04/01/2023 4:10pm EDT Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Rays

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

I despise him at this point.  It's only a matter of time that he starts in on fans and media for "not being positive!!"...he's an insufferable, gaslighting, jackass.

I think Bally is serving us up the worst TV booth of my lifetime, which stretches back to when Ernie and Kell were working together. They tell me that before that Van Patrick was just as good, which I believe even though I never heard him do baseball  as Van the best I ever heard doing football  - which I did hear him do for the Lions for a long time.

[gehringer_2]

Carpenter now has enough O to balance his D!

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think Bally is serving us up the worst TV booth of my lifetime, which stretches back to when Ernie and Kell were working together. They tell me that before that Van Patrick was just as good, which I believe even though I never heard him do baseball  as Van the best I ever heard doing football  - which I did hear him do for the Lions for a long time.

I would want to hear more of Cameron Maybin and Jonesy before making that call, but seeing Shep rub up Monroe's head during Game 2 is embarrassing 

[chasfh]

Where did this Tyler Alexander come from!

[mtutiger]

Alexander has struck out 7...

[chasfh]

24 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I'm really disappointed in Monroe. I thought when they gave him his shot he might be decent - but it's like he's locked into a platitude phrase book - constant repetition of mostly poorly applied stock banalities. I can't listen to him. Scales on the other hand may have a ways to go but he's pretty natural and occasionally says something clever. There's potential for improvement.

Monroe been showing us what he is for years. Not sure why we'd expect something different.

I like Bobby Scales so far.

[Dtrain72]

8 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

I would want to hear more of Cameron Maybin and Jonesy before making that call, but seeing Shep rub up Monroe's head during Game 2 is embarrassing 

 

[gehringer_2]

K's have never been Tyler's shortcoming. It's what happens between the K's. 

[Dtrain72]

Just now, chasfh said:

Monroe been showing us what he is for years. Not sure why we'd expect something different.

I like Bobby Scales so far.

It's like taking a salt laden cheese grater to the already wounded fanbase nutsack

[chasfh]

Time for Garret Hill to get crushed ...

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Monroe been showing us what he is for years. Not sure why we'd expect something different.

I like Bobby Scales so far.

Another weird thing. A couple of times during the pre-season, I brought up gameday audio opposite  my Bally feed and the time adjustments were there on the gameday page. Today they were gone and the audio was quite a way behind the video. So I  set the video to record and that let me watch the video from the recording 30 sec or so behind needed to match the audio, which I couldn't adjust. I'm iritated they are making this difficult for me. If it comes down to listening to Shepherd and Monroe in order to watch a game, I simply won't watch.

Edited April 1, 2023 by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

29 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

I despise him at this point.  It's only a matter of time that he starts in on fans and media for "not being positive!!"...he's an insufferable, gaslighting, jackass.

It's not just Monroe's homerism which, yes, is bad. But even worse to me is his whole I'm-still-in-the-game schtick: referring to The Guys by their cutesy-poo clubhouse nicknames; acting as a cheerleader and an apologist for The Guys; leaning hard on jock-talk crutches; and, of course, his general lack of actual insight for which he's apparently relying on his memory of what it was like when he was a player on the inside, rather than studying up on the game as an informed outsider.

In other words, he comes off like a YouTube or TikTok amateur, not as a broadcast professional.

[Toddwert]

23 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think Bally is serving us up the worst TV booth of my lifetime, which stretches back to when Ernie and Kell were working together. They tell me that before that Van Patrick was just as good, which I believe even though I never heard him do baseball  as Van the best I ever heard doing football  - which I did hear him do for the Lions for a long time.

forced me to learn to connect my phone to my reciever so i can listen to Dan now 

[Toddwert]

12-2 in the 7th just brutal

[Tigerbomb13]

Kerry will not be winning any gold gloves any time soon. 

[Hongbit]

Forget the year suspension, having to manage this team is AJ’s real punishment for the Astros cheating scandal.  

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Kerry will not be winning any gold gloves any time soon. 

yeah - not a good look in the OF. He might be a gold glove DH though.

[Tigerbomb13]

At least Toledo looks much better. They are only losing 6-1

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Forget the year suspension, having to manage this team is AJ’s real punishment for the Astros cheating scandal.  

The Mets will come a callin' soon lol

[mtutiger]

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

yeah - not a good look in the OF. He might be a gold glove DH though.

Best offensive player so far can't play the field. And you have Miguel on your roster.

Great lol

[Toddwert]

3 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Best offensive player so far can't play the field. And you have Miguel on your roster.

Great lol

what are you talking about Miggy is the 2nd best offensive player 😛

Edited April 1, 2023 by Toddwert

[chasfh]

7 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

what are you talking about Miggy is the 2nd best offensive player 😛

This whole team is offensive so far.

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, chasfh said:

This whole team is offensive so far.

so far?

[Toddwert]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

so far?

just 8 years

[gehringer_2]

Miguel padding his counting stats. What else is there for him?

Edited April 1, 2023 by gehringer_2