04-30-12--DETROIT VS KANSAS CITY (Cancelled)--7:05 PM

**wingnut736** · 04-30-2012, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Motor City Sonics

I'll apologize for calling him "son" (which was meant in humor) if he apologizes for calling Yoda a moron.

Why are you being so sensitive? I'm sure we've all been called worse...

Thinking people should be banned for calling someone a moron seems a bit ridiculous to me.

**Motor City Sonics** · 04-30-2012, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by ToledoTigerFan

I'll try finding it one of these days. I have to clean out the drawer where I have a ton of old stuff stored, anyway, so that will give me an excuse to look for it.

thanks to the weather, you don't have much else to do tonight. You're in Toledo, so you are getting Thunderstorm Watches tonight. That's a fair bit sexier than plain old rain.

jz · 04-30-2012, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Motor City Sonics

I'll apologize for calling him "son" (which was meant in humor) if he apologizes for calling Yoda a moron.

As soon as he apologizes for implying that I was lying.

**Motor City Sonics** · 04-30-2012, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by wingnut736

Why are you being so sensitive? I'm sure we've all been called worse...

Thinking people should be banned for calling someone a moron seems a bit ridiculous to me.

Yoda's a good dude, he didn't deserve the insult.

**IdahoBert** · 04-30-2012, 08:00 PM

Tonight's game postponed due to rain. Game rescheduled for Sept. 24 at 7:05 p.m. -- a mutual off-day for both clubs.

**TheCouga** · 04-30-2012, 08:00 PM

Lets change the subject.

Dear Fantasy Baseball Gods:

Why does Robinson Cano suck this year? Was it simply because I drafted him first on both my fantasy teams?

Humbly yours,
TheCouga

**Antrat** · 04-30-2012, 08:01 PM

**Motor City Sonics** · 04-30-2012, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by TheCouga

Lets change the subject.

Dear Fantasy Baseball Gods:

Why does Robinson Cano suck this year? Was it simply because I drafted him first on both my fantasy teams?

Humbly yours,
TheCouga

Hang in there. Long season. All will be fine. At least you don't have Pujols.

**Shelton** · 04-30-2012, 08:03 PM

I also saw the plans for the new stadium. I think it was part of some larger event. Like an Olympic bid with Canada or something ridiculous. There was definitely a plan for a terrible domed stadium in Detroit. I don't know if it was retractable or not, but what I remember seeing was very conceptual. I swear I saw it on a tigers blog, or maybe it was linked from one.

**davidsb** · 04-30-2012, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by jz

Yes, it was retractable. Just because nobody built one before the Skydome doesn't mean the technology didn't exist. Besides, something being floated around in the late 70's wouldn't have been built for at least another 10 years.

1972 Yearbook, pages 2-3. It was not a retractable roof, they just showed a photo of the inside of the stadium with the roof off.

**Tigers4F4** · 04-30-2012, 08:06 PM

So would the smart thing be to skip Below's rotation outing and use him for long relief the next few days?

jz · 04-30-2012, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by IdahoBert

Tonight's game postponed due to rain. Game rescheduled for Sept. 24 at 7:05 p.m. -- a mutual off-day for both clubs.

So if a team is due back in town later in the season, they don't bother trying to make it up with a double header? I would assume that has to be the way it works.

**kdog** · 04-30-2012, 08:06 PM

Below is getting skipped tomorrow. Porcello Tuesday then Verlander on Wednesday.

**davidsb** · 04-30-2012, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by Motor City Sonics

I'll apologize for calling him "son" (which was meant in humor) if he apologizes for calling Yoda a moron.

....but Yoda is a moron.

**TheCouga** · 04-30-2012, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by Motor City Sonics

Hang in there. Long season. All will be fine. At least you don't have Pujols.

True.

My infield is Napoli, Fielder, Cano, Andrus and Reynolds -- in a 12-team league with 30-man rosters. I thought I was going to kill everyone in HRs. I'm third to last so far. Reynolds has hurt me more than Cano at this point. I also need the fantasy gods to send a lightning bolt up his ***, since he seems to be doing a nice Adam Dunn circa 2011 impression so far this year.

**kdog** · 04-30-2012, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by jz

So if a team is due back in town later in the season, they don't bother trying to make it up with a double header? I would assume that has to be the way it works.

The makeup date is 9/24..Tigers already had a 3 games home series with KC starting on 9/25. So basically now it's a 4 game series.

**Motor City Sonics** · 04-30-2012, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by davidsb

1972 Yearbook, pages 2-3. It was not a retractable roof, they just showed a photo of the inside of the stadium with the roof.

Coleman Young wanted a domed stadium. I am sure it had more to do with kickbacks than it did with weather, however. Why would you dome a baseball stadium in the midwest? I understand Miami, Seattle, Houston, Arizona...........but the elements should be part of the game.

I think the Tigers need a day off anyway. This will work out better for them on September 24th when they have Brandon Phillips playing 2b.

**lordstanley** · 04-30-2012, 08:09 PM

Here's an excellent collection of articles from 1968-1972 about a domed stadium for Detroit, including one where Fetzer apparently announced he had signed a lease to move to the new Detroit domed facility. No mention of retractable though, but who knows.

TIGER LORE: The Detroit Domed Stadium That Wasn't

I like the 1968 Windsor Star article the best. Talking about the sparkling Cobo and attempting to fill 9,000 seats. And the comment from Bruce Norris about a new arena to replace the Olympia;

You ask me about the next 50 years! I haven't got that much faith in the youth of America to look that far ahead. We might all be eaten by ants by then or overrun by Moonmen.

**Motor City Sonics** · 04-30-2012, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by davidsb

....but Yoda is a moron.

But you mean it in the cute moron way, not in the actual moron way.

**Yoda** · 04-30-2012, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by jz

As soon as he apologizes for implying that I was lying.

Why be so sensitive? Do you really think everyone here should just blindly believe everything you say if they feel it isn't plausible? I have people not believe things I say all the time, that doesn't mean they're calling me a liar, they just don't believe what I say. It happens. Move on...

That being said, jz hasn't done anything to get booted, that's a bit much. He should relax a little though and not be so sensitive.

**Yoda** · 04-30-2012, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by davidsb

1972 Yearbook, pages 2-3. It was not a retractable roof, they just showed a photo of the inside of the stadium with the roof off.

Well there you go.

**Yoda** · 04-30-2012, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by davidsb

....but Yoda is a moron.

Proudly!

**TheCouga** · 04-30-2012, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by TheCouga

True.

My infield is Napoli, Fielder, Cano, Andrus and Reynolds -- in a 12-team league with 30-man rosters. I thought I was going to kill everyone in HRs. I'm third to last so far. Reynolds has hurt me more than Cano at this point. I also need the fantasy gods to send a lightning bolt up his ***, since he seems to be doing a nice Adam Dunn circa 2011 impression so far this year.

I also happen to have Dunn as my utility corner IF. 5 guys that can hit 30+ HRs. So far, only two of them on track to do so. Cano and Reynolds have a combined 1 HR and 7 RBI. At least Napoli is killing it like usual.

jz · 04-30-2012, 08:18 PM

Something else that's interesting is that when Comerica park was built, it was done so that a retractable roof could later be added. It and Jacobs field are considered "roof ready".

**Antrat** · 04-30-2012, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by jz

Something else that's interesting is that when Comerica park was built, it was done so that a retractable roof could later be added. It and Jacobs field are considered "roof ready".

I don't believe this.

jz · 04-30-2012, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Antrat

I don't believe this.

Google it. You'll find all sorts of references mentioning that a roof could later be added to Comerica.

**Yoda** · 04-30-2012, 08:21 PM

How dare you call him a liar!! :)

edit: jz, he was being sarcastic.

jz · 04-30-2012, 08:22 PM

The stadium was built so that it could someday have a retractable roof, should they decide to add it.

Read more: Comerica Park - Detroit, MI - Detroit Tigers baseball stadium

**Antrat** · 04-30-2012, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by jz

The stadium was built so that it could someday have a retractable roof, should they decide to add it.

Read more: Comerica Park - Detroit, MI - Detroit Tigers baseball stadium

I still don't believe it.

**davidsb** · 04-30-2012, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by jz

Something else that's interesting is that when Comerica park was built, it was done so that a retractable roof could later be added. It and Jacobs field are considered "roof ready".

The seats at Comerica in the upper deck are too far away from the field, the roof would be ginormous.

**CapitalTigers** · 04-30-2012, 08:24 PM

Wow... came in to read the game thread that wasn't and was really unimpressed with the way several people all joined forces to allude jz should be banned.

This is not what this forum is about and I think it's really a great reason people enjoy it here. Some of our best posters are from 1 week ago and others from 10 years ago. I think it's a slippery slope for a forum to thrive to quickly assume someone is trolling, or seeking agitation from the op.

I think often people haven't posted on forums before as well. Not saying this is the case with jz, but this was one of the two first forums I ever joined and one of only a couple I still post in to this day. When I first joined I didn't really get the rules of the highway of thread creation, etc. I don't know jz whatsoever, but I don't know what incited such frustration? The 'moron' post was not needed, but at the same time we must enjoy the irony that 'moron' is a term of endearment here.

That's all... now back to drinking beer, because the game is cancelled.

**DaYooperASBDT** · 04-30-2012, 08:24 PM

So ... anybody want to trade Matt Kemp to me?

**tigerbomb13** · 04-30-2012, 08:27 PM

Ike Davis, Hosmer, and Francoeur have been my fantasy duds this year. Hanley hasn't been too great either.

I actually started well, but after a 2-12 week last week I sank like a stone in the standings.

**Yoda** · 04-30-2012, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by CapitalTigers

Wow... came in to read the game thread that wasn't and was really unimpressed with the way several people all joined forces to allude jz should be banned.

This is not what this forum is about and I think it's really a great reason people enjoy it here. Some of our best posters are from 1 week ago and others from 10 years ago. I think it's a slippery slope for a forum to thrive to quickly assume someone is trolling, or seeking agitation from the op.

I think often people haven't posted on forums before as well. Not saying this is the case with jz, but this was one of the two first forums I ever joined and one of only a couple I still post in to this day. When I first joined I didn't really get the rules of the highway of thread creation, etc. I don't know jz whatsoever, but I don't know what incited such frustration? The 'moron' post was not needed, but at the same time we must enjoy the irony that 'moron' is a term of endearment here.

That's all... now back to drinking beer, because the game is cancelled.

It's funny... I don't remember why but when you started posting here, for some reason I couldn't stand you. Now you're one of my favorite people here. Maybe jz will be the next CT! :)

**Antrat** · 04-30-2012, 08:28 PM

Someone, please ban CapitalTigers.

**thefunk** · 04-30-2012, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by CapitalTigers

Wow... came in to read the game thread that wasn't and was really unimpressed with the way several people all joined forces to allude jz should be banned.

This is not what this forum is about and I think it's really a great reason people enjoy it here. Some of our best posters are from 1 week ago and others from 10 years ago. I think it's a slippery slope for a forum to thrive to quickly assume someone is trolling, or seeking agitation from the op.

I think often people haven't posted on forums before as well. Not saying this is the case with jz, but this was one of the two first forums I ever joined and one of only a couple I still post in to this day. When I first joined I didn't really get the rules of the highway of thread creation, etc. I don't know jz whatsoever, but I don't know what incited such frustration? The 'moron' post was not needed, but at the same time we must enjoy the irony that 'moron' is a term of endearment here.

That's all... now back to drinking beer, because the game is cancelled.

if there's no avatar, I assume it's a troll.

and, there have been a rash of new people here posting seemingly trollish behavior that have had little consequence for their actions. I'm not surprised people are trigger happy.

and there's no game, so we're all pissed.

**lordstanley** · 04-30-2012, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Antrat

Someone, please ban CapitalTigers.

Is that a retractable statement?

**CapitalTigers** · 04-30-2012, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Yoda

It's funny... I don't remember why but when you started posting here, for some reason I couldn't stand you. Now you're one of my favorite people here. Maybe jz will be the next CT! :)

I laughed out loud Yoda. I was a posting moron here. I have been a lifelong Tiger's fan for over 30 years now like most of us (lifelong fans), but had no idea on how to post in a forum. One thing I've learned in forum posts and also over a career is that what you type often gets lost in translation. I.e., something I'd say to Yoda sarcastically over a beer watching the game might come across 'dickish' in text. I hope jz has that potential too.

Originally Posted by Antrat

Someone, please ban CapitalTigers.

Well played... hahaha Like Antrat, he's yet to say something serious since 2007 and still going strong, yet knows baseball as well as any of us :)

**tiger337** · 04-30-2012, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by Antrat

I don't believe this.

you're a liar and a moron.

**tigerbomb13** · 04-30-2012, 08:34 PM

Day off from work, and with the crummy weather I did nothing but look forward to the game. But I guess when I think about how I tickets (section 124! A Friend got them off StubHub for $16!) to tomorrow's game, and the weather is supposed to be nice, I can't be too upset.