Tigers Coming Alive, Colt Keith Coming Along
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00:00Hey, hey, man, we got a baseball team that's got people at least excited for what the snapshot
00:05of time has been leading into the All-Star break.
00:09And if you're just joining us, the Tigers PR account, 47 and 50, they tweeted this out
00:13today.
00:14Detroit just posted its best first half win percentage since 2016.
00:19The team has 1,460 plate appearances by players aged 24 or younger, which is the most in the
00:25first half of a season by any major league team since Texas had 1,608 in 2018.
00:31Things have worked out well for Texas, huh?
00:33And so you could be, you know, there's some reason to say, hey, this team has, you know,
00:41some characteristics of maybe a brighter future.
00:47But we're getting people calling and talking about the baseball games this weekend, which
00:50is awesome.
00:51I didn't think that would happen in 2024.
00:54But the Dodgers were in town.
00:55People were interested.
00:58There was a buzz down there, PAX Stadium, and dramatic come from behind ninth inning
01:05wins.
01:06Well, I guess the one was the 10th inning technically, but they scored, I mean, five
01:09runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extras on Saturday.
01:12Are you kidding me?
01:14And then a walk off home run in the 10th.
01:18And then yesterday, I mean, a Zach McKinstry leadoff triple and some bunts.
01:22I mean, like the, they get the run home on a sack fly and then a single and some bunts.
01:27And next thing you know, the Tigers get a walk off on an error of throwing air when
01:32the Dodgers tried to get the lead runner and some stuff going well.
01:37I mean, it wasn't that long ago where AJ Hinch had that morning show interaction regarding
01:42Colt Keith and when we can see progress.
01:45Colt Keith in this stretch has hit 395 with a 480 on base, one double, two triples and
01:54five home runs, a couple of home runs this weekend and the dramatic home run to tie up
01:59that Dodger game on Friday night.
02:01He says he's getting more comfortable every single day, feels like he's getting better
02:05every single day.
02:08And AJ Hinch had that great line that stuck with me about Colt Keith and his struggles
02:12early on that his, he said, welcome to breaking in a young player and everything isn't perfect
02:19and it hasn't been, but now it's starting to feel totally worthwhile the time that they
02:24invested in playing him early in the year.