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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...eras-wife-filed-divorce-eve-season/106822540/
Cabrera’s wife filed for divorce on eve of 2017 season.
Detnews

http://www.freep.com/story/news/201...changed-mind-amid-mistress-scandal/783915001/
Miguel Cabrera's wife filed for divorce, changed mind amid mistress scandal.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...onal-strife-led-cabreras-down-year/106841632/
Tigers GM: Injury, not personal strife, led to Cabrera's down year.
Detnews

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/10/20/can-miguel-cabrera-be-next-vladimir-guerrero/
Can Miguel Cabrera Be Next Vladimir Guerrero?
CBSDetroit
 
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As posted in a separate thread;
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/10/anibal_sanchez_tigers_3.html#incart_river_index
Tigers won't pick up Anibal Sanchez's 2018 contract option.
Mlive

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...-tigers-option-anibal-sanchez-2018/785154001/
Detroit Tigers decline option on Anibal Sanchez for 2018 season.
Freep

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...k-up-anibal-sanchezs-option/?topicId=27118376
Tigers won't pick up Anibal's option.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/10/20/16510492/detroit-tigers-anibal-sanchez-decline-option
Tigers decline $16 million club option on Anibal Sanchez.
Little surprise as the Tigers will pay their $5 million buyout on the struggling starter.
BYBTB

http://detroitsportsnation.com/gene...gers-to-cut-ties-with-starting-pitcher/96946/
Tigers to cut ties with starting pitcher.
DSN

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/10/tigers-inform-anibal-sanchez-his-option-will-be-declined.html
Tigers Inform Anibal Sanchez His Option Will Be Declined.
MLBTR
 
October 21 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887: The Detroit Wolverines clinch the World Series championship in Game 11, beating the St. Louis Browns 13-3.

1934: An All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails on tour to Hawaii and Japan. Players with wives include Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Charlie Gehringer, Lefty G?mez, Earl Averill and Lefty O'Doul.

1946: Detroit pitcher Hal Newhouser finishes second to Boston outfielder Ted Williams in voting for American Most Valuable Player. Newhouser won 26 games and led the league in ERA as he nearly wins the MVP Award for the third straight season.

1959: The Players Association approves two All-Star Games in 1960, to be held at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium and New York's Yankee Stadium. The players would like to have them played within four days of each other.

1975: Carlton Fisk breaks up one of the best games in World Series history with a home run in the 12th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 7 - 6 victory against the Cincinnati Reds, forcing a seventh game to decide the winner of the 1975 World Series.

1976: With a 7 - 2 victory, the Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, completing a four-game sweep of the Yankees. It is the Reds' second straight World Championship. Johnny Bench hits two home runs for five RBI. He finishes with a .533 batting average and is named Series MVP. Yankees catcher Thurman Munson has six straight singles to tie a World Series mark. Cincinnati also becomes the first team ever to go through an entire League Championship Series and World Series without a defeat.

1980: The Philadelphia Phillies become World Series champions for the first time in their 98-year history with a 4 - 1 triumph over the Kansas City Royals in Game 6 of the 1980 World Series.

1983: The Detroit Tigers released Sal Butera.
1983: The Detroit Tigers released Bob Molinaro.
1983: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Nahorodny.

1994: Joe Boever of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1994: Greg Cadaret of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1998: The New York Yankees close out their historic season with 3 - 0 victory against the San Diego Padres, sweeping San Diego in four games to win their record 24th World Series championship. Andy Pettitte gets the victory, and Scott Brosius is named Series MVP. The Game 4 victory gives the Yankees 125 wins against 50 losses for a .714 winning percentage, the best in the majors since their Murderers' Row club of 1927, as their American League record of 114 regular-season victories were the most ever for a major league champion team.

2013: Two days after losing the 2013 ALCS, Tigers manager Jim Leyland announces he is retiring after a 22-year career as a big league skipper.
Leyland led the Tigers to 4 playoff appearances, 3 division titles, and 2 pennants in 8 seasons.

2017: The Astros win Game 7 of the ALCS, 4 - 0, over the Yankees to clinch their-first ever American League pennant. Having also won one in the National League in 2005, they become the first team to have done so in both major leagues. In the game, the Astros get a great combined pitching performance by Charlie Morton, who goes the first five innings, and Lance McCullers, who pitches the last four, limiting the Yankees to just three hits. Evan Gattis and Jose Altuve hit solo homers and Brian McCann drives in two runs, as CC Sabathia is charged with the loss.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lelivbi01.shtml
Bill Lelivelt 1909-1910.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chrisma01.shtml
Mark Christman 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flahejo01.shtml
John Flaherty 1994-1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Franklin_Stubbs
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stubbfr01.shtml
Franklin Stubbs 1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fienca01.shtml
Casey Fien 2009-2010.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/belarwa01.shtml
Wayne Belardi 1954-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Vada_Pinson
Vada Pinson coach 1985-1991.

from Baseball Reference
 
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October 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1845: The first known box score appears in the New York Morning News a month after the first set of rules are written by Alexander Cartwright and some his fellow New York Knickerbockers.

1920: Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for supposedly throwing the 1919 World Series. Although considered heavy favorites to win the Series, the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games in what will become known as the Black Sox Scandal.

1956: The Detroit Tigers released Walt Masterson.

1972: The Athletics defeat Cincinnati, 3 - 2, to win their first World Series since the franchise's move to Oakland. Gene Tenace, named Series MVP, drives in two of Oakland's runs. Future Hall of Fame pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter earns the victory in relief.

1975: The Detroit Tigers released Gene Michael.

1975: In a fitting finish to one of the most classic World Series ever played, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox in a thrilling Game 7 victory, 4 - 3. Joe Morgan's 9th-inning looping single scoring Ken Griffey proves to be the decisive hit.

1985: Pitcher Bret Saberhagen gives the Kansas City Royals their first World Series victory with a complete game 6 - 1 decision in Game 3. The St. Louis Cardinals had won the Series' first two games, played in Kansas City.

1998: Luis Pineda of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2000: Although lacking big league managerial experience, Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach Lloyd McClendon is named as the team's manager, replacing recently-fired Gene Lamont.

2001: Willie Blair of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2002: Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak being broken by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995 is voted as baseball's most memorable moment by the fans participating in a Major League Baseball and MasterCard promotion. Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Jackie Robinson becoming the first black to play in MLB, Mark McGwire breaking Roger Maris' single-season home run record and Gehrig's farewell speech were also in the top five events selected by the fans.

2006: Kenny Rogers continues his mastery in the post-season, extending his scoreless innings streak to 23 with eight shutout frames in Detroit’s 3-1 victory in Game Two of the World Series. During the game, the Cardinals ask the umpires to examine Rogers’ glove for a foreign substance, citing a dark smudge on his pitching hand. Rogers claims the smudge is dirt from the mound. Carlos Guillen goes 3-for-3 with a double and triple. Craig Monroe hits his 2nd HR of the series.

2014: Major League Baseball hands out its newly-named reliever awards for the first time. In the National League, Craig Kimbrel of the Braves is the winner of the initial Trevor Hoffman Award, while in the American league, Greg Holland of the Royals wins the Mariano Rivera Award.

2017: The Red Sox announce that they have hired Astros bench coach Alex Cora to be their new manager. He replaces John Farrell, who was let go on October 11th after seeing the team eliminated in the Division Series for the second straight year.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lathech01.shtml
Chick Lathers 1910-1911.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomabr01.shtml
Brad Thomas 2010-2011.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Drew_VerHagen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verhadr01.shtml
Drew VerHagen 2014-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scheifr01.shtml
Frank Scheibeck 1906.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pinelba01.shtml
Babe Pinelli 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Whitehill
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whiteea01.shtml
Earl Whitehill 1923-1932.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tsitojo01.shtml
John Tsitouris 1957.

from Baseball Reference
 
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Pitching coaches currently seeking employment include Neil Allen, Chris Bosio, Doug Brocail, Rich Dubee, Dave Eiland, Jim Hickey, Derek Lilliquist, Mike Maddux, Bob McClure, Dan Warthen, Carl Willis, and Curt Young.

If he?d like to move back into that role, John Farrell is also available. And then there is Dave Righetti, who may prefer to remain a pitching coach, rather than stay in San Francisco in a different capacity.
 
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