8/31/24 6:10 AM Red Sox @ Tigers

[Sports_Freak]

Riley has really been struggling.

[IdahoBert]

I was 32 in 1984, so I was basically older than almost everybody on the team except for Evans and Wilcox. And although nobody’s ever accused me of being athletic, I’m not doing half bad compared to these guys. 

[Sports_Freak]

24 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I’m getting verklempt. 1984 was great for me. I was 32 years old and still with memories of 1968 and living in Tucson, Arizona. Six guys from Detroit - whom I had never met before they moved to Tucson -  became my closest circle of friends and we shared that entire season together.

As a kid, I was the only Tigers fan I knew. So being with a cluster of like-minded souls was a big deal. They were starry-eyed devotees just like me. Watching Jack’s no-hitter in the first week of the season on NBC’s game of the week made us all look at each other and wonder if this could be the year. And it was.

When I think back on it, there was only 16 years between championship seasons. At the time, it seemed like forever. I was 8 years old in '68 and watched them but I really didn't get it. In 84, I was 24 years old and lived and died daily, depending if they won or lost. But man, it's been 40 years!

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

McKinstry is en fuego

[IdahoBert]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

When I think back on it, there was only 16 years between championship seasons. At the time, it seemed like forever. I was 8 years old in '68 and watched them but I really didn't get it. In 84, I was 24 years old and lived and died daily, depending if they won or lost. But man, it's been 40 years!

Going over all the teams that have won World Series in the last 40 years it’s pretty embarrassing actually, but we just now scored two runs!

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

2-1! not sure who to give the credit to on that play except maybe the LF (edit: and Rafaela for the poor throw home).

Edited August 31, 2024 by Crazy Cat Gentleman

[Motor City Sonics]

 Why is Ryan Kreidler starting games?   Why is he even here? 

[Motor City Sonics]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

McKinstry is en fuego

He's battling Sweeney for a spot next year

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

2-1! not sure who to give the credit to on that play except maybe the LF (edit: and Rafaela for the poor throw home).

When a great "send the runner" by Cora. Aggressivness is exciting. And what poor defense by the Red Sox.

[IdahoBert]

Oh wow, have Tram and Lou in the booth. 
 

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

He's battling Sweeney for a spot next year

Sure, let's just forget the first 4 months of the season. 😁

Edited August 31, 2024 by Sports_Freak

[Sports_Freak]

I remember watching Tram hit that grand slam off of Dan Quensenbery (sp?) Nobody hit that guy and it was totally unexpected. I'm not sure if it was in 84 or not.

[VegasTiger]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

I remember watching Tram hit that grand slam off of Dan Quensenbery (sp?) Nobody hit that guy and it was totally unexpected. I'm not sure if it was in 84 or not.

I remember Quissenbury(sp?) saying how loud that homer was.

[Motor City Sonics]

2 minutes ago, VegasTiger said:

I remember Quissenbury(sp?) saying how loud that homer was.

Loudest home run I ever heard was one hit by JD Martinez. 

[gehringer_2]

12 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

He's battling Sweeney for a spot next year

Sweeney has hacked two in two days. He's got to clean it up or he's not competing for anything.

[IdahoBert]

Unload one Tork…

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

Unload one Tork…

Not that way. 

[gehringer_2]

Torkelson forgetting to swing the bat again. Stop playing for walks.

[gehringer_2]

Direct TV is so screwed up. I come into the game a few minutes late so I start watching the in-progress recording. I'm cutting out time on the commercials and I reach real time. Switch back to the 'live' steam and it's a fulll 60 seconds *behind* where I was watching the recording. How is that even possible?

[Sports_Freak]

12 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Sweeney has hacked two in two days. He's got to clean it up or he's not competing for anything.

They gave him a hit on that dropped fly ball. Home cooking official scoring, I guess?

[gehringer_2]

I suppose Navigato isn't on the 40.....

But they only have 39 now right?

[IdahoBert]

I haven’t been to Chipotle in a while, but I just saw an ad for it on the mlb.tv feed and the guacamole looked really great. And I had no idea that they employed attractive models at Chipotle so that’s another reason to go there.

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Direct TV is so screwed up. I come into the game a few minutes late so I start watching the in-progress recording. I'm cutting out time on the commercials and I reach real time. Switch back to the 'live' steam and it's a fulll 60 seconds *behind* where I was watching the recording. How is that even possible?

It's the same using the Bally app on my Roku. It's 2 pitches behind. At the end of a close game, I cheat and look at GameDay on the MLB app. 😁

[Sports_Freak]

Just now, IdahoBert said:

I haven’t been to Chipotle in a while, but I just saw an ad for it on the mlb.tv feed and the guacamole looked really great. And I had no idea that they employed attractive models at Chipotle so that’s another reason to go there.

They don't eat the food. 😅😅

[IdahoBert]

I just thought we needed a double play and it happened. I wish I had thought I needed $1 million. That’s not being too greedy. It doesn’t go quite as far as it used to.