BYOBYB: Off-Day Open Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 16, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
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PrintHey folks, how's it going? You enjoying your baseball season so far? All righty then.
With the first scheduled off-day of the 2009 season, and some nice spring weather today in Michigan, I figured we'd bring out the hammocks, towels, and lawn chairs for our first BYOBYB open thread. And unlike last year's initial offering, maybe this one won't feel quite like a therapy session or support group meeting.
Of course, we can talk Tigers. That's why we're here, right? Is the team exceeding or falling short of your expectations so far? Or are they about where you thought they'd be? Who's surprising you? Who's been a disappointment? What excites you? What irritates you? This thread is yours.
And feel free to veer off-topic, as well. What's a good movie you've seen recently? (I have my eye on Adventureland.) What's your favorite summer fruit? How warm does it have to be before you break out the shorts? Etc., etc.
Just be nice to each other. That's really all we ask.
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Adventureland
I liked it, but my wife hated the star actor: “No way either of those girls would be remotely interested in him, because he’s annoying.” Great soundtrack.
Greg Mottola also directed Superbad, which is one of my favorite movies of the last few years. Maybe I can convince my wife to see Adventureland this weekend, because it does look pretty funny.
Also wanted to see I Love You, Man.
This stable of actors that Judd Apatow and his crew have put together is hilarious. All of the movies feel pretty different so far, too.
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 16, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I love you man
Is great. Lots of good jokes. No real plot though, so if you are going in looking for that, you may be let down.
Just saw ‘I Love You, Man’ last weekend, and thought it was hilarious. Even with the Rush music.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 16, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Genuinely one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.
The Lou Ferigno stuff is worth the price of admission alone.
Who is everyone's favorite player on other teams?
I’m a big Carl Crawford fan because he played on a crappy team that went and got good. Plus, the dude can fly.
Pitchers
I tend to like strikeout pitchers. Maybe it’s because of fantasy baseball.
Tim Lincecum is awesome. I have a fondness for Zack Greinke of the Royals too. Max Scherzer is Arizona’s Joel Zumaya, he can strike out any one, but is never healthy.
by explosivo2k2 on Apr 16, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I like to watch Gregg Maddox pitch just cause he’s so good. I still love Ken Griffey, jr and last but not least, Jack Wilson. He’s got so much heart!
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
Big Zack Greinke fan here!
Love that guy…his curveball is wicked and he has great location…KC’s closer Soria is also a stud.
I'd rather be watching baseball.
by Sisquatch Kids on Apr 16, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Tim Lincecum is always fun to watch. Well, was always fun to watch.
Eric Chavez plays great defense at third and we have a name in common… his name, my nickname!
I just like good glovework in general, really.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 16, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it a coincidence that Lincecum has stunk since dissing Wang Chung?
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 16, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I also love Ichiro ever since he came to the states. I love players that know how to use their speed like Ichiro and are in the lineup every day.
by eat 'em up tigers on Apr 16, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Not counting former Tigers...
Tim Wakefield. The look on his face when he’s pitching is great. It’s not a stroke face like Kenny. More like, “Please let this work again, c’mon, please…” Once received a standing O for hitting 80 on the radar gun. Not counting RA Dickey, who’s not really a true k-baller, he’s the only one of his kind with a MLB job, so it’s like rooting for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Adam Dunn. Prank-called the Reds announcers during a rain delay. Held a joke press conference re: the loss of the massage chair in the clubhouse. Hits (precisely) 40 redonkulous tape-measure home runs a year.
And yes, I count John Smoltz as a former Tiger, even if he never wore the D.
I don't want to hear any weak sh*t from Jason Grilli.
by cherub_daemon on Apr 16, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to love
Mark DeRosa when he was on the Cubs but it’s pretty hard to root for him on the Indians. For pitchers I think my favorite non Tiger would be Roy Halladay and for star player I do still like Griffey.
by tigerfaninChicago on Apr 16, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Another one of my favorite pictures!
Edwin Jackson! That picture was taken, I believe, just a few weeks ago and you can just see all the personality in Edwin’s expression. Plus, he was the first to go to Lyon after that terrible loss in Toronto to comfort him and provide support! What a guy, what a teammate!
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
Favorite players on other teams
I agree with Yakattack that David Wright can do it all. Ian Kinsler is going to be a force in this league for years to come. 6-6 last night with a cycle!
I live in Austin Texas and I have to say that there are not many Tiger fans here, im probably the only one, either way I represent the boys well here in Texas!
Other team faves
I’m really diggin’ Ryan Theriot off the Cubs. But that may be because my favorite Tiger of all time is a coach there…
Ichiro is starting to slow down,
but is still a lot of fun to watch. Good to see a guy not dependent on power can really affect a game. It will be fun to watch Ichiro and Griffey this weekend, though I don’t want to see them do well for these three games.
Movies?
OK, this is my last comment and I’m off to walk my best friend Allie (Australian Shepherd).
I haven’t been to a move in over 5 years, but I’ve been an avid movie watcher my whole life. Love the old movies and some of the new ones. Want to see Gran Torino, is that on PPV yet? Still haven’t seen Sex and the City move and I was addicted to the show. Loved 300.
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
Production
I’m kind of thrilled with the production of our not-so-big guns so far. Lots of nice contributions from these guys. That makes for a good team. (along with the ability to come back from deficits to win games).
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I tried to post something on the game thread from Tuesday, but it never showed up, so I’ll recreate the point here:
Our lineup, 1-5 is one that any team would love to have, from Granderson-Polanco-Maggs-Miggy-Guillen we have a fantastic offensive force. On paper, the production drops off thereafter, but as VivaTigres points out above, those not-so-big-guns have totally showed up in the early going.
Granted, it’s only 9 games, only 1/18th of the season, only 5.5% of the way into the grind, but I’m glad that the Tigers haven’t been shut out yet.
I’m loving the early season efforts of both Rick Perry and Fernando Rodney. The kid might be a bit wild, but so far unhittable, literally. Rodney, hey, I’ll take the two in a row 1-2-3 saves, and pray that his health holds up.
56/9 = 6.22 runs a game, a nice healthy clip, and though I don’t expect it to continue, it’s a good start. May the 6.2-4.7 runs scored/runs allowed disparity in the first week and a half continue throughout the season.
Boo to no day game today…you mean I actually have to work to get through the afternoon?
I’m not sure what I expected through the first couple of weeks…I’ll take a winning record and a share of the div lead at this point. If this Tigers team really gets going, they have a signature game to point to already, that last win against the Rangers, where Kevin Millwood shut ‘em down for 7 strong innings, but was made to battle enough to have Ron Washington bring in the bullpens for the eight, where the Tigers pounced for 6 big runs. Inge’s HR avoided the shutout, and by the time I managed to post about being relieved about that, the Tigers had another run on the board, and when it was all over, Inge knocked in the winning runs, and Rodney took care of business. That was an awesome game to be following along, and just showed that this Tigers squad isn’t to be counted out at any time.
RE: The shorts question
I have already worn shorts about 5 times this year. The pasty, pale, blinding whiteness of my calves is usually good for a 1-2 stroke advantage on the golf course.
oh, here's a good topic (I hope!)
What non-Tiger baseball cards did you collect as a kid, and why (if you had a reason).
I collected some hoping they’d be worth something (Ken Griffey Jr) but a couple of other guys from other teams, too. Off the top of my head:
Will Clark — I’m still not sure why but he seemed cool to me when I was a kid
Barry Bonds — I had so many cards from his Pittsburgh days. I’m not sure why. I think I found their hideous logo and uniforms cool for some odd reason.
Bobby Bonilla — ditto the above!
Nolan Ryan — The Ryan Express!
Rickey Henderson — he was just cool, who wouldn’t have wanted to be Rickey in the late 80s?
Carlton Fisk — he was a wee bit before my time but I had dozens and dozens
And finally:
Frank Thomas — I took to him real quick and briefly flirted with rooting for the White Sox. I had a rookie card autographed, a limited edition card for donating to his charity, and every other card I could get my hands on. Still root for the Big Hurt too!
So it isn't baseball
But I had 120 Charles Barkley cards. I loved the way he played and the fact he was only 6’8" and shrinking.
Baseball, really the only card I remember was a Matt Williams/Ken Griffey card back to back to celebrate the fact that they were the home run champs for their respective leagues. I still have them all though, so I guess I should go look them up, see if I can cash them in yet.
Willie McGee comes to mind, for one reason:
I had a few at one point, and some kid, a couple years younger, was strangely fascinated with mcgee (this was like 1985 or so) for whatever reason. He’d recently come in possession of a bunch of football cards, and unlike baseball cards, where every player had stats of some sort or another on there, that pile of football cards included the like of linemen, and punters, just a random bunch, really, and so, eventually, we worked out a rate of 15 football cards for every Willie McGee I could turn over.
We both felt like winners that day.
Also collected Rickey Hendersons back in the day….the first Tigers game I ever went to, mid-1986 (actually, September 20th, 1986, according to 5 quality minutes on baseball-reference.com), Henderson opened up the game with a bomb off Frank Tanana…
Was that when he was with the Yanks?
If so, I think I was at the same game. Went deep to left on the first or second pitch. My best friend was a big Rickey guy.
I was a big Tony Gwynn collector....
and Andre Dawson, too. Always thought the Hawk was a Hall of Famer. Maybe now that Rice got in, Dawson can too. Ditto on Will Clark. The dude was just confident, and he had that big, looping, swing that looked so easy.
oh I think I had some Gwynn and Dawson too
and Mark Grace now that I think of it.
by Kurt Mensching on Apr 16, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Looking at their schedule
the Marlins have a legit shot at going 14-1. What a pastry-soft early schedule.
$20
Took the Tigers over the Yankees for the season. Winner has their team go farther in the playoffs. If its a tie, record is the breaker.
Go Tigers!!!
Thanks for the reminder
And Winging It in Motown will have a GameThread open for tonight’s playoff opener.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 16, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
And if you're really into the hockey
SBN just started a blog for the Columbus Blue Jackets, called The Cannon. Just in time for the playoffs.
by Ian Casselberry on Apr 16, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
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