*OPENING DAY 2024* 3/28/24 4:10PM EDT Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

[casimir]

10 hours ago, oblong said:

****.  Didn’t think of that. I live in Dearborn and finding halal hot dogs could be a good thing. Is that cheating?  It’ would be beef. Maybe it is cheating.  The hot dogs are the bad part.
 

I’m not sure 9 12 ounce cans of blue light or Miller High Life would do me in.  I have consumed that much beer at a game a few times back in the “good old days”.   It’s been probably 10 years. 

The wife bought hot dog buns.  She knows what’s up.  We always have some Johnsonville brats on hand in the freezer.  The grill is ready for use.  I found some Zywiec beer the other day whilst looking for Bell’s Oberon Eclipse (which is probably gone by now).  So, I think dinner for tonight is set.

I could cheat and cut the brats up into 9 pieces and portion out the 16oz cans into the little kid size cups that we still have around for some reason.  Maybe if I were watching the 10 minute condensed game recap on MLB it would suffice?

[chasfh]

18 minutes ago, casimir said:

It’s probably true.  If I get one, it’s usually before the game starts.  At a Hens game, I can watch the action while in line, so, nothing really lost there.

Crud, now that I think about it, I think the last Tiger game that I’ve been to was 2019.  That’s friggin’ whack.

Since they built the new outdoor concourse ringing the outside of the ballpark here, and my seats are literally last row right in front of the walkway to it, it's super easy to run to the bathroom, or run to get a beer, and get back before first pitch of the next half-inning. It's one of the few really good things the Cubs have done for that ballpark.

[chasfh]

13 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

Peter Gammons on the Tigers bandwagon 

 

I think it's pretty easy to tell the difference between who among the nationals have been paying attention to what the Tigers have been doing (Gammons, Joel Sherman), and who have not (Jim Bowden, MLB Network chuckleheads).

[oblong]

37 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Hey, maybe that's why there are no games starting before 3pm local in any market.

EDIT: D'oh! Tomorrow is Good Friday, not today!

but for me today is Friday... so i see the confusion.

[chasfh]

3 minutes ago, oblong said:

but for me today is Friday... so i see the confusion.

At my stage of life, every day is Friday. 😁

[The Ronz]

Go Tigers!

[Toddwert]

we  should at least win 2 out 3 against this team come on Tigers

[Motor City Sonics]

2 hours ago, SkyBlue said:

Just bootleg it, plenty of options.

Stop making people bootleg it.  It's a stupid business model.  Nobody else is doing this for a reason. 

[Motor City Sonics]

I could try the 9/9/9    and add 9 days in the hospital and a $99,000 bill. 

[SkyBlue]

Just now, Motor City Sonics said:

Stop making people bootleg it.  It's a stupid business model.  Nobody else is doing this for a reason. 

TBH, no one is making people bootleg MLB or the NFL or the MMA or the NBA

MLB.tv is $150 a year and includes Milb games.

Their subscriptions continue to increase as does the NFL's.

[Motor City Sonics]

Al Avila probably would have traded Colt Keith and Ty Madden for Wander Franco. 

[lordstanley]

Anyone else hear the news yesterday that Lou Whittaker had died. …and then immediate relief finding out it was just some old mountain climbing dude?

 

[Motor City Sonics]

1 minute ago, SkyBlue said:

TBH, no one is making people bootleg MLB or the NFL or the MMA or the NBA

MLB.tv is $150 a year and includes Milb games.

Their subscriptions continue to increase as does the NFL's.

Can I watch my local team on MLB TV?  

[Edman85]

3 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Hey Rob Manfred,  try to do something right.  END THE BLACKOUT RULES.    No other sports are doing this anymore.  

He's trying. 

[oblong]

The blackout rules, from my understanding, is the result of each team making deals with their local cable provider to broadcast games.  Bally's, or whoever it is, pays the team $XX Million a year and that agreement states that anybody in that market that wants to watch that team has to subscribe to Bally's.  Otherwise baseball fans could just get MLB.TV and cut Bally's out of the loop, not to mention that money goes to MLB and not the local team. Bally's and the others are paying so much money to the local team to ensure that is not allow that to happen.

 

[chasfh]

14 minutes ago, oblong said:

The blackout rules, from my understanding, is the result of each team making deals with their local cable provider to broadcast games.  Bally's, or whoever it is, pays the team $XX Million a year and that agreement states that anybody in that market that wants to watch that team has to subscribe to Bally's.  Otherwise baseball fans could just get MLB.TV and cut Bally's out of the loop, not to mention that money goes to MLB and not the local team. Bally's and the others are paying so much money to the local team to ensure that is not allow that to happen.

 

Right, Manfred couldn't just wave a magic wand and make blackouts go away, even if that's what he wanted to do.

[Tigermojo]

[casimir]

1 hour ago, Toddwert said:

we  should at least win 2 out 3 against this team come on Tigers

The White Sux are trash.  If the Tigers don’t win 4 out of 3, fire Avila.

[casimir]

6 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Anyone else smell a first pitch home run?

[casimir]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Since they built the new outdoor concourse ringing the outside of the ballpark here, and my seats are literally last row right in front of the walkway to it, it's super easy to run to the bathroom, or run to get a beer, and get back before first pitch of the next half-inning. It's one of the few really good things the Cubs have done for that ballpark.

I’m glad I was lucky enough to do the roof top thing before the views were blocked.  Even better, work paid for it.

[Motor City Sonics]

18 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Surprised Colt is playing vs. a Lefty.   I thought it would be Andy and 2b and Gio at 3rd.     What was their record when Andy started games last year?  Wasn't it really good? 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, SkyBlue said:

TBH, no one is making people bootleg MLB or the NFL or the MMA or the NBA

MLB.tv is $150 a year and includes Milb games.

Their subscriptions continue to increase as does the NFL's.

I live in NE Indiana and even if I pay for MLB.tv Tigers would be blacked out. Luckily I can get Bally Det on Directv stream

[Sports_Freak]

The Tigers have an early season schedule that isn't too difficult. They play their first 11 games against non-playoff teams. A good team would win at least 7 of them. No excuses for another bad start.

[Motor City Sonics]

Next Friday in Detroit

 

Accuweather  -  Mostly Sunny and 62

Weather Channel - Partly Cloudy and 55

Weather Underground - Partly Cloudy and 55

 

Pretty darn good for opening day in Detroit.  

 

[Motor City Sonics]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

The Tigers have an early season schedule that isn't too difficult. They play their first 11 games against non-playoff teams. A good team would win at least 7 of them. No excuses for another bad start.

That's the thing.  They can't repeat the last 3 years.   Even if they had a tough schedule   9-24, 9-23, 2-9.   Can't do that anymore.   Then I start to question whether Hinch is the right guy.     Can't be out of it by May 15th again.   Just can't.   Winning a bunch when there is nothing to play for is just empty calories.