08/05/2022 7:10 EDT Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers

[Nerb]

Tork just went deep btw. 2-3 with a double and a homer so far in Iowa.

Edited August 6, 2022 by Nerb

[Tigermojo]

54 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Don't worry.  Chasfh guaranteed that we would love him.  Be patient.  😄

It's ok. We give people around here 7+ years to prove themselves.

[Tigerbomb13]

12 walks

[Tigerbomb13]

That’s the Joe I remember 

[Tigerbomb13]

The rebuild is over, guys!

[kdog]

Offense scores 3 runs early and does nothing afterwards. An overworked bullpen eventually will collapse.

[1776]

Are we anywhere close to where somebody gets fired?

[1776]

2 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

The rebuild is over, guys!

Been over. This is as good as it gets. 

[Toddwert]

1 minute ago, 1776 said:

Are we anywhere close to where somebody gets fired?

Oddly no

[Tigermojo]

5 minutes ago, kdog said:

Offense scores 3 runs early and does nothing afterwards. An overworked bullpen eventually will collapse.

The offense? You mean the kids making league minimum. The millionaires don't do anything.

[1984Echoes]

5 minutes ago, 1776 said:

Been over. This is as good as it gets. 

Premature ejaculation.

[Dtrain72]

Side note, soooo does Chris actually introduce Lou at tomorrows ceremony, whilst getting booed lustilly? I really hope so...at this point I'm all about the hillarity of the pathetic disconnect and lack of self awareness that that would further show.  This org is an effing sideshow at this point, may as well have Chris misfire his only two brain cells again and throw fuel on this already raging dumpster fire full of dirty daipers, all while he's not even aware of what's happening around him - "oh look AL, they're all saying LOUUUUUU!!".  I'm actually impressed by his smooth brained cluelesness...perhaps it was best he was born a billionaire; he probably couldnt even get a job making hot n readys otherwise.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

pthbthbthbthbthbthbthbthbt

[kdog]

 

[kdog]

 

[gehringer_2]

Joe was so thrilled about not being traded he forgot where home plate was.

[casimir]

12 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

PS: On that note: Did we have 4 starters or 5 starters in 1984 in a rotation?

Dave Rozema, Milt Wilcox, and sometimes Juan Berenguer?

Because I'm hoping we have a whole lot better pitching in our rotation than in 1984... so:

Mize, Manning, Skubal, Turnbull, Brieske, Rodriguez, Wentz (in the future of course... whoever survives the next coupla years...)

I glanced at the 84 pitching staff not that long ago.  It was a 4 1/2 man starting rotation.

Oh, heck, going off of memory sucks.  Let's take a stroll down memory lane....

 

14 pitchers used for the whole season.  That's it.  That's the list.

I don't think its possible to compare 1984 to 2022 or a projected 2025.  Its a different era, a different game.  Look at those IPs by pitcher.  The top 4 SPs and the top 2 RPs accounted for around 76% of the total team IP.  Morris, Petry, and Wilcox started over 100 games and averaged 6.5 IP per start.

But also look at those SO9 numbers.  5.6 as a pitching staff?  That doesn't play today when the MLB average is 8.5.

[casimir]

12 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

Jeimer! 1-0

Candelario might have been in the 3B mix for the 1984 Tigers.  Heck, Darrell Evans got some run over there, so 2022 Cabrera might have been in the mix, too.

[casimir]

10 hours ago, kdog said:

Offense scores 3 runs early and does nothing afterwards. An overworked bullpen eventually will collapse.

It will collapse.  I don't know that I feel right blaming them for what will likely occur.  They've done marvelous work in the first 4 months of the season when considering the health of the pitching staff.  An adequate offense should have this team around .500.

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Don't worry.  Chasfh guaranteed that we would love him.  Be patient.  😄

I did guarantee you would love watching him. Are you not entertained?

[Tiger337]

12 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I did guarantee you would love watching him. Are you not entertained?

Occasionally!

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Occasionally!

See? I was right. 😁

Edited August 6, 2022 by chasfh

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, 1776 said:

Are we anywhere close to where somebody gets fired?

October is kind of close.

[casimir]

Somehow the entertainment of Baez has killed off the mystique of Hinch.  I guess we can’t have too much of a good thing.

[Jim Cowan]

10 hours ago, casimir said:

Candelario might have been in the 3B mix for the 1984 Tigers.  Heck, Darrell Evans got some run over there, so 2022 Cabrera might have been in the mix, too.

That's a good point, 3B was the only unsettled position.  Sparky didn't like HoJo's glove, and Brookens didn't hit with the power that they wanted, and Marty Castillo couldn't hit at all.  So Jeimer if playing well might have been in the mix.

I wanted them to trade Herndon after 1984 and put HoJo in left.