Oof, the Detroit Tigers social media person is savage

[u/ResidentRunner1]

[u/getmoney7356]

The guy responded to that tweet to a link to his podcast and retweeting all the insults going his way. He's trying to stir the pot to drive clicks.

[u/TurboViking90 → u/getmoney7356]

I guess that’s a strategy, but never has a dumb Twitter take led me to listen to someone’s podcast.

[u/DisKneePlus → u/TurboViking90]

"Hey guys, I'm an idiot! Want to hear me be an idiot even more?"

[u/jpoRS1 → u/DisKneePlus]

You say that like Colin Cowherd hasn't been gainfully employed for two decades.

[u/DisKneePlus → u/jpoRS1]

True...

I'm also an avid fan of Le Batard's show, which is nothing but a bunch of idiots lol

[u/Kitchen_accessories → u/DisKneePlus]

I feel like Le Batard is pretty forward with the idiocy, though. The idiocy is the point and they don't pretend it's something else.

[u/TommyDontSurf → u/Kitchen_accessories]

"You get the show!"

[u/FreeAndHostile → u/Kitchen_accessories]

You... Facts... Collision Course.

[u/T-Rigs1 → u/Kitchen_accessories]

You don't get special moments like 'Chris Karaoke' by being smart

Anyway, pay the whales

[u/jpoRS1 → u/DisKneePlus]

Having lived in Miami I think Le Batard is a different animal. Their local show is(was?) decent, as good as any other local sports radio show (low bar, but that's not the point). But the national show is(was?) more sports entertainment, which isn't trying to say anything important.

If I have a problem with Le Batard it's that he paved the way for Barstool, I've got no trouble with the nonsense that is their national show.

[u/neddoge → u/jpoRS1]

Cowherd is on several leagues lower than the ignorance of Skip and Stephen A though.

[u/ClipperEros → u/DisKneePlus]

A case could be made for Joe Rogan’s podcast.

[u/joey133 → u/ClipperEros]

I dont care how interesting you think you are, I dont know how anyone can make, let alone listen to, a 3 hour podcast every day.

[u/jeffereryjefferson → u/joey133]

1.5x’s speed! I do this for Dan Carlin’s epic 4-6hr Hardcore History shows and I oftentimes feel like it goes by too fast. I almost never listen to a 2+hr show in one sitting, though, unless I am driving a long way by myself.

[u/FreeAndHostile → u/jeffereryjefferson]

Blueprint for Armageddon may be the greatest podcast (series) I've ever heard.

[u/jeffereryjefferson → u/FreeAndHostile]

Everything he does is outstanding, but Blueprint is on another level.

[u/aaronwhite1786 → u/FreeAndHostile]

Ghosts of the Ostfront was incredible as well

[u/rjaspa → u/jeffereryjefferson]

But Dan Carlin gives you several months between episodes. Plenty of time to work your way through the lengthy episodes in multiple increments.

[u/dnen → u/jeffereryjefferson]

I’ve only got one history show in my podcast rotation (American History Tellers) and now I have two. Thank you!

[u/Rotary_Wing → u/joey133]

DMT, bro.

[u/GoldenBananas21 → u/Rotary_Wing]

The psychedelic effects of DMT only last about 10 minutes. Blasting off 15-18 times a day would make you stupid enough to be a joe rogan fanboy

[u/dingusduglas → u/TurboViking90]

It definitely works. The highest paid figures in sports media have shows based around morons watching so they can disagree with their fake scripted hot takes and feel smarter than them.

Have you ever seen a clip posted of Skip, Cowherd, SAS, etc that isn't the person who posted it saying they're wrong?

[u/methyo → u/dingusduglas]

I really wish more people would understand this. It’s really obvious and yet everytime they say some dumb shit it gets posted so everyone can get pissed and dunk on them. Like how can you not realize that’s literally why they say the dumb shit

[u/The_Wolf_Pack → u/TurboViking90]

Bad publicity is still publicity.

Its the main reason people like stephen a smith, shannon sharpe, and hell even political hot take artist like Vaush and Charlie Kirk are so successful with their platforms.

They say outlandish shit, people get mad, retweet them leading to more people getting mad and retweeting leading to more money for the hot takers.

It sucks.

[u/j1h15233 → u/TurboViking90]

Same. I usually do the exact opposite of what “they were going for”.

[u/Taylor_Bryce → u/getmoney7356]

That's the first thing I noticed. He's doing the peak "I'm just saying shit to anger people" trope of retweeting angry replies. That's always a tad bit desperate, and pathetic tbh but what do I know?

[u/BasedArthurKirkland → u/Taylor_Bryce]

Being on Twitter is desperate and pathetic

[u/BlackCloudDiner143 → u/getmoney7356]

Reading some of his replies to tweets, what.a.douchebag.

[u/TheChirpLord → u/getmoney7356]

I mean that’s how these kind of people get attention, tbh.

[u/jpoRS1 → u/TheChirpLord]

We're talking about him.

[u/When_Ducks_Attack → u/jpoRS1]

We're talking about the Tigers' response to him is how I'd prefer to look at it.

[u/Guard226Duck]

They made the World Series twice in the last 15 years…

[u/Leftfeet → u/Guard226Duck]

And had one of the best rotations in modern history, a first ballot HOFer that was the first to win the triple crown in generations. I hate Detroit largely because they've been so relevant during my adult life.

[u/Whats_a_Salad → u/Leftfeet]

I went to a playoff game and the Sox struck out 17 times against Detroit in 2013 lol

[u/Leftfeet → u/Whats_a_Salad]

The 2013 tigers are one of the best teams I can remember watching. Definitely one of the best to not make the World Series in my memory. That team was filthy top to bottom.

Edit: correction, it was the 2014 team I'm thinking of, but 2013 was great too. Pretty much the same rotation, but better bats in 14.

[u/withmuchtolearn → u/Leftfeet]

The things Big Papi did to those poor Tigers in '13 though

edit: *thing

[u/Grenadeglv → u/withmuchtolearn]

Papi pretty much cost Detroit a WS ring that season

[u/AnakinSL337 → u/Grenadeglv]

Koji Uehara too

[u/dan-o07 → u/AnakinSL337]

made me hate Papi and Uehara for a good while for sure

[u/TerrenceJesus8 → u/AnakinSL337]

I had 0 faith the Tigers would ever get a hit off Koji

[u/NippleNugget → u/Grenadeglv]

That was some of the most fun I’ve ever had watching baseball

[u/inVizi0n → u/NippleNugget]

cant relate

[u/Dank_Memes16 → u/NippleNugget]

Nobody was knocking us out that year after the Boston Marathon and Papi’s speech. That season honestly had one of the best storylines of any team in any sport

And I’ve never seen any player get hotter than Papi in that World Series. He went 11-16 with a 1.948 OPS, and one of those outs was a robbed grand slam. The last game of the series they just gave up and walked him four times, including three intentionally, lol

[u/OverdoneAndDry → u/Dank_Memes16]

Yeah that was pretty tough to watch. Ortiz was on another planet. I kept screaming at the TV, "WHY ARE YOU PITCHING TO HIM?? WALK HIM FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE WALK HIM!" Dude just kept hitting bombs. Poor Carlos Beltran, breaking himself in half on the outfield wall immediately after finally making it to the World Series.

[u/NotTheRocketman → u/OverdoneAndDry]

Thanks Mike Matheny.

Literally everyone in the park knows what to do except for the guy in charge.

[u/PietroAlonzi → u/withmuchtolearn]

He had two hits in the series, for a .091 batting average. I think "thing" is more accurate, because he didn't do anything else in 5 other games.

[u/withmuchtolearn → u/PietroAlonzi]

Damn you're right, he was Galactus in the WS so I forgot about how bad he struggled in the ALCS. But it speaks to how devastating that grand slam was, y'all would have been up 2-0, massive momentum shift.

[u/PietroAlonzi → u/withmuchtolearn]

100%. I've said since that series ended that the Tigers would've won the World Series if they'd left Fenway with a 2-0 series lead. One of my worst memories as a sports fan, a bad pitch from our best reliever and it completely changed the ALCS.

[u/CamCamCakes → u/PietroAlonzi]

As a Detroit sports fan, this is my single worst sports memory.

[u/PietroAlonzi → u/CamCamCakes]

I think the only worse one for me is Game 7 of the 09 Stanley Cup Finals. Losing to Crosby after a series full of one sided refereeing and Fleury making that diving save on Lidstrom in the final seconds and watching the Penguins celebrate moments after

[u/SammyMac19 → u/Leftfeet]

The 2013 was better than the '14 team. That was our best shot to win it. But timely hitting and a great bullpen from Boston proved the difference.

[u/klove4252 → u/Leftfeet]

It's crazy that 14 team got swept in the ALDS. That roster was insane, but I feel like that just all peaked at different times. Miggy, Kinsler, Castellanos, JD Martinez, Torii Hunter, and Victor. Then Max, Verlander, Price, Porcello, and Anibal with Nathan as the closer.

Nasty team especially if you just look at the names but a few of them were just at different stages in their career.

[u/artofassociation → u/klove4252]

The terrible bullpen was why they lost in 2014

[u/Fatman10666 → u/artofassociation]

Thanks, Dave dombrowski

[u/UncleSmoove → u/klove4252]

Joe Nathan was not a good closer in Detroit.

[u/GDAWG13007 → u/UncleSmoove]

Yep. If you had at least prime Joe Nathan, you guys win the Series at least once during that stretch of playoff runs from 2011-2014

[u/UncleSmoove → u/GDAWG13007]

2011, Jose Valverde helped the Tigers win their first division title since 1987 by going 49 for 49 save opportunities, lost to the Rangers in the ALCS.

2012, Once October arrived, Valverde decided he was done being an elite closer and Phil Coke sprinted in to save the day and get us into to the World Series, where our bats went colder than a witch's tit.

2013 it wasn't necessarily the bullpen, but questionable at best management of said bullpen in the ALCS. Tigers had a 5-1 lead going into the 8th inning, and if they'd won, the series would have gone back to Detroit with the Tigers up 2-0. But two Tigers relievers loaded up the bases for Rick Porcello to come in and give up a grand slam to David Ortiz. I knew as I watched Torii Hunter flip over the right field fence that the series was lost.

2014 ALDS swept when Max Scherzer had a bad start in Game 1, Verlander was not great in Game 2 and the bats went cold in Game 3 after Tigers pitching kept us in the game, giving up only 2 runs.

[u/Run_it_up_boys → u/UncleSmoove]

I will die on the him hill that the Tigers would've beaten the Cards in 2011 had they not fucked themselves in the ALCS. Nothing would've been sweater for the members of that team to get back at St. Louis for 2006 (which I, myself, am still salty about).

[u/Shasan23 → u/Run_it_up_boys]

well, 2011 world series had one of the craziest most unbelievable game ive ever watched with Freese's heroics. This is speaking from another fan salty about 2006 cardinals lol

[u/Shaixpeer → u/UncleSmoove]

2013 is my ultimate loss. The end of Leyland, even though we had an elite rotation. I agree that when I watched Torii flip over the fence in Fenway (and the security guard raise his arms in triumph) I knew the series was over.

[u/GDAWG13007 → u/Shaixpeer]

Torii Hunter will always have my respect for his hustle. That play is a perfect representation of the kind of player he was. He went all out every play that came his way. A lot of players would’ve slowed down and watched it go over the fence. Not Torii Hunter.

[u/Banana_Hammock_Up → u/UncleSmoove]

Think 2013 was Benoit, not Porcello.

[u/SammyMac19 → u/UncleSmoove]

Very, very far from it, in fact.

[u/Sir_TonyStark → u/Leftfeet]

I love our division because while it gets competitive we still don’t hate each other like rivals in the East or West. Central division homies know what’s up

[u/Leftfeet → u/Sir_TonyStark]

Oh, I hate you guys, but can still respect your team.

In all seriousness though, I agree. I've got no actual problem with any team, or fan base, in our division. I just hate that I can't make left turns in most of Michigan because y'all have weird traffic laws.

[u/UglieJosh → u/Leftfeet]

Once you've been doing the Michigan Left long enough you actually start to prefer them. That could just be some Stockholm Syndrome or something though.

[u/Time-Ad-3625 → u/Leftfeet]

And crazy good miggy.

[u/baseballnomics → u/Time-Ad-3625]

That's the first ballot guy OP meant, I thought Verlander as well but it hadn't been that long since Clemens.

[u/yuckystuff → u/Guard226Duck]

And we've made it 3 times (and won it once) since the last time the Orioles were in a World Series. What a strange attempt at a flex by this guy.

I know we've been bad for a few years, but damn.

[u/ax255 → u/Guard226Duck]

Verlander and Cabrera would like a word....so would the 2012 A's.....and Josh fucking Reddick....fuck Angel Hernandez!

[u/Weak-Investment-546 → u/Guard226Duck]

And one of those appearances came only 3 years after setting the AL record for most losses in a season. So they're really exciting if anything.

[u/killdeer03 → u/Guard226Duck]

Right?

Fuck this guy.

[u/tojro → u/Guard226Duck]

Pretty sure most casual fans realize this.

[u/savageofsurrey]

Boring? Are we pretending like the Tigers just didn't exist in the 2010's?

[u/comingsoontotheaters → u/savageofsurrey]

If you don’t win the World Series, you don’t exist ig

[u/McKiwi957 → u/comingsoontotheaters]

Heck, sometimes you don't exist even if you do win.

[u/comingsoontotheaters → u/McKiwi957]

Do any of us really exist

[u/eolson3 → u/comingsoontotheaters]

No question mark, so I take it to mean you know something that we don’t.

[u/comingsoontotheaters → u/eolson3]

Do I

[u/Basic_Bichette → u/comingsoontotheaters]

Thank you Soren Kierkegaard.

[u/GOATmar_infante → u/McKiwi957]

cries in Royals

[u/dec92010 → u/McKiwi957]

Cries in South Side

[u/ErzherzogT → u/McKiwi957]

I feel attacked by this comment

[u/killdeer03 → u/ErzherzogT]

No one cares about the AL Central, but the AL Central.

We're all alone together, take solace in that.

[u/Mottly24 → u/comingsoontotheaters]

they also won in 84 which is well after cobb but whatever

[u/holybolt9 → u/savageofsurrey]

Really hard fo take seriously someone who chooses to watch the Orioles play baseball

[u/Darkdragon3110525 → u/holybolt9]

I don’t think the dude is an O’s fan

[u/holybolt9 → u/Darkdragon3110525]

Go Tigers 🐯

[u/Kitchen_accessories → u/savageofsurrey]

Cool with me.

[u/freakyfastharvick]

For Pete’s sake...

[u/yuckystuff → u/freakyfastharvick]

Ope, lemme just set this comment down right here by you.

[u/Action_This_Day]

Is that guy 12 years old? Where have you been the last decade+?

[u/BlackCloudDiner143]

I’ve always had a soft spot for the tigers dating back to their time in the AL East. I don’t approve.

[u/live4coasters]

Remember when the Tigers had like 3 future Hall of Famers and went to the World Series less than 10 years ago?

[u/Coolguynumber01 → u/live4coasters]

I do!

[u/yuckystuff → u/Coolguynumber01]

Goddamnit

[u/The_Polo_Grounds → u/yuckystuff]

is what Miguel Cabrera said watching a clean 88 go right by him for strike three

[u/TerrenceJesus8 → u/The_Polo_Grounds]

That image is seared into my brain

He kept throwing him sliders away....the fastball was coming. Damnit Miggy

[u/yuckystuff → u/The_Polo_Grounds]

Just twist the knife, fuck it

[u/Run_it_up_boys → u/The_Polo_Grounds]

Right after Miguel put the barrel right to Sergio's best strikeout pitch too. If he threw another slider, that thing was going to be gone. Alas...

[u/cleofisrandolph1 → u/live4coasters]

The 2011 Detroit Tigers team is one of the best teams we’ve seen. 3 HoFers(Verlander, Scherzer, Cabrera) two triple crown winners(Verlander/Cabrera, although not that year) Magglio Ordonez who goes down as one of the most underrated players. Victor Martinez, Brandon Inge, Johnny Peralta, and Alex Avila rounded out the core.

[u/ClipperEros]

The Detroit Tigers are the team that I actively root for when I’m not watching the Dodgers. There’s just something about them that I find fascinating, and I genuinely hope they turn their org around and start doing big things again.

[u/ThisMeansWarm → u/ClipperEros]

Did you know Kershaw and Stafford yada yada?

[u/Section225 → u/ClipperEros]

I know they're division rivals, but their home uniforms are one of the best in baseball.

[u/ClipperEros → u/Section225]

Y’all’s powder blues are one of my top favorite units of all time haha. The baby blue, cobalt, and white combo is so dope.

[u/Run_it_up_boys → u/ClipperEros]

The Royals are the only team that should keep a powder blue uniform. The rest are just copycat losers and I don't consider the Rays to be "powder" blue. Fite me Phillies fans.

[u/Section225 → u/Run_it_up_boys]

The Phillies are the only ones who may have an argument to owning to powder blues. Maybe the Cardinals? Not sure what years all those came out, but the Royals to me are the rightful owners of the color.

[u/ClipperEros → u/Section225]

I’ve always preferred the maroon color for the Phillies. The Cards to me have always been the cream jerseys. Maybe I’m just really tired of seeing every team be a slightly different version of Red White and Blue lmao

[u/RedWingWay → u/ClipperEros]

I’m originally from Detroit so I have a huge soft spot for them and actively root for them. I moved to LA at a young age so Dodgers will always be my number one. We really hope the Tigers can build a winner.

[u/tmking01 → u/RedWingWay]

They are well on their way. We were expecting another brutal season with at, or near 100 losses and instead they have been surprisingly competitive and very fun to watch. They are going to be a team to watch out for as soon as next season with this rotation they are building with Tarik Skubal, Casey Mize, and Matt Manning. Not to mention we will get back Spencer Turnbull and Matthew Boyd who were having good years before injury (Turnbull threw a no hitter earlier in the season).

[u/ResidentRunner1 → u/ClipperEros]

Aw thanks, I root for you guys too in the playoffs :)

[u/DirtyKarma]

What’s the ratio? Sorry eli5

[u/braddaugherty8 → u/DirtyKarma]

getting more likes on a reply than the original tweet has, in this context

[u/fightinforphilly → u/braddaugherty8]

As an example, u/dirtykarma you just got ratio’d by u/braddaugherty8

[u/braddaugherty8 → u/fightinforphilly]

LOL damn didn’t have to do him like that

[u/choochooape → u/braddaugherty8]

He actually did though. I was still kinda lost, and the example helps me understand. I started out on a Compaq Presario, btw.

[u/knossos37 → u/braddaugherty8]

Hey enjoy it, it's the only time a Pirates fan has been able to celebrate something baseball related in a long time

[u/DirtyKarma → u/fightinforphilly]

First of all, how dare you?

[u/fightinforphilly → u/DirtyKarma]

https://youtu.be/BdLi5UUsxxM

[u/IDreamOfMe → u/braddaugherty8]

Interesting. Wouldn't you just expect a reply from the official Tigers Twitter to have more likes than just some guy, even if that guy was the first to tweet? They seem to be saying, our team has more fans than some random guy...which, while hopefully true, didn't disprove his point.

[u/braddaugherty8 → u/IDreamOfMe]

yeah a lot of ratios are exactly that. rappers or celebs will reply just the word ratio to a cold take and watch the likes pile up simply bc of the person who sent it lol

it’s dumb for sure but can be kinda funny at the right times

[u/Thehawkiscock → u/IDreamOfMe]

Thats why the original 'getting ratio'd' makes way more sense to me. More replies than likes

[u/Ternader → u/braddaugherty8]

The OG ratio is getting more replies than likes and retweets.

[u/VINCE_C_ → u/braddaugherty8]

Incorrect. Getting more replies than likes is getting ratio'd.

[u/Aperture-Employee → u/VINCE_C_]

this is the "traditional" definition. a ratio is when your take is so bad that everyone has something to say about it and no one agrees.

however in the past year or so a new definition has emerged where people say "ratio'd by X" and then if their tweet about whatever inane thing gets more likes than the original tweet it's considered a ratio.

I hate the new one bc i love the old one

[u/ghostofboggs → u/Aperture-Employee]

Agreed. New one is people fishing for likes. The old one meant someone was really dumb.

[u/HippiesBeGoneInc → u/ghostofboggs]

I prefer to think everybody on Twitter is really dumb always.

[u/ghostofboggs → u/HippiesBeGoneInc]

As someone who loves Twitter, yes

[u/trumpet_23 → u/Aperture-Employee]

The fun thing is, this exchange fulfills both definitions!

[u/BrewCityChaser → u/DirtyKarma]

A term to describe when there are more replies to a tweet than likes.

[u/braddaugherty8 → u/BrewCityChaser]

sometimes , but not here, it’s just having more likes on the reply than the OG tweet

[u/xxdarkslidexx → u/braddaugherty8]

I thought the Tigers Twitter was saying that the reporter’s tweet got hardly any likes and mostly replies

[u/steppenfloyd → u/BrewCityChaser]

Wow. That's not exactly a savage comeback

[u/shiggidyschwag → u/DirtyKarma]

Don't apologize, fuck twitter.

[u/Bystronicman08 → u/DirtyKarma]

Some stupid Twitter shit that doesn't really mean anything and makes for a pretty lame insult.

[u/skyfullofbees]

Love to see people coming together to defend the Tigers in the comments <3

[u/jyok33 → u/skyfullofbees]

A storied franchise that was on top of the baseball world in the early 2010’s such a blatant insult to call them irrelevant

[u/ELEMENTALITYNES → u/skyfullofbees]

The man was being a douche and unnecessarily rude to the Tigers for absolutely no reason, fuck that guy.

[u/4LostSoulsinaBowl → u/skyfullofbees]

Saying the Tigers haven't been relevant since Cobb is like saying the Cardinals haven't been relevant since Rogers Hornsby or the A's haven't been relevant since Lefty Grove. It's so immediately and ridiculously provably false that you could only say it if you're purposely trying to stir shit up.

[u/skyfullofbees → u/4LostSoulsinaBowl]

Exactly it’s such a stupid blanket statement. He was just trying to cause a ruse

[u/LeSuperNova → u/skyfullofbees]

Nobody talks shit about our Midwestern brethren except us! And we’re going to be polite and passive-aggressive about it you stinkers!

[u/skyfullofbees → u/LeSuperNova]

Heck yeah!

[u/bigbrownbanjo]

I really hate the word ratio

[u/jujubats10]

Saying savage to someone saying ratio is a bit cringe

[u/Ignimbrite → u/jujubats10]

(but y'all ain't ready for that conversation)

^{i want to die}

[u/ExcellentTD18 → u/jujubats10]

This was my take.

[u/concreteTV → u/jujubats10]

Reddit is cringe

[u/FreshGnar → u/jujubats10]

Saying cringe to someone saying savage to someone saying ratio is a bit wack

[u/Briak → u/FreshGnar]

Saying wack to someone saying cringe to someone saying savage to someone saying ratio is a bit sad

[u/Cultural_Ad_9304]

I’m not even a tiger’s fan but I would like that tweet. Why alienate yourself like that as a “reporter”

[u/Markable13]

They mattered to an 8 year-old kid living in Canton Township in the summer of The Bird.

[u/Thel3lues]

Shocked a journalist in DC would see a Midwest team as irrelevant and boring

[u/keanenottheband]

"since this ratio"???? Someone tell me what it means

[u/k1l2327]

Local tiger murders reporter

[u/Teddy_Swolesedelts]

The wildest part is him implying the O's have been relevant

[u/Deventazz123]

They were pretty good around 2009-2014.

[u/Captain_Hampockets]

What does "Have you mattered since this ratio?" mean?

[u/830resat_dorsia]

What does "this ratio" mean.

[u/theglasscase → u/830resat_dorsia]

I think 'being ratioed' on Twitter means the combined replies and retweets to a single tweet are much higher than the number of likes it gets, and usually it happens in response to a hot-take tweet and all the replies and RTs are calling the person a moron.

[u/Arpikarhu]

“ have you mattered since this ratio”

I dont get it. Some help please.

[u/AstroWorldSecurity]

Do people realize how silly they look talking about ratios?

[u/sigma4488]

Tigers were a great team from 11-14!!! They weren’t boring!

[u/yuckystuff → u/sigma4488]

Really from 2006 - 2015 we had a good 10 year run. Got to 2 World Series and were mostly in contention for a playoff spot. Shit the bed a few times but whatever.

[u/sigma4488 → u/yuckystuff]

I forgot about the 06 team. I know from 07-10 there were some late season collapses but that’s still a contentious team

[u/yuckystuff → u/sigma4488]

Yeah I had to check the records, looks like for the 11 years between 2006-2016 we finished below .500 twice (2008 and 2015). It was a great run especially considering prior to 2006 we were bad for basically 20 years.

[u/TheCrazyTacoMan]

Not going to lie, had to look up ratio. This just in, I am old.

[u/bellknobbottomblues]

Guess he wasn't alive in 1984. That was a really fun team with a great manager.

[u/When_Ducks_Attack → u/bellknobbottomblues]

That was the season where I learned how to hate. I will never give the Padres a kind word, and the only athlete I hate more than Steve Garvey is Ryan Leaf, but he's a special case. I've met Leaf, spent a few hours with him.

1984 Tigers vs Cubs would have been epic. Tigers probably would have won though.

[u/keyzer_sozee]

Why do people love to broadcast how much of an idiot they are

[u/ghouls_gold → u/keyzer_sozee]

That's what Twitter is expressly for.

[u/BasedMueller]

What the fuck is wrong with the Tigers? Yeah they've sucked a few years but were one of the best teams in baseball for awhile.

Also the O's were really fucking good too around the same time lol.

[u/brtdud7]

Oof, yikes, Pete haily just got savaged no cap

[u/neuty1 → u/brtdud7]

That’s lit and facts bro

[u/ELEMENTALITYNES → u/neuty1]

Just got yeeted straight out the yolo dabs

[u/voncornhole2 → u/neuty1]

Ratio ratio

[u/Ignimbrite → u/voncornhole2]

that's it. that's the tweet.

[u/caesar____augustus → u/brtdud7]

Based savagery frfr

[u/OJWonderbread]

Saying Ratio is savage?

[u/Ternader]

A savage 13 year old NBA fan?

[u/WhatsVersace]

This 12 year olds humor lol

[u/SkippyNordquist]

Uh, Al Kaline? Hank freakin' Greenberg? Whitaker? Trammell? Cecil Fielder hitting 50 bombs when nobody did that? Denny McLain winning 30 games in a year they won the World Series? Fidrych? Not to mention the teams of the '00s and '10s.

[u/[deleted]]

Ratio? Is ratio some sort of insult or something?

[u/Kxr1der → u/[deleted]]

Only if you're a 13 year old

[u/somasomore]

If this dude is in his 30s, the tigers have had 2 cy young awards, 3 MVPs, 5 playoff appearances, and 2 WS appearances in his adult life.

[u/InvasionXX]

Dude covers a team that hasn't been relevant since the 80s and is only known currently for their racist team name and a terrible owner...

[u/TheBigFreezer → u/InvasionXX]

Okay we haven’t been good for a while but 1991 is not the 80s lol

[u/SauIHudson → u/InvasionXX]

And he’s literally trying to be proud that he doesn’t watch baseball. Like, sick brag bro? What a fucking moron.

[u/InvasionXX → u/SauIHudson]

I mean that's par for the course for sports journalism now. They openly disdain their jobs.

[u/ILoveCavorting → u/InvasionXX]

A fair amount of Game journalists definitely despise their job too, lol

[u/DisKneePlus → u/InvasionXX]

is only known currently for their racist team name

Uh, you have a Boston Braves logo as your flair, dude. Pot calling the kettle black and whatnot.

[u/tintwistedgrills90]

Oh no's, not a ratio!!!

[u/huck_]

"Have you mattered since this ratio". That is not a great insult or clever in any way. Can we please stop thinking stuff is so goddamn funny just because some PR guy tweeted it on a team account.

[u/flyingpotatox2]

Sure they suck but they’ve had some good players. Miggy, Kaline, Max Max/Zim/Verlander, etc

[u/helloaaron]

Yeah, nothing about that was savage.

[u/adamthinks]

How the hell did this get upvoted? Saying "ratio" on Twitter is the farthest thing from savage.

[u/mqr53]

This shit sucks man

[u/PhotoJim99]

I can't say I've forgotten the Tigers, but I have to say that in some ways, I miss when they were in the AL East and Jays-Tigers series at Tiger Stadium (yes, the old barn) mattered a lot.