Game 110 Tigers vs. a's August 3, 2018 10:05 start

[tigermud]

13 innings of shut down offense in OAK way to go Avila.

How many shutouts now this year 12-13? I lost count

 

[kalinecountry]

13 innings of shut down offense in OAK way to go Avila.

How many shutouts now this year 12-13? I lost count

I think it's 14 times.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm not sure what anyone is expecting. Before the season the thoughts were 100+ losses was what everyone was saying. Why any surprise, esp.. with Miggy out, Vmart still playing every game.. We knew it'd be a tough year..

 

[tigermud]

I'm not sure what anyone is expecting. Before the season the thoughts were 100+ losses was what everyone was saying. Why any surprise, esp.. with Miggy out, Vmart still playing every game.. We knew it'd be a tough year..

expected or not it's still hard to watch. ...14 yuck

 

[kalinecountry]

I'm not sure what anyone is expecting. Before the season the thoughts were 100+ losses was what everyone was saying. Why any surprise, esp.. with Miggy out, Vmart still playing every game.. We knew it'd be a tough year..

I am just hoping they don't lose 100 games this year or any of the next 2/3 until the young pitchers they have come up; Mize, Manning, Faedo, Burrows, Funkhouser, Perez, and a few others they are sorting through to either start or become relievers.
They do need to start drafting better position players, who can grind out at bats, and not chase bad pitches, and play defense.

From mediocre teams in the 1950's to the 1961 season, then a few lean years until oh so close in 1967, to the magical 1968 year, and that group got old, again, they didn't draft and able to bring up good young talent, through the lean years after Kaline retired,
the 1970's until they had the great drafts with Trammell, Morris, Whitaker, Parrish, etc. into the next great 1984 team, a few close calls like 1987,
and then more lean years with no offense or pitching to thump and no pitching, to the terrible 2003 season, when I had friends at the post office tease me by holding the sports page upside down so the standings had the Tigers in first place,
to the 2006 and so close 2006 and 2012 two times getting to the World Series watching 2 future Hall Of Famers, now down to one who is injured and at his last few years of 1B and Dh'ing.
I've have seen it all. At my age, I hope I can see them get back, and as they say "Restore The Roar".

We can argue whether or not Avila got what he could in all the trades, or should have sold/traded sooner, or that he is a good or terrible GM, along with having a grand old man owner who didn't care how much it cost to put a great team on the field at the expense of the minor leagues,

and now his billionaire son who seems to be in a slash payroll and save a few millions from cutting into his billions. The front office and the people in charge of building the Tigers back up is what makes me grind my teeth and wish we had smarter front office people in charge of drafting, trading, etc.

I have a little faith they are heading slowly in the right direction from this last draft with the position players they drafted with higher ceilings with the inclusion of some advance sabermetrics ito the equation .

Only time will tell, which is what scares me as I going on 71 and feel like I am running out of time compared to the rest of you guys.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I am just hoping they don't lose 100 games this year or any of the next 2/3 until the young pitchers they have come up; Mize, Manning, Faedo, Burrows, Funkhouser, Perez, and a few others they are sorting through to either start or become relievers.
They do need to start drafting better position players, who can grind out at bats, and not chase bad pitches, and play defense.

From mediocre teams in the 1950's to the 1961 season, then a few lean years until oh so close in 1967, to the magical 1968 year, and that group got old, again, they didn't draft and able to bring up good young talent, through the lean years after Kaline retired,
the 1970's until they had the great drafts with Trammell, Morris, Whitaker, Parrish, etc. into the next great 1984 team, a few close calls like 1987,
and then more lean years with no offense or pitching to thump and no pitching, to the terrible 2003 season, when I had friends at the post office tease me by holding the sports page upside down so the standings had the Tigers in first place,
to the 2006 and so close 2006 and 2012 two times getting to the World Series watching 2 future Hall Of Famers, now down to one who is injured and at his last few years of 1B and Dh'ing.
I've have seen it all. At my age, I hope I can see them get back, and as they say "Restore The Roar".

We can argue whether or not Avila got what he could in all the trades, or should have sold/traded sooner, or that he is a good or terrible GM, along with having a grand old man owner who didn't care how much it cost to put a great team on the field at the expense of the minor leagues,

and now his billionaire son who seems to be in a slash payroll and save a few millions from cutting into his billions. The front office and the people in charge of building the Tigers back up is what makes me grind my teeth and wish we had smarter front office people in charge of drafting, trading, etc.

I have a little faith they are heading slowly in the right direction from this last draft with the position players they drafted with higher ceilings with the inclusion of some advance sabermetrics ito the equation .

Only time will tell, which is what scares me as I going on 71 and feel like I am running out of time compared to the rest of you guys.

Does it help if I say I feel like 71. Though today I feel more like 91.

I get ya. I just hope some of those young ml guys work out. But the farm system at least seems better than in past years.. At least I can say I was part of a WS. The younger kids (Late 30's-40 and younger) haven't seen one yet.. Or any memory of one.

Restore the roar in '24.