Tigers vs. indians Game Thread August 5

[kingofdetroit57]

You're welcome,
Glad to find this one and post it, yeah I missed the whole game, but some things in life are more important than a game in August. You're fortunate both your parents were there to watch with you. I spent the day with my old mom, since she is now living in the nursing home permanently after all she went through the past 4 months.
Reading the great game thread from everyone today, and then all the webvideos makes this incredible win enjoyable.

You're 100% right about that.

We actually went to the airshow because they had the world's only flying B-29, "FiFi", there. My grandfather (my, and my dad's namesake) died when my dad was only 19, so I never met him, but I've been doing lots of research on family history and trying to find out as much as we can about him. He had a pretty crazy life. He ended up in an orphanage in NYC with his twin brother at a very young age. His twin brother died during the flu epidemic, and my grandpa essentially grew up alone there until he was able to leave on his own. He joined the Army Air Force at about 32, and was a blister gunner in WW2 on the B-17 and B-29. He was sent to Tinian at the very end of the war and was flying on a 6th Bomb Group B-29 out of the North Field during the nuclear bombing runs. We found a crew photo with only last names written on the back, and after lots of research I managed to track down a relative of his pilot and she said he had told her that they were one of the scout/escort planes for one of the nuclear bombing runs after he had returned from the war. We're working on researching this right now.

I didn't even know about the airshow until yesterday when I saw it on the news. I wanted to buy my dad a seat for a ride on the B-29, but they were already sold out. We did get to see it and touch it, and watched it fly. He was really geeked about that. It was neat to see him get that connection to his dad. It was a really good show, and a great day to spend with my parents.

 

[grandy]

I did not find the Granderson catch with the Indians call, but I did find this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzcL5sSeUyo&feature=related

 

[zonietigerfan]

True story: I was still pissed when my son called and asked if I knew how the game turned out: Yeah, said I, and I'm still puking up over it! Why? he said...the Tigers won! Get outta town! I mean, I tivoed the damn thing, with the time extension, plus the post game with time extension and I was left at 2 outs & Tigers trailing by 2 in the 10th. LOL Like Jim Bouton wrote in Ball Four: "You spend your life thinking you got the world by the ass & then you find out it was the other way around all along." How in the hell I got cheated out of seeing the Tigers win...check that: I saw it (major highlites) on mlb network but it just didn't seem the same. Oh well...we won. Life's good. Now, hope to see the Sux go into a tailspin...

 

[zonietigerfan]

You're 100% right about that.

We actually went to the airshow because they had the world's only flying B-29, "FiFi", there. My grandfather (my, and my dad's namesake) died when my dad was only 19, so I never met him, but I've been doing lots of research on family history and trying to find out as much as we can about him. He had a pretty crazy life. He ended up in an orphanage in NYC with his twin brother at a very young age. His twin brother died during the flu epidemic, and my grandpa essentially grew up alone there until he was able to leave on his own. He joined the Army Air Force at about 32, and was a blister gunner in WW2 on the B-17 and B-29. He was sent to Tinian at the very end of the war and was flying on a 6th Bomb Group B-29 out of the North Field during the nuclear bombing runs. We found a crew photo with only last names written on the back, and after lots of research I managed to track down a relative of his pilot and she said he had told her that they were one of the scout/escort planes for one of the nuclear bombing runs after he had returned from the war. We're working on researching this right now.



I didn't even know about the airshow until yesterday when I saw it on the news. I wanted to buy my dad a seat for a ride on the B-29, but they were already sold out. We did get to see it and touch it, and watched it fly. He was really geeked about that. It was neat to see him get that connection to his dad. It was a really good show, and a great day to spend with my parents.

Great story there kod. Like I told my class a few years back, when we had a guy who was in WWII, Korea and Vietnam: Listen close to him. When his generation is gone, that'll be it. No more. (side note: I'm a VN veteran) Some of the tater-heads figured out what I was talking about, but most will only understand after it's far too late. As a side note, I took a dna test last year for the Naval Dept, as my dad's cousin was an officer aboard the USS Oklahoma. Don't know where they found remains, but the Navy wanted to see if there was a match. No news so far, which I'm afraid is bad news. Oh well. Still, I'd like to think I did a little something to help. Still... As I've often said: It's not how he died, but how he lived, you know.

 

[Thumb]

is that the the tv announcers with rick manning,
do you remember a few years back when the Tigers were winning a game in cleveland, what was it 1 - 0, and an indians player hit what looked like a homerun that Curtis Granderson brought back from over the wall, .....manning screaming "it's a homerun,.....no it's not", when he saw grandy had the ball in his glove.

Didn't Ajax go over the wall to take a Walk off HR away from Choo and the Indians in a Verlander CG last season?

 

[jmakula87]

True story: I was still pissed when my son called and asked if I knew how the game turned out: Yeah, said I, and I'm still puking up over it! Why? he said...the Tigers won! Get outta town! I mean, I tivoed the damn thing, with the time extension, plus the post game with time extension and I was left at 2 outs & Tigers trailing by 2 in the 10th. LOL Like Jim Bouton wrote in Ball Four: "You spend your life thinking you got the world by the ass & then you find out it was the other way around all along." How in the hell I got cheated out of seeing the Tigers win...check that: I saw it (major highlites) on mlb network but it just didn't seem the same. Oh well...we won. Life's good. Now, hope to see the Sux go into a tailspin...

Lol, this is eerily similar to what took place today when I talked to my dad. (My dad being in your shoes)

 

[kalinecountry]

Here is the webvideo of Granderson's catch in that game off the bat of grady sizemore,
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=4478819&c_id=det

 

[kalinecountry]

Didn't Ajax go over the wall to take a Walk off HR away from Choo and the Indians in a Verlander CG last season?

here is one from Aug 12 last year vs. orioles and adam jones,
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17949413&c_id=det

the day before Aug. 11 last year JV pitching to hotdog santana;
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17921187&c_id=det

Aug. 6 last year vs. royals and gordon;
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17716179&c_id=det

Here is the one you asked about....JV pitching vs. choo June 14;
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15871293&c_id=det

 

[kalinecountry]

Great story about your granddad, kingofdetroit, and also from zonietigerfan, so true.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

here is one from Aug 12 last year vs. orioles and adam jones,
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17949413&c_id=det

the day before Aug. 11 last year JV pitching to hotdog santana;
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17921187&c_id=det

Aug. 6 last year vs. royals and gordon;
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17716179&c_id=det

Here is the one you asked about....JV pitching vs. choo June 14;
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15871293&c_id=det

All really good catches.

But nothing, NOTHING, compares to this one.....maybe the best I've ever seen considering the amount of ground covered and the situation;

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8615499

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Great story there kod. Like I told my class a few years back, when we had a guy who was in WWII, Korea and Vietnam: Listen close to him. When his generation is gone, that'll be it. No more. (side note: I'm a VN veteran) Some of the tater-heads figured out what I was talking about, but most will only understand after it's far too late. As a side note, I took a dna test last year for the Naval Dept, as my dad's cousin was an officer aboard the USS Oklahoma. Don't know where they found remains, but the Navy wanted to see if there was a match. No news so far, which I'm afraid is bad news. Oh well. Still, I'd like to think I did a little something to help. Still... As I've often said: It's not how he died, but how he lived, you know.

Thanks. I agree with you 100%. I know the government can move at a snail's pace sometimes, so it wouldn't surprise me to hear it took them several years to verify info.

I found out the other day that the father of one of the guys I work with was a Montford Point Marine who served in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. He's still alive down in N.C. and is in his late 80s. He was one of the ones who got the Congressional honor recently. That's a very rare breed right there, maybe even the only one left of his kind given that he continued on through Korea and Vietnam too. I can't even imagine the stories he must have. I definitely encourage people who have friends and family like this to get to know them and record their stories for future generations. I wish I would have gotten the chance to meet my grandfathers, but never did, so I'm stuck reliving things through the info I can track down online and what my dad can recall his dad mentioning.

BTW, today is the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (Nagasaki is on the 9th). I don't think most of us can truly wrap our heads around how major of an event in history that really was. My dad said he remebers his dad telling him that he watched the bombs being loaded onto the planes while he was there. They were used to major bombing runs, but I bet those guys had no idea the magnitude of destruction they were about to unleash with those atomic bombs. Pretty surreal to think about.

 

[byco42]

You're 100% right about that.

We actually went to the airshow because they had the world's only flying B-29, "FiFi", there. My grandfather (my, and my dad's namesake) died when my dad was only 19, so I never met him, but I've been doing lots of research on family history and trying to find out as much as we can about him. He had a pretty crazy life. He ended up in an orphanage in NYC with his twin brother at a very young age. His twin brother died during the flu epidemic, and my grandpa essentially grew up alone there until he was able to leave on his own. He joined the Army Air Force at about 32, and was a blister gunner in WW2 on the B-17 and B-29. He was sent to Tinian at the very end of the war and was flying on a 6th Bomb Group B-29 out of the North Field during the nuclear bombing runs. We found a crew photo with only last names written on the back, and after lots of research I managed to track down a relative of his pilot and she said he had told her that they were one of the scout/escort planes for one of the nuclear bombing runs after he had returned from the war. We're working on researching this right now.

I didn't even know about the airshow until yesterday when I saw it on the news. I wanted to buy my dad a seat for a ride on the B-29, but they were already sold out. We did get to see it and touch it, and watched it fly. He was really geeked about that. It was neat to see him get that connection to his dad. It was a really good show, and a great day to spend with my parents.

Jesus. I'm getting' chills here. My dad was on Tinian too. Very same time frame. 40th bomber group. He was a waist gunner on a B-29. Saipan before Tinian. He also was a waist gunner on the B-17 when in Burma. He's on the right in this image, obviously very confident that the ordinance is not going to detonate.

As long as we're showing shirtless family members. This is his grandson, my son, a marine no longer in the Corps. On his right shoulder is a tattoo of his "grandpap's" flight wings and his initials underneath, with the words "A Soldier's Pride" on top. My son was a 3/2, whose ancestors were the marines who helped capture Saipan and Tinian in 1944 and 1945 respectively.

And odd start to an already odd week.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

That's awesome, Byco!

Here's a pic of my grandpa's crew. He is front row, far left.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f4/file11/objects/5/a/6/7/b5a673f7-22c3-444c-8e14-c1b098d059be-0.jpg

 

[byco42]

That's awesome, Byco!

Here's a pic of my grandpa's crew. He is front row, far left.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f4/file11/objects/5/a/6/7/b5a673f7-22c3-444c-8e14-c1b098d059be-0.jpg

Looks like they were following the uniform code a little more closer to regs. Nice picture. I added an image in my original post that seemed appropriate.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Are those bomber wings on your arm?

 

[byco42]

Are those bomber wings on your arm?

That's not me; that's my son, and I edited my original post to explain.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Got it. Very cool!