IdahoBert

810 homers in a 162 win season!

Never in doubt!

Well, I’m gonna have to bid a do here. Hope things turn out well, but my son and I haven’t played a new video game in quite a while and he’s bringing the Xbox out. It’s the new James Bond game, 007 First Light, a bombastic, AAA third-person action-adventure game that introduces a younger, modern take on Bond and blends linear cinematic action—similar to Uncharted and we played all four games, including the Lost Legacy both Red Dead’s, Detroit Become Human both recent Gods of War and tons of other stuff so it’s really fun to get back to this. I watch him play the game but it’s a real bonding moment for us so hope we win. Hope six runs is enough.

At the In-N-Out in Boise, it’s a good place to see healthy looking Mormon girls drinking only the lemonade or the Sprite.

Carp homers and Greene homers

Dingler moonshot busts an 8 foot wide hole in the Jumbotron. Of course I’m making this up. But he did Homer.

Peaches is kind of a homer so if he’s getting upset then there’s probably good reason to get upset. I don’t have the TV package anymore so I’m actually spending that $140 on fun stuff like watermelon and eating at In-N-Out Burger.

Where is my 3.18 runs?

I would be comfortable with a 6 to 8 run lead going into the ninth. Right now I’m not happy with a two run lead.

All this platooning and playing the numbers is something you do when you don’t have good players. After the deadline deals in 2024 when everyone expected a true collapse, the miracle of the team’s rebound was like getting high on sniffing glue or gold paint. It’s great until it isn’t. The collapse at the end of last year was a signature moment. Whatever was happening there, dumb luck or motivation, God only knows, all that played itself out. Add to that the spate of inexplicably ill-timed injuries this season, I think all we can bet on is good luck: balls going into the gaps instead of being hit right at somebody that kind of stuff. I guess it could happen. It might happen this series. Hopefully the kids on the farm will turn things around the next few years.

My friend John who lives in Clearwater and grew up in East Detroit now Eastpointe, sits a 30 minute drive from Tropicana Field and he loves the place. Sings its praises in fact. And basically he loves the air conditioning and being able to watch baseball out of the heat and humidity. It might be unpleasant to watch it on TV but if you’re indoors there instead of outside sweltering in the parking lot, it’s pretty great according to him. To each their own.

That’s conceivable. They haven’t even had a run of “dumb luck“ lately so it seems like they’re due.

At least the game starts early by my reckoning in MDT. Before 5 PM for me. By 6 o’clock, they should be so far behind there’ll be no reason to even check my phone.

This team is going to be picked apart and I don’t mean Tampa Bay.

Things I’d rather do than watch the Tigers Watch the grass grow. Burn ants with a magnifying glass Go cow tipping in farm yards at night. Create a scrapbook of shopping receipts.

Snicker… 😆 yes I guess he is “better” against LHP…

This team can’t hold a lead… The offense is barely capable of getting a lead to begin with… This is a sure recipe for disaster.

This is a cool thread Mark, amazed I missed it. Thank you for sharing man.

They probably took Montero out so as not to overwork him for when they trade him for a bag filled with magic beans.

Are the Phillies the Pirates and the Guardians just lucky when it comes to injuries, or are they doing something all the other teams should be doing?

On the plus side, at least I’m not an Arsenal fan.

Montero tomorrow, so at least it’s not a bullpen day.