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I can ask! Those giveaways are planned months in advance. But we are tabling there next month and I can give things away at our table!

I started getting texts with screen shots during dinner last night! This still is from the MLB.com video. The wall is a big deal for us. The head of marketing for the Tigers is a Ferris State alum, and we've been working on various things that might make sense for both sides. The wall space was available, and we had some budget in the spring, so we decided to go for it! I'm blessed to have an administration that is supportive of us, especially when we have a big idea. We've done digital things before, those ads that appear on your screen but don't really exist on the field. But one of the selling points was that this ad would be seen during Tigers broadcasts, but also the visiting teams' broadcasts, getting us some national exposure. This was a great example! I did ask the Tigers if they could slip a raccoon or ground hog onto the field tonight. Meanwhile I'm buying a bunch of stuffed black squirrels and little Ferris State t-shirts as giveaways!

A black squirrel interrupted the Tigers-Orioles game last night, running around the outfield and eluding a small army of grounds crew members for a bit. I am very excited that he stopped for a while in front of our sign, and that we are getting some national run out of this!

Here's Piazza's plaque for comparison. I think it's goofy that the Hall feels to need to put common nicknames in quotes. And, it's not even consistent about it. Will anyone really not realize that Michael Piazza and Mike Piazza are the same person? They did it with Jeff Kent's plaque, too., but not with Jeff Bagwell. I get it for people who never used their actual first name, like Sparky Anderson and Yogi Berra. But for Seaver's plaque, they didn't do it, even though the went by his middle name. And it's not like he didn't have cool nicknames. They could have used "The Franchise" or "Tom Terrific."

4-to-6 weeks!

Nice early visit to Detroit! I'll be there!

I know the Lindor error was costly. But Williams can't go walking two batters - one with the bases loaded -- and get off scott free.

Phil was such nice guy. He was from West Michigan, and for a spell was manager of the West Michigan Whitecaps, the then low-A affiliate of the Tigers. It's a high-A team now.. When I was a reporter, he agreed to be part of a "live chat" where we talked in the comments about different issues. Phil was a guest as we where awaiting the Hall of Fame vote, and shared stories about his long and storied career with us and readers. It ended up being one of the years where no one was elected, so it fell a little flat. This was before the comments became a cesspool, and you could have interesting discussions.

You’d think taking two from the Braves would fire up the boys a little. This is disappointing.

This team will be the death of me.

Benge seems to be having himself a game. Giving him a starting job is one of the things that went right!

Weaver is signed through next season. If we hope to be good next season, why would we trade someone who can be an important part? Trade the guys who are leaving anyway. Stearns said we are not rebuilding.

Wasn’t pretty, but a win against the Braves is a win against the Braves.

100 percent he's in.

If Weaver is signed for next season and we hope to be good next season, then by all means hold on to him. Trade the guys who are gone after the season anyway. I'm trying to think of a sell-off trade that brought a prospect who turned into a good player. What did we get from the 2023 fire sale? Pieces we turned into two months of Tyler Rodgers and Luis Robert?