07/23/2023 12:05 pm EDT San Diego Padres vs Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

55 minutes ago, casimir said:

Hm,….. might need to get a listen to Uecker today.

Uecker discussing high A ball with his radio partner:

"I was high in A ball a couple of times."

[Dave Christian]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Hm,….. might need to get a listen to Uecker today.

I sure wish we could get the Tigers on the radio here in the U.P.

[Toddwert]

1 minute ago, Dave Christian said:

I sure wish we could get the Tigers on the radio here in the U.P.

Same thing here in Traverse City hardly any sports on local radio

[Dan Gilmore]

Juuusst a little outside

 

the radio range here in Oregon.

[Dave Christian]

2 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

Same thing here in Traverse City hardly any sports on local radio

I was thinking that maybe on the east end they can pick up a downstate station.

Maybe that's not even possible anymore.

[lordstanley]

Twins and Guardians both trailing by 3 in their final at-bat but both have tying run at the plate with no outs. In the Twins’ case, the hitter is …Willi Castro. 

[Dave Christian]

I'm thinking that Torkelson, Greene and Carpenter are a decent core to build around.

Vierling, McKinstry and Rogers are also decent pieces for now.

[lordstanley]

7 minutes ago, Dave Christian said:

I'm thinking that Torkelson, Greene and Carpenter are a decent core to build around.

Vierling, McKinstry and Rogers are also decent pieces for now.

Texted something similar to a friend earlier today:”Greene-Tork-Carp showing good results now. 3 decent bats that should get batter. Rogers ok as a catcher. Pitching coming together. But still leaves around 4 sub-par position players.”

I would probably include Vierling as decent. Really don’t know about McKinstry or Baddoo yet. 

Edited July 23, 2023 by lordstanley

[Dave Christian]

3 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Texted something similar to a friend earlier today:”Greene-Tork-Carp showing good results now. 3 decent bats that should get batter. Rogers ok as a catcher. Pitching coming together. But still leaves around 4 sub-par position players.”

I would probably include Vierling as decent. Really don’t know about McKinstry or Baddoo yet. 

I like Badoo but his defense and his arm, not to mention his bat, are a question mark for me.

[Tenacious D]

48 minutes ago, Dave Christian said:

I sure wish we could get the Tigers on the radio here in the U.P.

XM or MLB radio?  

[gehringer_2]

29 minutes ago, Dave Christian said:

I like Badoo but his defense and his arm, not to mention his bat, are a question mark for me.

Since Jun 1, Akil in a 5 for his last 51 freefall. He does have 7 BB in that stretch but even with that the OBP is only 215. That just doesn't cut it. Whatever he had going in May left the bldg with Elvis.

Edited July 23, 2023 by gehringer_2

[CaliforniaDreaming]

Subscribing to MLB for $3 a month during baseball season to get Dan Dickerson on the radio is worth it. 

[Tenacious D]

You can also get all local broadcasts on XM—more expensive, but you get much more.

[Toddwert]

8 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

You can also get all local broadcasts on XM—more expensive, but you get much more.

I actually have both XM and the MLB radio App but sometimes you want to flip on the radio while your messing around in the garage

[SoCalTiger]

6 hours ago, casimir said:

I wanted them to go after him, too.  I don’t recall hearing one way or another if the Tigers had offered.

No they didn’t. The Asian players prefer the west coast for travel and the time zone allows friends and family to watch live in the mornings Korean and Japanese time. 
 I think flight times from Seattle to Tokyo are only about 8 hours which is why there is a large Japanese population in Seattle  

Good for the Mariners in their pursuit of Ohtani  I think he spends part of his off season there as well  

 

[Jim Cowan]

3 hours ago, SoCalTiger said:

No they didn’t. The Asian players prefer the west coast for travel and the time zone allows friends and family to watch live in the mornings Korean and Japanese time. 
 I think flight times from Seattle to Tokyo are only about 8 hours which is why there is a large Japanese population in Seattle  

Good for the Mariners in their pursuit of Ohtani  I think he spends part of his off season there as well  

 

That's a very interesting observation.  Hideki Matsui signed with the Yankees but other than him I can't think of a marquee Japanese or Korean player who signed with a team that wasn't West Coast.

[SoCalTiger]

3 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

That's a very interesting observation.  Hideki Matsui signed with the Yankees but other than him I can't think of a marquee Japanese or Korean player who signed with a team that wasn't West Coast.

The Mets $$$ might break the trend with Ohtani but my bet is with Dodgers or Mariners with heavy lean LA since it will be excess of 550 million. 

[RandyMarsh]

Irabu, matsui and Tanaka signed with the Yankees,  Dice K and this past offseason Yoshida signed with the Red Sox, Fukudome and Seiya Suzuki with the Cubs, Darvish with the Rangers along with a bunch of lower hyped guys with other teams so it does happen but all things being equal I do agree that they'd prefer to stay on the west coast.

Edited July 24, 2023 by RandyMarsh

[casimir]

[casimir]

12 hours ago, CaliforniaDreaming said:

Subscribing to MLB for $3 a month during baseball season to get Dan Dickerson on the radio is worth it. 

This guy knows things.

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

You can also get all local broadcasts on XM—more expensive, but you get much more.

It always surprises me to remember that SiriusXM is the company and yet there are separately-branded Sirius radios and XM radios depending on the make or even model. Seems silly but I guess there are reasons.

Anyway, it might be different for car XM in that they give you all 30 broadcasts in a night, but car Sirius gives us only 15 a night, that is, only the home feed. The phone app gives us all 30 broadcasts, though.