MLB and the Detroit Tigers Bandwagon Thread

[AlabamAlum]

Ken Obie' Oberkfell. A 250 pound first baseman that hit 4 or 5 home runs a year. Reminds me of sp energy on the Tigers.

Obie was a Brave for several years.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Obie played 8 years with the Cards...only four in ATL...

[Mike]

He would bat cleanup for the Tigers this year.


And he's 67 years-old!

[THE_WIZARD_]

That's young...compared to Geezer...and Biden...

[klondike]

OMG! I remember him from baseball cards when I was a kid. Just went to his baseball-reference page and discovered he hit 29 career dingers in 16 seasons. Played mostly 3rd base, 2nd base earlier in his career. How the hell did he survive that long in the majors? Did they not have statistics back then??

As Billy Beane would look over to Peter Bond... why... he can get on base. Obie would get 80 walks a year and hit .270 and play pretty good defense so he was a starter for a long ti.e.

[klondike]

reds were the team to watch in the 70s. listening to al michaels and joe nuxhall on 810 radio out of indy--rose/bench/concepcion/griffy/morgan/geronimo/foster/sparky good stuff

Well, as a kid growing up in the cable 80's, the Cubbies on WGN and Braves on Ted Turner's TBS were on all the time so you got to know those teams. The Reds and the A's were the best teams of the 70's.

[iam416]

Plucky Braves beat the Twins. Probably better baserunning from the Braves tonight as compared to win Gant decided to step off first base when Hrbek had the ball.

Guardians rally to beat the game Royals as The Justice delivers a clutch 9th inning double to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

And AA misses re-reading The Sound and the Fury.

[iam416]

Of less interest, Ohtani was 3 for 3 with 2 HRs while pitching 6.1 with 10Ks, 4 hits and 1 R. Which is nice, but the dongs were only solo shots, so, meh. Do better.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Plucky Braves beat the Twins. Probably better baserunning from the Braves tonight as compared to win Gant decided to step off first base when Hrbek had the ball.

Guardians rally to beat the game Royals as The Justice delivers a clutch 9th inning double to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

And AA misses re-reading The Sound and the Fury.

Iffen you meant "Hrbek forced Gant off the base with his fat arse then tagged him" you would be accurate.

[iam416]

Herbie played the game clean and fair. Gant wasn't thinking. And then Lonnie Smith decided to stop running and see where the ball was. Bad baserunning. Tough, but deserved loss for the Braves.

[AlabamAlum]

Oh no you didn’t. You son of a bitch…

[THE_WIZARD_]

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[Mike]

He’s clearly off the base.

[THE_WIZARD_]

fuckin' Hrbek
fuckin' Lonnie Smith
fuckin' Leyritz
fuckin' fuckin'

[iam416]

Yeah, there's no disputing Gant was off the base. Why he decided it wasn't a good idea to be on the base is anyone's guess.