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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 4 (01:13):
Welcome back. It is a driving Jack Spotlight Radio Network.
Jack Eplin here with my producer Boston Rob Rob.

Speaker 5 (01:22):
I want to go out to Bethesda, Maryland and welcome
in a guy who was just here. He was here
for the Michigan win over Wisconsin and for Detroit's loss
to Seattle on Tuesday. Marty MacKinnon joins us, talking about

(01:47):
the baseball Series tonight, Game five and much much more.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Marty, how are you.

Speaker 6 (01:53):
I'm a lot better than I was after a couple
of innings of yesterday. Of yeah, the game day before yesterday, Yeah.

Speaker 5 (02:05):
Were you of the belief that, oh wow, here they
go again. They can't score a run, They're down three nothing,
this is the end. They're not even going to get
to Trek's schooble. He may have pitched his last game
as a Tiger. And how did they score nine unanswered runs?

Speaker 6 (02:24):
Well, they just they just stuck to it. Whereas many
of the fans had abandoned them by not even showing
up for that game. The attendance was much lower than
the game you and I were at the day before,
and the Tigers just kept plugging away and A. J.
Hinch kept making his moves and it all came together.

(02:49):
And maybe it'll come together again tonight. But baseball is
pretty unpredictable.

Speaker 5 (02:56):
So someone asked me last night, Marty, what are we
going to see? I said, don't know. Can't tell you that.
If I did, I would be talking to someone else
and not you right now. But I can tell you
what we won't see in Game five, and that's a
three hour rain delay.

Speaker 7 (03:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (03:18):
Can you tell our listeners a little bit about what
that was like and some very interesting conversations I thought
that we had with Mariners fans.

Speaker 6 (03:28):
Yeah, So of course you and I arrived at Camerica
Park early for that four a way start, and then
not only were we early, but we were really early
because there was that three hour rain delay, which meant
that we were in the ballpark for close to five

(03:49):
hours before the game started, right, But we took advantage
of that time to make the casual acquaintance of a
couple of of Mariners fans who were wearing their Mariners gear.
It's very clear that they were Mariners fan and they
were both natives of Washington State. Even though one of

(04:11):
them lives in Michigan now, and they talked about their team.
They talked about the great players of the past that
the Mariners have had, and they had many Ken Griffy,
Ichi Row and more and more. And they also told

(04:34):
us that they got a very good reception from Tiger fans,
that in general they felt welcome at Kmerica Park and
on the streets of around Comerica Park in Detroit, except
for relatively young male fans. And then we got a
demonstration of that where we were standing there with them

(04:58):
for well over an hour amid thousands of people passing
us by, everybody was waiting out that rain delay, and
then with no one making any remarks to them at all,
but then a group of young guys wearing Tiger gears
started to harass him, and thankfully our Mariners friends just

(05:20):
mild and laughed and waved and said thanks a lot, guys.

Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (05:26):
And in fact, it was such a productive discussion that
I may have landed an ebbling media intern out of this.
The daughter of one of these Mariners fans happened to
be a student at Michigan State now. But I thought
it was very interesting that for Tigers fans. It seems
like the frustration has been going on forever, and nineteen

(05:49):
eighty four is a long time. We're talking about forty
one years. But the Tigers have had a couple of chances.
They've been in the World Series in two thousand and six,
they were there in two thousand and twelve. The Mariners
are the only Major League Baseball franchise Marty as you know,
that has never been to a World Series.

Speaker 6 (06:09):
Yeah, that's that must be really frustrating for Mariners fans,
especially with all the great players that they've had.

Speaker 5 (06:17):
Yeah, so what do you think we're liable to see tonight?
Can Terek Scoobel not beat the Mariners for a fourth
time this season and going back home? How much difference
do you think that will make? Mariners have a lot
of right hand hitters when they can turn their switchers

(06:39):
around and cal Roley can hit it out from either
side of the plate. Do you think there's any reason
that school Ball can't be Scooble tonight?

Speaker 6 (06:49):
I think Scooble's going to pitch a good game. I
think School's going to hold them to very few runs,
two or fewer in his seven innings. I'm sure he'll
go seven innings if it's at all possible. And then,
and the question is will the bats be like the

(07:10):
second half of Wednesday's game or will they feel like
they were the game we were at where they were
pretty much silent for the Tigers. But I think the
Tigers have a good chance to hit George Kirby. He
definitely he's a good pitcher, but he's not a great pitcher.

(07:32):
So I like the tigers chances. I thought that ESPN
has them as a fifty five percent chance that the
Tigers will win the game, and I think that's about right,
and it wouldn't be surprised if they lose, but I
obviously would be exactic if they win, and think that

(07:53):
they have a better than fifty to fifty chance.

Speaker 5 (07:58):
The game is schedule to start at eighth eighth. Do
you believe that Carry Carpenter got to the ballpark eight
hours before and he is that excited he's already in uniform?

Speaker 7 (08:11):
I doubt.

Speaker 6 (08:14):
George Kirby, Yeah, one of his special friends, So yeah,
why not get there early? So I want to ask
you a question, Jack, Yeah, can I do that? Could
you tell me what these these guys have in common
David Bednar, Mason Miller, Joan, Jerryan, one of those guys

(08:39):
have in common.

Speaker 5 (08:42):
Well, they all could have been or should have been
Detroit Tigers.

Speaker 6 (08:46):
And where are they right now? Where are they right now?

Speaker 4 (08:51):
They're on teams that aren't playing.

Speaker 6 (08:54):
Yeah, they're sitting at home watching this game on TV.

Speaker 4 (08:58):
Yeah, but I.

Speaker 5 (09:00):
Don't hold David Bedner accountable for that. You can also
say that if your point is that you don't have
to be super aggressive at the trade deadline, I don't
think Seattle would be here. I don't think it would
have won the division if it hadn't made a couple
of trades for Nailor and Suarez and done some things aggressively.

(09:21):
So you know, I'm still trying to deal with what
this Tiger season is about. Being twenty five over and
then being thirteen under and then looking so good and
so bad on consecutive days. People say, well, that's baseball,
But I don't have any clue as to how they're
going to hit tonight. I think I know how Trek

(09:43):
Scoops going to pitch. I feel the same way you do.
But we just sat through a game in Brighton last Saturday.
Game one of this series that went eleven innings and
the Tigers prevailed. What do you think the level angst
would be in both of these communities if this thing

(10:04):
goes eleven twelve innings tonight.

Speaker 6 (10:08):
I think there'll be a lot of answers on both sides,
And on one side is going to go home trying
and the other one's going to be let's get ready
for the blue Jays. And I think you know that
if it's a Tiger blue Jay series, that will be
great because we know how fanatic the Blue Jays fans

(10:30):
are and how they attack Comerica Park, So Tiger fans
better be ready to buy up those tickets.

Speaker 5 (10:41):
Absolutely, with what we've seen any other series, Marty, we
know that Toronto got the best, not more than got
the best, just hammered New York pitching. We know that
the Dodgers be Phillies team that won more games in

(11:02):
the regular season and a lot of people thought would
be better didn't have to play in the wildcard round.
We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow in Milwaukee.
Both these teams have won all their home games, but
now it heads back to Wisconsin. What's the number one
takeaway about this postseason so.

Speaker 6 (11:23):
Far, well, I think it said anything can happen. I mean,
wasn't that just a tragic ending of that Phillies Dodgers
game last night? Oh yeah, where both teams were battling
and then to have it end on a complete misplay.

Speaker 4 (11:43):
Was just total meltdown.

Speaker 6 (11:45):
It had to be heartbreaking for all the Phillies fans
when it should have gone on to give the Phillies,
you know, fifty to fifty chance of winning that game
and still being alive. So, I don't know. I think
there's a lot of interesting baseball being played. Uh uh

(12:10):
and uh you know, guys stepping up that you don't
necessarily expect, and uh in some cases guys uh not stepping.

Speaker 3 (12:23):
Up like.

Speaker 6 (12:25):
Uh so Otani has had a miserable uh playoffs so
far at the plate. Aaron Judge had a spectacular playoff
at the plate and his team's uh sitting at all?

Speaker 5 (12:38):
So yeah yeah, yeah, uh spectacular CS or DS rather
didn't have to play uh well uh in the wildcard
round he wasn't at his best against Boston, but it
didn't seem to matter. You're talking about the way the
game ended last night, and I don't think Philly fans

(13:01):
are known for being forgiving.

Speaker 4 (13:05):
They're really hard on their own and Santa Claus.

Speaker 5 (13:09):
But when when you think about the end of that
game and the psychological trauma, the people you would not
want to be today.

Speaker 6 (13:18):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (13:19):
You know that was a combination of Bill Buckner and
Donnie Moore, and this guy's going to have to live
with that. That was a series, season ending play and
to make two mistakes on it. You know, he's only
going to see that the rest.

Speaker 4 (13:37):
Of his life.

Speaker 6 (13:39):
Yeah, I would think that the Phillies would do a
great favor to trade him to an American League team. Yeah,
in the off season.

Speaker 5 (13:53):
All right, I have a quick question for you about
college football. You were in ann Arbor and you saw
miss Michigan beat Wisconsin. Wolverines didn't look terrific, but they
were certainly good enough. After the first drive of the game,
they were able to shut Wisconsin's offense down almost completely

(14:13):
turned the water off. You just heard Connor Eargood of
the Detroit News, who covers Michigan State but is at
University of Michigan alum, say that he thinks that Michigan
could get run tomorrow, and he thinks that USC is
the most likely of the teams in the eight games

(14:33):
we talked to four games we talked about to win.
You think Michigan can beat USC or will beat USC
in the coliseum.

Speaker 6 (14:42):
I think that Michigan certainly can beat USC, but I
would anticipate that it will be a close game. USC
an awesome offense, a great quarterback, great receiver, varies from
running backs, and it's well balanced. Have a good tight
end as well. Michigan is very good on defense, but

(15:06):
they're but very good against awesome. Might not be enough.

Speaker 5 (15:12):
Yeah, Marty, Before I let you go, I have to
hit you with the stat and our good front. Steve
Waite just sent this to me, but I find it fascinating.
In Major League Baseball history, twenty five different teams have
hit two hundred and forty five or more home runs
in a season. So the twenty five most powerful teams

(15:34):
in Major League history two hundred and forty five homers
or more in a year. Guess how many of those
twenty five have won the World Series.

Speaker 6 (15:44):
You're making me think it's going to be a low number.
Let me choose five.

Speaker 4 (15:51):
The correct answer is zero.

Speaker 6 (15:55):
Wow, that's that's that's really something so.

Speaker 4 (16:03):
Website. Yeah, the championships don't.

Speaker 6 (16:10):
Yeah, that's pretty amazing.

Speaker 5 (16:14):
Yeah, Marty, I will probably be hollering at you at
some point. You're going to be up till this game
ends tonight. We had a long night last Saturday. We're
going to have another one tonight, and we'll be able
to make sense of this and either say the Tigers
are colossal flops or they're one of the great stories

(16:36):
of all time.

Speaker 4 (16:37):
We'll know in a couple hours.

Speaker 6 (16:38):
Yeah, and I might see again next week.

Speaker 4 (16:43):
That's right, that's right, Marty flies in rob.

Speaker 5 (16:46):
When there's a game to be played, an important game, Marty.

Speaker 4 (16:49):
Mckinne usually finds a way to get there.

Speaker 5 (16:53):
And you know, at least we'll be in a couple
of those seats that Toronto fans can't get.

Speaker 6 (16:59):
Yep, all right, Jack, that would be great. Let's go Tiger.

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