casimir Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers Watch: National - FOX Listen: Tigers - 97.1 The Ticket, Twins - TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy Quote
Jim Cowan Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 11:08 AM, 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 Expand OK tell us more about that photo. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) On 6/24/2023 at 5:10 PM, Jim Cowan said: OK tell us more about that photo. Expand Larry Doby comtemplating how glad he was not to be a catcher? Edited June 24, 2023 by gehringer_2 Quote
casimir Posted June 24, 2023 Author Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 5:10 PM, Jim Cowan said: OK tell us more about that photo. Expand 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. 2 Quote
jz68 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 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. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 8:17 PM, Jim Cowan said: Yeah I wondered about Ozzie Virgil. Expand TBH, I had no idea who it was. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 7:31 PM, 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. Expand Well, thanks for doing them. Great place for us all to vent? 😆 Maton is batting 5th again today. He is SO due! Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 11:04 PM, 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. Expand I looked it up, it's a best of 3 series. Every single pitch has drama in such a short series. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 We may be seeing the last start(s) of Olson and Wentz. Skubal and Manning coming back with Rodriguez soon following. Quote
Tiger337 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 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. 1 Quote
jz68 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 11:13 PM, Sports_Freak said: I looked it up, it's a best of 3 series. Every single pitch has drama in such a short series. Expand 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. Quote
SeattleMike Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 11:27 PM, 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. Expand 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. Quote
kdog Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 The lead is good; Tork has struck out twice on 6 total pitches. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 Torkelson has gone from not aggressive enough to way too aggressive. Needs to find his balance point. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 Just turned the game on and for me the audio is way behind the video. Is this happening to you? Quote
Dtrain72 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 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. Quote
Dtrain72 Posted June 24, 2023 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 11:51 PM, gehringer_2 said: Torkelson has gone from not aggressive enough to way too aggressive. Needs to find his balance point. Expand I liked when he wasnt broken for about a week this season...that was nice, but he's back to finding his level. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 25, 2023 Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) 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 Quote
Tiger337 Posted June 25, 2023 Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) On 6/24/2023 at 11:41 PM, 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. Expand 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 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 25, 2023 Posted June 25, 2023 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. Quote
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