The Official Tigers Thread
hardcorehockeyfan
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Nobody even notices they are tied for the best record in baseball, considering the great season the Yankees are having thus far. Whether their season continues this way, or not, still gotta give Jim Leyland props. I personally want to thank Kenny Rogers for beating up the cameraman last year, or he may have stayed in Texas, the youth of the Tigers in pitching needed someone with experience. I would like to thank Carlos Pena for striking out so much in his time here, allowing Chris Shelton to be an everyday player. I would like to thank the White Sox for giving up on Magglio Ordonez, last year he was not 100%, and he is now healthy and appears to be the Mags of old. Hey, Dave Dombrowski, thanks for bringing Pudge here, we needed a catcher like him to handle the pitchers, and he is on top of his game yet again, did anyone see his defensive skills when he played 1st base last week? Carlos Guillen is now healthy after knee surgery almost 2 years ago, and he is playing like everyone knows he is capable of.
Also, Dave Dombrowski, I WOULD HAPPILY TAKE IN BARRY BONDS VIA FREE AGENCY NEXT YEAR, TRY FOR HIM, then we can hear all the bltching on these message boards, how the DH rule should be voided for all of baseball!!!!!!!!!
Also, Dave Dombrowski, I WOULD HAPPILY TAKE IN BARRY BONDS VIA FREE AGENCY NEXT YEAR, TRY FOR HIM, then we can hear all the bltching on these message boards, how the DH rule should be voided for all of baseball!!!!!!!!!
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Steve
Can the Tiger's eek out a wildcard birth...no
JS
PS Has Shelton fallen off the face of the earth?
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Steve
Can the Tigers keep up with the White Sox rotation, it is possible, if they do not pitch, they will not be on the roster.
Can they eek out a Wild Card birth, errrrrrm, who wants that when a division title is possible.
edited to add:
next week (if they still) have the best record in baseball create another. or wait till this one gets to page 2. which with all the yankee threads created won't be long.
ps.......The Sox have great pitching. I like the Tigers and hope they do well.
be nice to see them in the P.O's this year.
Steve
His opinion about the tigers getting no press because of the yankees 'hot' start taints the thread somehow? He raises valids points, and yet all you yankeeites can do is see 'ohmygod he talked about the yankees! grrrr!!!'
WP, you are a big crying baby. He mentioned the yankees overtaking the national media away from the tigers, and you ran crying like a kid who got beat up at school (something I am sure you are QUITE familiar with). Softy, maybe one day YOU will know what the f**k you are talking about, until then, keep yer yap shut.
<< <i>Seems like myself and Axtell are well on our ways of being hated on this message board, he saw the point I made perfectly!!!! >>
Well there are plenty yankee 'fans' (and I use that term lightly discussing these clowns), so they think because there are more of them, and they are louder, that they are right. They hate dissenting opinions, they hate anyone critical of the yankees, they hate anything that dares to break their precious bubble that the yankees are the best.
Everyone here is entitled to their own opinion, regardless of whether you think it or the person who post it is idiotic or anything else.
As a lifelong Tiger fan, I am extremely happy with the way they are playing at the moment. I figured they would have a shot at second place this season and that looks like a distinct possibility at this point. Perhaps they could win enough games to qualify as the wildcard, as I doubt they will be able to win the division, but I do think the Tigers could find themselves in the playoffs this season if they don't get bogged down with any major injuries to any key players.
If only they could figure out a way to get rid of Dmitri Young, who seems no longer able to play successfully at this level. But at least Higginson, Pena and Johnson are gone... they were all losers.
<< <i>Because every thread on here seems to involve the Yankees, so I thought I would continue with the MO!!!! >>
Every thread contains something Yankees because JACKA$$E$ like you have to include them in your every thoughts. Go check all the Yankee threads and see how many are started by fans, and how many by haters and come back and talk when you have a clue ya nitwit.
For the record, yankee fans could care less about criticism, it is part of the game, and part of life. The point you little boys cant get through your empty heads is that there is no reason to have them on your brains so often. It isnt pertinent to the discussion of your team, so why include it ?
Another thing to go on record....I am very glad to see the Tigers doing so well, its been a long time coming for them and more so for the fans. They deserve a good year, and I hope it continues for them.
-- Yogi Berra
<< <i>Why can't we stick to the thread topics and cut out the bickering that ruins them...
Everyone here is entitled to their own opinion, regardless of whether you think it or the person who post it is idiotic or anything else.
As a lifelong Tiger fan, I am extremely happy with the way they are playing at the moment. I figured they would have a shot at second place this season and that looks like a distinct possibility at this point. Perhaps they could win enough games to qualify as the wildcard, as I doubt they will be able to win the division, but I do think the Tigers could find themselves in the playoffs this season if they don't get bogged down with any major injuries to any key players.
If only they could figure out a way to get rid of Dmitri Young, who seems no longer able to play successfully at this level. But at least Higginson, Pena and Johnson are gone... they were all losers. >>
Thank God Higginson's 10 mil a year contract finally ran out. That deal just hamstrung the team for the last four years or so. And a big THANK YOU to Juan Gone for turning down 7 years at 17.5 per. Can you even imagine if they still had that contract on the books?
Re: The Tigers vs. the White Sox pitching. The White Sox are clearly superior, but it's not as cut and dried as it seems. McCarthy is off to a bad start, Vasquez can be spotty and Jenks looks totally lost. The edge still goes to the WS for starters, but the Tigers may have a better bullpen... Anyway, it could be an interesting summer. And don't forget about the Indians. They may not be off to a fantastic start, but that's still a very good team 1-9.
Like HCHF said, though, the real pleasure here is in not having a team that's 20 games out or whatever by Memorial Day. It looks like they could be playing meaningful baseball in August, which is all I really hope for at this point. Although if they get to the post season the world is going to finally see that Detroit, above all else, is a baseball town. This place will just be bedlam (kind of like Edmonton right now).
-- Yogi Berra
<< <i>
For the record, yankee fans could care less about criticism, it is part of the game, and part of life. >>
For the 1000th time, it's 'couldn't care less', unless, of course, you meant they could care less, which means, in turn, they care.
I am also happy to see the Tigers competitive, along with the Blue Jays and Reds. It will be fun to watch the season pan out.
I admitted I used the word improperly. Please, (please!) tell me you think the correct use of the term is 'we could care less'?
<< <i>yankeeno,
I admitted I used the word improperly. Please, (please!) tell me you think the correct use of the term is 'we could care less'? >>
yes, I said it wrong....late at night.........typical that you cant actually come up with a decent response so you have to attack grammar.
-- Yogi Berra
If you are talking of insults that go on this board, I would suggest reading through the past threads. You may be enlightened of mutual mud-slinging, especially the threads prior to the season starting.
So please, enlighten yourself.
<< <i>I bash the Yankees, but I have never bashed a Yankee fan's intellect. People only go that route, when they know the basher is correct, and have no other educated response, goes along the same lines as momma jokes. I have said numerous times, the Yankees are overhyped, players are overpaid, and there are professional sports outside New York. Imagine the travesty of justice, should the World Series be between Detroit and Cincy, it would be a classic match up of two of the longest tenured teams in baseball, but would probably be the lowest rated series of all time, because there is not a New York entry. And I can also probably bet, if there is a Yankees/Tigers playoff series, there will be many suspect calls by umps, perhaps close to the same calls in this year's Super Bowl, and yes, Mike Holmgren still has a right to bltch. The fact is, the Tigers are doing well, doing better than the Yankees, and I am sick of only seeing 10 second highlights in a 60 minute Sportscenter, in between 45 minutes of Yankee/Mets/Knicks/BoSox/Bonds talk. Thus far, the stories in baseball should be about the Tigers and Reds, not about how Georgie Poo is unhappy with the team's performance. Yankee fans, it is time to get out of the 90s, even then, nobody cared about the Yankees!!!!!!!! >>
Blah Blah blah, whine, whine, whine, cry, cry, cry, boo hoo hoo
-- Yogi Berra
hey numb nuts, read the past threads and you will discover how wrong your little synopsis of this forum is.
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<< <i>Boy, it didn't take long for this crack pot to end up on top of a soap box.
hey numb nuts, read the past threads and you will discover how wrong your little synopsis of this forum is. >>
Read what, the fact that if there is a negative reply to anything Yankee related, their fans get so defensive, then go on with the name calling and questioning of one's intellect!!!
by the way, there are ALOT of things the board idiot Axtell says that makes it perfectly logical to attack his intellect.
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<< <i>no , how about there are ONLY negative things to say about the Yankees and when a Yankee fan RARELY does try and start a positive thread it is hyjacked and turned into more Yankee bashing. Thats what happens here Tony the Tiger .... >>
Perhaps that would be because, like ESPN, everything in a postive Yankee nature has to be reported on blow by blow, and with the exception of Chris Shelton, nothing positive out of the Tigers is mentioned. Do not say that I am not around to see it, because I watch ESPN EVERYday, catch Sportscenter almost everyday, and I rarely see anything other than a 10 second highlight, if it is even that long!!!!
And by the way, it is spelled "hijacked," so before you question my intellect, check your own!!!! They did teach us stupid Michiganders spelling in school!!!!
<< <i>no , how about there are ONLY negative things to say about the Yankees and when a Yankee fan RARELY does try and start a positive thread it is hyjacked and turned into more Yankee bashing. Thats what happens here Tony the Tiger ....
by the way, there are ALOT of things the board idiot Axtell says that makes it perfectly logical to attack his intellect.
Why does the intellect of Axtell need to be questioned, he has legitimate beefs with the national sports reports, as much as I do. It is not all about the Yankees. I started this thread and he saw my point that I was not bashing the Yankees, only saw how it is true, that reports about the Tigers fall to the garbage, because something Yankee related is seemingly, more important to report. Axtell hates Bonds, I do not care for the man, but I think what he has done in his career is wonderful. As I have also said before, I will bash Bonds like everyone else, when I see a failed drug test, witnessed by a notary public, with two forms of ID. Axtell may be a little more cynical about things than I am, but on some subjects, he is right on. OK, now I am sure to see replies to this post about how I am all on his jock too, just like I am hanging from the jock of Jack Morris too!!!!!
So how about them Yankees? great comeback last night huh?
Steve
one word.
AXHOLE
Steve
Hey dopey he did not mention anything of the sort.
go back and re read what he said............wait I will copy it for you.
Nobody even notices they are tied for the best record in baseball, considering the great season the Yankees are having thus far
so prof. axhole where exactly did he mention national media?
I know I do not have your ability to read minds but nowhere does he mention espn, national media etc etc etc. I think the guys are right you are delusional.
Steve
"Nobody even notices they are tied for the best record in baseball, considering the great season the Yankees are having thus far," that is what I said, only certain people can detect any form of sarcasm!!!!
now for what it is worth I noticed it .............I read the papers.
Please do not speak for everyone. How can you say nobody noticed it?
You mean nobody here?
then if that is the case then you are now switching gears.
I think you are one of prof idiots personalities.
Steve
<< <i>I may not have mentioned the national media thing, but Axtell did nail it right down.
"Nobody even notices they are tied for the best record in baseball, considering the great season the Yankees are having thus far," that is what I said, only certain people can detect any form of sarcasm!!!! >>
Ive noticed it....I HAVE NOTICED how good the Tigers are doing.....but when I actually gave them credit on here for how well they were doing you spun it around and said the only reason I said it was so that the YAnkees can have an easier time in the playoffs should they meet. So dont say nobody notices. People notice, you are just too blind in your hatred to listen and absorb when people give the Tigers credit. You just turn it around and pretend it was said in a negative light. ITs much easier for your tiny brain to believe we are all evil here than to think we actually have some sense of rational as well as class and decency to commend a team when doing well.
-- Yogi Berra
WIN OR LOSE THESE ARE MY TIGERS.
I do not mention such youngsters as Zumya and Verlander because at this stage of thier career we need to see what happens once the league gets a good look at these two however eventually they will become top shelf hurlers if not this year but soon.
<< <i>Boo, good points all around. I remember how big it was when the Tigers were doing well in the mid 80's. Its nice to see for the team and fans. Im glad you all have something to look forward to this summer.
LOL! Well, at least through June
LOL why? you don't know? have you read what he has said here?
I suggest you read some threads, then come back
Simply put it is questioned cuz he is an idiot.
Steve
I see Axtell make valid points, sometimes they are more cynical than most, but then it is you people who start with the name calling, and I see him proving many of you wrong. One thing I find on these boards, it is so easy to get you people plssed off, one comment and you are ready to whine like a 4 year old girl. It is too easy!!!!!!!!
Really?
I can assure you that he started with the name calling first . you happen upon the scene and think you no it all?
proving who wrong? You are in a dream world fellow.
You must be an alt id of his so I won;t waste any more of my time.
Steve
<< <i>Tigers won again, another great pitching performance by a Tiger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see Axtell make valid points, sometimes they are more cynical than most, but then it is you people who start with the name calling, and I see him proving many of you wrong. >>
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THIS IS A DETROIT TIGERS THREAD - LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR A WHILE. Please stop bashing each other on here.
It has been almost 20 years since the Tigers have been notable enough to get a good chat going about them... take the Yankee talk to a different thread, there are appropriate threads for the Bonds bashing or supporting... stick to the Tigers...
... who beat one of the toughest pitchers in baseball (Santana) tonight. They are playing awesome, Verlander was incredible tonight considering he didn't get a single out via the strike out. It's too bad the White Sox won tonight too... but we're really starting to put some distance between 3rd place and beyond.
Really looking forward to going to the Reds game on Saturday... should be exciting baseball.
I agree fiveniner... if they're in legitimate contention near the trade deadline, it would be suprising if they didn't make a deal to pick up another veteran pitcher with some post-season experience - I could see them going after a guy like Jamie Moyer, or if the Dodgers aren't in it, Derek Lowe would be logical also.
Go Tigers!
<< <i>Why can't we stick to the thread topics and cut out the bickering that ruins them...
one word.
AXHOLE
Steve >>
Hey WP-
An argument takes 2 willing participants, ya dope. It's quite funny to see you get so riled up when someone dares to question the 'mighty' yankees. I thought you were a mets fan, or are you riding whichever bandwagon is most popular?
Don't think.
I find it odd that you would reply here to my post well after it was said yet did not reply there as it was posted while you were on.
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You asked a question and I answered it.
Steve
Go Tigers!
I may be new on the scenes on these boards, but I have seen these boards for well over a year, and not too much changes. I see people on these boards, whine about how they do not get the grades on their cards they want, yet, when someone resubs a card for a grade boost, you people question the manner in which that person does it, regardless of whether it is ethical or not. If someone has a PSA 10 card up for auction or whereever, jealousy sets in you people, and then you try to trash said card, but if it was your card, your sub, and you only got a 9, you are ready to crack and resubmit as many times as needed. You all bash Barry Bonds, and the way the man conducted his business, as if he is the ONLY one who may have done things via cheating, but I bet most of you people made some money off his cards' exploding value. You all hate Barry Bonds, not because he may have taken roids, you hate him because he is not ready to bow down and kiss your colon hole. You Yankee lovers get so defensive like whiny girls, when someone points out a valid negative point about the Yankees, I do not care what the Yankees did in the 90s, it is now 2006, they are overrated, overpaid, and just your everyday, playoff contender who blows the big games. Everyone thinks every player on the Yankees is a HOFer, some are, but most have typical stats, comparable to many other players on other teams, who are not even thought of as even a possibility. If, and make sure you see the key word, IF, Barry Bonds goes to the A.L. next year, and the Yankees can perhaps sign him, any question to his HOF status would not be in question any longer, you all want *s on his records, well, Giambi's MVP season should have one. What are you going to do, bash me because I do not know anything about baseball, because I am more of a hockey fan? Bash the Red Wings, only because I am a fan of that team, I am content now that they won 3 cups in 10 years, but I do not have to live in the past to feel great about what the future holds, the Wings can go another 40 years without a cup win, and I will be happy to know I have seen them win in my time. People do not necessarily hate the Yankees as you all think, people just get annoyed and bored out of their minds, that networks and Yankee fans, tend to think they are the only team in baseball. If the Yankees were so great as people say, they would have beaten Arizona when the whole world was pulling for them, and they would have beaten Florida a couple of years ago, because let's face it, Florida was NOT a great team, they just made the plays when they counted. The Yankees would have also won the series against Boston, leading by 3-1, but they blew that, great teams do NOT blow leads like that. This thread started, because I wanted to point out, that under the radar, the Tigers were tied for first, but it is hardly noticed, because the Yankees still gander the spotlight, and it tends to bore people out of their minds. If I am constipated, I will read about what is up with the Yankees, it usually does the trick. When someone says something about the Yankees, whether it is a bashing or not, as was said in the first line in this thread, you defensive school girl Yankee fans start crying like teenage girls in the presense of a boy band singer. It is so easy, it is easy to get a rise out of some of you, without even trying, that is what cracks me up, you people take a font on the internet seriously!!!!!!!!!
This is a tigers thread yet you managed to remark about the yankees 27 times!
get a grip.
Steve
huh? great season? whaaaaat????
I just love the way so many just MAKE $HIT up to either ENHANCE a phony baloney arguement or START a phony baloney arguement.
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All I have seen is Yankee fans remark that the Tigers are doing well, and it is good to see for the team and the city. Everything else that was supposedly " hijacked " began with Tiger fans or Yankee haters who couldnt help but talk about the Yankees.
-- Yogi Berra