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I have not done much baseball roadwork in the part of the country (Virginian, North Carolina, South Carolina), and that has got to go on the list at some point. I’ll make sure to make Spartanburg a stop along the way.

Meaning 4 years? I’m good with that. 😉

While I like Benetti as a PxP guy over any number of past alternatives, I agree that Benetti’s act gets tiresome. I don’t want to make a comment about generations or anything like that, but he does bring a millennial energy that feels fresh and funny when it works, and eye-rolly when it doesn’t. I tend to like slightly arch commentary over schtick like mascots in the booth, and Benetti does both, for better or worse. I think of Benetti in the same vein as Josh Lewin, who I think I liked slightly better because he could still be as arch while less schticky, and seemed somewhat less impressed with himself. Lewin and Gibby had a feel similar to Ted Nugent and Mitch Albom together on WLLZ. (You other white guys of a very specific age and place might remember that pairing.) Mario Impembia was a cipher. He’s left no lasting impact on me in terms of what he has brought to the canon of Detroit Tigers broadcasters, either in personality or performance. Rod Allen was annoying, and still is with the Marlins, but at least he brought some personality to the booth.

Well, that's a relief. I thought they might have been talking about something stupid.

Time to rethink the MVP vote for Stinky McStinkface.

Let the pouring commence!

There was nothing Colt could do there. He's leading off third and the ball was hit to Machado. He couldn't have been expected to go back to the bag. The only thing I wish he would have done differently is slide way to the left of the plate and slap it with his right hand going by to avoid the easy tag out.

Gillaspie is at the very front of the bullpen with the worst numbers in only four innings of work. This is really a good opportunity to pour it on. Nice read on the fly ball to RF by Colt to get to third on the tag.

I am back on the Tigers feed and can I just tell you how absolutely pleased I am that I get to listen to Dan Dickerson break down Vásquez's outing and not whatever it is that's being said here?

If it's Monday, it's Colt Keith Walking Day.

At this rate, we're going to win the game 16-9.

Neato "rumbles around" third to score on that Riley knock!

I really do like the cleaner, gambling-odds-free look of the Padres telecast.

Another run! Neato!

That's the way I would write the tale.

I'd have to see it again because it didn't strike me that way at the time. But for a guy who's not a CF by trade, he's quite acceptable so far.

A tale as old as time: center fielder makes a nice easy play to end the inning, he's the first one up to the plate, and he gets plunked.

Javy looks mighty comfortable in center.

I lost the Tigers feed on my laptop so I switched to the Padres feed to restart it. I'm tuned in to the radio feed and the analyst is talking and I'm like, "Is that Tony Gwynn Jr? Because that sounds just like Tony Gwynn Sr." And guess what? It is.

Nido got crossed up. Damn it.

Colt gripped it and ripped it.

Also, we were younger back then and had less stuff we needed to keep in our head, so there was room for all the managers in baseball to live up there.

And why not?

MVPKinstry! That looked to me like it should be a double and an error, but what the hell, triple it is!