"We won't know until we find out." -- Joe Morgan
― Andy K, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
end of an era
#VoteYo @tigers 17m17 minutes agoThe #Tigers today have given RHP Joba Chamberlain his unconditional release.
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 10 July 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
More like end of an ERA!!!
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 10 July 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
ziinnngggggg
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 10 July 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
Verlander forgot how to win.
― Andy K, Saturday, 11 July 2015 03:35 (eight years ago) link
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― Andy K, Monday, 20 July 2015 12:08 (eight years ago) link
"There's too much talent in this clubhouse for this team not to play better," Verlander said. "Everybody needs to take a look in the mirror. And that starts with me. I can't call this a step forward for me. It was a disappointment. I've got to pitch better."
― Andy K, Monday, 20 July 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
missing torii's leadership obvs
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 July 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/why-the-tigers-shouldnt-sell-in-one-graph
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
@beckjasonJ.D. Martinez HR traveled 467 feet, according to Statcast.
OVER the roof of the CF camera well.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
At this point, I'd prefer to see the Tigers set themselves up for the future (and enrage entitled fans even more). I'd be a little surprised if Ilitch gave in, though.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 00:17 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKek-ZaXAAAS-cS.png
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
The ball landed a little higher than that, in the bushes, though.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/b55dee24512422b6102d0f6456a0cfa08607f101/c=199-0-3306-2336&r=x383&c=540x380/local/-/media/2015/07/13/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635723890024850371-Tig3.jpg
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:19 (eight years ago) link
"RAH-zhee": how Kirk Gibson pronounces Rajai
― Andy K, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK4pkc3UsAAAu4i.jpg
― Andy K, Monday, 27 July 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
So are we officially in 'the next Phillies' mode?
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 27 July 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
not until miggy stops raking
and being more than 15 months removed from scooping up j.d. martinez
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 July 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
4-6 since the break -- all games against other sub-.500 teams.
Hoping your home team loses is a strange feeling.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
price for urias straight up imo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 02:57 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLGgxSwUEAAYtvZ.jpg
― Andy K, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Shit -- anyone want Verlander? Sell high.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
back in it!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
@beckjasonFirst double-digit strikeout game with no walks for Justin Verlander since Sept. 24, 2010. 5th of his career.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
No, mookieproof, no.
Game scores: Verlander 80, Archer 78.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
"Rebooting"
*whew*
― Andy K, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/assets/images/9/6/4/139546964/cuts/Dombrowski480_b88j2y99_alznm6vz.jpg
― Andy K, Thursday, 30 July 2015 12:16 (eight years ago) link
@beckjasonNorris on relation to 2nd cousin Brad Ausmus: "It’s like my mom’s dad’s daughter’s husband or something like that? Second cousin’s dog?"
@beckjasonAusmus: "I just want outs, whether we're related or not."
― Andy K, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
@Lynn_HenningToledo muscleman Mike Hessman just hit a monstrous grand slam at Fifth Third Field. It makes him the all-time minor league HR hitter: 433.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
Waiting for the lengthy Mitch Albom profile with a subheading for every other paragraph.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link
dombrowski out
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
i guess winning four straight division titles doesn't have the cachet it used to
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
what have u domb for me lately?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
Cold business. Apart from a handful of bad contracts and only a couple bad trades, he was great here.
Looking forward to bombing a different team's seasonal threads with dombrowskipout jpgs.
@JeffPassanDave Dombrowski is out as Detroit president/GM. Stunning. Players heard the news about 15 minutes ago. Speculation he ends up in Toronto.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
I'll always wonder how Dombrowski would have spent the money used to get Prince. Seriously doubt anyone but Ilitch wanted that to happen.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
@Tom_Gageif DD was fired for performance, you'd think Avila would have been dumped, too-as Avila just said on FSD, "I've been involved in everything"
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Avila just said that Castellanos "is having a good year." Uh oh.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
Odd press conference. Avila was up there alone -- no Ilitch or Ilitch family.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
@pgammoThis has been the greatest decade in Tigers history, in wins, attendance, revenues. Thanks for the memories, Dave Dombrowski. Joke
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Gammons OTM
@Tom_Gage 25s25 seconds agoreally odd timing on the DD move - before a night game instead of Monday's day off - when Avila said he was told Saturday??? odder than odd
― Andy K, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
pretty wild that their greatest decade didn't involve any of their four titles
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
i guess i assume that the now-horrendous long-term deals that are burying the tigers were mostly ilitch's doing, and while of course you trade away prospects to bolster a contender, maybe not quite to this extent of depletion
also wouldn't be surprised if dombrowski was like fuck it, i don't want to do another rebuild
just guessing, i dunno. seems weird on its face, tho. and it's going to be strange with avila jr. going into free agency on a down year
they better bring up hessman next month imo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
while of course you trade away prospects to bolster a contender, maybe not quite to this extent of depletion
Did the Jays cross that line this year? Eleven pitchers in a week. Anyway, I know this is the Tigers thread.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 00:26 (eight years ago) link
Maybe!
Norris and Boyd's first starts as Tigers: 14.1 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 1 BB
Tiger fans: "Waaaaa, wake us when Avila's off the team, waaaaa..."
― Andy K, Thursday, 6 August 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link
Yikes.
https://twitter.com/blessyouboys/status/629828436849238017
https://twitter.com/blessyouboys/status/629829251290787840
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 August 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
@Lynn_HenningQuite candidly, the last two guys on this team you'd expect to squabble would be James McCann and Jose Iglesias. But 2015 hasn't made sense.
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 August 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
digging the spanish jerseys
― slothroprhymes, Saturday, 8 August 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link
new vp of player development: dave littlefield
rip
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
Promising:
"One thing I will bring different is expanded analytics," Avila said. "I will tell you that I feel that we have a ways to go to catch up with the industry. We have been making some strides, but we'll fast-forward a little bit and add to that department."You'll see a big difference there."
"You'll see a big difference there."
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/08/12/avila-bringing-new-look-tigers-front-office/31595203/
― Andy K, Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:03 (eight years ago) link