August 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1907: Detroit's first Sunday game at home since 1902, and the first at Bennett Park, is a 16 - 3 win over New York.

1915: The Browns send pitchers Bill James and Grover Lowdermilk to the Tigers for 1B Baby Doll Jacobson.

1936: Tigers second baseman Charlie Gehringer gets his 2,000th hit.

1938: When Detroit's Billy Rogell walks his first time up, it is his seventh consecutive base on balls, a new American League record.

1961: Ron Kline, purchased from the Angels on August 10, blanks the Red Sox on four hits to give the Tigers a 5 - 0 win. Bill Monbouquette fails for the 9th time to win his 9th, lasting just four innings and gives up homers to Billy Bruton and Rocky Colavito.

1967: The Detroit Tigers released Jim Landis.

1972: Mickey Lolich regains first place for the Tigers as he bests the Angels and Nolan Ryan, 2 - 0. It is Lolich's 19th win.

1977: Jason Thompson became just the third Tigers player to hit a home run completely over the right-field roof of Tiger Stadium, joining Norm Cash and Jim Northrup. By the time Tiger Stadium closed, 32 balls had been hit fair over the right-field roof, and Thompson had two of them. But his blast 38 years ago today had something no other rooftop home run had: Thompson hit it off a pitcher who would go on to the Baseball Hall of Fame - Catfish Hunter of the New York Yankees.

1984: Detroit's Juan Berenguer goes 8 1/3 innings and strikes out 12 to give the Tigers a 4 - 3 victory over the Mariners. Kirk Gibson drives in three runs with his 20th homer of the year, and becomes the first Tiger ever to reach 20 in both homers and steals. Gibson's homer is his 15th game-winning RBI this year.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kennebo01.shtml
Bob Kennedy 1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/humphbo01.shtml
Bob Humphreys 1962.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Consolo
Billy Consolo coach 1979-1992, 1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jamesbo01.shtml
Bob James 1982-1983.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobby_Higginson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/higgibo02.shtml
Bobby Higginson 1995-2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoju10.shtml
Justin Wilson 2016-2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harpege02.shtml
George Harper 1916-1918.

from baseball reference

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...andez-should-held-more-accountable/574625001/
Bad umps like Hernandez should be held more accountable.
Freep

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/249066876/will-tigers-trade-justin-verlander-to-astros/
Inbox: Will Verlander be dealt before August 31?
Beat reporter Jason Beck answers fans' questions.
Tigers official site

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/cabrera-and-votto-two-passing-ships/
Miguel Cabrera and Joey Votto: Two Passing Ships.
Fangraphs

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...detroit-tigers-los-angeles-dodgers/578178001/
How to watch tonight's Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game.
Freep

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...dgers-former-wolverine-hill/?topicId=26688732
Zimmermann set to face mighty Dodgers.
Tigers official site

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/tigers_dodgers_preview_jordan.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, Dodgers preview: Michigan alum Rich Hill starting for MLB's best team.
Mlive

Things to watch
Miguel Cabrera is 4-for-9 with a double and a home run lifetime against Hill.

Zimmermann made eight starts against the Dodgers during his Nationals tenure, going 2-2 with a 4.40 ERA. Justin Turner is 4-for-7 with a double and homer against Zimmermann, while Chase Utley is 6-for-25 with four walks against him.

Tigers catcher James McCann was a Dodgers fan growing up in Santa Barbara, Calif., though he became an Angels fan later in his teenage years. He counted Gary Sheffield and Raul Mondesi among his favorite players.

Detroit Tigers
RHP Jordan Zimmermann (7-9, 5.62 ERA)
23 GS, 129 2/3 IP, 155 H, 81 ER, 26 HR, 38 BB, 86 K, 5.46 FIP

Los Angeles Dodgers
LHP Rich Hill (8-4, 3.44 ERA)
17 GS, 89 IP, 70 H, 34 ER, 12 HR, 37 BB, 107 K, 3.97 FIP

Who: Detroit Tigers (53-67) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (85-34)
When: 7:10 p.m. EDT
Where: Comerica Park
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: FM 97.1 The Ticket and the Tigers radio network.

Notable
The Dodgers are 24-5 since the All-Star break. Rookie first baseman Cody Bellinger is second in the NL with 34 home runs.

As of Thursday, Zimmermann has the third-highest ERA in the AL among qualified pitchers. He has given up 155 hits (sixth-most) and 26 home runs (seventh-most).
Zimmermann is 2-2 with a 4.40 ERA in eight career starts against the Dodgers.

Hill, a Michigan alumnus, has allowed more than two earned runs in just four of 17 starts this season.
Hill is 2-0 with a 3.42 ERA in 15 games (two starts) against Detroit. Notable Tigers vs Hill: Victor Martinez (4 for 11), Miguel Cabrera (4 for 9, 1 HR), Justin Upton (1 for 8).

Tigers by the numbers
Overall: 53-67
Current streak: L4
At Comerica Park: 29-28
On the road: 24-39
Day games: 23-18
Night games: 30-49
vs. AL East: 14-13
vs. AL Central: 25-24
vs. AL West: 8-21
vs. NL: 5-9

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/8...bal-sanchez-10-day-disabled-list-jacoby-jones
Tigers place Anibal Sanchez on 10-day disabled list.
JaCoby Jones has been recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
BYBTB

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/jacoby_jones_tigers_5.html#incart_river_index
Tigers bring up outfielder JaCoby Jones to fill bench spot.
Mlive

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/ian_kinsler_fined_for_comments.html#incart_river_index
Tigers' Ian Kinsler fined for comments, but has no regrets for 'speaking the truth'.
Mlive

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/8...rs-ian-kinsler-fined-comments-angel-hernandez
Tigers’ Ian Kinsler fined for comments about Angel Hernandez.
He has no regrets about speaking his mind, however.
BYBTB

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...detroit-tigers-fined-angel-hernandez-comments
Ian Kinsler fined by MLB, stands by comments about Angel Hernandez.
espn

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...sler-avoids-suspension-rant-umpire/104729024/
Tigers’ Kinsler avoids suspension for rant about umpire.
Detnews

Tigers veterans ? Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Anibal Sanchez and Jordan Zimmermann ? has cleared waivers as well.
It?s not a surprise at all to see any of those four clear, given the sizable contracts to which each is signed.
Each has struggled in 2017 (Zimmermann and Martinez in particular), and no one from that group is going anywhere. Martinez is owed $18MM next year, while Zimmermann is owed $74MM from 2018-20. Cabrera, who is hitting .255/.343/.408 in 2017, is owed a staggering $192MM from 2018-23.
Sanchez, meanwhile, is a free agent after this season and is owed the remainder of a $16MM salary plus a $5MM buyout on his 2018 option. He has a 6.95 ERA on the season and a 6.19 ERA since being recalled from Triple-A earlier this summer.
MLBTradeRumors

http://detroitsportsnation.com/detr...stin-upton-planning-to-stay-in-detroit/95122/
Justin Upton planning to stay in Detroit after this season.
DSN

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/249237198/anibal-sanchez-latest-tigers-starter-on-dl/
Anibal latest Tigers starter to land on DL.
Tigers official site

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/249240158/tigers-michael-fulmer-featured-on-play-ball/
Fulmer offers insight, background on 'Play Ball'.
Tigers pitcher to be featured on MLB Network show Saturday.
Tigers official site

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...ers-daniel-norris-rehab-assignment/582073001/
Detroit Tigers LHP Daniel Norris keeps sanity, begins rehab assignment.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...-castellanos-might-play-next-month/104735400/
Tigers? Castellanos might play OF next month.
Detnews

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/tigers_dodgers_game_story.html#incart_river_index
Justin Upton's big blasts not enough for Tigers to overcome MLB-best Dodgers.
Mlive

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...detroit-tigers-los-angeles-dodgers/582443001/
Los Angeles Dodgers crush Jordan Zimmermann, hold off Detroit Tigers.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...mann-ripped-dodgers-trounce-tigers/104737438/
Zimmermann ripped as Dodgers trounce Tigers.
Detnews

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers...918#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=491918
Boxscore.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/video/v-marts-solo-home-run/c-1731875883?tid=8877502
Webvideo highlights and lowlights of the Tigers loss to the dodgers.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/8/18/16172028/detroit-tigers-los-angeles-dodgers-final-score-recap
Los Angeles 8 - Detroit Tigers 5: The better team won.
Detroit played sloppily and lost the first game of the three-game series.
BYBTB

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...s-to-jump-on-tigers-hold-on/?topicId=27118376
Tigers go on hit parade, but can't pick up Zimmermess.
Tigers official site

August 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1917: Coaching at third base in a 1 - 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives baserunner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins 2 - 0.

1921: At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers in a 10 - 0 Tigers win.
It takes Cobb just 2,135 games to do that. LF Bobby Veach is 4 for 4, and the Tigers bang out 19 hits. Only RF Harry Heilmann is hitless but still batting .403 on the season.

1941: Hal Newhouser walks 10 batters in a game for the only time but wins anyway: Tigers 12, Yankees 3.

1950: The Gillette Safety Razor Co. pays $800,000 for TV rights to the World Series. Radio rights will add another $175,000 more.

1951: Wearing uniform number 1/8, forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches from Tigers' Bob Cain in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.

1961: The Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 - 3, as the two teams combine to hit into eight double plays, tying the major-league record for nine innings.

1999: The Detroit Tigers released Walt McKeel.

2010: The specter of the 2000s steroid scandal is still around. Today, former pitching great Roger Clemens is indicted on six counts of perjury for allegedly lying during Congressional hearings on PED use in February 2008 when he testified that he had never used banned substances. A number of former teammates and associates have since come forward to provide testimony that contradicts his statements made under oath.

2015: In his 1st MLB at-bat, Daniel Norris becomes the first AL pitcher to hit a home run at Wrigley Field. Norris is the first Tigers pitcher with a HR and a walk in the same game since 1970. 15th time that's happened in club history.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Finigan
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finigji01.shtml
Jim Finigan 1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lashefr01.shtml
Fred Lasher 1967-1970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harpete01.shtml
Terry Harper 1987.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmeda01.shtml
David Palmer 1989.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zamloca01.shtml
Carl Zamloch 1913.

from baseball reference

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/tigers_dodgers_preview.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, Dodgers preview: Can Michael Fulmer snap Detroit's 5-game losing skid?
Mlive

Detroit Tigers
RHP Michael Fulmer (10-10, 3.78 ERA)
22 GS, 145 1/3 IP, 134 H, 61 ER, 11 HR, 34 BB, 102 K, 3.54 FIP

Los Angeles Dodgers
LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (4-6, 3.63 ERA)
17 GS, 96 2/3 IP, 98 H, 39 ER, 16 HR, 28 BB, 94 K, 4.34 FIP

How to watch and listen
Who: Detroit Tigers (53-68) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (86-34)
When: 4:05 p.m. EDT
Where: Comerica Park
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: FM 97.1 The Ticket and the Tigers radio network

Tigers by the numbers
Overall: 53-68
Current streak: L5
At Comerica Park: 29-29
On the road: 24-39
Day games: 23-18
Night games: 30-50
vs. AL East: 14-13
vs. AL Central: 25-24
vs. AL West: 8-21
vs. NL: 5-10

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...ht-upton-stokes-offseason-question/104745128/
Another big night for Tigers' Upton stokes offseason question.
Detnews

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/08/jacoby_jones_tigers_6.html#incart_river_index
JaCoby Jones understands why Tigers sent him to Toledo: 'Strikeouts were coming in bunches'.
Mlive

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...nes-anxious-reclaim-tigers-cf-role/104755660/
JaCoby Jones anxious to reclaim Tigers? CF role.
Detnews

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...upton-plays-safe-retracing-hr-trot/104754960/
By rule, Tigers? Upton could've had HR nullified.
Detnews