Game 155 Tigers vs. white sox September 22, 2019

[Mitchrapp]

I had to re look at the thread title wasn't sure if I was in the baseball area or the football area.

 

[kalinecountry]

Matt Boyd allows the 242nd homer by a Tigers pitcher this season, breaking the franchise record set in 1996.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Jeez that's a lot.

 

[kalinecountry]

Hoping so also! Hey wow tigers and lions win today. Wooo whoo

Tigers and Lions have won regular-season games on same day for first time since Sept. 28, 2014.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/09/22/whats-the-real-scoop/
WHAT?S THE REAL SCOOP?
Totally Tigers

Another must read.

We are amongst the wreckage of the rebuild ? or in the dog days of the salary dump ? depending upon your point of view.

And for an increasing number of fans, the resentment towards the decisions the Tigers have made over the past 5 years or so has been building. You see it in the stands and you are also reading an increasing amount in the social media threads attached to the print (online) media and the many blogs that address the Detroit Tigers.

The comments we are seeing are both supportive and (mostly) critical of the moves made by the team. And a lot of them keep replaying in the threads, especially when it involves a former Tiger who is thriving with another team.

The sheer repetition of some of these fans? beliefs have created urban myth legend. It happens everywhere, even in baseball.

But what is true and what isn?t? If you read the local Detroit papers, you won?t get any information. The Tigers may be the worst team in baseball, but their PR people are still #1 when it comes to keeping controversial news out of the papers.

It helps if you live outside the region. There?s more choice, more information and less bias. And those who report what the Tigers don?t want you to know can?t be punished by the home team and denied clubhouse access. If you watch MLB TV or listen to MLB Radio, information about what really went down is shared regularly. And many of those who work in the industry also write regular blogs where even more intelligence is shared.

It?s interesting to read what many fans believe to be true ? whether correct or not. And there are a number of beliefs that are discussed more than others.

Which brings us to these particular ?urban myths.? Let?s highlight what may be the Top 10 along with what appears to be the real truth as reported by either the individual in question or information gathered by accredited and established media.

 

[turok]

Just gossip column stuff, but what does matter is the Tigers brass continued attempts to snow their team's fanbase into believing that their rebuilding has been an ongoing and rousing success, and a return to competitiveness is just around the corner. As Rebbiv indicated in a recent gameday thread, the ballclub is a few years away from fielding even average or mediocre teams, and a decade or more from contenders.

 

[tomdalton22]

Just gossip column stuff, but what does matter is the Tigers brass continued attempts to snow their team's fanbase into believing that their rebuilding has been an ongoing and rousing success, and a return to competitiveness is just around the corner.

it's what marketing departments do...they lie or stretch the truth to potential customers.

Hell, AA might be dumb enough to believe they are going to be competitive in 2 years. :lmao:

 

[turok]

it's what marketing departments do...they lie or stretch the truth to potential customers.

Thing is, that the Tigers have no direct competitors within their region, unlike many other areas of the country where there are 2 or more ballclubs to choose from. Plus they are selling entertainment in the form of products (souvenirs and memorabilia) and services (season tix often used by businesses for their best customers and prized/prospective business clients).

So by being deceptive and dishonest about the current quality and future value of the entertainment that they have and will provide, they are not only ripping off many longtime fans of their teams, but also are still selling it @ a premium, despite its piss-poor value. Not to mention the embarrassing and humiliating shade that they throw on the metro-area that they represent, by fielding teams being not only very bad, but sports-historically terrible.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-ever-before-heres-ugly-breakdown/2422433001/
The Tigers have allowed more home runs than ever before. Here's the ugly breakdown.
Detnews

 

[tomdalton22]

Thing is, that the Tigers have no direct competitors within their region, unlike many other areas of the country where there are 2 or more ballclubs to choose from. Plus they are selling entertainment in the form of products (souvenirs and memorabilia) and services (season tix often used by businesses for their best customers and prized/prospective business clients).

So by being deceptive and dishonest about the current quality and future value of the entertainment that they have and will provide, they are not only ripping off many longtime fans of their teams, but also are still selling it @ a premium, despite its piss-poor value. Not to mention the embarrassing and humiliating shade that they throw on the metro-area that they represent, by fielding teams being not only very bad, but sports-historically terrible.

they aren't ripping anyone off...the consumer always has a choice.

 

[Mitchrapp]

This team is bad and yet I miss not watching them on a day off.

 

[tomdalton22]

This team is bad and yet I miss not watching them on a day off.

I haven't watched a full game since May. In the past 2 months I have MAYBE watched a total of 9 innings.