WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.009 Thank you. Billy P from The D and Chet here. 00:00:07.389 --> 00:00:09.810 Thank you all for listening to Litterbox, a Detroit 00:00:09.810 --> 00:00:12.369 Tigers podcast. If you enjoy the show, please 00:00:12.369 --> 00:00:14.169 make sure you hit that subscribe button so that 00:00:14.169 --> 00:00:16.469 you never miss an episode. We love hearing your 00:00:16.469 --> 00:00:19.070 thoughts too. Leave us a rating or just drop 00:00:19.070 --> 00:00:21.190 us a comment. Please let us know what you think 00:00:21.190 --> 00:00:23.690 and whatever you want us to cover next. Your 00:00:23.690 --> 00:00:26.269 feedback really helps us grow and keeps the Tigers 00:00:26.269 --> 00:00:29.050 talk rolling all season long. Go Tigers and thank 00:00:29.050 --> 00:00:42.630 you. Look, we get it, Tiger fans. We know the 00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:45.630 baseball season can be a grind. 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Litterbox listeners, we are getting 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.560 into the dog days here. The end of the season 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:42.340 is right around the corner. September baseball 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:45.120 coming at you. So when you thread these games 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.379 in, in between all the football games, just know 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:50.040 we'll be here to keep covering. We're gonna do 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.319 a two series coverage today. We're gonna gloss 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.640 over that wonderful Yankee series where the Tigers 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:58.060 took two out of three. And then we're gonna jump 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:00.359 into the Marlins series where... They didn't 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:02.959 take two out of three, they only got one. And 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:06.239 we kind of predicted, I think if Bill, going 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.699 back, if we said we'd come off these six games 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:13.099 at 500, we'd probably been pretty happy. Because 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:14.819 I think you and I were kind of shading to the 00:02:14.819 --> 00:02:16.800 fact that we're going to lose both these series 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.840 and things were going to get dicey down the stretch 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:21.879 in the standings. Do you have any initial thoughts? 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:23.939 Before we get into these ball games against the 00:02:23.939 --> 00:02:27.360 Yankees and Marlins, I want to bring up an outing 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.860 that Chet and I had. had an awesome discovery 00:02:30.860 --> 00:02:33.979 at the ballpark. I'll let him speak a little 00:02:33.979 --> 00:02:37.219 bit more on this, but instead of having to go 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:40.719 the steam box, let's call it where the hot dog 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:43.659 vendor brings it to you, Chet found something 00:02:43.659 --> 00:02:46.819 even better and it's called the grab and go cooler. 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:50.020 We know that's where you get ice cold refreshments 00:02:50.020 --> 00:02:53.099 like beer, seltzers. I don't know if you want 00:02:53.099 --> 00:02:55.159 to get a iced tea or something like that. You 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:58.340 can as well, alcoholic or non -alcoholic. But 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:02.199 what we didn't know is that they also have a, 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:04.979 I don't know if we want to call it a heater box, 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:09.419 a slight oven with hot dogs just marinating in 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:13.159 their own juices wrapped in foil. I was suspect 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.139 of the quality. So I said to myself, grab two 00:03:16.139 --> 00:03:18.080 of these. So I went in there. It's like one of 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.680 these like kiosks at Wrigley where you can buy, 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.840 you give them your card and you walk up, buy 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.479 what you want. And they somehow charge your card 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:27.560 for the accurate amount as you just walk on out. 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.319 All right. So I get in there and I see, OK, we're 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:32.419 going to grab a beer, whatever. And then I look 00:03:32.419 --> 00:03:35.099 over and I see these this beautiful row of foil 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:38.099 wrapped hot dogs. I see I'm really hungry and 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:40.539 I need to see if one of these is the same quality 00:03:40.539 --> 00:03:43.039 I'm getting out of the old steamer box over there. 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:47.500 Somehow, somehow the encased meats artisans at 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:51.419 Wrigley Field figured out how to get the same 00:03:51.419 --> 00:03:55.159 feel, the same texture, the same flavor from 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.050 these. what I will call like heated shelves, 00:03:58.789 --> 00:04:01.210 where these little dumplings all sat next to 00:04:01.210 --> 00:04:03.909 each other on a shelf. I grabbed two, I took 00:04:03.909 --> 00:04:06.629 them to the to the seat, and lo and behold, they 00:04:06.629 --> 00:04:09.110 tasted exactly like they came out of the steamer 00:04:09.110 --> 00:04:11.689 box that the guys used to walk around the stadium 00:04:11.689 --> 00:04:13.509 with, still walk around the stadium with, I believe, 00:04:13.530 --> 00:04:16.269 if I saw correctly. And I had two of these things 00:04:16.269 --> 00:04:19.209 and it was like, I'm home. I haven't had a hot 00:04:19.209 --> 00:04:22.769 dog like that in so long. So I ran back and I 00:04:22.769 --> 00:04:26.050 got two more immediately. And I had four and 00:04:26.050 --> 00:04:28.129 I started thinking to myself, could I do the 00:04:28.129 --> 00:04:30.689 nine inning deal? And I said, no, Chad, stop 00:04:30.689 --> 00:04:33.589 now. Don't wreck yourself for the rest of the 00:04:33.589 --> 00:04:35.470 day. And I stopped there at four, but I kept 00:04:35.470 --> 00:04:37.689 looking back at that steamer shelf every time 00:04:37.689 --> 00:04:41.110 we walked by it thinking one more, maybe I decided 00:04:41.110 --> 00:04:44.730 against it. I'm not 25 years old anymore. So 00:04:44.730 --> 00:04:47.629 I got my four hot dogs and they were lovely. 00:04:48.550 --> 00:04:50.620 Bill, I'm glad you brought that up. I'm glad 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:53.600 you brought that up. That was an opportunity 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:56.959 there. Did you dress them with anything? I put 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:59.639 nothing, nothing on them. If I had dressed them 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:01.540 with anything, it would have completely and totally 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:06.060 ruined the experiment. Okay. You have to go bareback 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:08.259 on those because I'm telling you, there's a flavor 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:11.279 in there. There's a natural... It's like they've 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.639 been marinating in their own juices. You don't 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.660 need to put anything on them. I don't want any 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:18.980 of the cheap stuff they got to put on them. Hot 00:05:18.980 --> 00:05:22.459 dog sweat soaking into the bond dog sweat almost 00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:24.680 soaking into the bun and they do congeal together 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:27.220 I have a picture I'm holding one and you can 00:05:27.220 --> 00:05:29.639 tell exactly what I'm talking about and I did 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.779 stuff them in the pockets of my shorts for easy 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:34.139 carry while I was carrying my two beers too, 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:39.279 so That's I mean That's all I can give you. They're 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:42.500 as good as the steamer boxes ever were I'm extremely 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:45.540 impressed. I was very suspicious of that kiosk 00:05:45.540 --> 00:05:47.910 and how the whole thing works The technology 00:05:47.910 --> 00:05:51.589 is over even my head. But the hot dogs are still 00:05:51.589 --> 00:05:53.850 pure people. They're still pure. So basically, 00:05:54.029 --> 00:05:57.709 AI is now taking over the hot dog vendors. AI 00:05:57.709 --> 00:06:00.050 hot dogs. Is that what they are? The AI hot dogs? 00:06:00.129 --> 00:06:02.470 Is that what we're calling them? At any rate, 00:06:02.569 --> 00:06:05.230 they're great. And kudos to Wrigley for figuring 00:06:05.230 --> 00:06:07.610 out how to bottle that essence and put it on 00:06:07.610 --> 00:06:11.480 a shelf served hot dog. Not out of a steamer 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.459 box the friendly confines of hot dogs. There's 00:06:13.459 --> 00:06:15.379 still hope for this world. There's still hope 00:06:15.379 --> 00:06:20.259 I have a fun fact for you. Perfect since The 00:06:20.259 --> 00:06:23.779 old Yankee Stadium opened including the new Yankee 00:06:23.779 --> 00:06:27.879 Stadium, which was in 1921 No team has ever gone 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.360 in and scored 10 or more runs in two straight 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.959 games until your 2025 Detroit Tigers and is incredible 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:39.740 beat the New York Yankees last Tuesday the 9th 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:43.319 12 to 2. They followed that performance up on 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:47.399 September 10th, winning 11 to 1. And then, as 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:51.740 we predicted, 9 -11 is a very sacred and important 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:55.399 day to New Yorkers, as it rightfully should be. 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:59.300 There's something really special and awesome 00:06:59.300 --> 00:07:02.959 about the New York Yankees wearing the Fire Department 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.839 of New York hats. And the Tigers lost the nine 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:10.399 11 game three to nine. And I just, Yankee stadium 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.060 was full. It was a very symbolic gesture. The 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:15.399 president of the United States was there and 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:17.639 I can live with that. Taking the first two out 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:22.160 of three was unreal because the Yankees have 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.399 a real problem. They aren't the only team in 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.360 the American league that has an awful bullpen. 00:07:27.960 --> 00:07:30.800 and the Tigers capitalized on that and it gives 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:34.319 me hope should we face the Yankees in the postseason 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:38.199 that that bullpen isn't all there and there's 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.420 runs for the getting. I think something interesting 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:44.100 that the trade deadline kind of told us is that 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:46.620 each one of these teams that are in competition 00:07:46.620 --> 00:07:50.100 right now for the playoff spots all kind of suffer 00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:52.939 from some of the same stuff. We get some sketchy 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:55.579 starts, and we get some bad bullpen outings, 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.300 and that's typically where the problems lie. 00:07:59.139 --> 00:08:02.060 Runs aren't usually a problem. If you go back 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:04.100 and look at our games against the Yankees, we 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:06.579 got two good starts. What did we do with those 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:08.819 starts? We won those two games, and we piled 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:12.420 runs on. In the third game, we decided to do 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:14.759 something a little different and go with a little 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:17.519 pitcher -by -committee deal there, and it blew 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:23.360 up in our face. Bill, thoughts? You and I have 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.439 said this numerous times. I bet we're on a half 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.560 dozen. We don't love the chaos theory. Not anymore. 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:34.139 It's wasting valuable innings that Tyler Holton 00:08:34.139 --> 00:08:38.899 could contribute is your one left -handed, hard 00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:41.899 -throwing arm in the bullpen. Sawyer Gibson Long 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:45.600 was awful. I mean, he was nothing short of terrible. 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:48.320 I have long -term concerns about him being a 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:51.799 viable piece of this team. Not only in 2025, 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:57.419 but 2026, 2027. He just, here's why chat. He 00:08:57.419 --> 00:09:00.960 lacks any and all control. It's not one thing, 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.419 you know, if it was one pitch that he just, Hey, 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:05.740 he can't figure out his split finger. He can't 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:08.419 figure out his slider. Chat. He, he doesn't, 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:10.019 he, when he doesn't have control, he doesn't 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:12.779 have control over all four pitches equally. It's 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:15.639 like an equal opportunity, lack of control, which 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:19.370 is really, really frustrating for somebody. that's 00:09:19.370 --> 00:09:22.509 had multiple cups of coffee and who the franchise 00:09:22.509 --> 00:09:26.149 and team believes in, and he's starting to become 00:09:26.149 --> 00:09:29.549 one of those players that I almost think a change 00:09:29.549 --> 00:09:31.470 of scenery is probably the only thing that's 00:09:31.470 --> 00:09:34.090 really going to help this, because it seems to 00:09:34.090 --> 00:09:37.490 be getting worse, not better. Yeah. He came on 00:09:37.490 --> 00:09:39.629 late. I mean, he came on late, came into the 00:09:39.629 --> 00:09:42.230 season late after a long injury, and he kind 00:09:42.230 --> 00:09:45.309 of needs just a long stint AAA to figure things 00:09:45.309 --> 00:09:47.909 out, probably. Really in the end what's needed 00:09:47.909 --> 00:09:50.889 the chaos theory was cute last year. It isn't 00:09:50.889 --> 00:09:53.990 cute this year No, no the cuteness is like we 00:09:53.990 --> 00:09:56.009 need to beat beyond it a little bit And it's 00:09:56.009 --> 00:09:57.990 it's no shock to me that we lost that game. We 00:09:57.990 --> 00:10:00.509 have nine runs in the first three innings So 00:10:00.509 --> 00:10:04.570 there you go. There you go and By utilizing Holton 00:10:04.570 --> 00:10:09.110 in that position you lose his high leverage availability 00:10:09.110 --> 00:10:13.850 later on I felt pretty optimistic about the lack 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:16.529 of bullpen use the previous two games because 00:10:16.529 --> 00:10:19.590 they were so lopsided in the Tigers. Win favor 00:10:19.590 --> 00:10:23.309 that flying from New York down to Miami for the 00:10:23.309 --> 00:10:25.450 weekend series, I thought, hey, we had a rested 00:10:25.450 --> 00:10:28.269 bullpen. Things look good until everything went 00:10:28.269 --> 00:10:31.870 to hell in a handbasket. 9 -11. And so we go 00:10:31.870 --> 00:10:34.750 down Friday the 12th, play the Marlins. And in 00:10:34.750 --> 00:10:37.710 the fourth inning, we get really bad news. Tarek 00:10:37.710 --> 00:10:40.929 Schubel is experiencing tightness in his side 00:10:40.929 --> 00:10:44.740 and his oblique and He's not sharp, Chad. There 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:47.720 was something wrong from the word go in that 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:50.320 game. I mean, he's giving up runs. First two 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.320 innings, gave up three runs, gave up another 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.600 one in the fourth there. I think that something 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.980 was going wrong. They say he's fine, right? They 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:05.679 had an MRI, which is very comprehensive and he 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.600 has a clean bill of health. He is scheduled to 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:11.230 start the 18th against Cleveland at home. which 00:11:11.230 --> 00:11:14.110 will be this Thursday, so let's hope he's okay. 00:11:14.309 --> 00:11:17.470 He was not right, and it seemed like the Tigers 00:11:17.470 --> 00:11:20.409 lost a little bit of their mojo and psyche when 00:11:20.409 --> 00:11:25.090 he exited, so that was an 8 -2 loss. Saturday's 00:11:25.090 --> 00:11:27.610 game was really frustrating, Chet, and I'm gonna 00:11:27.610 --> 00:11:30.570 explain why. It was an extra innings game. The 00:11:30.570 --> 00:11:33.909 Tigers left so many men in scoring position. 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:37.559 Uh, I believe they went three for 14 that day. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:41.000 So it was just the opportunities were there and 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.519 they just couldn't capitalize on it. And they 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.659 ended up losing an 11 innings, six to four to 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:49.639 the Marlins. That's the one that got away. And 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.039 that's what frustrates this fan. And I'm sure 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.950 you as well for the fact that. That would have 00:11:55.950 --> 00:11:58.289 been the difference between taking four of these 00:11:58.289 --> 00:12:02.230 six games on a tough East coast swing where you 00:12:02.230 --> 00:12:04.990 had your off day on Monday. You had to fly from 00:12:04.990 --> 00:12:08.029 New York down to Miami, uh, two very different 00:12:08.029 --> 00:12:10.149 teams. You're playing in front of full houses 00:12:10.149 --> 00:12:13.529 at one of the let's call it high church, high 00:12:13.529 --> 00:12:16.470 churches and all of major league baseball. You 00:12:16.470 --> 00:12:18.690 could hear a pin drop at the Marlins game. I 00:12:18.690 --> 00:12:20.769 mean, you didn't have to tune in to know a different 00:12:20.769 --> 00:12:24.750 environment. Yeah. And so. That one was there 00:12:24.750 --> 00:12:28.429 for the taking. They didn't take it. However, 00:12:28.629 --> 00:12:31.389 what impressed me was yesterday, the Tigers rebounded 00:12:31.389 --> 00:12:34.750 one, two to nothing and salvaged, as you mentioned, 00:12:35.250 --> 00:12:38.889 a series split and held court. What's up next 00:12:38.889 --> 00:12:41.830 is a season within a season chat. And that is 00:12:41.830 --> 00:12:45.049 three games at home, the 16th, 17th and 18th 00:12:45.049 --> 00:12:47.399 against the Cleveland Guardians. The good news 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.100 is we've got the three guys I'd want pitching 00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:52.620 on the bump. We don't have any chaos going. We've 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:55.419 got Mize, then we've got Flaherty, and then we've 00:12:55.419 --> 00:12:58.539 got Scoobs. So it's as good as we could hope 00:12:58.539 --> 00:13:01.639 for. The Guardians are now six and a half back. 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.379 They've been red hot. They are nine and one in 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:07.519 their last 10. They essentially knocked the Royals 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.639 out of this. So it's a two team race. With that, 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:14.820 the Tigers are still in 9 .9 % chance to make 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:17.840 the playoffs. The Guardians are only an 11 % 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:21.220 chance as of today. I still don't like this check. 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:23.679 This is what the odds don't take into consideration 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.080 here is the tenor around both of these teams 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.519 and the fact that all the pressure is on Detroit 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.360 and very little of it on Cleveland right now. 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:34.019 Cleveland really wasn't banking on a playoff 00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:37.190 spot this year. of you know a couple months ago 00:13:37.190 --> 00:13:39.429 and the season got off to such a raucous start 00:13:39.429 --> 00:13:42.110 and Detroit took such a huge lead in the division 00:13:42.110 --> 00:13:45.470 But now here we are six and a half games up We 00:13:45.470 --> 00:13:47.870 got six games against the second -place team 00:13:47.870 --> 00:13:51.029 and we also have to play Atlanta and Boston threaded 00:13:51.029 --> 00:13:54.350 in between there I am this is gonna be a very 00:13:54.350 --> 00:13:57.669 difficult Final Four series of the season for 00:13:57.669 --> 00:14:00.350 us to handle. We need a strong start against 00:14:00.350 --> 00:14:02.730 Cleveland We need to get off to a very strong 00:14:02.730 --> 00:14:04.529 start here in these three home games against 00:14:04.529 --> 00:14:07.710 them. I don't feel great if we go, if we don't 00:14:07.710 --> 00:14:11.850 get at least two. We cannot rely on the scubal 00:14:11.850 --> 00:14:14.490 start. If they lose the first two and we're banking 00:14:14.490 --> 00:14:17.909 on the scubal start to make things right. I am 00:14:17.909 --> 00:14:21.690 very, very apprehensive for what happens next. 00:14:21.809 --> 00:14:25.549 And I will eat a little bit of crow here on July 00:14:25.549 --> 00:14:29.009 the 6th, the Tigers completed a sweep of the 00:14:29.009 --> 00:14:33.080 Cleveland guardians. in Cleveland over the 4th 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:35.000 of July, the 5th of July and the 6th of July. 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.240 And at that point, I said, stick a fork in them. 00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:41.080 They're done. Not quite. Not quite. They could 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.500 have been if we had won more games down the stretch. 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:46.460 But we've we've brought them back into the fold. 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.720 We brought them back to life here. We've given 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.960 them the accurate way of. Yeah, we gave them 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.659 a reason to live. So anyhow, that's the funny 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:58.700 part. Sellers at the trade deadline and. Interesting. 00:14:58.899 --> 00:15:02.000 A couple of players were suspended for gambling 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:05.419 allegations from their bullpen. And the guardians 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:07.840 have been red hot. It's one of these. And they 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:10.500 still keep going. Yeah, addition by subtraction. 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.679 And my guy, Stephen Kwan, is going to probably 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.799 just be a pest the entire series. And I'm really 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.159 looking forward to it. I mean, this is why we 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:22.139 tune in. This is why we love sports. And I just 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:25.259 hope that the Tigers emerge victorious on this 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:29.039 and don't. you know, give away the division to 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:32.759 the Guardians yet again. Well, I'm not ready 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.200 to sign it all off. One thing that we can take 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:37.700 out of this, one thing that, one positive that 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:41.000 will come from this, regardless, if we make the 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:44.340 playoffs at the end of this stretch of 12 games 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:47.659 coming up here, if we make the playoffs, we are 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:49.960 going to be battle tested for the playoffs. We 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.399 will have gone through a very tense stretch here. 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:55.519 This will have us ready mentally. If we were 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.100 coming close and in 15 games up and playing the 00:15:58.100 --> 00:16:00.340 way we are and we hit the playoffs, I don't know. 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.419 I can see us early exit. But if we can keep our 00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:05.279 lead and we can get ourselves in the playoffs 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:07.759 still with the 12 games we got left, I think 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.820 we'll be battle tested enough to be awake and 00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:12.799 ready to play playoff baseball. That's about 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.980 the only silver lining I can pull from this because 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:17.019 we got to get it together here. The bullpen, 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:19.480 the starting pitching, we got to get it together 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:21.740 and hope to God, I don't see any more chaos out 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:24.940 there. Agreed. So, Tigers fans, we will be back 00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:27.860 with you after this Guardian series and let's 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.600 hope for the best. You know, if you're listening 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:33.169 to this pod, a thank you. B, we know you're a 00:16:33.169 --> 00:16:36.590 dedicated Tigers fan. Just enjoy these next three 00:16:36.590 --> 00:16:38.870 games. It's going to be a lot of fun. We know 00:16:38.870 --> 00:16:41.049 football started. We know there's other things 00:16:41.049 --> 00:16:43.710 going on, but I'm really, really looking forward 00:16:43.710 --> 00:16:46.210 to these next three games at home against the 00:16:46.210 --> 00:16:48.870 Guardians. Season comes down to right now, and 00:16:48.870 --> 00:16:52.529 I hope you all enjoy it as well. With that, go 00:16:52.529 --> 00:16:59.049 Tigers. All right, that's gonna do it for this 00:16:59.049 --> 00:17:01.950 episode of the Litterbox, a Detroit Tigers podcast. 00:17:02.169 --> 00:17:04.470 Thanks for hanging out with us. We're Bill and 00:17:04.470 --> 00:17:06.789 Chet. We'll be back soon with more Tigers Talk. 00:17:07.410 --> 00:17:09.630 If you're enjoying the show, be sure to follow 00:17:09.630 --> 00:17:13.529 or subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 00:17:13.529 --> 00:17:16.390 you get your podcasts. And hey, if you got a 00:17:16.390 --> 00:17:19.930 minute, leave us a quick review. Until next time, 00:17:20.250 --> 00:17:20.890 go Tigers.