What a season for Skubal. 17-4. 185 innings, 2.48 era
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And to think, that there was talk of trading him at the deadline.
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If there was a collective rookie of the year award, it would be no contest -
Jung
Keith
Perez
Meadows
Sweeney
Just kids having fun!
Watching these kids has made it great to get back into baseballâŚmy favorite sport a loooooong time ago. This season has given me flashbacks of how I used to feel about the sport as a young boy.
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Break up the freakin Tigers! Iâm not even believing whatâs happening right now. Itâs really quite amazing. I have to admit, I could never have imagined this two months ago, but here we are⌠7 games over .500 in mid Sept.
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Remember you get the minor league games with that package so you can also watch Clark/McGonigle/Hamm and other youngsters.
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I married a Yankeeâs fan, her dad was one and she grew up one.
But when the Yankees got Youklis, former Red Sox, who she absaf#@kinlutely hated, she turned them off. We used to fight on the MLB package who watches what game, she hasnât watch a Yankees game since they signed him.
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I will say this with regards to the broadcast crew and Benetti.
I think the different partners for Benetti is far superior to having Monroe paired with him. Those two were the worst for going off on non baseball tangents. Benetti still does this a little too much for my liking but itâs much better now.
Iâve come to enjoy Petry in the booth along with Carlos and Gibson.
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I think the Olson starts will still be a type of bullpen day as they have to stretch him out a little more.
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Cheers, boarding plane to Columbia, Go Injuns!!
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Kinda figured thats how it would go.
TBH, Id rather see a bully day instead of Mize right now.
Day off today to BLT
Bully
Reese
Skubal
Day off then Vs TB 3 Sux 3
Montero
Bully
Reese
Skubal
Montero
Bully
I think is how it is set up.
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How did your wifeâs dad become a Yankees fan? Grew up in New York?
Funny you say that about Youklis and your wife dropping the Yankees as a result. I almost tuned out when the Yankees brought in Clemens then A-Rod later. Talk about the most hateable guys possible playing fur your team. It would be akin to the Lions bringing in Rodgers, that would be a hard guy to cheer for.
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Her Dad grew up in Easton PA where she was born, he was a Yankee fan instead of the Phillies. So they always had the Yankee games on when she grew up.
The amount of grief I took as a Tiger fan in the mid 90âs and the 43 win season was brutal.
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She had a deep DEEP hatrid of Youklis from his Boston days and never forgave the Yankees for signing him.
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In fairness⌠We love @NYLion59 great dude.
He may have been brainwashed a bit to become a Yankees fan. Itâs upsetting and Iâm willing to forgive him unless he talks shit in the playoffs⌠Then itâs on like Donkey Kong!!
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I donât know now that this New York Yankees thing has come to lightâŚBut youâre right, any smidgeon of shit talk during the playoffs and his own mama wonât be off limits.
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I could imagine haha, itâs been a rough couple of decades for Tigers fans. Did your wife convert to the Tigers after Youklisgate?
Interestingly enough, I rooted for the Tigers in the late 80s when I was barely out of diapers ('87 was amazing) because I liked the Lions due to Barry Sanders being my favorite player and I was a Pistons fan because of Isiah so I latched on to the next Detroit team (I wasnât a big hockey fan in my youth so didnât care for the Wings). So I went to a Yankees game in the late 80s, Mattingly signed a scrapbook of mine as I was starstruck and couldnât formulate words to merely thank him then I became a Donny Ballgame and Yankees fan for life. Good choice considering the massive success that followed their lack of success in the late 80s, early 90s.
In any event, the Tigers got me hooked now. What a story those young men are writing.
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No, she walked away from the game completely, didnât like the analytics that were becoming prevalent and other changes.
She did manage to convert 3 of our 4 kids to Yankee fans which she occasionally reminds me of. The 4th chose the Tigers, not because, he liked them but because they were dadâs team. It may have gotten him a few favors over the years.
Now, ironically all four of my kids have no interest in sports, any of them.
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So, small world, I live in Easton PA for part of the year. I see NJ (my home state) from my house. Mostly Phillies fans here, but maybe 1/3 Yankees and 1/10 Mets.
My grandfather was a staunch Yankee fan. He found it amusing that I developed into a Tigers fan. But he respected the Tigers alot and always said they gave the Yankees fits even when the Yankees were clearly better. The Tigers developed into his second favorite team because of me, and the Yanks were/are my second favorite team because of him. Passed in 1978, a couple days after I met my future wifeâŚsadly, they never met.
The Tigers have continued to give the Yankees fits, especially in (relatively) recent playoff series.
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