Tigers vs. Royals May 12, 2021 Game 36

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/detroit-tigers-stat-of-the-day-may-2021
Stat of the Day: Mize spinning to new heights.
Tigers official site

 

[Mitchrapp]

That's good stuff about Mize..

May 12: Tigers 4, Royals 2 -- Mize spinning to new heights
Casey Mize?s average spin rate of 2270 rpm Wednesday was his highest of the season, including an 87 rpm jump on his four-seam fastball, which produced seven of his 10 swings and misses. His average velocity of 90.8 mph was the third highest of his seven starts this year, partly due to his fastball usage. Among qualified American League pitchers, Mize ranks fourth in average pitch velocity at 90.6 mph and fifth in average horizontal break at 6.9 inches.

 

[turok]

As far as radio/TV announcers, I think that we are a bit spoiled b/c we had some good/great ones over the decades, especially on the radio and for us older Tigers fans, Tigers were not broadcasting every game until more recently. It was a treat to watch Tigers games on TV back then, with Ostermann, Kaline, and Kell. For Tigers fans who left Michigan it would depend upon when they had moved away. There was a short period during the UHF broadcast era when Tigers fans could watch more games via subscription to "ON" TV (WXON) beginning in the late 70s, but I know little about it and who were the announcers, b/c I never subscribed....and soon after the cable TV era began, in which I did (Comcast).

 

[biggunsbob]

I remember growing up with Ostermann kell, and Kaline. Loved listening to Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey. I do not remember the uhf Guys

 

[turok]

1979: "ON-TV" debuts on WXON TV 20 Detroit, available to subscribers only begins running evenings starting at 8:00 p.m. For a monthly subscription fee, a descrambler box was provided access to live sporting events, movies, and concerts. Piracy of ON-TV was prevalent with knock-off boxes being sold for much less than the $22.50 monthly subscription fee.


I now seem to remember that an ex-Tiger might have been one of their Tigers game announcers...maybe Jim Northrup as a CC, but not very sure of that.



Forgot to post the link: http://www.michiguide.com/tv-history/


Odd that it doesn't list "IT" TV, which began ~the same time and was similar to ON TV, but IIRC it only offered movies, including adult X (softcore) but not hardcore XXX titles.


In the 60s and 70s TV sets did not all come with a UHF receiver built-in, although some/many more may have by the 70s. So like over the air broadcast DTV now, if you still own an analog or cathode-ray tube TV set or sets, a set-top box had to be purchased.


Our first family color TV was purchased in the fall of 1967, which was a "Magnavox" floor model. The old B&W family TV was given to my long-widowed paternal grandmother, who had been offered by my father to buy her a color TV as well, but she refused. When she passed in '72, the TV was returned to us and placed in my bedroom. So I bought a UHF set-top receiver for it. Our Magnavox was a very good color TV for its time, and didn't require much futzing around with the color/tint knobs, to be rid of the typical green flesh color issue that was wont to happen when changing the channel dial on color TVs back then.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I remember ON TV as a teenager when my Dad came home with a guy who installed it for us. We got the descrambler box for free somehow. Just before that I remember at age 13-14 my Dad bought be a 14" TV for my bedroom I loved that TV. Watched a lot of stooges. I think it was RCA. I had it past college. Good times.