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In what has to be irony, the 2018 Tigers AAAA squad hit 4 home runs off of Justin Verlander today."I went over the facts in my head, and admired how much uglier the situation had just become. Over the years I've learned that ignorance is more than just bliss. It's freaking orgasmic ecstasy".- Harry Dresden, Blood Rites
Western Michigan Bronco Hockey- 2012 Mason Cup Champions
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
41-57 at the break. Not good at all, but better than I thought they'd be.
I'd do mid-season grades like I normally do, but I think at this point I'll pass, as it would be too **** depressing. Castellanos, Jimenez and Gardenhire would get A's, but not a whole lot else would be honor roll level, and too many guys would have to be held back a grade or two.FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: 2012 FROZEN FOUR
God, that was fun...
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Originally posted by bronconick View PostIn what has to be irony, the 2018 Tigers AAAA squad hit 4 home runs off of Justin Verlander today.Go Green! Go White! Go State!
1966, 1986, 2007
Go Tigers, Go Packers, Go Red Wings, Go Pistons
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
And look who hit the bombs off of him: Hicks (makes sense), Candelario (makes sense), Goodrum (okaaaaayyyy).....and Adduci (huh?).FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: 2012 FROZEN FOUR
God, that was fun...
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Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View PostSomehow a 1-0 game took three and a half hours.CCT '77 & '78
4 kids
5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)
”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).
I want to live forever. So far, so good.
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Originally posted by Hammer View PostCCT '77 & '78
4 kids
5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)
”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).
I want to live forever. So far, so good.
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View PostSomehow a 1-0 game took three and a half hours.
■ Red Sox vice president of pitching analysis Brian Bannister inadvertently explained what is killing baseball when he told the Globe’s Alex Speier, “Essentially, baseball has become a game full of data scientists. We’re finding ways to get better at what we do, and to provide the players with better information and better recommendations on everything we do on a daily basis . . . The biggest change in the game is the mind-set of ‘Get a hitter out in three pitches or less.’ Efficiency was the most prized thing in baseball. Now the whole art of pitching is the science of the swing and miss . . . When we control all the variables with a ball not being put into play, as opposed to a ball being put into play and all the chaos that causes, it’s worth our time.’’
Swell. Unfortunately for viewers, the “chaos” Bannister abhors is actually what made the game entertaining in the first place. Remember great defensive plays and triples in the gap? Bannister’s smart and winning philosophy is a classic explanation of how analytics is sucking the life out of the national pastime.
Case in point: Friday night’s 1-0 Sox win over the Tigers. It took 3 hours and 31 minutes to play a 1-0 game! Thanks to the stellar/winning philosophy of keeping the ball out of play we got 10 pitchers and 317 pitches in a game with one run and one extra-base hit. Sox reliever Matt Barnes needed 23 pitches for a shutout eighth and Craig Kimbrel threw 23 for his shutout ninth. It is unwatchable. Nothing happens.A bad cause requires many words.
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