06/24/2023 7:15 pm EDT Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

  

Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

Watch:  National - FOX
Listen:  Tigers - 97.1 The Ticket, Twins - TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy

[Jim Cowan]

6 hours ago, casimir said:

  

Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

Watch:  National - FOX
Listen:  Tigers - 97.1 The Ticket, Twins - TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy

OK tell us more about that photo.

[gehringer_2]

21 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

OK tell us more about that photo.

Larry Doby comtemplating how glad he was not to be a catcher?

Edited June 24, 2023 by gehringer_2

[casimir]

2 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

OK tell us more about that photo.

It’s Ozzie Virgil.  His name popped into my head, I did a quick image search, and this one really stuck out to me.

I don’t put a whole lot of time or thought into game thread photos.  Obviously things like Opening Day and remembering estrepe are noteworthy.  I like to tie in the opponent at times, I think that’s been obvious with some of the players that have shown up that have played for both franchises.  I think you caught me on Dan Gladden last week.  But besides that, it’s generally whatever comes to mind.

[Jim Cowan]

Yeah I wondered about Ozzie Virgil.

[jz68]

If I'm being honest, I'll be paying more attention to the College World Series tonight.  It has been really entertaining so far and LSU vs Florida shouldn't let me down.  

[Sports_Freak]

2 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

Yeah I wondered about Ozzie Virgil.

TBH, I had no idea who it was.

[Sports_Freak]

3 hours ago, casimir said:

It’s Ozzie Virgil.  His name popped into my head, I did a quick image search, and this one really stuck out to me.

I don’t put a whole lot of time or thought into game thread photos.  Obviously things like Opening Day and remembering estrepe are noteworthy.  I like to tie in the opponent at times, I think that’s been obvious with some of the players that have shown up that have played for both franchises.  I think you caught me on Dan Gladden last week.  But besides that, it’s generally whatever comes to mind.

Well, thanks for doing them. Great place for us all to vent? 😆

Maton is batting 5th again today. He is SO due!

[Sports_Freak]

7 minutes ago, jz68 said:

If I'm being honest, I'll be paying more attention to the College World Series tonight.  It has been really entertaining so far and LSU vs Florida shouldn't let me down.  

I looked it up, it's a best of 3 series. Every single pitch has drama in such a short series.

[Sports_Freak]

We may be seeing the last start(s) of Olson and Wentz. Skubal and Manning coming back with Rodriguez soon following.

[Tiger337]

Ozzie Virgil was one of those guys who did nothing of value during his playing career, but I heard about him forever because he was a coach for 19 years. Because I heard his name as a coach and many anecdotes about his playing days, I thought he must have been a decent player, but accumulated negative WAR over a span of 14 years.  On top of that, his son Ozzie Jr played 11 seasons and actually was decent which confused things even more.

[jz68]

12 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I looked it up, it's a best of 3 series. Every single pitch has drama in such a short series.

This is really my first time paying attention to it, other the 2019 of course, and it's been a really good tournament.  So many one run games, late inning comebacks and a couple walk offs to boot.   

[SeattleMike]

11 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Ozzie Virgil was one of those guys who did nothing of value during his playing career, but I heard about him forever because he was a coach for 19 years. Because I heard his name as a coach and many anecdotes about his playing days, I thought he must have been a decent player, but accumulated negative WAR over a span of 14 years.  On top of that, his son Ozzie Jr played 11 seasons and actually was decent which confused things even more.

Another reason I'm sure you heard about Virgil, at least as a Tigers fan, is that he was the Tigers first Black player. I'm sure you know this. 

[jz68]

bloop bloop

[kdog]

The lead is good; Tork has struck out twice on 6 total pitches.

[gehringer_2]

Torkelson has gone from not aggressive enough to way too aggressive. Needs to find his balance point.

[Motor City Sonics]

Just turned the game on and for me the audio is way behind the video.     Is this happening to you? 

[Dtrain72]

Might be the first time this season the Tigers finally GOT some cheap runs on a bunch of bloopers...that usually only happens TO them.

[Dtrain72]

4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Torkelson has gone from not aggressive enough to way too aggressive. Needs to find his balance point.

I liked when he wasnt broken for about a week this season...that was nice, but he's back to finding his level.

[gehringer_2]

so I came in after it started - who's in the booth for Fox?

EDIT: Pierzynski? I thought he would sound more like a jerk.....

Edited June 25, 2023 by gehringer_2

[Tigermojo]

Pierzynski is the color guy

[Tiger337]

32 minutes ago, SeattleMike said:

Another reason I'm sure you heard about Virgil, at least as a Tigers fan, is that he was the Tigers first Black player. I'm sure you know this. 

Yeah, that was one of the anecdotes, although it didn't have much of an impact on me at the time he was coaching.  My interest in the history of Blacks in baseball is more recent.  I don't know if he identified himself as "Black", but he surely faced all the same prejudices at the time.  

Edited June 25, 2023 by Tiger337

[Tigermojo]

Olson's mowing them down 

[Adullin]

Both pitchers seem to be in a groove 

[gehringer_2]

Olson hit his wall. Strike % on the slider falls and he's in trouble. Kid needs to get more value out of his FB - throw it higher - spot it better, something.

and the Twins getting some of the luck the Tigers got earlier.