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American League Division Series Game #3 (1-1) 10/9/24 3:08PM


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I gotta say…. I’m exhausted.  The kind where you are too tired to go to bed.  I had a physical this morning and got my flu shot and covid booster.  We got down there around 12:30 and just hung around and found some friends.  We parked a 20 minute walk away.  I drank plenty of water and had 2 lighter beers from about 1:30 to the end of the game, while filling up my water bottle numerous times.  The sun was behind us and my neck is burnt a little.  I’m glad tomorrow is a 6 PM game.  I need to recover and also don’t want to be out until 10 pm either. 

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What’s wrong with you people? You all want to beat “The Best?”

This is America for God’s sake: the land of mere appearances, where attitude and confidence reign supreme and where no greater substance nestling beneath is required.

Of course I’m joking, and it would be more emotionally satisfying to finish beating Cleveland, and then beat the Yankees, then the Dodgers. 

But great wars are often won for prosaic reasons other than great strategy or superior combat skills. Sometimes an army wins simply because they had more access to food or fuel, so it ends up being kind of lame. 

if we beat Cleveland and then the Royals and then the Padres people are only going to remember “World Series 2024” and how the Tigers outfought every team while lacking most of the resources that other teams have and that will be considered an astonishing outcome.

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I wonder how much time the staff spends mathing out pitch count/inning/matchup chaos inducing game plans. Other than Skubal, the rest haven't threw much more than their daily routine. I would think most would be available tomorrow.

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9 hours ago, holygoat said:

I can see pitching chaos becoming a bigger thing in future post-seasons, as the days off between each game is what makes it a really viable strategy for more teams. 

Yes, post-season is different because of all the days off.  You could already see the trend starting in prevous years, although not nearly to the extent the Tigers are doing it.  In the Tigers case, it's done out of necessity because they don't have enough starters.  In other cases, it might be teams taking advantage of having starters left without a traditional role due to the schedule.  

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Yeah I agree it started to get to that a little bit previously.  Starters had shorter leashes for sure.  JV came out of the bullpen in 2017 at one point, although that kind of thing has been common in must win games.  I mean if the Tigers were to get to a game 7 in the world series and for whatever reason Skubal didn't start that game or game 6.... he'd be your closer, right?

 

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