IdahoBert

I am not interested in calling guys up from the minors whom the organization believes require proper seasoning to play at an MLB level consonant with The Tigers’ Way. I’m not interested in acts of desperation derived from frustration.

Jeez, they just keep pouring it on now 5–1 …

In my defense I just popped three vitamin C gummy’s so I’m flying…

Wow, we got our run for the game early! Heck, we could end up with maybe two even three runs!

Riley double scores Dingler!

They’re wearing the City Connects.

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I do have that jacket which my wife bought me for Christmas in 1987 shortly after we moved to Boise Idaho. We got it at an ordinary sporting good store on the outskirts of town where we lived. The Tigers were a BFD back then, even in the backwaters far away from Detroit. I have to admit that the jacket fits me a tad bit tight these days.

Valdez, and if you don’t have Sportsnet or mlb.tv, this game is apparently on FS1. I can’t say I’m actually looking forward to it. My enthusiasm has waned a tad bit.

Not shut out = suckcess!

I’m not sure why I’m torturing myself watching this game… I think I’ll go back to watching the Matt Smith era of Doctor Who, which is something that makes me happy instead of something that makes me sad.

I forgot this was the “free game of the day“ because of an extended grasp of Mother’s Day. Even the local strip club in Boise, Idaho is getting into the extended Mother’s Day routine. On their marquee today the Torch Lounge said “Happy Mother’s Day, supporting single moms since 1997.“ It’s funny and there’s an unhappy irony about it as well.

It’s the “A-Team“ today… I love it when a plan comes together… McGonigle SS Dingler C Keith DH Greene, R LF Vierling CF Workman 3B McKinstry 2B Torkelson 1B Pérez, W RF

All these guys had to do was score 2 runs in the first full 8 innings. They struck out 14 times! And granted, that two of those came in the bottom of the ninth and the bottom of the 10th that wouldn’t have been played if they had scored two runs in the first full eight innings, but it’s still too common an event. And the Blue Jays struck out only six times in 10 innings. Making contact makes a difference.

I hate extra innings. Yes both teams have a chance, and it does shorten the game blessedly, but it’s still such a crapshoot. It doesn’t seem to prove much…

Tork is due…

Not to belabor the obvious, but I say it again…

Where’s my two runs?

Three times in a row today…

Where’s my three runs?

Yes, you’ve nailed me…

Jason giving a peptalk about “you just wait till the Tigers are healthy“ so yeah, let’s just wait until Meadows gets back and is slamming doubles and home runs all over the park… of course I have a bad attitude right now, and everybody should rightfully tune me out.