00:02good morning 97-1 are these storms passing yet drove into a thunderstorm today yeah there was
00:10some dramatic uh lightning and thunder as we were arriving at the studio and i know it's been going
00:16on for the past hour or so did you see the lightning off to the west as that was coming
00:22in this morning oh yeah where it was like all over the sky oh it was beautiful was the sideways
00:26lightning yeah it's awesome jim costa john jansen heather park gov and greg is back behind the
00:34glass greg is back in time for this big homestand coming up for the tigers i think when he last
00:39left
00:39we were still waiting to see if this team would make some moves at the trade deadline uh well
00:44they've made moves post trade deadline they just keep winning yeah and it's a hell of a lot of fun
00:50they've energized this fan base because whether it's matt clark it's you know valencia it's the
00:58continued dominance of kevin mcgonigal at the plate like it's a fun team to watch it's a much longer
01:04lineup and now you're starting to see what it looks like when you have a longer lineup you're
01:09going to actually have to pitch to somebody and those somebodies are starting to get some hits
01:13our question for tiger fans today is are you bought back in or do you need to see this week
01:18first
01:20248-539-9797 i think most people will probably answer it need to see this week first need to see
01:26that you could beat the guardians you got three at home you got the white socks three at home
01:30and you've already shown that you can beat the white socks but you're playing as it stands right now
01:37better than the guardians have played in the moment but we all look back and say well you have yet
01:44to
01:44beat the guardians this year and you haven't looked good against the guardians this year you
01:50even go back to net last year in the regular season you have not played well against the guardians and
01:55for whatever reason even though tanner bybee or steven clod they're not having great years it feels
02:03like they have great series against the tigers i had said that to you off air i go it doesn't
02:08look
02:08like jose ramirez has really hit his stride yet and we looked at each other yeah but he will this
02:13week
02:13yeah he's it's time to get right it's just how it works but they're going to start the better
02:18pitcher by era each of the next three games this is a real test for a team and i'm not
02:23trying to
02:23minimize what they accomplished but going out west and beating a triple a team and another in a triple
02:28a ballpark this is the true test six games in division all against teams you're fighting with to
02:34make the playoffs and there's no doubt that they use the trade deadline as a chance to move on from
02:41expiring contracts but also flip the script script and play a little more free and loose and they
02:47have well let's see what happens when expectations mount at home this week i have and i think fans
02:53have every right to say give me this week before i cannonball into the deep end and say it's a
02:59playoff team well it may just say give us this series like the white socks okay let's we'll worry
03:05about them when they come to town but right now it's about the emotional mental psychological
03:13challenges of playing the cleveland guardians like i know tom you were saying you listen a little
03:18friday in the afternoon it sounded like rico's warming up and then rieger feels like he's already
03:22talking about playoff matchups yeah i just i i was a little taken aback at how warm rico was to
03:27it
03:27he wasn't saying they're gonna make it but he's really you could tell he's kind of buying into the
03:31brand of baseball they're playing yeah rieger was all in over the week i mean he thinks they're in
03:36already he thinks they have an x next to their name in the standing but don't wouldn't you feel
03:41foolish if they lost two or three to cleveland yeah you know like i don't think there's anything
03:44wrong with the classic john jansen let it play out at least for a week it doesn't it no matter
03:50what
03:50happens this week it doesn't mean that they are going to get that x next to their name and they
03:54are guaranteed a playoff spot it also doesn't mean that they're eliminated yeah i'm going to look at
03:59them as a fun young team no matter what in terms of believing they're a playoff team
04:04i need to see this week and they won't clinch but i i will mentally start to prepare for them
04:09to make
04:10the playoffs if this week goes well i'm not there yet right and they are they have now jumped the
04:16twins
04:17the guardians the orioles the mariners all since the trade deadline to be the first team that is
04:25currently out of a wild card spot they're one game behind the texas rangers and if they win
04:32tomorrow night and texas loses they could be tied for that last spot now i think texas has the tie
04:39breaker because they won head to head i believe they came here and i think we took two or three
04:46and
04:46then we go there and lose i don't remember yeah shabbat is feverishly searching away before his update
04:55regardless i'm not really worried about a tiebreaker on august 10th 11th the play tomorrow
05:01i just want to highlight that we've gotten to a point where they've they've nearly erased the month
05:07of may they are as close to 500 as they've been since may 6th we actually have the tiebreaker we
05:15won
05:15both series okay there you go he beat you to it yeah four of six computer faster than iphone
05:20i don't know oh you're calling me a computer thank you yeah you just had that memorized that's what
05:26that was no but did you see the smoke the jansen super computer yeah smoke coming out of my ears
05:32yeah no thanks overheated people need to realize here this one text you guys were haters and you're
05:37always negative i never sold out no team in major baseball major league baseball history has made the
05:44playoffs after being 16 under 500 now a point wojo made friday night was well more teams make the
05:50playoffs than usual and that is true but still hasn't happened under but i get a kick out of like
05:56those texts or i guess fans like that like i never doubted like cool you know the people would
06:02reference the nationals and they were 12 under that year they won the world series well they bryce harper
06:08yeah i just think it's funny i just think it's funny because those fans rarely call in when the
06:14team is at its low like when they went 6 and 22 in may it's not like we were fighting
06:18fans off the
06:19phones who were bought in i think they're making the playoffs guys but now they'll come out of the
06:25woodwork with their with their game it's okay to be a fan and acknowledge when they were bad you
06:29doubted and when they're winning you believe yeah it's called being a fan i mean i do think something
06:33significant happened is that job's ready he's he he pitched as well as you could expect
06:37so they needed that that spot was what if he didn't work out then trying to sell this with
06:43one less arm in the rotation is going to be hard he was throwing it's also one start 100 miles
06:47an
06:47hour though he looked really good i love the triple digit i love the triple digit strike out the first
06:54inning it's but let's just it's one start all right guys let us know are you bought back in or
07:00do you
07:00need to see this week first we'll take phone calls we'll read text it's all coming up eight o'clock
07:04hour 97 one
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