What Do Bill Simmons and Keith Law Think of the Tigers?
We're not sure how many people are in the office today, but if you're looking for something to listen to while stuck at work or during your holiday road trip, we recommend the latest episode of The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons podcast. Bill chats with Keith Law about the baseball season thus far, and a few Detroit Tigers-related items come up during the conversation.
- Law counts the Tigers among the "clear" buyers at the trade deadline, along with the Red Sox, Yankees, Rays, Angels, and Rangers.
- Both Law and Simmons love Edwin Jackson.
- If you're still wondering why the Tigers struggled against the A's, Law thinks highly of their young pitchers, such as Brett Anderson.
- The best AL rookie pitcher isn't Rick Porcello or David Price, but... Ricky Romero. (You might remember him from the Tigers' third game of the season.)
- Neither Law nor Simmons are big believers in the Tigers, but concede that they might be the best team in the AL Central. (Though Simmons thinks Detroit will be under .500 by the end of the season.)
- Law, however, appears not to have watched Armando Galarraga in quite a while, and is called out on that by Simmons.
- Both Law and Simmons hate Fernando Rodney.
The two also discuss Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who came up in yesterday's Off-Day Open Thread. We're a little bit disappointed the two didn't talk a little bit about cooking, since it's a big part of Law's personal blog. (He writes a lot about books as well, for those who enjoyed yesterday's off-day step into literary discussion.)
You can listen to the podcast directly from the ESPN.com Podcenter page, or download it to your computer and MP3 player of choice.
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I'm always so-so on Simmons.
His voice, though, needs to go through puberty.
I think the Tigers are a .500 club but too many little things done wrong add up.
by 13194013 on Jul 3, 2009 12:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve always liked Simmons, but I’ve never made the time to listen to the BS report. This was an excellent morning to do so, and I was not disappointed. Keith Law I’m a fan of also.
Love the Pujols theory.
I don’t mind their hatred of Rodney. If we can make it out of the Central, I’ll be happy. Anything can happen at that point.
by cloud wall on Jul 3, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Simmons
I don’t get what people see in this guy. He’s incredibly annoying and a Boston sports fan to boot.
by gatesbrown on Jul 3, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
why is Simmons ...
comapring Porcello (or Por-chello) to Romero as if they are from the same draft/same age? I don’t like Simmons at all and onlylistened cuz Law was on the show and talkin’ Tigers for a bit.
by drew3434 on Jul 3, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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