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Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:51 am
by Rate This
Matt wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:34 am
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:58 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:51 pm
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:29 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:24 pm
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:22 pm
The Tigers must go 12-18 or better the rest of the way to avoid a 100 loss season. Good luck to them.
Yikes. Beats 43-119 at least.
It was a big disappointment. They need the following to compete next year: a new GM, a new hitting coach, new pitching coach, new conditioning coach, closer, a good DH bat, a new SS, a new 2B, two new starting pitchers, and a new commentator for radio. Other than that, they are great.
So tear down Comerica Park and move to the little league field up the street while they are at it?
No, Comerica is fine.
I still love the franchise, unlike Matt who hates America's game altogether.
Untrue, football is great!
Historically Football isn’t Americas game. Nice try.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 8:04 am
by Matt
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 8:21 am
by MWmetalhead
I'd honestly like to see the tigers relocate or become a minor league team.
The Tigers already are a minor league team!
They have the talent, sports science capabilities and attendance levels of one.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:08 pm
by MotorCityRadioFreak
Matt wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:34 am
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:58 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:51 pm
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:29 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:24 pm
MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:22 pm
The Tigers must go 12-18 or better the rest of the way to avoid a 100 loss season. Good luck to them.
Yikes. Beats 43-119 at least.
It was a big disappointment. They need the following to compete next year: a new GM, a new hitting coach, new pitching coach, new conditioning coach, closer, a good DH bat, a new SS, a new 2B, two new starting pitchers, and a new commentator for radio. Other than that, they are great.
So tear down Comerica Park and move to the little league field up the street while they are at it?
No, Comerica is fine.
I still love the franchise, unlike Matt who hates America's game altogether.
Untrue, football is great!
Baseball is America's game, not football. I love football, but it doesn't have the history of baseball.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:24 pm
by MWmetalhead
If this hire is true, consider me impressed!
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sport ... 428932002/
Edit - Tigers have confirmed the hire:
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/ ... 504664007/
(I should've known mullet man would have confirmation before McCosky the Grouch.)
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:43 pm
by Honeyman
Sounds like a great hire. If Ilitch is smart enough to let him make all the decisions and just sign the checks, the Tigers are headed back to contention.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:06 pm
by MWmetalhead
I wonder if he thought his job was in jeopardy? The Giants have had a very disappointing year, but they were great last season.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:37 am
by moldyoldie
Beware the young hotshot GM, whither goest Randy Smith?
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 2:28 pm
by MWmetalhead
I cannot help but think of Bob Quinn (Lions), but I am optimistic this situation will turn out differently.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:13 am
by Matt
moldyoldie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:37 am
Beware the young hotshot GM, whither goest Randy Smith?
You're just shitting on him because he's young? Not a good look...
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 12:15 am
by moldyoldie
Matt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:13 am
moldyoldie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:37 am
Beware the young hotshot GM, whither goest Randy Smith?
You're just shitting on him because he's young? Not a good look...
Not "shitting on him", merely wary. As a fervent fan I wish him great success. Randy Smith and the aforementioned Bob Quinn both seemingly had a narrow purview in their relationships with the rest of the league. That's not necessarily a bad thing as I've always been a proponent of a "homegrown" team and our young new President of Baseball Operations has explicitly stated in his remarks that an improvement in player development will be a top priority.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:46 am
by MotorCityRadioFreak
GM Jon Horst of the Bucks (fellow alum and fellow senior project pal of mine) won a championship last year at 38. Let the haters hate. In the words of Al Davis: Just win!
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:03 pm
by Bobbert
moldyoldie wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 12:15 am
Matt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:13 am
moldyoldie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:37 am
Beware the young hotshot GM, whither goest Randy Smith?
You're just shitting on him because he's young? Not a good look...
Not "shitting on him", merely wary. As a fervent fan I wish him great success. Randy Smith and the aforementioned Bob Quinn both seemingly had a narrow purview in their relationships with the rest of the league. That's not necessarily a bad thing as I've always been a proponent of a "homegrown" team and our young new President of Baseball Operations has explicitly stated in his remarks that an improvement in player development will be a top priority.
All good points. What might make him stand out from Smith and Quinn was the time he spent with Theo Epstein in Chicago. Harris seemed like he was a more integral part of the Cubs operation than Quinn in New England. And Smith didn't have Harris's resume when he was hired by the Tigers in the fall of 1995. I think Smith made a big impression because of his youth and some improvement in the San Diego Padres after he took over as GM.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:08 pm
by Bobbert
MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:06 pm
I wonder if he thought his job was in jeopardy? The Giants have had a very disappointing year, but they were great last season.
He might have sensed he was on a sinking ship. The Giants had one of those strangely unique years in 2021 when everything came together with a group of veteran players. This year they look like they have fallen back to what could reasonably be expected with their roster. And they're not getting any younger.
Re: Detroit Tigers 2022
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:15 am
by paul8539
What if the Tigers and Mud Hens traded places? Would it work out better?
