General Tiger Discussion

[Jim Cowan]

24 minutes ago, casimir said:

Yes, I hate west coast swings, too. Seems an extra drag to start the season out there.

I remember the days of long, long ago, trips to the west coast meant 3 straight series at California, Oakland, and Seattle.  Some combination of Texas, Kansas City, Minnesota, and Chicago made up the other trips to the west division foes.  And twice a season, too.

And you’ve heard of the Ernie faux pas of Bill Freehan beating his meat late one night in California, right?

Oh ye of little faith.  Didn't 35-5 start out on the coast?  That just my recollection without looking it up

[Tiger337]

48 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

It’s late and I fall asleep listening to the radio.

If something good happens, Dickerson will wake you up!  

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, Jim Cowan said:

Oh ye of little faith.  Didn't 35-5 start out on the coast?  That just my recollection without looking it up

It started in Minnesota.  It ended in Seattle.  

[Jim Cowan]

Just now, Tiger337 said:

It started in Minnesota.  It ended in Seattle.  

Oh OK.  They were the "swing" team in the East that year I think.

[casimir]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

It started in Minnesota.  It ended in Seattle.  

Swepted in Seattle.  I vividly remember an Ms fan jumping on the roof of the Tiger dugout with a broom and sweeping the Tigers right after the final out of the series.

Edited December 21, 2021 by casimir

[Tigeraholic1]

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

If something good happens, Dickerson will wake you up!  

My wife actually hates just that! Lol

[casimir]

6 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Oh ye of little faith.  Didn't 35-5 start out on the coast?  That just my recollection without looking it up

Yes, it was 38 straight games on the coast.  Nobody ever mentions that part of it.

[Tigeraholic1]

41 minutes ago, casimir said:

Yes, I hate west coast swings, too. Seems an extra drag to start the season out there.

I remember the days of long, long ago, trips to the west coast meant 3 straight series at California, Oakland, and Seattle.  Some combination of Texas, Kansas City, Minnesota, and Chicago made up the other trips to the west division foes.  And twice a season, too.

And you’ve heard of the Ernie faux pas of Bill Freehan beating his meat late one night in California, right?

I hate that’s it’s at the beginning of the season too. You want to get a feel for the team watching it early on. Is Baddoo getting squeezed or is his timing off. Is Miggys batting stance tweak in spring training allowing his bat get a jump on the fastball.

Edited December 21, 2021 by Tigeraholic1

[Jim Cowan]

Larish looks good at third base.  He moves well for a big man, has soft hands and a strong, accurate arm.

[Tiger337]

I remember there was a bitter debate about Larish in the minor league forum.  It was just the opposite of the usual minor league debates.  Typically, the minor league stat guys would say that all the minor leaguers sucked (which they did at that time) and all the minor league moms and dads would get furious.  In this case, the stat guys liked Larish and the scouting types said they were wrong.  I don't know what the moms and dads thought, but nobody else stuck up for Larish.  It turns out that Larish sucked too.    

Edited December 21, 2021 by Tiger337

[Fox Wismic]

1 hour ago, sabretooth said:

The results of the other individual players for the whole year, I believe, were closer to their expected/normal level than what they did from May 8th onward.

I think what they did for FIVE months supersedes what they did for one month.

[sabretooth]

7 minutes ago, Fox Wismic said:

I think what they did for FIVE months supersedes what they did for one month.

 I'm talking about their career norms

[Tiger337]

While the last five months were encouraging, you can't just throw out the first month.  That one month did happen and some of those players will still be on the team.  Players will go into slumps again next year.  You just hope they all don't have one at the same time.    

Edited December 21, 2021 by Tiger337

[oblong]

I thought Larish would be good.  I had nothing to go by other than he looked like a ball player was supposed to look at the time. Kind of lanky. 

[casimir]

Look at those numbers on the way up in the minors.  Those walk numbers, the OPS.  There was reason for optimism just perusing numerals.

[1776]

I received the book, Detroit Tigers 1984, yesterday. I didn’t even realize this book existed until I was searching for books to read related to the Tigers. Glad I found it-enjoyable read. 
 

[chasfh]

15 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

Oh ye of little faith.  Didn't 35-5 start out on the coast?  That just my recollection without looking it up

Maybe it all started on the coast, but it also definitely ended there by our getting swept in Seattle. 

[chasfh]

14 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I remember there was a bitter debate about Larish in the minor league forum.  It was just the opposite of the usual minor league debates.  Typically, the minor league stat guys would say that all the minor leaguers sucked (which they did at that time) and all the minor league moms and dads would get furious.  In this case, the stat guys liked Larish and the scouting types said they were wrong.  I don't know what the moms and dads thought, but nobody else stuck up for Larish.  It turns out that Larish sucked too.    

My memory of Jeff Larish is sitting in the first few rows of the south side ballpark when he lost the bat on a swing and it ended up the hands of the guy next to me. That’ll never happen again. 

[RatkoVarda]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/12/tigers-first-base-coach-kimera-bartee-passes-away.html

[mtutiger]

He was just made permanent 1B coach as well.... terrible.

[Tigerbomb13]

Very sad

[romad1]

No cause of death?  I’ve read a couple of the initial stories and not seen the cause yet.  

[sabretooth]

1 hour ago, RatkoVarda said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/12/tigers-first-base-coach-kimera-bartee-passes-away.html

Oh my.  Prayers for his family and friends!  What a terrible thing.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

On 12/21/2021 at 10:17 AM, romad1 said:

No cause of death?  I’ve read a couple of the initial stories and not seen the cause yet.  

it was a large brain tumor.

[romad1]

10 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

it was a large brain tumor.

Awful.  Man...that totally stinks.