4/14/25 7:40PM Tigers @ Brewers

[gehringer_2]

....aaaaaand Johny Kane for the post game. He didn't lose that gig for very long.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

It’s Maeda Time!

appropriately rusty

[monkeytargets39]

Do you think Skubal gets pissed at the team not finishing the shutout in a fashion like that?

[Tigermojo]

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Just now, monkeytargets39 said:

Do you think Skubal gets pissed at the team not finishing the shutout in a fashion like that?

"the team"

[holygoat]

It would probably be asking way too much for Tork, Mize, Javy AND Maeda to all have bounce-back years.

[IdahoBert]

Just now, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

appropriately rusty

This is the first beer I ever drank. Out of a can exactly like this and probably in 1959. I was watching a baseball game with my dad and I was given a half of a little metal orange juice tumbler of Strohs. And it tasted really good. The funny thing is is that I’ve never been a drinker. So I was not corrupted by this.

[monkeytargets39]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

"the team"

You know what I mean lol

[gehringer_2]

and tomorrow we can roll out Flaherty. This is kinda fun - Not quite Verlander/Scherzer territory but maybe as good as anything since then.

[lordstanley]

Tigers with the best record in the AL, best run differential, 2nd most runs scored behind only the Yankees. 

[Sports_Freak]

Royals and Twins both lose. Tigers still control their own fate.

[IdahoBert]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

and tomorrow we can roll out Flaherty. This is kinda fun - Not quite Verlander/Scherzer territory but maybe as good as anything since then.

The one-two punch. 

[Tiger337]

6 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Do you think Skubal gets pissed at the team not finishing the shutout in a fashion like that?

Not likely.  They still won the game easily and his numbers were not affected.  

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

This is the first beer I ever drank. Out of a can exactly like this and probably in 1959. I was watching a baseball game with my dad and I was given a half of a little metal orange juice tumbler of Strohs. And it tasted really good. The funny thing is is that I’ve never been a drinker. So I was not corrupted by this.

In your sippy cup??

[holygoat]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Royals and Twins both lose. Tigers still control their own fate.

Twins still have their 9th inning, down 5-1 to the Mets.

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

This is the first beer I ever drank. Out of a can exactly like this and probably in 1959. I was watching a baseball game with my dad and I was given a half of a little metal orange juice tumbler of Strohs. And it tasted really good. The funny thing is is that I’ve never been a drinker. So I was not corrupted by this.

It was Goebel's long necks at our house. The VFW hall had 2 bars, one with a keg room and one that served from bottles and Goebel supplied both the kegs and the cases of long necks, so the members piggy backed their orders on the Post's. 

[Sports_Freak]

14 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Maeda goes when Cobb is activated.  That has to be the move

I don't know about that. They may want to limit Jobe's innings...and there's always injuries. And are we sure Cobb will be making it back?

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, holygoat said:

Twins still have their 9th inning, down 5-1 to the Mets.

Yeah, I count that as a for sure loss. It's the....Twins.

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Not likely.  They still won the game easily and his numbers were not affected.  

His ERA is suddenly below 3. He may be good again this season. 😅

[holygoat]

4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

It was Goebel's long necks at our house. The VFW hall had 2 bars, one with a keg room and one that served from bottles and Goebel supplied both the kegs and the cases of long necks, so the members piggy backed their orders on the Post's. 

Yeah, pretty sure my first beer was a Goebel. My Mom would pour me a small glass as payment for fetching her a beer. Unlike Bert, I was totally corrupted.

[IdahoBert]

11 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

In your sippy cup??

No it was more like this $109 eBay special only not tapered. The gold one. Maybe 4” tall.  It’s a treasured memory. I asked for more and mom said if I did I couldn’t go outside to play with beer on my breath. I had another. 

[holygoat]

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Yeah, I count that as a for sure loss. It's the....Twins.

Good call. Game is now final: 5-1 Mets.

[IdahoBert]

Those standings are a thing of beauty. It’s just amazing that after that disappointing three game skid we’ve gone 10–3. The only teams in baseball that have outscored us are the Yankees, the Cubs, AZ, and the Giants. And the Rays destroyed the Red Sox in Tampa tonight 16–1 and Bregman went 0–4. 

[papalawrence]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

and tomorrow we can roll out Flaherty. This is kinda fun - Not quite Verlander/Scherzer territory but maybe as good as anything since then.

McLain/Lolich/Wilson

Lolich/Coleman/Fryman

Morris/Petry/Wilcox

Morris/Petry/Alexander/Tanana

Verlander/Scherzer/Sanchez/Porcello/ Fister

Skubal/Flaherty/Olson/Jobe/Mize

I know I am forgetting several. Of these rotations I think the current squad has potential to equal any of them. But a lot can happen, so fingers crossed

 

[ben9753]

1 minute ago, papalawrence said:

McLain/Lolich/Wilson

Lolich/Coleman/Fryman

Morris/Petry/Wilcox

Morris/Petry/Alexander/Tanana

Verlander/Scherzer/Sanchez/Porcello/ Fister

Skubal/Flaherty/Olson/Jobe/Mize

I know I am forgetting several. Of these rotations I think the current squad has potential to equal any of them. But a lot can happen, so fingers crossed

 

Verlander/Scherzer is an all time 1-2 punch in baseball history,  not just in Tigers history. Doubtful we’ll see that again.