04/02/2023 1:10pm EDT Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Rays

[casimir]

While they are showing pitching grips on the TV, I’ll be honest and admit to having a baseball in my office that (1) is soft enough to use as a stress ball and (2) I toy around with pitch grips during conference calls and whatnots.

[Motor City Sonics]

22 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

Lol, I do love watching the Earl Weaver screaming at ump highlights...guy was a real red ass.

Loved the clip when the one ump was mic'd up..................

[Hongbit]

4 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

I didn't realize Wentz had that kind of movement on the fastball. I mean sure he didn't quite get it in the zone but it sure looks good.

He got great conviction.

[Jim Cowan]

Springs is a wily portsider who gets strikeouts throwing 81.

[Dtrain72]

10+ Tiger K's in play today...hell, 3-4 from Harvy alone, so maybe 15+ Tiger K's

Edited April 2, 2023 by Dtrain72

[Tigerbomb13]

That Cabrera AB. Yikes. So he’s apparently the every day DH now?

[casimir]

Where are the April in the D adverts?  The Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings all play today.  BSD ain’t going to town with that?

[Tenacious D]

Just now, Tigerbomb13 said:

That Cabrera AB. Yikes. So he’s apparently the every day DH now?

In fairness, the first strike was really a ball.  However, he was fooled on the next two pitches.

[chasfh]

That was a very likable play by Javy Baez.

[Dtrain72]

2 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

That Cabrera AB. Yikes. So he’s apparently the every day DH now?

And he's the best DH option they got...

 

Edited April 2, 2023 by Dtrain72

[casimir]

1 minute ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

That Cabrera AB. Yikes. So he’s apparently the every day DH now?

LHP on the mound.  So, sure, why not start him today.

[Dtrain72]

Joey Wentz for opening day 2024 starter!

[chasfh]

How about Joey Wentz through two!

[casimir]

1 minute ago, Dtrain72 said:

Joey Wentz for opening day 2024 starter!

Kid looks good aside from the Franco walk.

[Jim Cowan]

Rays looking Tigeresque as Wentz does 2 innings on 19 pitches.

[mtutiger]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

How about Joey Wentz through two!

And to think he very nearly didn't make the Opening Rotation lol

[Sports_Freak]

Hey Craig, 5 k's for the Tigers. Still like their approach?

[Tigerbomb13]

This home plate ump sucks. Rogers takes strike three on a pitch out of the zone. 

Edited April 2, 2023 by Tigerbomb13

[casimir]

Good plate appearance by Rogers.  He just got dorked over on the resulting call.

[Hongbit]

I felt pretty good about that Springs over 5.5k bet.  I didn’t think he’d hit it in 2 2/3rd innings. 

[Tenacious D]

I can’t tell if Springs is really that good, but he has the Tigers hitting guessing.  Lots of swinging strikes out of the zone and called strikes down the middle.  Bad combo.

[chasfh]

3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

I can’t tell if Springs is really that good, but he has the Tigers hitting guessing.  Lots of swinging strikes out of the zone and called strikes down the middle.  Bad combo.

Springs is very good.

[Dtrain72]

11 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Hey Craig, 5 k's for the Tigers. Still like their approach?

He's never met a Tigers approach he didnt like.

[Sports_Freak]

Love the hitters approach. Make the pitches throw a lot of pitches. They end in strikeouts but big picture...he'll be out of the game by the 8th inning. 🤔

[casimir]

Wentz only 33 pitches after 3.