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You're 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:24.180 listening to the Litterbox, a Detroit Tigers 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:29.120 podcast with your hosts, Chet West and Bill Patterson. 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:33.700 Welcome to the Detroit Tigers Litterbox and it's 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:36.560 celebration time. Victory chicken on a Thursday 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.840 chat with your champagne. Pop those champagne 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.120 bottles, baby. We're going to the division series, 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.769 Billy. Traveling out west. Saturday and Sunday, 00:01:46.090 --> 00:01:48.709 the Detroit Tigers are going to be playing the 00:01:48.709 --> 00:01:52.810 Seattle Mariners at Safeco Park. And I do think 00:01:52.810 --> 00:01:55.469 the better team won in this series as painful 00:01:55.469 --> 00:01:58.790 as it was at times, Chet. The Tigers won today, 00:01:59.010 --> 00:02:02.709 Thursday the 2nd of October, 6 -3. They lost 00:02:02.709 --> 00:02:05.810 game two of the series, 6 -1. It was actually 00:02:05.810 --> 00:02:07.750 a pretty competitive game until the eighth inning 00:02:07.750 --> 00:02:09.909 and then the Guardians pulled away. And then 00:02:09.909 --> 00:02:14.099 they won Tuesday, game one, 2 -1. And I keep 00:02:14.099 --> 00:02:17.139 hearing if you heard this as well that the team 00:02:17.139 --> 00:02:19.219 that wins game one in these wild card series 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:22.900 is like grossly favored to keep going forward 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:26.009 and win the series. Yeah, which I just. I didn't 00:02:26.009 --> 00:02:28.289 know that. I would have thought, I mean, in this 00:02:28.289 --> 00:02:30.830 series, Tigers come out win game one. I felt 00:02:30.830 --> 00:02:34.030 pretty good going into game two. But, you know, 00:02:34.030 --> 00:02:36.689 I would have thought after the Indians took game 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:39.229 two and in the fashion they did it in, that they 00:02:39.229 --> 00:02:41.270 would have easily just grabbed this game today. 00:02:41.949 --> 00:02:43.629 Admittedly was kind of going into it saying, 00:02:43.650 --> 00:02:45.509 I don't know if we got it to get this thing done 00:02:45.509 --> 00:02:47.990 today. I really didn't know if we did. And to 00:02:47.990 --> 00:02:51.490 be honest, it looked very dicey there for a while. 00:02:51.710 --> 00:02:54.009 I mean, once again, leaving runners in scoring 00:02:54.009 --> 00:02:57.080 position. Not getting them in. That was driving 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.360 me crazy for this whole entire series. And finally, 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:02.939 it's like the offense. I said it to you guys 00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:05.120 in the text chat. It's like the offense took 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.800 an x lax and everything started flowing again 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:10.240 inside of one inning. I will say this, though. 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:13.539 They must have had Cleveland Polish boys delivered 00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:17.090 to the locker room. They must have. to loosen 00:03:17.090 --> 00:03:19.810 things up a little bit. I will say this, our 00:03:19.810 --> 00:03:22.710 pitching throughout this series did a pretty 00:03:22.710 --> 00:03:25.729 good job. The Cleveland Guardians do not have 00:03:25.729 --> 00:03:29.509 the strongest lineup top to bottom. It's been 00:03:29.509 --> 00:03:31.729 talked about quite a bit. They are, their strength 00:03:31.729 --> 00:03:33.729 is their pitching and they have a very, very 00:03:33.729 --> 00:03:36.289 good pitching staff. So maybe this was a case 00:03:36.289 --> 00:03:39.169 of good pitching, beating good hitting for them 00:03:39.169 --> 00:03:41.110 throughout when our hitting wasn't going and 00:03:41.110 --> 00:03:43.669 we finally broke through. I don't know. The way 00:03:43.669 --> 00:03:46.889 I look at this, Now you get the Mariners who, 00:03:47.550 --> 00:03:49.930 they likewise, I mean, things only get harder 00:03:49.930 --> 00:03:52.710 as you go into the postseason, but I'm glad we 00:03:52.710 --> 00:03:55.409 made it back to the division series this year. 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:58.969 It's, I think the wild card would have felt a 00:03:58.969 --> 00:04:02.590 little bit light as a result for what we had 00:04:02.590 --> 00:04:04.629 done this season. But when you start off the 00:04:04.629 --> 00:04:06.909 way we did, winning the way we did in the first 00:04:06.909 --> 00:04:09.349 half of the season, all of a sudden expectations 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:12.219 just go sky high. Bill, your thoughts? Yeah, 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:16.040 I think like I alluded to earlier, the better 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:20.180 team won. I still can't. It's inexplicable what 00:04:20.180 --> 00:04:22.740 happened the month of September to the Tigers. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.019 The pitching was good in this series. I'm going 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:27.079 to tell you right now, my game ball goes to one 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.300 Javier Baez. He was the best hitter the Tigers 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:33.459 had. Is he back being Javier Baez? He's Javier 00:04:33.459 --> 00:04:37.860 Baez. And then aside from that, you got to give 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:39.540 a shout out to Scoobble. You got to give a shout 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:41.540 out to Mize. You got to give a shout out to Flaherty. 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:43.540 And then you also have to give a shout out to 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:46.160 Will Vest, Kyle Finnegan, and Tyler Holton that 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.920 was excellent. So the pitching was really good. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.610 The only guy that really. didn't deliver was 00:04:51.610 --> 00:04:54.670 Brennan Hannafee, but he was the wrong man out 00:04:54.670 --> 00:04:57.810 in some of those matchups. So yeah, the Tigers 00:04:57.810 --> 00:05:01.250 are moving off to play Seattle at Safeco Field. 00:05:01.329 --> 00:05:03.930 And I'm just doing an early look in on this chat. 00:05:04.329 --> 00:05:07.329 Tickets are twice as expensive for these two 00:05:07.329 --> 00:05:11.269 games in Seattle as any other Milwaukee, Toronto, 00:05:11.470 --> 00:05:13.069 Philadelphia. And then the reason being - Well, 00:05:13.069 --> 00:05:14.769 they're excited for their Mariners right now. 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:16.649 Yeah, I believe this is the first time they've 00:05:16.649 --> 00:05:18.769 made the playoffs in 10 seasons. So I think it's 00:05:18.769 --> 00:05:21.779 part of that. Yeah. Excuse me, scratch what I 00:05:21.779 --> 00:05:23.459 just said. I didn't look at the Philly tickets. 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.480 Those are much more expensive than the Seattle 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.600 tickets. That sounds right. Have you been to 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:31.120 Safeco Field? I've never been to Safeco. I've 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.040 driven around outside of it. I've never been 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:36.300 in it. Been to Seattle a couple times. I get 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:39.259 the feeling that that town is very connected 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:42.579 to their ball club. They're not what you would 00:05:42.579 --> 00:05:46.879 call a major market team. So there's a lot of 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:49.310 excitement. On their team, they play, you know, 00:05:49.350 --> 00:05:52.970 in the downtown ballpark. It's huge. Has a retractable 00:05:52.970 --> 00:05:55.230 roof. This time of year, it should be absolutely 00:05:55.230 --> 00:05:58.089 gorgeous. They have possibly the best August 00:05:58.089 --> 00:06:00.490 and September anywhere in the country. I love 00:06:00.490 --> 00:06:02.269 it here in the Midwest. I know you do as well, 00:06:02.370 --> 00:06:05.410 but they have. I've enjoyed all this time I've 00:06:05.410 --> 00:06:08.569 spent out there. 60 to 65 degree days, 55 degree 00:06:08.569 --> 00:06:10.790 nights. They don't have insects this time of 00:06:10.790 --> 00:06:14.110 year. Beautiful sunsets. The water keeps things 00:06:14.110 --> 00:06:16.230 nice and reasonable, but the sun shines. So it's 00:06:16.230 --> 00:06:19.680 gorgeous. Now, fast forward to late November, 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.180 December, January, you're going to be lucky to 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:25.000 see the sun and deal with a lot of rain. With 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.000 that, let's talk a little bit about just the 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.959 quick snapshot on this. The Tigers played six 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.800 games against the Mariners this year. They played 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.519 them the second series of the year after they 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:38.899 got swept by the Dodgers in Los Angeles, went 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:41.220 up and then took two of three, the first two, 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:43.500 and then lost the third second series of the 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:45.990 year against the Mariners. Then they faced him 00:06:45.990 --> 00:06:48.589 again the weekend before the All -Star break 00:06:48.589 --> 00:06:53.009 at Comerica and got swept in a very, very uncompetitive 00:06:53.009 --> 00:06:55.550 fashion. That was a, that was like the beginning 00:06:55.550 --> 00:07:00.949 of our sort of gradual descent to hell roll downhill 00:07:00.949 --> 00:07:03.689 towards September where we started. We just didn't 00:07:03.689 --> 00:07:05.470 have as good a second half as we had a first 00:07:05.470 --> 00:07:07.790 half. Our first half was incredible. Do you now 00:07:07.790 --> 00:07:11.610 their, their rotation is pretty darn good. They're 00:07:11.610 --> 00:07:13.550 going to roll a guy by the name of Logan Gilbert 00:07:13.550 --> 00:07:16.389 out there for game one. I would assume it will 00:07:16.389 --> 00:07:19.709 be Logan Gilbert for game one. And he, he and 00:07:19.709 --> 00:07:22.290 Scubal are going to go at it. And I am very excited 00:07:22.290 --> 00:07:24.769 to see how this whole thing shows up. You're 00:07:24.769 --> 00:07:26.389 talking about two of the best pitchers in the 00:07:26.389 --> 00:07:28.829 American league there. And that's again, playoffs. 00:07:29.149 --> 00:07:31.269 We're going to get this. We got Gavin Williams 00:07:31.269 --> 00:07:33.970 with Cleveland and he's, he's yet again, another 00:07:33.970 --> 00:07:36.589 great young pitcher coming up. So you're really 00:07:36.589 --> 00:07:39.990 not. Getting you're not gonna have too many weak 00:07:39.990 --> 00:07:42.709 starting pitchers going forward Especially in 00:07:42.709 --> 00:07:45.329 those games one two and three George Kirby's 00:07:45.329 --> 00:07:47.829 in there Brian Wu is an excellent young pitcher 00:07:47.829 --> 00:07:49.850 He's gonna be and I think he's like their number 00:07:49.850 --> 00:07:52.949 three guy behind Luis Castillo is there too So 00:07:52.949 --> 00:07:55.750 this is going to be a challenge and I'm real 00:07:55.750 --> 00:07:58.769 excited to see Julio Rodriguez play in the postseason 00:07:58.769 --> 00:08:01.560 Of course, you're gonna get Cal Raleigh Of course, 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:04.420 Eugenio Suarez will be out there, somebody we 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:06.279 talked about around the trade deadline. What 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:09.120 are you looking for as far as, what do you think, 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.759 where do you think the Mariners can beat us? 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:13.920 In just about every facet of the game. Just about 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:15.879 every facet of the game. I mean, you take Scoopal 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:17.660 out of the equation, they're starting pitchings 00:08:17.660 --> 00:08:20.790 better. You, regardless of who you want to throw 00:08:20.790 --> 00:08:22.649 out of our bullpen, their bullpen has been better. 00:08:22.930 --> 00:08:25.529 And then their one through nine starting every 00:08:25.529 --> 00:08:29.110 day is much better. And they've made a couple 00:08:29.110 --> 00:08:32.210 key trades. They traded for Josh Naylor, the 00:08:32.210 --> 00:08:34.230 brother of Bo Naylor, who we just saw plenty 00:08:34.230 --> 00:08:38.769 of in all these guardian games. And, you know, 00:08:38.769 --> 00:08:40.970 they do have Eugenio Suarez. I mean, the big 00:08:40.970 --> 00:08:43.250 names are going to be Cal Raleigh and JP Crawford. 00:08:43.549 --> 00:08:47.250 I just, I, the ballpark plays big, Chet. So. 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.740 How the Tigers would, I guess your question is, 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:52.500 what do the Mariners do? Well, they do everything 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:54.299 well. There's really nothing they don't do well. 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.419 We know the Tigers, they run the base as well, 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:59.419 but they're not fast. The Tigers clearly are 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:01.159 struggling with runners and scoring position 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.899 and they struggle to manufacture runs. The Mariners 00:09:04.899 --> 00:09:07.019 are good at all these things and their roll pen 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:09.600 is as good as you're going to find probably in 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:11.960 the American league. How the Tigers win it is 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.399 I think. the bookend of what you wanted to ask 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:16.799 me. And that is if the Tigers can continue getting 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.240 guys on the bases, it's a huge ballpark and they 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:25.279 can run and behave a lot like they would the 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:28.340 Tigers would at Comerica. And they weren't able 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:30.580 to do that at progressive field because it's 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:33.519 a little bit of a band box. So I think this plays 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.440 to the Tigers, you know, no call to nature, but 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.889 to their natural habitat. Sure. And so I think 00:09:39.889 --> 00:09:42.070 we're playing in two pitchers parks for this 00:09:42.070 --> 00:09:44.929 whole series. Yes. So theoretically, the offense 00:09:44.929 --> 00:09:47.090 should be down a little bit anyways. Tigers have 00:09:47.090 --> 00:09:49.809 to take one of the weekend games coming home 00:09:49.809 --> 00:09:52.789 with the series tied 1 -1. If it's 2 -0, I don't 00:09:52.789 --> 00:09:54.870 think great things are going to happen. This 00:09:54.870 --> 00:09:57.710 co -host is going to be in the D. So if you want 00:09:57.710 --> 00:10:01.929 to say hi. Location. Maybe you can. message the 00:10:01.929 --> 00:10:04.730 show and maybe I'll set up a meet and greet. 00:10:05.230 --> 00:10:07.070 Catch them early, folks. Catch them early. One 00:10:07.070 --> 00:10:10.610 of the finer establishments in and around Comerica. 00:10:10.809 --> 00:10:14.090 If the Tigers do split, I like their chances 00:10:14.090 --> 00:10:17.509 to wrap this up at home. Yeah. We have to take 00:10:17.509 --> 00:10:20.350 the one in Seattle. We got to get the one in 00:10:20.350 --> 00:10:22.370 Seattle. And then you come home and you finish 00:10:22.370 --> 00:10:25.049 it out. Best of five series. It's, you know... 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:27.539 Wish they were all seven games to be honest. 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:30.399 I don't really like I certainly don't like the 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.320 best of three series I don't feel like we get 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:34.379 a good taste of things there I like how it ended 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:36.840 up for us here against Cleveland worked out great 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.039 But I'd love them all to be best of seven series 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.620 to be honest if we could get there We're never 00:10:41.620 --> 00:10:43.980 gonna get that though. The postseason would take 00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:47.259 forever. I do wonder how things will go against 00:10:47.259 --> 00:10:49.019 their pitching staff They have a good pitching 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:52.600 staff. So If our offense keeps going down this 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:55.240 weak path, I just don't know that our bullpen 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.500 can keep up. I'm glad we got to the division 00:10:57.500 --> 00:10:59.840 series to get past it. It's going to take, it's 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.059 going to take quite a bit of probably luck and 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:05.659 a little magic and mojo to get through this. 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.320 But you know what? I, they can do it. They just 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:10.919 got to play their best ball. Absolutely. And 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:13.779 I do think getting, I don't know if the monkey 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:16.559 off the back, but whatever on your back. off 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:18.860 your back. I mean, the Guardians had gotten to 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:20.620 the point of being the Tigers' Achilles heel 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:23.379 and still may be in the future. I mean, this 00:11:23.379 --> 00:11:25.779 is not over. You're not going anywhere. Yeah, 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:28.200 this isn't over by any stretch. And I love that 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:30.740 it's developing into a great rivalry. I'd rather 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:33.379 it be the Guardians than I would, no offense 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:35.460 to your hometown, the Twins or the White Sox, 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:39.120 my hometown. I do not disagree. Kansas City feels 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.919 too far and remote. So I was shocked to see it 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:43.840 was last year was the first time the Tigers had 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:47.240 played the Guardians. in a postseason or the 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.879 Indians for that matter. Well, while you bring 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:54.360 up Indian guardians, loyal listener Brett L sent 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.460 an awesome photo from Cleveland. We talked about 00:11:57.460 --> 00:12:01.240 how they decided out from Brett. Good. And OK, 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:03.340 remember how you and I talked last time about 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:06.720 the the bridge, the namesake, the guardian namesake. 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.240 Yeah. When they decided to convert from Indians, 00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:12.539 which was offensive to some. Yeah. And maybe 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.389 many or whatever. So they switched to Guardians. 00:12:15.690 --> 00:12:18.009 But I have a punchline for you, my friend and 00:12:18.009 --> 00:12:21.350 co -host. Guess what the Guardians are on this 00:12:21.350 --> 00:12:24.190 bridge? This is going to break my heart. American 00:12:24.190 --> 00:12:29.990 Indians. They're 35 foot tall, stone statue that 00:12:29.990 --> 00:12:31.710 looks like something out of Lord of the Rings 00:12:31.710 --> 00:12:34.350 when they're rowing into Gondor. I mean, they're 00:12:34.350 --> 00:12:37.750 massive, Chet. It's an awesome sight. But the 00:12:37.750 --> 00:12:40.269 best part, Chet, is I kid you not, it's an American 00:12:40.269 --> 00:12:44.330 Indian full headdress. Bow and arrow. If we were 00:12:44.330 --> 00:12:46.110 going to Cleveland for a game, though, you did 00:12:46.110 --> 00:12:47.629 say you were going to try and climb up on it. 00:12:47.750 --> 00:12:51.009 No way. No how. I mean, I'll try. I don't want 00:12:51.009 --> 00:12:53.529 to see that. Where's the nearest ER? I don't 00:12:53.529 --> 00:12:56.350 want to see that. Yeah, exactly. Well, I do have 00:12:56.350 --> 00:12:58.509 to thank our listeners. That's great. I mean, 00:12:58.509 --> 00:13:00.929 like giving us photos. He's like, I can't wait 00:13:00.929 --> 00:13:02.889 to see you climb this beast. And I was like, 00:13:03.129 --> 00:13:07.929 why do I need to climb it? Yeah. But it is interesting 00:13:07.929 --> 00:13:09.990 that a guardian is just an Indian in the end 00:13:09.990 --> 00:13:13.340 of the day. At any rate, Rhett, thanks for sending 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:16.799 the picture over. We appreciate you as a dedicated 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:19.019 listener and for showing us what a Guardian looks 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:21.299 like. I guess my Marvel thing goes out the window. 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:23.639 I guess that's not a thing in this whole scenario, 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:25.899 which sort of disappoints me. So now we know 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:29.000 what the Guardian looks like, and hopefully you 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.259 can save that when we... in the offices and get 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:34.120 our website up and running and do a little more 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.200 social media. That will be one of the photos. 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:39.039 I do think I would like to live pod if we ever 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:42.340 go to Cleveland at the base of the statue. I 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:45.600 mean, I'll climb. I didn't mean I'd climb to 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:49.220 the top or anything. I'm not Bono. I gotcha. 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:51.580 The yuppie aid or whatever he did in San Francisco 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:53.779 where he spray painted half of the Embarcadero. 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:57.110 I mean, that's. That's not what this pod's about. 00:13:57.429 --> 00:14:00.490 No, we certainly aren't. We stand for more than 00:14:00.490 --> 00:14:03.809 that. If we could get back to baseball. Who is, 00:14:03.850 --> 00:14:05.509 I'm gonna ask you a question. It's a surprise 00:14:05.509 --> 00:14:07.669 question. Who is your pick to click for the Tigers 00:14:07.669 --> 00:14:09.610 in this series coming up? I'm riding the hot 00:14:09.610 --> 00:14:14.090 hand. I'm riding Javier Baez. You're Javier Baez. 00:14:14.149 --> 00:14:17.610 I'm gonna go back to Riley Green. I think he's 00:14:17.610 --> 00:14:19.850 feeling a little bit better. I think Z -Max. 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:22.620 playing better as well. And I think you're buying 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:25.139 into this, the pressures off type thing. Yeah, 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:27.139 I as often the boys are going to let it rip. 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:30.620 I think Dingler could perform as well who I picks 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:33.720 not to click. Torres looks like he already got 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:36.379 news from his agent that the next contract's 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:38.299 sitting on his desk. He looks like he's not happy 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:41.519 that the season is still going. Exactly. And 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.879 then another guy that I am rapidly losing faith 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.299 in and you and I kind of got in a text disagreement 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:49.820 on this is Spencer Torkelson. You're going to 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:52.960 pick on Torek. Chet, he's not hitting when we 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.159 need him to, which is runners in scoring position. 00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:58.059 I know the whole team isn't, but when you're 00:14:58.059 --> 00:15:00.799 a first baseman and you're the big bop in the 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:02.899 lineup batting somewhere between third, fourth 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:06.860 and fifth, most of the season, your job is expected 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:09.799 to do that. We're not asking you to be nimble 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:11.679 on the base pass. We're not asking you to be 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:14.019 a gold glover at first base. We're asking you 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:16.940 to do one of five tools and that is hit for power. 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:20.220 And I don't know how much. He's going to do in 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:22.820 this series. And here's an interesting factoid 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:26.279 for you. The entire starting staff of the Seattle 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.460 Mariners, all righties. They don't have a lefty 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:31.840 starter. No, it's not until you get to the bullpen 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:34.980 and then it balances weirdly. It's very, very 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:37.820 bizarre. And even their bullpen, I mean, you're 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:40.460 talking like one or two lefties in their bullpen. 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.279 Kind of like the Tigers. Are they allergic to 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.220 left -handed starters? It's kind of nuts. They 00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:47.370 have Gabe Spear and Caleb Ferguson. who throw 00:15:47.370 --> 00:15:50.389 left -handed is very bizarre. And that's it. 00:15:50.690 --> 00:15:53.450 So we have a lefty, you know, we have a good 00:15:53.450 --> 00:15:55.769 amount of lefties in our lineup. We can roll 00:15:55.769 --> 00:15:57.450 quite a few guys out there. So this could be 00:15:57.450 --> 00:15:59.889 an interesting matchup situation to look at too. 00:15:59.889 --> 00:16:02.690 Too small of a sample size and too small. And 00:16:02.690 --> 00:16:05.129 the Tigers were cooked. They were leading into 00:16:05.129 --> 00:16:07.730 that All -Star break. They were ready to take 00:16:07.730 --> 00:16:10.389 a break. I mean, Zach McKinstry and Javier Baez 00:16:10.389 --> 00:16:13.070 were All -Stars. I mean, Gleybar Torres was an 00:16:13.070 --> 00:16:14.710 All -Star. I mean, they were basking in their 00:16:14.710 --> 00:16:18.509 All -Star votes. It was like a naked hot dog 00:16:18.509 --> 00:16:21.330 out of a steamer box. They were basking in their 00:16:21.330 --> 00:16:24.149 own juices. I'm going to give you my prediction 00:16:24.149 --> 00:16:27.250 after you talk about basking in juices. I'm going 00:16:27.250 --> 00:16:31.639 to say Mariners in five. Hmm, I think it's gonna 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.919 go back to Seattle. Does it go back to see it 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.220 goes back to Seattle? It's two two one, right? 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:38.820 Yeah, and how it works here Tigers and four Tigers 00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:40.299 and four they're gonna get it done at home So 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:42.080 that means they got a win one in Seattle and 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.179 then get the two at home I'm saying Mariners 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.759 and five. We'll see what happened. This could 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.240 be interesting. This could be interesting fascinating 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.429 series All right, fans. Thank you, Litterbox 00:16:50.429 --> 00:16:52.669 listeners. Go Tigers. On to the next one. On 00:16:52.669 --> 00:16:54.570 to the Division. On to the Division playoffs. 00:16:54.669 --> 00:16:57.590 We'll do a quick update for you all once we get 00:16:57.590 --> 00:17:00.029 pitching matchups and game times and all that. 00:17:00.529 --> 00:17:04.089 But literally, the Tigers just won 12 minutes 00:17:04.089 --> 00:17:07.009 ago. So we are committed to our craft and giving 00:17:07.009 --> 00:17:09.690 you your instant reaction. Instant reaction show. 00:17:09.869 --> 00:17:18.289 All right. Thanks, folks. Go Tigers. All right. 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:20.920 That's gonna do it for this episode of the Litterbox, 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:23.640 a Detroit Tigers podcast. Thanks for hanging 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.059 out with us. We're Bill and Chet. We'll be back 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:28.880 soon with more Tigers Talk. 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