Bless You Boys Podcast 107: Luke Putkonen is not a figment of your imagination - a podcast by SB Nation

The morning after the Tigers are one-hit in the middle of the night, Al, Kurt and HookSlide struggle their way though discussing the worst 5-3 team ever, dead arms, not-so-imaginary relief pitchers, Andrew Romine, jinxed ballplayers and the umpires not telling anyone about new rule interpretation.

Bless You Boys Podcast 107 has a running time of 54 minutes and features Al Beaton, HookSlide, and of course, Kurt Mensching.

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If you believe a certain vocal segment of the Detroit fan base, the Tigers are (voice of Comic Book Guy) the worst 5-3 team ever. EVER.The bullpen finally didn't give up a ninth inning run Friday night. Let's not mention the bottom of the ninth wasn't played...Same pitcher, different season. Phil Coke is getting rocked. The Tigers have seven lefties in Toledo, but not one of them would be an upgrade to the Detroit bullpen?Joe Nathan: "I have a dead arm." Brad Ausmus: "Joe is still the closer."Numbers support Nathan's annual 'dead arm' period.Grantland: Trust in Dombrowski.The Detroit News' Tony Paul writes the Tigers may (and should) keep Drew Smyly in a relief role. Isn't Smyly more valuable to the team pitching 160 innings instead of 80?Anyone else prefer to see the Tigers play Andrew Romine over Alex Gonzalez at short?Both Avisail Garcia and Jose Iglesias are out for the season with injuries, while Brayan Villarreal is buried at Triple-A.  Every young player involved in last year's three-team trade is jinxed!West coast baseball is a PITA ... especially for Rick Porcello.Seems the umpires have changed their interpretation of the "transfer rule" and didn't tell anyone.
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