Thoughts For A Monday Morning - Game 2 vs the Tigers and Other Things.

First, my prayers are with the people in Florida who are about to impacted by yet another hurricane.  I pray that God blesses and keeps you all and help all those impacted by previous hurricanes heal and recover.

Second, the Guardians play again today against Detroit's ace, Tarik Skubal.  It will be a tough task but se, your fans, are cheering for Cleveland.

Thoughts about today's game

• It is a shame that Tyler Freeman is now injured and may not play this post-season.   He was such a true professional after he got demoted and didn't sulk or underperform when he was sent to Columbus.  I think he has a chance to have a really bright future in baseball.  I hope it is with the Guardians and starts either in these playoffs or next spring and, 10 years from now, we think of Freeman the same way we now think of Jason Kipnis.
• I would like the see the Guardians put more of a push on for Cade Smith to win ROY in the AL.  It is a relatively mediocre year for rookies in the AL (especially compared to the NL), I think a good, strong push might make voters put him first.  It would help if every time a Guardians' player, coach, manager or PR person mentioned Smith's name it is preceded or immediately follow by "rookie" so people remember that the great things he has accomplished on the field this year were done by someone eligible for the ROY award.
•  I think, and hope, Matthew Boyd can keep us barely in the lead or very close this game.  Love our chances if that happens.
• Fry and Thomas were a start, but we still need more of our young hitters to step up and our young pitchers to shine.   It will take a village to win this post-season.  We have the talent.  We just need some more guys (e.g., Noel, Martinez, Brennan) to get hot.
• Love listening to Hammy and watching the game on TV with the sound turned down.  Hopefully they are more in sync today than the first game.  I felt clairvoyant, as the radio feed was ahead by a pitch so I always knew what was going to happen next on the TV.  LOL!  I grew up with baseball on the radio, with a transistor radio under my pillow for west coast games.  It's just something about the radio broadcasts that make an old guy like me feel at home.
• Could go into great analytical detail about the game but I would rather just end by saying GO GUARDIANS!!!

Final thought: I don't really understand not having the fall instructs.  Having guys getting instruction in conditioning and technical and mental aspects of the game and of living baseball in the US 24/7 can never be bad and HAS to advance their development.  Plus, injured guys need more reps, even though the bridge league did provide a little of that.  Bridge league is about games.  I am talking daily instruction, especially to continue the development of Latin American guys who played in the US this year or who will likely play here next year.  [NOTE: I did love the pictures of the guys at the Dominican complex who are there for fall training, going nuts when Lane Thomas hit his HR.]  The look is bad for the organization as it just looks like they are trying to save a buck.  So, in not having instructs, it would be nice to show fans what our ticket dollars ARE going towards this fall, that will help future Cleveland Guardians get there faster and better.