IdahoBert

Not mine, although everybody that knows me well already knows I’m a Tigers fan, but not many of them are people who watch ESPN. Most people I know when I talk about the Tigers glaze over.

I think “pretty optimistic” means not out for a month.

Win

DP phew

Just as we get one key component back, we lose another.

Heck

Thank God, the no hit nonsense is over. I’ve seen several. I feel bad for people who haven’t seen one though, but for me, I’m more interested in winning this game and not overtaxing the best pitcher on the planet.

I am more interested in a low pitch count than I am in strikeouts.

The Tigers are putting on quite the show.

Riley Greene homers (19) on a fly ball to right center field.

Disappointing inning and not just because of the interview oh well.

On field interviews annoy me. It’s not like this is a tea party or anything

Baez bonesaw

The statcast stuff is too busy and overwhelming for me. Of course I’m not smart.

Score runs!

Now eight strikeouts in three innings seven in a row

Strikeouts of six of the first seven batters

I can’t find the option that I did last time to hear the radio broadcast instead of the ESPN audio. Or was that on some other platform?

I thought that was the case they’re probably licking their chops and celebrating their good fortune. I hope the Tigers put on a really dominant show. This playing .500 ball thing is tedious even if it’s superior to some of the stretches other big teams have endured.

It may not always be the case, but I think these ESPN Sunday games tend to be aimed at the lowest common denominator fans who generally want to see teams with splashy stars hitting 60 home runs. The Tigers are not a part of the entertainment industrial complex and I’m not sure if this game was scheduled in advance or scheduled because Skubal is pitching.

I’m not sure I don’t remember. Certainly you don’t get to see it live. I don’t know if you get to see it archived or not after the fact. I’m going to watch it on YouTube TV simply because my son-in-law included me in his subscription.

The Tigers have scored more runs than any other team in the AL and have also scored more runs than teams such as Philadelphia and the Mets because everyone in the lineup other than Jake, in general, contributes. It would be really nice to see the whole lineup rake tonight.

Skubal has shown mild signs of being human lately such as walking guys, and he can give up a home run on occasion. If the Tigers can keep hitting the ball a win should be well within reach, but the bats have been hot and cold on occasion lately and I hope they don’t go cold tonight.

We’re halfway through the season, but this team still amazes me. Everyone, top to bottom, contributes. There may be rough spots where the club underperforms, but it’s not annihilating or of bewildering duration. It’s not a team that’s top heavy and completely nonfunctional if some of the main pistons misfire. I love how it’s an actual team and not just a collection of big egos and mercenaries. Sulking stars do not fit in. When you see how a guy like Torres, who came from the biggest show in the show fits seamlessly into the club’s élan it gives me hope that this is something sustainable and not just an aberrant one off thing. Maybe because I’m so invested in it, what the Tigers are doing seems remarkable and unique to me when it isn’t. Maybe every winning team is like this when it’s winning But I just get the feeling that something different is transpiring in Detroit. I’m not sure our previous teams that did well were like this. This same élan seems to prevail throughout the organization in the farm clubs too.

Tigers now have a 10.5 game lead over the Guardians, an 11.5 lead over the Twins, and a 12.5 lead over the Royals and the Royals did us the favor of beating the Dodgers today ensuring that we slipped back into a tie with the Dodgers for the best MLB record.