WEBVTT 00:00:02.569 --> 00:00:05.509 You're listening to The Litterbox, a Detroit 00:00:05.509 --> 00:00:09.570 Tigers podcast with your hosts, Chet West and 00:00:09.570 --> 00:00:16.289 Bill Patterson. Detroit Tiger fans and Litterbox 00:00:16.289 --> 00:00:19.530 listeners, it's your hosts, Billy P and Chet, 00:00:19.530 --> 00:00:23.250 and we have more exciting news about your Detroit 00:00:23.250 --> 00:00:26.750 Tigers. We sit in the catbird seat. The Tigers 00:00:26.750 --> 00:00:31.809 are now in a commanding position with this division. 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:34.399 All of a sudden, other teams are starting to 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:36.420 get cold. They are now 11 and a half games up 00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:38.780 on the Royals, 12 and a half games up on the 00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:42.100 Guardians. But really, folks, that's not what's 00:00:42.100 --> 00:00:44.880 important. What's important is what Chet ate 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.640 yesterday. And so Chet, I need you to tell us 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.219 about this hot dog that you sent to me. It was 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:56.700 a glorious photo and it looked to be a hot mess. 00:00:56.939 --> 00:01:01.420 And I really would like some dissection. is detailed 00:01:01.420 --> 00:01:04.019 and as graphic as you can be because this dog. 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:06.540 You know I'm going to give you nothing less. 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:09.879 Of course not. Than detailed and graphic. I appreciate 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:13.060 that. That's why we're here. Well, I'll set the 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:16.719 scene for you. How many over 50 baseball games 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:18.739 have you been to? And what I mean by this is 00:01:18.739 --> 00:01:22.159 these are baseball leagues. That the requirement 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:24.239 of the players in the league is they're over 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:27.480 50 So can I tell you the last time that I played 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:31.060 hardball? Sure was when I was one of the assistant 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:33.939 coaches for Grady when he was that's my son He's 00:01:33.939 --> 00:01:37.319 17 now. He was eight at the time and the dads 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.920 all decided to have like a charity type of venue 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:43.620 from competing teams in the league I Considered 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:46.620 myself beyond fortunate because I was one of 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.260 I think six dads that played in that of, let's 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:53.159 say 20, that didn't leave the game with some 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:58.579 type of gimp hobble or tennis elbow or whatever. 00:01:58.980 --> 00:02:02.099 It was a comedy of errors. And so now I have 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:04.400 not experienced this. Please enlighten us and 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.599 the listeners on what an over 50 hard ball game 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.960 looks like. So throughout the landscape of this 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:12.740 great state of Minnesota, we have a lot of what 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:16.310 are like town ball ball parks. And these are 00:02:16.310 --> 00:02:19.590 really nice ballparks. I mean, some of them, 00:02:19.669 --> 00:02:23.870 some of them look like kind of very small scaled 00:02:23.870 --> 00:02:26.969 down minor league ballparks. Adds on the outfield 00:02:26.969 --> 00:02:29.770 fences, maybe Ivy on the outfield fences. And 00:02:29.770 --> 00:02:32.050 they have a press box above with some small seating 00:02:32.050 --> 00:02:34.550 around. We went out to one. yesterday in Prior 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:37.530 Lake that was a very nice ballpark. So that was 00:02:37.530 --> 00:02:39.449 my first, you know, I walk in and I'm like, wow, 00:02:39.490 --> 00:02:41.409 they get to play at a really cool ballpark. There's 00:02:41.409 --> 00:02:44.110 a great little setting here. We sat in what were 00:02:44.110 --> 00:02:46.490 basically box seats down the first baseline. 00:02:47.469 --> 00:02:49.689 And why were you here? Did you know somebody 00:02:49.689 --> 00:02:52.789 or just my brother -in -law? My brother -in -law 00:02:52.789 --> 00:02:54.889 is what I was getting to my brother -in -law 00:02:54.889 --> 00:03:00.689 who is 48 years old. He is the one exception. 00:03:01.050 --> 00:03:04.590 On his team of over 50 players you get one player 00:03:04.590 --> 00:03:08.129 below 50. So he's a ringer. Let's let's I'm gonna 00:03:08.129 --> 00:03:11.930 Look David played college ball. Most of these 00:03:11.930 --> 00:03:13.930 guys he's out there playing with on these teams 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:16.490 played some form of college ball You know, I 00:03:16.490 --> 00:03:18.770 wouldn't be shocked if some of them got got up 00:03:18.770 --> 00:03:23.490 to possibly playing But some sort of pro level, 00:03:23.490 --> 00:03:25.990 you know independent league minor league type 00:03:25.990 --> 00:03:29.430 thing a lot of them coach youth baseball somewhere 00:03:29.430 --> 00:03:32.610 along the lines, but they're over 50. And so 00:03:32.610 --> 00:03:34.610 I thought I was going to be going out and seeing 00:03:34.610 --> 00:03:37.870 this gaggle of like over 50 year old men who 00:03:37.870 --> 00:03:40.069 are going to make me feel awful about myself 00:03:40.069 --> 00:03:42.330 physically and like, you know, and a couple of 00:03:42.330 --> 00:03:44.030 them are in great shape. Don't get me wrong. 00:03:44.330 --> 00:03:47.069 The bulk of them, they've, they're over 50. We'll 00:03:47.069 --> 00:03:49.830 just say that. Okay. It was a little, I, you 00:03:49.830 --> 00:03:51.590 forget they're baseball players. They're not 00:03:51.590 --> 00:03:54.340 track stars. They're not, you know, as John Kruk 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:56.860 once said, I'm not an athlete. I'm a ball player. 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:59.960 I'm a baseball player. So there, a lot of them 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:03.539 have been, you know, living life and eating and 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:06.979 drinking what they please. And so you get a mixed 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:09.219 bag and you could tell everybody in their heyday 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:12.159 probably had some great skills. I have no doubt. 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:14.439 And I will tell you right now, I would have been 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:16.040 a mess in this. They would have been, people 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:17.899 would have probably booed me off the field, which 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:19.899 I think kind of against the spirit of the deal. 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:23.410 Would you have pulled a hammy? Easily. Easily. 00:04:23.649 --> 00:04:26.269 I mean, they have a, for instance, they have 00:04:26.269 --> 00:04:29.069 a rule. Any ball that leaves the infield and 00:04:29.069 --> 00:04:33.269 gets in the outfield, in fair play, you get first 00:04:33.269 --> 00:04:35.509 base automatically. So you don't have to dig 00:04:35.509 --> 00:04:39.089 anything out. Okay, so that is that's the first 00:04:39.089 --> 00:04:41.430 rule. That's kind of like curtailed. They don't 00:04:41.430 --> 00:04:44.689 want anybody tearing anything bill Okay, but 00:04:44.689 --> 00:04:47.430 smart man. There were a few plays I mean a couple 00:04:47.430 --> 00:04:49.769 plays at second where guys are sliding into second 00:04:49.769 --> 00:04:52.170 and they're throwing down to second you get collisions 00:04:52.170 --> 00:04:54.790 at second base the fun plays are like when you 00:04:54.790 --> 00:04:57.810 get somebody hits some squibber or tapper and 00:04:57.810 --> 00:05:01.670 that the pitcher has to Use some cat -like instincts 00:05:01.670 --> 00:05:03.990 to get over and field the ball, but as they're 00:05:03.990 --> 00:05:06.290 bending down, they topple over and fall on their 00:05:06.290 --> 00:05:08.810 face instead of fielding the ball. But the great 00:05:08.810 --> 00:05:11.149 part is, is that the guy running from home to 00:05:11.149 --> 00:05:13.589 first is only halfway at that point, so you can 00:05:13.589 --> 00:05:16.449 still throw them out. It's crazy. Do they have 00:05:16.449 --> 00:05:21.370 uniforms and sponsors? Full uniforms. Sponsorships. 00:05:21.610 --> 00:05:24.889 belts or is it more elastic? There's stirrups, 00:05:25.170 --> 00:05:28.250 there's full baseball pants, belts, jerseys. 00:05:28.670 --> 00:05:30.490 Okay, but it's not the elastic waistband that 00:05:30.490 --> 00:05:32.470 we had in the late 70s or early 80s. No, I don't 00:05:32.470 --> 00:05:36.910 believe so, no. These were some legitimate, they're 00:05:36.910 --> 00:05:39.490 all gussied up and ready to play ball. And some 00:05:39.490 --> 00:05:41.250 of these guys have some great talent. They got 00:05:41.250 --> 00:05:43.709 a guy on, I think, my brother -in -law's team 00:05:43.709 --> 00:05:46.790 that throws 70. So most of them were not throwing 00:05:46.790 --> 00:05:48.750 that hard. I, you know, I started saying, eh, 00:05:48.750 --> 00:05:51.019 they don't throw that hard. My brother -in -law 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:52.879 still has a great stroke, always been a good 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.300 hitter, can put a charge on the ball if he wants 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:59.060 to. But as we're sitting there cheering along 00:05:59.060 --> 00:06:00.939 and everybody's kind of having a good giggle 00:06:00.939 --> 00:06:02.759 over this whole thing and there aren't a ton 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:06.259 of fans. I mean, we had a group of family that 00:06:06.259 --> 00:06:08.620 went out to support him and watch his team play 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:11.839 yesterday. And it was great entertainment. They 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:15.259 have a concession stand. And you and I have this 00:06:15.259 --> 00:06:18.279 passion for ballpark food and making sure that 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.670 we... dip into the local flavor, give a little 00:06:21.670 --> 00:06:25.209 review. I went up at the concession stand and 00:06:25.209 --> 00:06:27.009 lo and behold, there was a menu at the bottom. 00:06:27.089 --> 00:06:30.209 There were hot dog. There was pulled pork sandwich. 00:06:31.149 --> 00:06:33.389 They had an item at the bottom called a pulled 00:06:33.389 --> 00:06:36.509 wiener. I'm not making up the name of that and 00:06:36.509 --> 00:06:41.370 it is on the menu. It was a hot dog covered in 00:06:41.370 --> 00:06:44.709 pulled pork. So the pulled pork was a topping. 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:47.519 And I felt inclined to buy one of these things. 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:51.040 For $4? I may go back next Sunday, even if my 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:52.360 brother -in -law is not playing, and get one 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.240 of these things. I mean, they were the cheaps. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.660 This is a cheap lunch. I believe that's like 00:06:56.660 --> 00:06:59.660 $36 less than the boomstick. I'm pretty sure 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:03.379 it is. I mean, was it heavy? I mean, just... 00:07:03.379 --> 00:07:06.689 It was... It wasn't... Are we talking like a 00:07:06.689 --> 00:07:09.250 quarter pound dog or like a regular hot dog? 00:07:09.529 --> 00:07:11.430 No, just your garden variety regular hot dog. 00:07:11.670 --> 00:07:14.310 They're not going crazy, okay? Okay. Garden variety 00:07:14.310 --> 00:07:16.370 regular hot dog, but with the pulled pork on 00:07:16.370 --> 00:07:19.910 top made a nice addition. I scarfed it down, 00:07:20.110 --> 00:07:22.370 Bill, and I will go back for that pulled pork. 00:07:22.430 --> 00:07:24.670 If I'm in Prior Lake on a weekend and I know 00:07:24.670 --> 00:07:27.509 this league is still in session, I am going back 00:07:27.509 --> 00:07:30.600 for a pulled... pulled wiener. I think it's probably, 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:32.300 if you're in town and you're near the ballpark, 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.779 go grab one. I was talking to the guy behind 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:37.759 the desk and I think he runs the concessions 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.920 and his wife probably makes these things. He's 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:41.819 like, ah, you know, Crystal's got one of the 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:43.839 best pulled wieners in the area. I was kind of 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.259 just at a giggle. I mean, that was one of the 00:07:46.259 --> 00:07:48.740 best interactions. I couldn't not buy one at 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:51.439 that point. And it was a great experience. It 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.180 was a cool little day out, kind of a different 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:56.560 way to... different way to see baseball. But 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:58.279 I sat there eating this thing. I was like, I 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:01.040 got to review this on the pod. I mean, this isn't, 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:04.899 it's not, it's not the cell. It's not guaranteed 00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:09.420 rate. It's not Wrigley. It's not the target field, 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.279 but it was an experience nonetheless. So it's 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:15.980 a regular hot dog. Let's call it like one eighth 00:08:15.980 --> 00:08:18.259 of a pound. That's what most store -bought hot 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:19.899 dogs are. It's about an eighth of a pound. Yeah. 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.990 Okay. And the bun, was it like a steamed bun? 00:08:23.550 --> 00:08:29.069 No, no, not a steamed bun. Just a wonder bread 00:08:29.069 --> 00:08:31.750 hot dog bun. Okay. With your one -eighth pound 00:08:31.750 --> 00:08:34.690 dog in the middle. Grilled, steamed, or boiled? 00:08:35.129 --> 00:08:38.289 I believe they were steamed. Okay. I believe 00:08:38.289 --> 00:08:41.090 they were steamed. I'll be honest, the production 00:08:41.090 --> 00:08:43.789 aspect of this food was not out in the open. 00:08:44.710 --> 00:08:47.009 The concession stand didn't really have the space 00:08:47.009 --> 00:08:48.830 for that. So I think some things were happening 00:08:48.830 --> 00:08:51.070 in the back room. There's a lot of trust. There's 00:08:51.070 --> 00:08:53.929 a lot of trust put into it Well, I mean not I 00:08:53.929 --> 00:08:56.330 mean when you're paying $40 for a boomstick you 00:08:56.330 --> 00:08:58.950 expect to see it assembled behind glass Yeah, 00:08:59.110 --> 00:09:01.049 which I don't know if I mentioned they do do 00:09:01.049 --> 00:09:05.129 that it both Texas Rangers parks, you know the 00:09:05.129 --> 00:09:08.559 past and the present but let's get to really 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:11.360 important. So then they top this dog with pulled 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.820 pork. Is there barbecue sauce added? There's 00:09:13.820 --> 00:09:16.179 nothing added and it's kind of the beauty of 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:19.220 it because you know me and my plain Jane. So 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:22.720 two simple meats mowing together. Two simple 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:27.679 meats laying in a bun coexisting and what I did 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.299 was I put some mustard on it. Because I felt 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:31.960 like I needed to have a little something in there 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:33.399 I was a little afraid it was gonna be kind of 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.480 dry to be honest with you been saying I didn't 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:36.799 know where I came it came from the back room 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.899 of the commit session stand Okay, I did not want 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:42.379 to I didn't want to take the gamble of it being 00:09:42.379 --> 00:09:43.940 a little too dry and then having to go back and 00:09:43.940 --> 00:09:45.799 dress it up in front of the guy and then you 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.860 know insult his pulled wiener so I ended up getting 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:51.100 some mustard and kind of putting some on there 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:54.759 and it was lovely it made for a wonderful addition, 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:57.529 I think maybe some Barbecue sauce would have 00:09:57.529 --> 00:09:59.289 been better and I almost went back got a second 00:09:59.289 --> 00:10:01.730 one and got the barbecue sauce for it But I did 00:10:01.730 --> 00:10:05.509 not do that. So do they have like a topping stand 00:10:05.509 --> 00:10:08.269 at this park or is it they do? Okay, so you didn't 00:10:08.269 --> 00:10:11.250 have to get like the individual packets of mustards. 00:10:11.309 --> 00:10:16.350 No, okay, cuz can I beef Yep, very very Frank. 00:10:16.490 --> 00:10:19.090 Yes while we're talking about banks. Yeah, I 00:10:19.090 --> 00:10:20.769 went to Wrigley the other day and I'm not trying 00:10:20.769 --> 00:10:23.610 to I'm adding to your story No, no, please and 00:10:23.610 --> 00:10:26.580 I ordered one of your steamed dogs. Yeah And 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:29.559 it was delicious. Yep. But what my annoyance 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:34.379 was, was that the vendor asked, I know, I know. 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:36.000 Do you want ketchup? Do you want mustard? Do 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:39.360 you want relish? And by the time he grabbed three 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.539 napkins for me and mustard and relish, and he 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:45.539 gave me ketchup, even though I would never put 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:48.100 it on a hot dog. And that's not the Chicago in 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:50.419 me. I just don't care for ketchup on a hot dog. 00:10:50.419 --> 00:10:56.179 I get it. process just seemed a little too jumbled 00:10:56.179 --> 00:10:59.820 for my preferences. It wasn't seamless. And what 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:02.580 it makes me do is appreciate the old tiger stadium 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:04.720 and the fact that there was only one choice. 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.759 You could either get a steamed ballpark wiener 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.440 out of it in its nicely steamed bun, melding 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:15.220 all together, or that large tongue dispenser. 00:11:15.340 --> 00:11:16.860 I don't know what else to call it. Like you see 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:18.980 at the doctor's office back in the day, they 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:21.879 would dip that in a - Yeah. huge vat of yellow 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:25.240 mustard and slather your dog. And that was it. 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:29.059 You had two choices. And I think that we as a 00:11:29.059 --> 00:11:33.200 society may have gotten too many offerings going. 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.580 We have too many choices. However, I do not think 00:11:36.580 --> 00:11:39.740 the dog you had fits the bill of too many choices. 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:43.159 I also want to try this dog next time I come 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:46.549 see you all. It was an adventure. And at the 00:11:46.549 --> 00:11:48.429 end of the day, in general, it was an adventure. 00:11:48.590 --> 00:11:50.149 I'd never been to one of these events before. 00:11:50.549 --> 00:11:52.830 And I saw that on the menu, and I said, you know, 00:11:52.850 --> 00:11:54.789 we got to try something different here. And he 00:11:54.789 --> 00:11:56.370 was kind of pushing it. He wasn't pushing it, 00:11:56.370 --> 00:11:57.850 but he kind of had that look in his eyes, like, 00:11:58.309 --> 00:11:59.769 you're going to like this. Trust me, it's good. 00:11:59.909 --> 00:12:02.629 I would like to try it with barbecue sauce and 00:12:02.629 --> 00:12:06.440 pickles, perhaps. Don't ask me why. If you're 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:08.840 not gonna they had some relish in a squeeze bottle 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.139 out there and I almost went for that but I was 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:14.720 I don't know because relish is usually sweet 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:18.480 where I feel like what this might need Barbecue 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:21.019 sauce usually sweetens things because of the 00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:23.720 brown sugar the molasses or you know, it's somewhat 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:26.120 tomato ketchup paste a little bit of mustard 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.860 in it, but not usually a whole lot a little bit 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:31.899 of vinegar, but what you want is the saltiness 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:34.940 to balance, you know, that sweetness out. And 00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:37.399 that's where I'm thinking, like, just a simple 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:41.440 dill pickle chip, either crinkled or even, like, 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.960 McDonald's does the clean cut ones. Something 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:46.320 like the sandwich dills or something that are 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.580 kind of sliced. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would 00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:52.379 have been lovely. I think in the end, I would 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:55.019 go barbecue sauce and maybe throw a pickle on 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:57.019 there if it was offered. Maybe if you're listening 00:12:57.019 --> 00:13:00.330 out there, guy in the... the concession stand 00:13:00.330 --> 00:13:03.730 at Prior Lake Stadium. You'll do that next time. 00:13:03.929 --> 00:13:06.669 Just a tip from the Litterbox podcast to you. 00:13:06.889 --> 00:13:09.509 At any rate, that's all I've got on that. I wanted 00:13:09.509 --> 00:13:12.529 to open that up to the group and give that food 00:13:12.529 --> 00:13:16.190 experience. Fantastic. By the way, there was 00:13:16.190 --> 00:13:18.370 no after effect either. I was a little afraid 00:13:18.370 --> 00:13:20.129 because I couldn't see the prep. I don't know 00:13:20.129 --> 00:13:21.850 if you're like this, but I was wondering where 00:13:21.850 --> 00:13:25.129 my food's coming from. Didn't bother me. It was 00:13:25.129 --> 00:13:28.159 fine. Everything worked out well. You do not 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.799 seem like a man that would be as concerned as 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:33.220 he should be with where your food's coming from. 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.740 I'm extremely concerned, actually. It's a weird 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:38.519 thing. I don't do potlucks. If we should do an 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.620 episode on potlucks, I don't do potlucks. I don't 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:42.480 know who's made... I don't know how... I don't 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:45.000 know the level of cleanliness that that person 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:49.559 has taken to make their, I don't know, onion 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:51.159 bake or whatever the heck they're bringing to 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:53.379 the potluck. I don't know what they're doing 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:56.220 in their kitchen before that gets to the show. 00:13:56.350 --> 00:13:59.730 to the potluck. Okay, so here's the two things 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:03.929 that are just jumping out at me. One, potluck 00:14:03.929 --> 00:14:06.870 seems to be somewhat of an archaic term, except 00:14:06.870 --> 00:14:09.350 for in the Twin Cities where you are. We do them 00:14:09.350 --> 00:14:11.110 all the time here. And isn't there something 00:14:11.110 --> 00:14:13.809 like Sunday Dish or something like that? It's 00:14:13.809 --> 00:14:17.690 the... Yeah, Sunday Dish. Or there's a name for 00:14:17.690 --> 00:14:20.789 it. Hot Dish. That's what it is, sorry. You know, 00:14:20.830 --> 00:14:23.870 it's a potato creation of sorts. We should do 00:14:23.870 --> 00:14:26.919 this. Let's do this on another show. We could 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:29.759 go on for another 20 minutes on Hot Dish. Honestly, 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:34.899 it is a tradition around here. And I think there's 00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:37.019 probably space for this on another show. If you 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.620 guys want to hear more about Hot Dish, let us 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:40.899 know in the comments. We'll break out a whole 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:43.220 Hot Dish deal. Maybe the next time we play The 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:45.509 Twins. Do we have another series this season, 00:14:45.669 --> 00:14:47.490 Bill? I don't think we do. Why don't we save 00:14:47.490 --> 00:14:51.570 it for the sister podcast? When we play the Vikings. 00:14:52.049 --> 00:14:54.950 Because Hot Dish is also more of a football food. 00:14:55.669 --> 00:14:58.049 So if you're over there listening to the Litterbox, 00:14:58.149 --> 00:15:02.190 the Detroit Lions podcast, you may get Hot Dish 00:15:02.190 --> 00:15:05.509 reviews for your Vikings weekend. Well, Hot Dish 00:15:05.509 --> 00:15:08.669 also doesn't wreak summer to me or spell summer. 00:15:09.309 --> 00:15:12.309 You're thinking cold macaroni salad, food off 00:15:12.309 --> 00:15:16.480 the grill. Potatosh is a warm blanket. It's to 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:18.779 warm you up on a November, December, January 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:21.039 day. It is not something you're eating in July. 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:23.700 You will get the sweats in a bad way from that. 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:26.539 Let's do it for the Viking show. Let's book that. 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.620 That's going to happen for the Viking show for 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:31.870 the football pod. So back to Tiger's news. We 00:15:31.870 --> 00:15:35.850 had a call up and he was a very, very intriguing 00:15:35.850 --> 00:15:39.110 young man and still is an intriguing young man 00:15:39.110 --> 00:15:41.610 by the name of Drew Summers. He's a relief pitcher 00:15:41.610 --> 00:15:47.470 that came up and pitched and he is listed at 00:15:47.470 --> 00:15:54.370 65, 250 pounds. I am going to guess that one 00:15:54.370 --> 00:15:57.570 of those might not be correct, but maybe they 00:15:57.570 --> 00:16:01.029 are, but he has a large man that throws a small 00:16:01.029 --> 00:16:04.870 ball, really, really hard. And what were your 00:16:04.870 --> 00:16:08.710 initial thoughts on our newest call -up to our 00:16:08.710 --> 00:16:12.590 Detroit Tigers? Well, a sizable offering on the 00:16:12.590 --> 00:16:15.610 mound, first and foremost. Drew Summers is going 00:16:15.610 --> 00:16:17.970 to stay up with the team, the big club? Yeah, 00:16:17.970 --> 00:16:20.889 I do, only because the rosters are expanding, 00:16:21.070 --> 00:16:25.549 so I think it's a pretty safe call. His initial 00:16:25.549 --> 00:16:28.850 outing, he throws hard, he throws fast, the control 00:16:28.850 --> 00:16:32.559 wasn't all there. However, he offers two things 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:34.759 that I think are extremely valuable to this pen. 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:39.179 One is that he's a lefty and to win his locations 00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:42.139 good, he's a swing and miss guy. Being a lefty 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:43.960 that's a swing and miss guy are two things that 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:48.240 are sorely needed in this bullpen. So I definitely 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:53.139 see a slot for him coming forward and I. I'm 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:54.860 willing to give him more opportunities. I'm not 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:56.340 saying we wouldn't. I mean, at this point with 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:58.940 our bullpen, why not? He got a third of an inning, 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:03.820 two walks. over 16 pitches, not the best showing 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:07.960 for him, like you said, but what do you do? I 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:10.160 mean, maybe he brings a little fighter down the, 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.319 down the stretch, seems to be a sink or slider 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.619 guy, pairs those two pitches. At this point, 00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:19.960 anything that offers any type of diversity to 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.980 our bullpen, meaning it's so right -handed dependent 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:27.670 and there are so few swing and miss guys outside 00:17:27.670 --> 00:17:30.589 of Will Vest that I will take whatever we can 00:17:30.589 --> 00:17:33.190 get at this point. And I think you would probably 00:17:33.190 --> 00:17:35.970 back me up on that. He came on from Mize in that 00:17:35.970 --> 00:17:39.490 first game. They won a 7 -5. Do you think Casey 00:17:39.490 --> 00:17:42.250 Mize is required to just give up three runs every 00:17:42.250 --> 00:17:45.390 game? Yes. It's just such an odd stat line. I 00:17:45.390 --> 00:17:47.730 would like to go back and look at every game 00:17:47.730 --> 00:17:50.230 he's pitched and see how many of them he's given 00:17:50.230 --> 00:17:53.289 up three runs over 5 .2 or five and a third. 00:17:53.490 --> 00:17:56.109 He seems to get into the sixth. He gives three 00:17:56.109 --> 00:17:58.890 runs up. They yank him. I'm not saying it's good 00:17:58.890 --> 00:18:00.930 or bad. He doesn't strike out a bunch of guys. 00:18:01.430 --> 00:18:04.690 I'm more or less just, it just seems odd to me. 00:18:04.849 --> 00:18:07.230 He's a three run game guy. Like that's what you're 00:18:07.230 --> 00:18:09.029 going to get out of him. I'll take it actually, 00:18:09.410 --> 00:18:12.039 considering the rest of our starting staff. Yeah, 00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:15.220 going back to the lefty versus righty, outside 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:18.319 of Scubal, who's a starter, Summers and Holton 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.980 are the only two lefties we have on the rest 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:24.319 of the roster, which is a little unnerving as 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:26.839 we approach playoff time. Let's talk about the 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.460 good news. The Tigers have taken yet another 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:32.420 series against Royals. They've already won two 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:34.680 out of three. Right now, the game is currently 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:37.900 nine -seven, or excuse me, ten -seven Royals. 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:41.039 They just scored again. Saw that who knows what's 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.980 gonna happen with this one my hope and I believe 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:46.500 yours as well would be that the bullpen doesn't 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:49.960 get too dinged up or overutilized today mm -hmm 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.799 for the fact that they have to travel west to 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.920 Sacramento to play the athletics the next three 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:58.920 games and Let's just get out of there clean two 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:02.680 wins a series win would be amazing I would even 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:05.700 settle for one win just no sweeps. Yeah at this 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:07.640 point We don't want to take a three game ding 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:12.170 to the standings here Most importantly with that 00:19:12.170 --> 00:19:14.869 Thursday's an off day, so it's a recovery day 00:19:14.869 --> 00:19:18.930 and then the Tigers face the Royals at Kauffman. 00:19:19.410 --> 00:19:22.009 And the unfortunate news is Jack Flaherty was 00:19:22.009 --> 00:19:24.990 good Jack Flaherty for two and two thirds innings 00:19:24.990 --> 00:19:28.299 today and with two outs. Bad Jack Flaherty appeared 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:31.640 and allowed six runs. I'm snapping, so for those 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:33.859 that can or cannot hear it, in the minute or 00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:36.299 second it takes to snap, in a blink of an eye, 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:39.660 Jack Flaherty was in deep trouble, and he is 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:42.259 one of the scheduled starters to face the Royals. 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:45.059 Next weekend, we'll see which Flaherty we get. 00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:49.400 It seems the theme that we're working with here, 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.380 and I've said this multiple times, I think you've 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:54.119 alluded to it multiple times yourself on this 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:58.690 show, is consistency. We just don't seem to get 00:19:58.690 --> 00:20:02.390 consistent production, or outcomes at least, 00:20:03.210 --> 00:20:08.509 from a good 80 % of this team. I mean, Dylan 00:20:08.509 --> 00:20:10.809 Dangler has been about the most consistent thing 00:20:10.809 --> 00:20:14.809 on this team all season long. And Tarek Scoogle. 00:20:15.230 --> 00:20:18.670 And Tarek Scoogle, correct. Exactly. And I know 00:20:18.670 --> 00:20:22.329 he's not always been consistently good, but at 00:20:22.329 --> 00:20:25.640 least Tyler Holton has been healthy enough. to 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:27.519 pitch the innings that have been asked of him. 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:30.400 And he's also been put in so many high leverage, 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:33.059 terrible situations where he inherits runners 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:37.000 and messes from guys like Jack Flaherty. Today. 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:40.559 Or Casey Mize. Or others that are not even up 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:43.220 with the big league ball part, or ball team at 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:46.740 this point. A question for you, Montero, is he 00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:49.920 someone that we see back up? Sort of shocked 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.339 we haven't seen him. Yeah. I mean, they did get 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:56.660 the, so they got Charlie Morton and they got 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:59.859 Paddock at the trade deadline. So that might 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:02.839 have signaled that Kyder Montero was going to 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:06.119 be staying down in the miners due to this. I 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:10.259 don't know that I agree with that. I think Kyder 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:13.099 Montero is a more effective starter than Paddock. 00:21:13.390 --> 00:21:16.630 And I almost wonder if he's as effective, or 00:21:16.630 --> 00:21:19.069 maybe a bit better than Flaherty at this point. 00:21:19.450 --> 00:21:21.329 I mean, Flaherty can have a lights -out game. 00:21:21.349 --> 00:21:24.130 We said in the last show that he, you know, wrote 00:21:24.130 --> 00:21:28.029 his magnum opus in this last series, and then 00:21:28.029 --> 00:21:31.690 he gets here, and he looks completely broken 00:21:31.690 --> 00:21:34.309 again today. It's like he has a great game, then 00:21:34.309 --> 00:21:36.089 he has a terrible game, and a great game, and 00:21:36.089 --> 00:21:38.509 a terrible game. And every time I see this stuff, 00:21:38.630 --> 00:21:41.490 I'm like, the consistency just isn't there. What 00:21:41.490 --> 00:21:44.680 will we get in the playoffs? Kyner Montero, not 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:48.319 a solution to the consistency, but wondering 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:50.980 if developing him in the short term is a better 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:54.420 idea. Consistency though, I would say, you know, 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:56.099 you're not going to get a ton of innings from 00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:58.000 them, but you know, you're not also going to 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.680 get a ton of runs given up. True. I should be 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.980 referencing this as consistent success. Consistent 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:09.099 success would be. what we're looking for, you 00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:11.920 do get, you get kind of a consistent, middling 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.119 effort from Kyder Montero, right? Like he doesn't 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:16.119 throw a game away, but he doesn't exactly win 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:19.440 it for you or anything. I, I don't know. What 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:21.660 I am frustrated with is Flaherty at this point, 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:23.519 because I can't figure out how a guy who went 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.480 and had the game he had last week has this game 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:29.880 today. That's, that's flustered. That's just 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:32.920 frustrating. If I was a betting man, I would 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:36.569 stay away from this guy with a football. Or did 00:22:36.569 --> 00:22:38.490 you just play the odds and say that next game 00:22:38.490 --> 00:22:41.670 he's back on? Or, probably, right? That's when 00:22:41.670 --> 00:22:44.069 you get stuck, but yeah. That's a head scratcher 00:22:44.069 --> 00:22:46.450 at this point. I'm probably not putting my money, 00:22:46.450 --> 00:22:48.109 I'm with you, I'm not putting my money there. 00:22:48.230 --> 00:22:51.430 I would take Montero in the chaos that would 00:22:51.430 --> 00:22:55.470 ensue with it more so than I would trust five 00:22:55.470 --> 00:22:59.099 innings of Flaherty at this point. Okay. So you 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:01.900 you hope for some AJ hinge chaos in the postseason, 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:04.619 right? I'm not saying I hope for a start, but 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:07.460 we're talking Flaherty versus Montero. Gotcha. 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:10.680 I would take two and two -thirds or three innings 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:13.380 of Montero and then just let Holt and Hannah 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:16.960 Fee, Vast Finnegan do their magic. I would prefer 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:20.279 that to then sending out Flaherty getting not 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.640 even two innings of Bad Jack or three innings 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.259 of Bad Jack and then still having to use the 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:29.990 bullpen but to no positive effect, meaning you've 00:23:29.990 --> 00:23:32.630 already dug yourself a hole. You're behind the 00:23:32.630 --> 00:23:35.410 eight ball because let's face it. If you go down 00:23:35.410 --> 00:23:38.650 six, one, you know, six runs to one in the playoffs. 00:23:38.789 --> 00:23:42.329 Sure. Odds aren't in your favor. We have an upcoming 00:23:42.329 --> 00:23:46.329 series against the athletics in the lovely town 00:23:46.329 --> 00:23:49.329 of Sacramento. It is going to be boiling hot 00:23:49.329 --> 00:23:52.069 doing the research. It does not appear that the 00:23:52.069 --> 00:23:55.210 athletics have all three pitchers set. the Tigers 00:23:55.210 --> 00:23:58.029 do appear to have their three pitchers set. And 00:23:58.029 --> 00:24:00.589 I just wanted to pick your brain on how you feel 00:24:00.589 --> 00:24:04.529 about these matchups. Tarek Schubel against... 00:24:04.529 --> 00:24:08.130 Oh, we do have somebody named Gin. And not Ted 00:24:08.130 --> 00:24:11.869 Gin Jr. It's JT Gin. Yeah. Gotta like scoops 00:24:11.869 --> 00:24:15.450 in that, right? Yes. I gotta like scoops in that. 00:24:15.609 --> 00:24:18.750 JT Gin's got a pretty, pretty high hard hit rate. 00:24:18.869 --> 00:24:22.710 I think he's probably somebody we can beat up 00:24:22.710 --> 00:24:27.599 a little bit. I don't think, I mean, all of his, 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:31.799 all of his, uh, metrics are pretty bad outside 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.619 of, he does have a pretty high K rate. So he 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:36.619 does get some swing and miss, ground ball pitcher. 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:39.740 Other than that, everything else is, I mean, 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:42.220 people just barrel this guy up. It looks like 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:45.380 a lot of power, a lot of, um, hard hit balls 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:50.000 off of him. Do you feel, I get a little, I know 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.880 that Scubal's got a pitch when his time's up 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:55.309 in the, in the rotation. heading out west, we're 00:24:55.309 --> 00:24:56.670 going to get a little rest because it's like 00:24:56.670 --> 00:24:59.309 a nine o 'clock game tomorrow night, little off 00:24:59.309 --> 00:25:01.329 schedule. Do you worry about that at all for 00:25:01.329 --> 00:25:02.849 a pitcher? Do you think, hey, they're professionals, 00:25:02.869 --> 00:25:05.170 they deal with it? Yeah. I mean, I think everything's 00:25:05.170 --> 00:25:09.690 a concern. And what I think is super important 00:25:09.690 --> 00:25:12.609 is regardless of what happens tomorrow night, 00:25:13.089 --> 00:25:16.009 this is the final West coast road trip the Tigers 00:25:16.009 --> 00:25:19.230 have. And given that, yes, it's in Sacramento. 00:25:19.450 --> 00:25:21.910 I think it's going to be an awful ballpark to 00:25:21.910 --> 00:25:25.009 play in. It's a band box. It plays very small. 00:25:25.390 --> 00:25:27.950 The last time the Tigers had to do this, it didn't 00:25:27.950 --> 00:25:31.569 go real well against the Rays. I think the weather 00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:34.009 is going to be awful. I'm going to go to that 00:25:34.009 --> 00:25:37.490 in just a minute, but it was almost 110 in Portland 00:25:37.490 --> 00:25:40.109 today. Sacramento is basically on that same track 00:25:40.109 --> 00:25:42.910 in terms of how far inland it is. So I'm expecting 00:25:42.910 --> 00:25:44.970 it to be well over a hundred degrees. I think 00:25:44.970 --> 00:25:48.089 of. All the Tigers pitcher scoobles the best 00:25:48.089 --> 00:25:50.529 equipped for it. We have uncle Charlie in game 00:25:50.529 --> 00:25:53.529 two. And then in game three, we've got a three 00:25:53.529 --> 00:25:58.329 run Casey Mize against Luis Morales. And I, again, 00:25:58.910 --> 00:26:01.349 two wins would be exceptional. Just win one. 00:26:01.730 --> 00:26:06.700 I'm good. Sure. And the fact that Kaufman Stadium, 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.680 which is in the Central Time Zone, it'll also 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:11.220 be on Godley Hot probably in Kansas City because 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.079 it usually gets hot there this time of year, 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:15.700 is good for the Tigers as well because after 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:19.839 that, they play the rest of the season in the 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:22.720 Eastern Time Zone. They're 14 -7 for the month 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:26.259 of August, 14 -8 if they lose today. Things are 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:28.140 pointing in the right direction. They've righted 00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:31.769 the ship from the... pre and post All -Star break, 00:26:32.230 --> 00:26:35.289 malaise or malaise that they went through. Yeah. 00:26:36.049 --> 00:26:38.910 All signs are pointing up. I feel really, really 00:26:38.910 --> 00:26:44.029 good about this team. I don't like it when key 00:26:44.029 --> 00:26:48.230 pieces don't play. Hence today, we don't have 00:26:48.230 --> 00:26:50.789 Torres starting at second base. Keith isn't leading 00:26:50.789 --> 00:26:53.529 off. Both are getting a day of rest. And the 00:26:53.529 --> 00:26:56.789 lack of depth that the Tigers have still showcases 00:26:56.789 --> 00:26:59.809 at times. Do you think So I'm a little afraid 00:26:59.809 --> 00:27:03.230 of the A's series. I think we could get beat 00:27:03.230 --> 00:27:05.950 up a little bit by this team. You have some young 00:27:05.950 --> 00:27:09.190 ballplayers like Jacob Wilson, Nick Kurtz, Shay 00:27:09.190 --> 00:27:12.049 Lane Lear has been on fire lately. You want to 00:27:12.049 --> 00:27:14.029 talk about a catcher who hits. There could be 00:27:14.029 --> 00:27:15.730 some difficulty here. I think we can get to their 00:27:15.730 --> 00:27:17.970 pitching, but their hitters aren't going to be 00:27:17.970 --> 00:27:20.609 a pushover. I worry about the game two and three. 00:27:20.869 --> 00:27:22.990 Scubal will do what Scubal does, I think, regardless 00:27:22.990 --> 00:27:24.910 of start time. I know I mentioned it, but... 00:27:24.970 --> 00:27:28.369 You know, I'm expecting him to have a scubal 00:27:28.369 --> 00:27:30.509 game because that's what we expect these days. 00:27:31.130 --> 00:27:33.950 But those second two games, I get a little worried. 00:27:34.730 --> 00:27:37.509 Just having to travel the West Coast, I always 00:27:37.509 --> 00:27:39.170 feel like having to travel out there for these 00:27:39.170 --> 00:27:40.950 Midwest teams and East Coast teams is like going 00:27:40.950 --> 00:27:43.839 out to the Bermuda Triangle a little bit. Don't 00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:46.519 know where they're staying, but there's one real 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:50.319 nice Hilton property. I believe in downtown Sacramento 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:52.380 It's right across from the state capital and 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:54.339 it's where we used to always stay for business 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:57.880 meetings My story has a point the only time I've 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:00.539 met the Detroit Pistons as a team was in the 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:04.000 lobby of this Hilton property and it was always 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:06.319 hold a special place in your heart the go -to 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:09.599 -work Pistons and I will say tall people have 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:12.700 never really intimidated me or I've never been 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:16.980 in of anybody that's tall. Rashid Wallace might 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:20.019 have the longest legs I've ever seen in a human 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:23.640 being. And I was speechless upon meeting him. 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:27.940 Just speechless. Just dumbstruck. Couldn't say 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:30.539 a word. Thank God Chauncey Billups bailed me 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:35.299 out and said, I take it you're a big fan. Thanks, 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:37.539 Chauncey. You had a moment in the Sacramento 00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:40.400 Hilton, it sounds like. I did. A moment of fandom. 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:44.890 Just speechless. On that, we will let you Tiger 00:28:44.890 --> 00:28:48.269 fans go. Expect on our sister podcast once the 00:28:48.269 --> 00:28:51.190 53 -man roster is announced for the Lions, an 00:28:51.190 --> 00:28:54.849 update there. We will update you on how the preseason 00:28:54.849 --> 00:28:58.130 finished out. And let's go Tigers. Let's get 00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:00.930 this West Coast swing done and get back home. 00:29:01.470 --> 00:29:04.170 Stay in the Eastern time zone and get to the 00:29:04.170 --> 00:29:13.289 playoffs healthy. All right, that's gonna do 00:29:13.289 --> 00:29:15.589 it for this episode of the Litterbox, a Detroit 00:29:15.589 --> 00:29:18.329 Tigers podcast. Thanks for hanging out with us. 00:29:18.569 --> 00:29:20.589 We're Bill and Chet. We'll be back soon with 00:29:20.589 --> 00:29:23.430 more Tigers Talk. If you're enjoying the show, 00:29:23.690 --> 00:29:26.670 be sure to follow or subscribe on Spotify, Apple 00:29:26.670 --> 00:29:29.549 Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 00:29:30.029 --> 00:29:32.430 And hey, if you got a minute, leave us a quick 00:29:32.430 --> 00:29:35.609 review. Until next time, go Tigers.