00:00Okay, I don't have a timeline, but A.J. Hinch has addressed the media, and it are not good.
00:08Tarek Skubald undergoes surgery for loose bodies in his left elbow.
00:13Don't have a timeline yet. That's from Evan Petzold, but I'm not going to not give that to you.
00:18I know we're doing Pistons.
00:20Minor panic?
00:22Well, any amount of time he's not here is panic, because this team is 21 games over 500 with him,
00:28and 500 without him.
00:33So let me, I don't have a time frame.
00:36I'm not an elbowologist, but it's surgery on elbow, right?
00:42And I know it's not the surgery that I won't even say out loud.
00:46Still.
00:47But you're talking an extended time period of not pitching for the Detroit Baseball Tigers,
00:52and let me remind you of something.
00:54Skubald's now dead.
00:55Mize is dead.
00:57Job is dead.
00:58Olsen's dead.
00:59Oh, wait.
01:00Melton's dead.
01:01Oh, wait.
01:02Verlander's dead.
01:03No team in baseball has experienced this level of pitching injury.
01:07So now, comprehensively, my panic will go up, because frankly, I won't be surprised if
01:12Kenny's on the mound with a hot dog roller.
01:15So, look.
01:16Let me get more information.
01:19Rico, even if he just missed a month, two months,
01:22they don't have that level of margin when everyone else is dead.
01:27If the pitching stamp was intact, they'd be fine.
01:30I got you.
01:30Just wait till you see McGonigal on the mound.
01:33He does everything else.
01:35You're right.
01:35No panic yet.
01:36But there was a team that I just remembered last year that dealt with pitching issues and injuries,
01:40and it was the Atlanta Braves.
01:42And they had a time last year.
01:44How about my New York Yankees?
01:46No sympathy for my small market Yankees?
01:48I was going next.
01:49I was going one team at a time.
01:51You had an injury or two.
01:52Or 12.
01:53They had it basically in starting lineup.
01:56So, Scooble's scratched.
01:57He's getting surgery.
01:58Particles in his elbow.
01:59I'll get you a time frame.
02:01We're trying to nail it down.
02:03But Evan Petzold went official with it.
02:05And Rieger, if you're listening, you know I love you.
02:07But I need real confirmation, because I'm not going to do this crap like so many media members do.
02:13Oh, Adam Blefter says, that's a fake account, you loser.
02:19This is, oh boy.
02:22Oh dear.
02:23Okay.
02:24Yeah, because going under the knife means at least.
02:27I don't even want to say it.
02:29Just keep, you know what?
02:30No, I was just going to say at least 14 to 21 days.
02:33We're on to Cincinnati.
02:34I will be shocked if he's back in 21 days.
02:37I'm just saying, that's the quickest you can get back.
02:40Yeah, dude, I won't even put a label on it.
02:42I'm not a doctor.
02:43I'm sure now that this is out, give it a second, and you will have plenty of medical professionals offering
02:48some opinions.
02:51Yikes.
02:52David, continue.
02:53I'll tell you what.
02:53Why don't we do this?
02:54Since we got a little sidetracked there.
02:56And the Scooble thing, we can make it a part of what we're talking about.
02:59Who are we kidding?
03:00Scooble's going under the knife for particles in his elbow.
03:04No bueno.
03:05I know the Pistons are the lead, and they damn well should be.
03:08They came back from 3-1.
03:09Did they get a gift?
03:10Absolutely.
03:11There's no time.
03:12All right, so I'm getting this now.
03:13No timetable for the return.
03:15Hinch was asked, does he know the timeline?
03:19And he said yes, but he wouldn't tell the media.
03:24Now, Scooble is speaking right now.
03:27Why would A.J.
03:28Hinch not tell you if it was minor?
03:31Which means maybe it's more.
03:33Or am I reading into things too much?
03:35No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
03:36Mike, people give out good news real quick.
03:38Because it would be, hey, guys, it's a minor surgery.
03:40We expect him back about a month from now.
03:43You'll see him back out on the mound.
03:44But when you have to keep it to yourself, it means you don't want to give out false hope.
03:50And you don't, it's just better off keeping your mouth shut.
03:52No, well played.
03:53No, you're right.
03:54I can't help the way I think about stuff.
03:57No, no, no, no.
03:58It is, you're hoping, but let's not give out false hope.
04:02If I knew my stud was back in four to six weeks, you know what I'd say?
04:05Four to six weeks.
04:06You know what I wouldn't do?
04:08Oh, I know, but I'm not telling you.
04:10Yeah, I wouldn't do that.
04:12David, we'll be timely.
04:13I'm callers.
04:14I'll get to you.
04:16Pistons obviously are one.
04:18We can mix in the 1A Scooble story above the fold in the newspaper now.
04:22What's your concern level, guys?
04:24If Scooble, and it sure seems like, is going to be gone for, can I say, a significant amount of
04:30time without doing radio hyperbole?
04:33Significant to me is over a month.
04:35Yeah, no, that's fair.
04:37What's your concern level?
04:38Because right now your Tigers are a 500 baseball team in the AL Comedy Central, so they get a little
04:43bit of play there.
04:44This isn't a good division.
04:45In fact, it's a pathetic one.
04:47But there's so many pitching injuries.
04:49That is the one thing you didn't need.
04:51So let's put both of these things in the hopper, and we'll get to the people next.
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