8/18/24 7:10PM Yankees @ Tigers

[chasfh]

3 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Ohhh...anti-science...uh-huh, that figures..j/k...😅😅

Only the math figures. 😉

[RatkoVarda]

25 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Sounds like end of the road for Mckinstry Tuesday.

Tigers didn't need to make a corresponding move when reinstating Greene from the injured list because teams get a 27th player for special-event games, meaning everyone else on the roster — including fellow left-handed hitting position player Zach McKinstry — is safe from a corresponding move until Tuesday.

McKinstry does not have options so they need to DFA him I think. Doubt he gets claimed. No loss either way.

[Sports_Freak]

4 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Since this is being played in a college summer league ballpark I’m making the assumption that the drainage system may not what major league ballparks are able to offer and what MLB players are used to. I hope nobody on either team wrenches a knee or anything tonight. Of course, since so many of our guys are young their memories of lesser ballparks may be more vivid and their muscle memory for dealing with them more pronounced. 

And Riley coming back 1st game at DH is smart. Again...Hinch smartest guy in the country. 😅😅

[IdahoBert]

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

And Riley coming back 1st game at DH is smart. Again...Hinch smartest guy in the country. 😅😅

That was absolutely my first thought, that I didn’t want Riley in the outfield under inclement conditions on a subpar field. 

[casimir]

59 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Riley Greene is indeed back.
 

 

It would be a shame if the Yankees forfeited this game out of fear.  Understandable sure, but still shameful.

[Sports_Freak]

ESPN just had the E60 show about Armando's perfect game. They did a very good job and the kids in college who petitioned MLB made a very good case to get Armando credit for the perfect game. While they were turned down, they made an excellent argument about how MLB wouldn't be opening a can of worms, as they claim.

[Motor City Sonics]

Oh yeah, that's right they are not here.        Please wear REAL Tiger uniforms  PLEASE. 

[Motor City Sonics]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Riley Greene is indeed back.
 

 

This is basically next year's team with possibly a different Shortstop.  

1978 eh?   Does this mean the 2030 World Series is OURS ? 

Edited August 18, 2024 by Motor City Sonics

[RandyMarsh]

I think you open a can of worms by changing Galarraga's game due to an umpire mistake cause maybe there was a perfect game that was benefited by an umpire call? Should those be erased because the umpire screwed up in their favor? Or maybe there were other 1 hitters that were due to a bad call but never got the notoriety cause it wasn't the last out. How about 1 walk no hitters where the walk was due to a bad call? You just never know and you could potentially be opening up all those things if you were to change the ruling of that game cause of an umpire's mistake. 

Edited August 18, 2024 by RandyMarsh

[Tenacious D]

 

[IdahoBert]

As someone already said, Galarraga is more famous for how his perfect game was handled than if it had been called correctly. Honestly, the only perfect game I actually remember is Don Larson’s in the World Series — I think I was only four years old, so this is a manufactured memory — and that’s probably because he was a Yankee and everybody’s in awe of the pinstripes. Everybody and his mother knows Galarraga pitched perfect game.  And what’s more he handled the disappointment quite honorably.  

[tiger2022]

They could change the outcome of the 1985 WS because of one of the worst calls in mlb history.

[smr-nj]

7 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Me at the clinic an hour ago…. Well, I’m definitely not going anywhere today so I’ll be listening to this game on the radio. Tested positive. Relatively mild, only tired with a raw throat, but the whole family seems to have it. Pasta is the super spreader event. They’re giving me PAXLOVID™ so at least I won’t be communicative in 24 hours.

GO TIGERS! It would be ideal if there were some inside the park home runs tonight. It would seem appropriate.

Sorry, Bert.

Hope you feel better soon.

I am sure you’ll enjoy watching the game as much as I will here in Jersey. I just love that they’re playing this in the Little League World Series park.  It just makes it extra fun, and the kids seem so excited to meet these major league players.

Thankfully, the weather seems to now be cooperating.  (But I have severe t-storms & flash flood warnings every 10 minutes. 🤪😬.  I’m just going to hope I don’t lose power, so I can watch the game.)

 

[Tigeraholic1]

2 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

McKinstry does not have options so they need to DFA him I think. Doubt he gets claimed. No loss either way.

Yeah I know but I am glad he was able to make it to this game. My kids HS coach is Zach’s Dad. Glad he was able to share this day with him.

 

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

McKinstry does not have options so they need to DFA him I think. Doubt he gets claimed. No loss either way.

 If he accepts MiLB assignment and keeps playing he can probably get a ST invite from somebody and give it another shot. He's probably an above average AAA player and that's not a bad living. But he's almost 30 so he probably doesn't have long left before he has to join the real world anyway....

Edited August 18, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Motor City Sonics]

Prediction. 

 

Yankee Things Mentioned:  778

Tiger Things Mentioned: 12

[Sports_Freak]

Why does the girl singing the national anthem have aluminum foil on her glasses?

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:

I think you open a can of worms by changing Galarraga's game due to an umpire mistake cause maybe there was a perfect game that was benefited by an umpire call? Should those be erased because the umpire screwed up in their favor? Or maybe there were other 1 hitters that were due to a bad call but never got the notoriety cause it wasn't the last out. How about 1 walk no hitters where the walk was due to a bad call? You just never know and you could potentially be opening up all those things if you were to change the ruling of that game cause of an umpire's mistake. 

Well, like the students pointed out, there are no other calls where the players on both sides, the umpires and everybody involved said the play was made. The closest thing they could find was the George Brett pinetar game where he was called out and it WAS later overturned. Personally, I dont want it overturned. It's the most famous perfect game in baseball history.

[IdahoBert]

AtBat on my phone is not telling me what kind of pitch was thrown. Oh well. 

[Tigeraholic1]

1,2,3 inning for Skub, should have 2k’s though.

[RandyMarsh]

Seeing how LLWS players range from 10-12 years old, that means that a portion of these kids weren't alive the last time the Tigers won a playoff game.

[RandyMarsh]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

AtBat on my phone is not telling me what kind of pitch was thrown. Oh well. 

No K zone or radar gun on the ESPN telecast so perhaps they didn't bring the tech to Williamsport. 

[Tigeraholic1]

Anybody hear the Jared Goff chant? Lol

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, RandyMarsh said:

No K zone or radar gun on the ESPN telecast so perhaps they didn't bring the tech to Williamsport. 

Dan said on the radio broadcast that they weren’t getting any of that data either so it may be something this venue can’t provide or some genuine glitch. 

[gehringer_2]

Pet Peeve with Dickerson. He talks about pitch count way more than is needed, especially this early in the game. Once you note it, you don't have to harp on it. He gets to be a broken record.