olson: 2024 Prediction – 129 1/3 IP | 7-9 W/L | 4.38 ERA | 1.322 WHIP | 130 K | 51 BB 2024 Actual – 112 1/3 IP | 4-8 W/L | 3.53 ERA | 1.184 WHIP | 101 K | 33 BB Chris Fetters works his magic again. Colt Keith: 2024 Prediction – 467 AB | .236/.299/.375 | 14 HR | 47 RBI | 1 SB | 42 BB | 131 K 2024 Actual – 516 AB | .260/.309/.380 | 13 HR | 61 RBI | 7 SB | 36 BB | 110 K Rough start, but finished strong. Super excited to see him over the next several years. Gio Urshela: 2024 Prediction – 347 AB | .277/.311/.375 | 6 HR | 43 RBI | 1 SB | 17 BB | 63 K 2024 Actual – 425 AB | .249/.285/.362 | 9 HR | 51 RBI | 0 SB | 22 BB | 70 K Biggest surprise to see his batting average decline so much. Casey Mize: 2024 Prediction – 122 1/3 IP | 5-9 W/L | 4.71 ERA | 1.357 WHIP | 89 K | 43 BB 2024 Actual – 102 1/3 IP | 2-6 W/L | 4.49 ERA | 1.466 WHIP | 78 K | 29 BB Hopefully next year he can stay healthy and have his breakout year.

The only thing I don't like about Benneti is when he goes off topic and talks about the moon for 30 minutes. Stick to baseball, that's the reason I'm watching.

Friday: Ty Cobb.

Jim Leyland Day was August 3. The Tigers were 52-59, falling 7 games under .500 after a 5-game losing streak (which probably prompted Leyland's statement). The Tigers are now 82-74, so the math checks out.

Tigers had a 0.2% chance of making the playoffs on August 11. Now they have a 70.5% chance of making the playoffs.

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Ohtani accumulated more WAR in one game than any single player on the White Sox accumulated all year.

The Tigers have had the best record in the AL since July 5th.

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Here's a good one; https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/can-the-tigers-storm-into-the-mlb-playoffs-what-to-know-about-detroits-furious-fight-for-a-wild-card-berth/