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Carpenter swung at a pitch way out of the strike zone in hopes of lofting it into the stiff wind to center but he struck out. They already had a brief cloudburst that wetted just a portion of the field.

7-0 Tigers still 2 outs in the first.

Kevin with a three run bomb

Tork with a ground rule double and an RBI

Our announcers were joking that the Phillies didn’t bring much of a team - really no starters today at all - so it should be a good day for Jack to stretch out his arm

Dan and Peaches today.

He’s basically said before that his problems have been “overthinking“ what’s going on at the plate. It sounds like he’s an “intuitive“ hitter. Now he’s trying to sneak a little bit of “thinking“ back into his approach at the plate. I think he’s saying he doesn’t want to undermine his raw instincts, but he realizes he can’t entirely rely upon them. He’s trying to find the right groove. I can’t imagine that he or any player is an unchanging finished product that never has to reassess their approach. I’ve never expected him be anything more than a 32 homer lower average hitter. Dave Kingman Lite. He was stuck at first base at ASU for a reason. He has never been a shortstop that ends up being groomed for another position. He has raw power not raw athleticism.

For Monday’s March 16 game against the Phillies in Lakeland Flaherty is the starter and the only media coverage is WXYT 1270 AM. Jones, Jah RF Carpenter LF Greene, R DH Torkelson 1B Keith 3B McGonigle SS Rogers C Jung, Ja 2B Meadows, P CF There are no lineups for the Phillies yet

Yeah, gameday stopped updating for me on my phone but on the radio broadcast Dan said we had a 12–0 lead and I was worried he was losing his mind, but finally everything started updating again. Even the ESPN app didn’t go beyond the seventh-inning for quite a while.

I was out for my Sunday walk and didn’t realize there had been two rain delays and I also didn’t realize that we eventually had a 12–1 lead over the Yankees. Vierling, Tork, Greene and Yost all connected. Valdez pitched a heck of a game.

Only a 7-0 lead over the Yanks!!? Fire Hinch! Valdez suckkkks!

Valdez starts in Sunday’s March 15 game against the Yankees in Tampa. Both the Yankees and the Tigers are alleged to provide TV feeds, although that was alleged today for the Blue Jays game and there was only a Blue Jays feed. The Tigers radio feed, however, was perfectly synced with the picture on MLB.TV which made up for it and a Tigers radio feed is available for Sunday. I guess we’ll find out, although I’ll be missing this game as I have other plans. Hope any of the rest of you enjoy it. The Valdez starts have been a bright spot.

It would be really nice if he amounted to something that’s surprising and unexpected especially given his age, and the on again off again trajectory of his career.

Although I don’t really care about the scores in these games, it was nice to see Scoob do a good job and the relief guys do good jobs too. It was nice to see a W against the Jays too.

On my MLB.TV there is allegedly a Detroit Tigers TV feed, but all it gives me is the Toronto feed, but the Tigers radio feed is now perfectly synchronized with the picture and this is the first time this spring where they had finally achieved this level of acuity, which is good.

Wow, after four innings Skubal is really dealing. He has registered 5K’s and one hit in only 46 pitches against the Jays.

We owe it to the dumbest in the flock to make the uninteresting game of baseball “interesting, interesting, very interesting…” to them before they “suddenly lose interest.“

Good post you put a lot of thought into it. I especially like the part about a manager hitting a moving target from 30 feet away with a rubber band. Just to let you know I did read the entire thing.

Brieske pitched a clean frame with a K against the Pirates, which is good news.

On the optimistic side - aside from Mize - all the relievers who have come in have done pretty well, although I can’t speak for the quality of the hitting they are facing. I’m not paying too much attention to this game.

And then, of course Mize comes back out after a good talking to or whatever the heck it is… It’s hard to get used to this rule, but it makes sense in spring training.

Mize pulled after 43 pitches and 1.2 innings. Couldn’t find the strike zone and walked four.

For the game Mize is pitching in on Friday 13th against the Pirates, here is the starting tigers lineup. The game begins at 6:05 PM EDT. There is a Tigers radio broadcast but no TV broadcast from either team. Meadows, P CF McGonigle SS Torkelson 1B Carpenter RF Greene, R LF Pérez, W DH Keith 3B Jung, Ja 2B Rogers C

I’m grateful this game did not end in a 4–4 tie. Some good relief pitching, and JV showed that he can get strikeouts, even though he’s being hit hard. It’s a process.

Hurter, Jansen, Finnegan, and Smith have all combined in relief for 4 2/3 hitless frames with no walks and six strikeouts. This is really good news.