Tiger337 Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, chasfh said: https://6abc.com/michael-lorenzen-no-hitter-philadelphia-phillies-pitcher/13625546/ "It was incredible. Walking out for the seventh, eighth and ninth, man, these fans. I've never been part of an organization where fans are a part of the team," Lorenzen said. "And they gave me that boost that I needed. ... If you are feeling fatigued, you don't feel it at all in front of these fans." Ouch. Pro Athlete BS. He would have said the same thing if he pitched a no hitter with the Tigers. Quote
chasfh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Pro Athlete BS. He would have said the same thing if he pitched a no hitter with the Tigers. I hear ya, although it's not like he said what great fans Phillie fans are, period. He made the comparative against fans of the other teams he was with. Not comparative of the organization—comparative of the fans. Meaning us. We're not as good as Phillies fans. So ... ouch. Quote
theroundsquare Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 if we had as much to cheer about as Phils fans, we would be Quote
chasfh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, theroundsquare said: if we had as much to cheer about as Phils fans, we would be I think our sticking with the Tigers through times as thin as the last seven years makes us pretty damn good fans. 3 Quote
bobrob2004 Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 3 hours ago, oblong said: He's on his third team since DET traded him..... once that happens I sort of forget them as former Tigers, HOF players excluded of course. I kinda like to follow the players that the Tigers drafted, even if it's with multiple teams. Quote
bobrob2004 Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, chasfh said: I hear ya, although it's not like he said what great fans Phillie fans are, period. He made the comparative against fans of the other teams he was with. Not comparative of the organization—comparative of the fans. Meaning us. We're not as good as Phillies fans. So ... ouch. The Phillies are in the middle of a playoff race. The Tigers are in their 7th straight losing season. There's a difference in attendance. Quote
chasfh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, bobrob2004 said: I kinda like to follow the players that the Tigers drafted, even if it's with multiple teams. And Nick was here for almost ten years. Plus, Avila publicly disrespected Nick's trade value, so i have a soft spot for Nick because of that. Quote
chasfh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, bobrob2004 said: The Phillies are in the middle of a playoff race. The Tigers are in their 7th straight losing season. There's a difference in attendance. I don't think that makes Phillies fans more a part of that organization than we are. I don't mind him praising Phillies fans. I think he should. It's just the comparison of them to us fans he just left. I think that stings just a little. Not a lot. But some. Ultimately not a big deal. Quote
Tiger337 Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 I have never felt like I was "part of the team", so it wouldn't sting at all even if it wasn't BS. Quote
bobrob2004 Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 15 minutes ago, chasfh said: I don't think that makes Phillies fans more a part of that organization than we are. Quite the opposite. There's probably a lot of bandwagon Phillies fans and that is giving Lorenzen a false perception. Quote
RandyMarsh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 He's just kissing up to his new fan base, no different than just about every other athlete does so I take no offense to it. 2 Quote
chasfh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: He's just kissing up to his new fan base, no different than just about every other athlete does so I take no offense to it. He could've kissed up to them without comparing them superlatively to us! 😅 Quote
Tiger337 Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, chasfh said: He could've kissed up to them without comparing them superlatively to us! 😅 He doesn't like Reds or Angels fans either. Quote
Jim Cowan Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 He'll change his tune when they start booing and someone throws a battery at him. 1 1 Quote
chasfh Posted August 10, 2023 Posted August 10, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 9:25 AM, chasfh said: Fun fact: Pedro Grifol was Al Avila's preferred candidate to replace Ron Gardenhire. This was the shot. Here's the chaser: Quote
Cruzer1 Posted August 11, 2023 Posted August 11, 2023 On 8/8/2023 at 10:35 AM, oblong said: it's funny to look back and realize for sports talk in the 1988-1993 time frame all we had was the weekly Mitch Albom/Mike Stone sports show on WLLZ and later WJR, then the nightly WJR Sport Wrap that came on, I think it was 6:30 to 8, if there were no Red Wing or Tiger games. The names I recall were Frank, Larry Henry, Paul Chapman, Jimmy Barret (later the PA guy at Tiger Stadium). Oddly enough, I recall one night when Rizzs and Rathbun hosted the show like a day before they were fired. Maybe WJR called them in for a "meeting" and said "Ok, before our meeting tomorrow why don't you guys go on the air and fill in this show". I remember them kind of laughing their way through it as they had no idea what to do or talk about. Then they got dumped and Frank the hero Beckman came in to "save the day", which as someone suggested, may have been the Machiavellan play all along. I remember Dan Dickerson doing the sports updates on the Mitch/Stoney show. Quote
bobrob2004 Posted August 12, 2023 Posted August 12, 2023 I think they are making Saturdays the easiest day of the week, which is alright with me. ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 132 9/9: Rarity: 140 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Multiple players could fit in multiple slots. And I didn't use Nolan Ryan at all. Quote
Toddwert Posted August 12, 2023 Posted August 12, 2023 ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 132 9/9: Rarity: 158 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Quote
Dan Gilmore Posted August 12, 2023 Posted August 12, 2023 Glad to see things are back on track with IG posts after the detours. 😎 Quote
casimir Posted August 12, 2023 Posted August 12, 2023 On 8/10/2023 at 11:20 AM, chasfh said: https://6abc.com/michael-lorenzen-no-hitter-philadelphia-phillies-pitcher/13625546/ "It was incredible. Walking out for the seventh, eighth and ninth, man, these fans. I've never been part of an organization where fans are a part of the team," Lorenzen said. "And they gave me that boost that I needed. ... If you are feeling fatigued, you don't feel it at all in front of these fans." Ouch. What’s wrong with that? Did we think his no hitter would be comparable to anything he did as a Tiger? Quote
RandyMarsh Posted August 12, 2023 Posted August 12, 2023 ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 132 9/9: Rarity: 122 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Pretty easy today in terms of getting the answers but with the categories I think it made it harder to get a low rarity score. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted August 13, 2023 Posted August 13, 2023 ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 133 9/9: Rarity: 54 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Is a lower rarity score better or worse? Quote
Tiger337 Posted August 13, 2023 Posted August 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 133 9/9: Rarity: 54 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Is a lower rarity score better or worse? Lower is probably better. It means most people didn't think of the same players you selected. It also means that you're old. Quote
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