00:02it's a friday and it's a scoobal start for the other guys jim costa with jeff reager
00:08heather park gov paul sarah behind the glass boo or cheer what are the emotions going to be like
00:15tonight aj hinch has said it will be awkward there will be a pit in the stomach what's it
00:21going to be like for you and your friend wants to make sure that he passes along a message on
00:26behalf of that's right well did you hear dave roberts first of all dave roberts the skipper for
00:31the dodgers said he believes detroit is going to show tarik a lot of gratitude today i did see that
00:36yeah so he doesn't believe there's going to be any booing but what else you're going to say
00:39i got a buddy who texted a group text we're in a couple days ago and he's very concerned how
00:46detroit fans are going to look today because you know this will be national news this will lead on
00:51sports center you got to believe right however we react to tarik scoobal tonight so he's
00:56worried tell me if you buy this he doesn't want tiger fans to boo scoobal for a couple reasons
01:01first of all he thinks it makes us look stupid scoobal brought us to the postseason for the first
01:06time in a decade so i think there's value there he also said scoobal's not like larkin like he lived
01:12up to his contract he won back-to-back side youngs he's done so much good stuff he also said
01:18he's worried
01:19that it will affect free agents if you see detroit boo tarik scoobal any free agent that might be
01:26willing to come here we'll see these awful vicious fans and maybe not want to come here so he's got
01:31a bunch of reasons he believes it's best that we as a community cheer scoobal today and he's concerned
01:38about the future of detroit sports if we don't i don't think he has to be concerned i don't think
01:44they're going to i think they're going to show a tribute and i think most fans are going to cheer
01:48may even stand and cheer see i disagree i think scoobal is the guy like rico mike and wojo had
01:55this
01:55conversation the other day with me i verlander comes back you cheer him even stafford the second
02:01time like whatever you cheered him we booed his kids we didn't boo him we understand that
02:06there's something about scoobal it's so fresh it's raw and all the emotions of hey i want to be in
02:14detroit even though we know you don't want to be here rigor i do believe a lot of that has
02:18sunk over
02:19to the fans i want to be clear i think fans have every right to boo of course if they
02:22feel
02:23that way i just think having lived here my whole life most people are going to cheer for him you
02:30believe the fans that go to the ballpark are different than the fans that call this radio
02:33station yeah you could say that i think there's a lot of people go to the games that are there
02:38for
02:38a daiquiri there for the weather go tigers i don't like that booing's mean we're midwest nice
02:44like when we when we talk about booing sometimes on this show john kind of bristles i think there's
02:48a lot of people with the sensibility like you don't you don't boo boo is mean there are certain
02:54people that this town will boo like claude lemieux i i know he just yeah but don't pass away but
03:00like
03:00don't compare scoobal to claude i'm not i'm not but i'm telling you there's something different
03:05about this scoobal hatred i'm so serious about this everybody thinks that this is going to be like
03:11every other homecoming for a former detroit athlete tonight's going to be different tonight
03:16there's going to be anger there's going to be non-stop booing it's going to be an electric crowd
03:20non-stop booing absolutely i think it's 80 20 there will be boo 20 cheering over booze yeah oh i
03:28disagree
03:28i'm telling you a lot of people have bought tickets just to boo terek scoobal tonight okay and let me
03:33be
03:33clear on this i know you're for it yeah because i think there's a few things that bothered me
03:38but the good outweighed the bad with scoobal and i think that's how the reception is going to be
03:43the good was triple crown cy young playoff games playoff appearances best player on the team for
03:49back-to-back playoff seasons there was more good than bad there was bad i think you've every right
03:54to be mad at this guy for hiding an injury that submarine them this season in their worst month and
03:59you've every right to be mad at a guy who claimed to want to be here all while his agent
04:04refused to talk
04:05extension you have every right to be upset to to boo this person he's he's the enemy now he's pitching
04:10for the other guys he's going to the world series probably you're not every right to boo him i'm
04:14here to tell you i've lived here my whole life as of you yes i bet you it's 80 20
04:19no people give him
04:20his gratitude and his his love you say the good outweighs the bad i would agree he was a stud
04:26on
04:26the field and nobody will dispute that however some of the stuff that he's done and we're talking
04:32about irrational sports fans here we're all irrational we agree correct some of the stuff
04:37that he's done you can't walk it back it's the constant fakeness the fakeness the i want to be
04:43here but i don't want to be here it rubs fans the wrong way that is a mortal sin that's
04:49why this is
04:50going to be different than brandon inch coming back this is going to be different than any other former
04:54athlete this is even different than sergey fedorov when he came back all those years ago
04:59terek scoobal is going to viciously get booed what's the ratio to you it's going to be 60 40
05:05boo you think majority boos i think and it's going to be tough because there's a boo and then there's
05:10a
05:10school so you got to determine which is which but you're going to you're going to be there i'll be
05:15there you're going to be able to tell this man is going to be booed a crap ton they're going
05:21to show
05:21a tribute video and you think people are going to be majority booing during the tribute video yes
05:25no yes no no no yes i think that's going to be the cue to give him his hat tip
05:30and show your
05:31appreciation there's going to be a standing ovation some will stand i'm not going as far as when scoobal
05:36walks off the mound whenever he walks off the mound it could be like a little different i'm saying like
05:41during the tribute whenever they do that that is when you will get the cheer you think tiger fans when
05:46this tribute video is playing on the big screen are going to stand at the end of the tribute and
05:50they
05:50say thanks yes there will be lots of clapping some will stand not a chance no really no some
05:57maybe the majority definitely not this man's going to get killed tonight maybe not with the
06:03tiger bats but i i believe from the crowd i'm curious what people think it's not do you deserve
06:09it but what do you think happens yeah okay you guys you guys live here we all have talked about
06:14this enough what do you think the actual reception is for tarik scoobal and i also want to touch on
06:18what your friend said yeah i don't think it makes us look bad if if you're right i think i
06:22like it
06:23like how about this didn't kyle tucker go back to the cubs and they booed him yes like great sports
06:28la booze him now too he stinks well there you go but i say like great great passionate sports cities
06:33boo the enemy 100 i don't you know how you convince people to come play for your team you pay
06:37more money than everybody else exactly if we offer more money we're going to get good players there's
06:41certain guys you don't boo when patrick kane went back to chicago they didn't boo him right
06:45because they stunk at the time and he helped them win two cups there's certain guys jonathan
06:50taves he was playing for the jets when he went back to chicago they didn't boo him why would they
06:56i think the thing is he was unwilling to sign an extension in season three cups three cups fair
07:01unwilling to sign an extension in season so i think as a fan you have every right to say well
07:06he didn't
07:07really want to be here right he's currently not here i don't have some delusion he's going to sign
07:11here in the off season although that may be why some people cheer him see scoob we still love you
07:17i i do think every fan would take him back if he wanted to come back right like if if
07:22his market
07:23drop like valdez's market drop like yes tiger fans will want him back but this tonight this is pound
07:29of flesh and that's why aj hinch said to you guys i don't i shouldn't even admit this but i
07:34wanted to
07:34not play scoob this year he knows what's gonna happen no because he said they're gonna give him a
07:39hat yeah yeah okay the team's gonna give him a hat and he said the fans too that yeah he
07:43hopes the
07:44fans do the fans are gonna kill this guy tonight this is you're shocked by my response i am i
07:51i
07:52i think there will be booze i think it will be mostly cheers because his time here was mostly good
07:57you think this is the chance for fans to let out a lot of anger and frustration and be heard
08:01tonight
08:02not not to mention game five the mri it's all a culmination of boo boo cheer what do you expect
08:12and what does it say about us it says we're good fans if we boo it's 97 one
