09/26/2023 6:40 pm EDT Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

  

Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

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[1776]

The Miggie Farewell Tour is entering its last week. 🙏 It’s been a looong tour. 

 

[Tenacious D]

6 minutes ago, 1776 said:

The Miggie Farewell Tour is entering its last week. 🙏 It’s been a looong tour. 

 

Wonder what the Tigers are going to get him?  (Besides the $35M they are paying him this year)

[Tiger337]

18 minutes ago, 1776 said:

The Miggie Farewell Tour is entering its last week. 🙏 It’s been a looong tour. 

 

7 years.  

[1776]

12 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Wonder what the Tigers are going to get him?  (Besides the $35M they are paying him this year)

How about that damn hockey helmet and stick. 

[Tiger337]

Cabrera's first 9 years in Detroit:  .325/.405/.573  51 war

Cabrera's last 7 years in Detroit:  .261/.328/.379  0 war

[casimir]

Who broke the mirror?

[gehringer_2]

4 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

7 years.  

I have to admit, it's not as bad as I though it might be. He hasn't been very productive, but he hasn't been the catastrophe I feared he would -  other than April. Since May 1 he's manage a 680 OPS, which on this team meant he wasn't really playing at the expense of a better player, at least on the current roster. That not to say had he not been here maybe Malloy gets called up, but that's a slightly different argument.

Of course it still would have been far nicer to have a team good enough that carrying him all year would have been a more controversial decision!

I remember when US players 1st started going back and forth to Japan they faced some culture shock over the fact that there were issues of decorum in Japanese baseball that were more important to the Japanese than winning and losing, and American players who missed the message were likely not to be appreciated. 

Now the traditional cut throat American teams that often threw Hall of Famers overboard at the ends of their careers, have their own issues that transcend winning and losing but it's about money, contracts and marketing rather than decorum.

[Tenacious D]

9 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Cabrera's last 7 years in Detroit:  0 war

I like how peaceful he’s been the last 7 years.

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, Tenacious D said:

I like how peaceful he’s been the last 7 years.

I liked him a lot better when he was violent.  

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Wonder what the Tigers are going to get him?  (Besides the $35M they are paying him this year)

Another $8 million for buying out the option next year.

[RatkoVarda]

I assume Miggy will play in every game, at least as a pinch hitter. Does he play 1st on Sunday?

[oblong]

I don't think he'll play first but I suspect if he gets a base hit in any of his at bats he will be pulled for a PR.  Unless it's in the first inning as people will still be filing in and will miss it.

[Tigeraholic1]

4 minutes ago, oblong said:

I don't think he'll play first but I suspect if he gets a base hit in any of his at bats he will be pulled for a PR.  Unless it's in the first inning as people will still be filing in and will miss it.

Really? I would think 7-8th inning but you think even say 2nd-3rd inning they pull him?

[oblong]

7 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Really? I would think 7-8th inning but you think even say 2nd-3rd inning they pull him?

I think just to give him a chance for one final ovation as he runs off the field.  Who knows.

 

[casimir]

2 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

I assume Miggy will play in every game, at least as a pinch hitter. Does he play 1st on Sunday?

Even better.  He's going to do the 9 positions in 9 innings thing and bat left handed in one of his plate appearances.

[MIguy]

 

[lordstanley]

What do you think Grienke will be, a 3rd ballot Hall of Famer?

[Toddwert]

30 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

What do you think Grienke will be, a 3rd ballot Hall of Famer?

vet committee... hes too odd for the writers to vote him in 

[holygoat]

RIP Brooks Robinson

 

[SoCalTiger]

too bad Brooks won't be around this year when the Orioles win it all.

[Tigermojo]

Snooze fest offense.

[Motor City Sonics]

22 hours ago, casimir said:

Who broke the mirror?

a 13 month-old baby..............

[Tigermojo]

Runs!

[gehringer_2]

90 rbi for Tork. Extra credit for having done it on a team where nobody can get on base.