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Flint1979:
--- Quote from: therocket on December 21, 2022, 11:42:56 AM ---Dansby Swanson is in agreement with a 7-year, $177 million deal with the Chicago Cubs with a full no-trade clause.
BREAKING: Cubs and Dansby Swanson have an agreement on a seven-year deal for $177 million, per source. https://t.co/9cmtK9mLzL— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) December 17, 2022
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Wow that's kind of a strange deal for a light hitting shortstop who strikes out a ton.
amroad17:
^ Nowadays, many players “strike out a ton”. Gone are the days where the league leader would strike out between 130-150 times in a season. Now it is around 190-200 times in a season, and sometimes over 200 times. That is almost one strikeout every three at bats. 😳
Flint1979:
Even though I'm not a Tigers fan I know a lot about that franchise growing up with them over the years and rooting for them from time to time but one thing I always liked seeing is how a ballpark looks after the team has closed the place up and no longer plays there. Michigan and Trumbull is the Tigers real home to me I watched a lot of ballgames at Tiger Stadium. I was in Detroit earlier today and walked around Corktown. Tiger Stadium's site is built up now and Corktown seems to be heading in the right direction. This Google Satelite view shows the field where the Tigers once played. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3325177,-83.068774,286m/data=!3m1!1e3
Max Rockatansky:
--- Quote from: Flint1979 on February 13, 2023, 07:37:14 PM ---Even though I'm not a Tigers fan I know a lot about that franchise growing up with them over the years and rooting for them from time to time but one thing I always liked seeing is how a ballpark looks after the team has closed the place up and no longer plays there. Michigan and Trumbull is the Tigers real home to me I watched a lot of ballgames at Tiger Stadium. I was in Detroit earlier today and walked around Corktown. Tiger Stadium's site is built up now and Corktown seems to be heading in the right direction. This Google Satelite view shows the field where the Tigers once played. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3325177,-83.068774,286m/data=!3m1!1e3
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It made me happy to see at least the field saved. Back during 2015 I went to visit the site and there was kids from the local neighborhood using the field as park. Someone had been taking the effort to keep the field mowed and looking somewhat presentable, sure wasn’t the city at the time.
Flint1979:
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 13, 2023, 07:47:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: Flint1979 on February 13, 2023, 07:37:14 PM ---Even though I'm not a Tigers fan I know a lot about that franchise growing up with them over the years and rooting for them from time to time but one thing I always liked seeing is how a ballpark looks after the team has closed the place up and no longer plays there. Michigan and Trumbull is the Tigers real home to me I watched a lot of ballgames at Tiger Stadium. I was in Detroit earlier today and walked around Corktown. Tiger Stadium's site is built up now and Corktown seems to be heading in the right direction. This Google Satelite view shows the field where the Tigers once played. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3325177,-83.068774,286m/data=!3m1!1e3
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It made me happy to see at least the field saved. Back during 2015 I went to visit the site and there was kids from the local neighborhood using the field as park. Someone had been taking the effort to keep the field mowed and looking somewhat presentable, sure wasn’t the city at the time.
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I hear ya. I still to this day would have loved to see the Tigers remain there but Tiger Stadium was pretty outdated. For years after it closed I would always drive past it whenever I went to Detroit. Always loved coming around the curve on I-75 to see the massive light towers on the stadium up ahead. I couldn't tell you how many times I walked across that pedestrian bridge over I-75 at Cochrane Street I walked over that thing and back today just for old times.
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