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I promise you those people will get a total pass going forward. One of the things Trump loves to do is give special dispensation in exchange for obvious consideration. It’s one of the reasons he wants tariffs so bad.

For as good a slider as Baez is, that was one of the worst slide decisions I think I have made him see as a Tiger.

I can tell you with certainty they do not, because at some point last year after one of our softball games, I name-checked Bozo for its comic value during some repartee with my much younger teammates, and their vacant stares and/or rolling eyes told me that they had no idea. Then I asked them, do you even know who Bozo the Clown is? And one guy, I’ll never forget this, he replied, uhhhhh, nooooo—is “Bozo the Clown” in the room with us now, Grandpa? You know, like I was hallucinating. And I had to laugh at that, because it was really pretty funny in the moment.

I don’t think it’s any secret how much I prefer hearing the audio overlay over the video, not necessarily because I don’t like Benetti, but because Dan Dicerkson is so much better. Plus, I am not a fan of having guests show up in the booth for an inning or more, no matter who it is. There have been synching issues between radio audio and TV video mismatches in the past seasons, but this season seems as though it’s the worst it’s ever been. The pitches on the radio overlay were running three to five seconds ahead of the video in both San Diego and Phoenix, and I figured it would get fixed in Detroit. Nope—same issue. How many years has this been going on? Five, maybe? Seems like it’s been at least that many seasons we’ve been talking about this. And they still don’t have it fixed? It makes no sense that the technical crew at the Tigers would be so incompetent that they can’t fix the synching between the audio and the video after five freaking years. So now we have to ask the question, are they actually doing this on purpose? Yeah, I know how dumb that sounds. But what else would explain their inability to fix the syncing issues between radio overlay and TV video after five or more years? It can;t be sheer incompetence or ignorance of the issue, can it? Perhaps there’s some business reason it’s advantageous to mismatch the radio overlay with the TV video. I can’t think of what that advantage might be, but I also can’t conceive of any other reason they would allow this to happen, because they certainly can’t be so incompetent and clueless that they’re not even aware of the issue. They know it’s happening. We have the technology to fix it. So why are they refusing to fix it?

Fire Hinch. Bring back Leyland.

Maybe the Department of War Crimes will conduct a black flag dirty bomb drone attack on downtown Chicago during the next No Kings march and kill a few thousand paid libtard agitators and the mongrel-blooded children they dragged along, which will allow the regime to declare a national emergency so they can cancel elections everywhere else. Two birds.

Yes, you definitely need a shorter glove at short and second to ease the ball transfer during plays, especially double plays. Sure, you need to do something similar at third but not as often because SS and 2B gets way more chances to transfer than 3B, and the extra inch is more important for a more stationary position like 3B. In the middle of the dirt guys rely on their range more than their reach or their reflexes.

This, by the way, highlights the banal evil genius behind the very visible, very public acting out by Trump and his various minions with things they say and antics they engage in: while they are distracting us with that kind of pointless theatrical nonsense, the really terrible destruction of American preeminence, like this, takes place without anyone noticing.

I've seen them posted here at times. All I'm saying is, if this is not true, it's a troll job, and people should stop giving them oxygen.

If this is not true—and since it’s not on Passan’s own feed, it’s almost certainly not—then you need to take whatever “The Detroit Times” is out of your rotation.

This. Right here. This. She had one job.

Here’s hoping it matters … 🤞🏼

I think this is true, but it could also be true that if we did have players with very good bat-to-ball skills, we would want them to use those skills to break out of the slumps and get solid base hits and home runs, not to make outs by bunting guys to the next base.

The correlation of total runs scored to scoring zero runs in an inning is r^2=-0.95; for scoring exactly one run, it's r^2=0.47; and for scoring two or more runs, it's r^2=0.94. Not sure whether that tells us much more.

That might be kind of a tricky thing to consider because that kind of suggests that all three players are sucking so, instead of trying to break out of that like a hitter, lean into that and bunt more like a pitcher hitting. I don't think any player who has had success as a slugger would want to lean into that. If you're suggesting that Hinch should just make them do so, then he would basically have to sell these sluggers on the idea that since they suck right now, at this moment, they should be playing small ball like a pitcher hitting. That might help us win this particular inning this time, but I bet it would also create some friction over what the boss is suggesting about their abilities. I'm guessing that's a big reason sluggers don't turn to bunting and striving for productive outs when they are scuffling.

I think it raises more questions about why it's happening and can anything be done about it, then how many runs does this predict for the Tigers in 2026. Maybe it's more of an inside issue than an outside issue.

So, we have now played two games wearing those cheap-looking amateurish dark blue jerseys, and we are 0-2, getting shut out twice. Take that for what you will. Maybe it's a psychological thing where they think they're back in spring training, so their heads are all about working on process, more than playing to win. 😏

If a team has the potential to be a high-scoring offense, as we seem to have indicated with our own run-scoring rank and our percentage of innings scoring 2+ runs, does it make sense to re-make the offensive strategy entirely to focus on manufacturing a single run at a time because they fall short on scoring exactly one run in an inning? Or, if that's not what you are suggesting, when do you think it would be appropriate times to switch up strategies?

You mean for gambling purposes? Not sure. Asking for a friend? 😉 The only thing I think might be reasonable to take away is that we have the ability to be a top playoff-contending offense, but are simply not scoring consistently. Is this a development issue? A maturity issue? A luck issue? A lack of specific underlying skills issue? There's the $64 question I don't have any insight to.

I don't miss that roster, but I do miss that D on the home jersey.

In light of the two games in which we scored all our runs in a single inning and were shut out for the other eight, I did an interesting query yesterday: during 2025, where did the Tigers rank among teams in terms of percentage of innings in which they scored zero runs; in which they scored exactly one run; and in which they scored two or more runs? Here's where it shook out: No runs: Tigers 72.3% of all innings, ranked 18th (MLB average: 72.7%; Pirates ranked first with 76.7%; Yankees ranked 30th with 69.2%) One run only: Tigers 13.8%, 25th (MLB average: 148%; Diamondbacks 17.4%; Giants 13.0%) Two or more runs: Tigers 14.0%, 4th (MLB average: 12.6%; Yankees 15.3%; Pirates 9.3%) So the Tigers ranked slightly below league average in no runs scored, which is good; almost at the bottom scoring one run only, which, OK; and near the top in scoring two or more runs, which is good. This suggests that as of last season we had the potential for a very good offense overall, and did have some good results, but need to become more consistent so we can be an elite offense like the Yankees or Dodgers. This is probably in part why Harris did not blow up the offense this winter and replace lots of guys with so-called impact bats. Given how young the roster is, he's betting on a big step forward from the kids we have in house to get us to that next level. And they might yet, despite the first six games of the season.

Companies can't risk the hit to productivity in the meantime by freaking out the people they're going to fire and replace with AI, so they are bull****ting their employees into believing their jobs are secure because they will be so much better and more productive at it with AI. This way, companies can get 100% from their employees right up to the minute they push them off the cliff.

These are the times that try fans’ souls.