This week's hosts for a fast paced (especially after the last couple of marathon episodes!) 73 minute long Bless You Boys Podcast are site editors Al Beaton, Kurt Mensching, Matt Wallace, David Tokarz, site enforcer Allison Hagen and bullet point master Rob Rogacki.

Topics covered this week included:

• Alli regales us with BYB meetup stories.
• Are the White Sox blowing up their roster?
• More on the Brandon Inge to Toledo story.
• Meet Chance Ruffin!
• Jim Leyland roasted over the coals for his handling of Ruffin's debut, was it deserved?
• Are managers too locked into pegging relief pitchers into specific roles?
• Mike Ilitch speaks on trading for pitching, his urgency to win a World Series and the performance of Dave Dombrowski and Jim Leyland.
• More trade rumors!

We also answer a handful questions from the Bless You Boys community. We LOVE to hear from you. Really! So please remember, if you would like to have your question on next week's podcast, please email us at BYBPodcast at Gmail.com.

Final thoughts:  Rogo of Designate Robertson is called out for being a Luddite and his inability to grasp the concept of Skype.

I'll give you one guess as to who was the overriding topic in this week's podcast.

No, it's not Duane Below.

If it's Thursday, it means it's time for the Bless You Boys Podcast, this being episode number 11. This week's hosts are site editors Al Beaton, Kurt Mensching, Matt Wallace and David Tokarz, who discuss the past week in Tigers baseball. Unfortunately, site enforcer Allison Hagen was in mid-flight from Detroit to Texas while we were recording, and was unable to join in on the fun. We hope Alli will join us next week to regale us with stories of the BYB community meet-up!

Topics covered this week included:

• Mlive and why you should stay far, far away from there.
• Brandon Inge.
• Brandon Inge.
• Brandon Inge.
• Meet Wilson Betemit.
• Dave Dombrowski apparently has a new policy of not lying to the media.
• More silly season stuff, trade rumors and speculation galore.
• Where's Inge?
• Ranking team needs.
• Déjà vu all over again!
• The Duane Below era begins!
• Inge has been spotted!
• The return of Carlos Guillen and Al Alburquerque.
• Free Casper Wells! (And the "Free Casper Wells" Facebook page)
• Dombrowski: Jacob Turner unlikely to pitch for the Tigers this season.
• Cale Iorg no longer the Tigers’ heir apparent at SS...if he ever was.

Of course, we also answer numerous questions from the Bless You Boys community. We LOVE to hear from you. Really! So please remember, if you would like to have your question on next week's podcast, please email us at BYBPodcast at Gmail.com.

Final thoughts:  Matt hates trade season, David has Jason Grilli flashbacks, Kurt tells everyone to lay off Jim Leyland, and Al wants someone sent to jail.

The Bless You Boys Podcast reaches double digits! You can no longer use the term "small sample size" when discussing the latest episode!

Yes, it's Bless You Boys Podcast number 10, with site editors Al Beaton, Kurt Mensching and David Tokarz discussing the week in Tigers baseball, joined by very special guest Rob Rogacki from Detroit4Lyfe.com, who is better known as Detroit4LyfeRob in the BYB community.

Topics for this week included:

• Do you care about the Home Run Derby?
• Our All Star Game thoughts.
• Miguel Cabrera injured in the ASG.
• The state of the Central division.
• Tigers in 1st place at the break, is a 2nd half fade inevitable?
• The time to bench Brandon Inge is nigh.
• Is there too much faith being put on the return of Carlos Guillen?
• More ridiculous trade talk and baseless speculation.
• Tokarz fixes the Tigers!

As usual, we also answer several questions from the Bless You Boys community. We LOVE to hear from you. So remember, if you would like to have your question on next week's podcast, please email us at BYBPodcast at Gmail.com.

Final thoughts:  David fills us in on a prospect, Rob gives a food tip, Kurt is not an optimist or a pessimist, he's a realist, and Al rips the Detroit Free Press, and specifically Freep.com.

Much like Johnny Five, Bless You Boys Podcast 9 is ALIVE! Be prepared, this is our longest podcast yet.

This week's roundtable includes editors Al Beaton, Kurt Mensching and the long missing David Tokarz and Matt Wallace, who discuss the past week of Detroit Tigers baseball.

Topics for this week included:

• Rick Knapp gets the ziggy.
• Pressure to win on Jim Leyland and Dave Dombrowski is increasing.
• Four Tigers (maybe five) going to the All-Star Game.
• Al Alburquerque placed on the 15-day DL.
• Carlos Guillen's adventures in rehab continues.
• Trade silliness and speculation, no Jose Reyes for you!
• Stupid media tricks over at Mlive

We also answer a metric crap ton of questions from the Bless You Boys community (which is why we ran longer than usual). We LOVE to hear from you. So remember, if you would like to have your question on next week's podcast, please email us at BYBPodcast at Gmail.com.

Final thoughts:  With a little prodding from Al, David tells Cowboy Joe West to die in a fire, Matt sees a rhubarb at Yankee Stadium, and Kurt continues with his curmudgeonly ways.

It was touch and go and took considerable effort (plus Kurt missed the latest Futurama episode), but Bless You Boys Podcast 8 is live for your consumption!

This week's roundtable includes editors Al Beaton, Kurt Mensching and Allison Hagen, who discuss the past week of Detroit Tigers baseball.

Let's not forget the special guest. BYB community member and Tigers blogger, David Olvera, whom you may know better as 13194013 from the game threads, joins in on the fun.

Topics for this week include:

• Mets destroy Tigers pitchers not named Verlander, Benoit or Valverde.
• Phil Coke to the pen, Charlie Furbush to the rotation.
• Daniel Schlereth sent down to Toledo, Brayan Villarreal recalled.
• Don Kelly, pitching wizard.
• Rick Porcello, not a pitching wizard.
• Tigers reportedly shopping Brad Thomas.
• Carlos Guillen starts rehab with Lakeland.
• Jim Leyland’s umpire baiting and pantomime show.
• Thoughts on the Tigers finally retiring Sparky Anderson’s number.

We also answer several questions from the Bless You Boys community. We LOVE to hear from you. So remember, if you would like to have your question on next week's podcast, please email us at BYBPodcast at Gmail.com.

Final thoughts: Allison has more news on Lester Oliveros, David is happy to pollute our podcast-waves, Kurt is a curmudgeon and Al believes the fan base would never survive a pennant race like 1987's.