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October 28 in Tigers and mlb history:

1953: Red Barber resigns from the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast booth and takes a job with the rival New York Yankees.

1958: In San Francisco, construction begins on the new ballpark for the Giants. The rocks in the area resembled candlesticks.

1968: Future Hall of Famer Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals wins his first Cy Young Award. Gibson is a unanimous choice after dominating hitters with a 22-9 record and an ERA of 1.12 during the "Year of the Pitcher".

1968: The Detroit Tigers released Eddie Mathews.

1981: Behind the solid pitching of Burt Hooton, the Los Angeles Dodgers complete a World Series comeback, defeating the New York Yankees, 9 - 2, in Game 6. The Dodgers had trailed the Series two games to none before bouncing back to win four straight games. Pedro Guerrero drives in five runs for Los Angeles, who avenge two six-game World Series defeats to the Yankees in 1977 and 1978.

1988: The Detroit Tigers traded Walt Terrell to the San Diego Padres for Chris Brown and Keith Moreland.

1989: The Oakland Athletics complete a sweep in the World Series with a 9 - 6 win over the San Francisco Giants. Rickey Henderson's home run supports starter and winner Mike Moore. Dave Stewart is named Series MVP after winning the first and third game of the Series, which was interrupted by an earthquake.

1992: Gary Pettis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1993: Eric Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1993: David Wells of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1993: Alan Trammell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1994: Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1995: The Braves win their first World Series since moving to Atlanta with a 1 - 0 shutout of Cleveland in Game 6. Pitchers Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers combine on a one-hitter and David Justice hits a home run in the 6th inning for the only run.

1996: The Detroit Tigers traded Ruben Sierra to the Cincinnati Reds for Ben Bailey (minors) and Decomba Conner (minors).

2002: Juan Acevedo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2003: Shane Halter of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2004: Esteban Yan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2005: Alexis Gomez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Jason Johnson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2007: The Red Sox win their second Championship of the decade, with their sweep of the Rockies in the 2007 World Series.

2008: The Boston Red Sox selected Virgil Vasquez off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2012: The Giants complete a sweep of the Tigers in the World Series with a 4 - 3, 10-inning win in Game 4. Miguel Cabrera, Delmon Young and Buster Posey all homer as the two teams are tied, 3 - 3, after 9, then Marco Scutaro drives in Ryan Theriot for the winning run in the top of the 10th. Sergio Romo ends the game picking up his third save. It is the Giants' second Championship in three years.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Neun
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/neunjo01.shtml
Johnny Neun 1925-1928.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Liz_Funk
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/funkli01.shtml
Elias 'Liz' Funk 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Melvin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/melvibo01.shtml
Bob Melvin 1985, coach 2000.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeremy_Bonderman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondeje01.shtml
Jeremy Bonderman 2003-2010, 2013.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samuejo01.shtml
Joe Samuels 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cedenan01.shtml
Andujar Cedeno 1996.

from Baseball Reference
 
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kalinecountry said:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/10/tigers-to-hire-chris-bosio-as-pitching-coach.html
Tigers to Hire Chris Bosio as Pitching Coach.
MLBTR
Click to expand...

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/10...-bosio-to-be-next-pitching-coach-reports-say/
Tigers Hire Chris Bosio To Be Next Pitching Coach.
CBSDetroit

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/1...on-ron-gardenhire-pitching-coach-jake-arrieta
Detroit Tigers hire Chris Bosio as pitching coach.
Ron Gardenhire apparently has his first coach in place.
BYBTB

https://detroitsportsnation.com/det...gers-closing-hiring-new-pitching-coach/97308/
Detroit Tigers hire Chris Bosio as new pitching coach.
DSN
 
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October 29 in Tigers and mlb history:

1931: Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, is named American League MVP. Grove led the league in strikeouts for the seventh straight season and topped all pitchers in winning percentage, ERA and complete games.

1942: Branch Rickey, the architect of the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system, resigns as the team's vice president. The future Hall of Famer will become the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1945: Happy Chandler, who had continued to serve in the U.S. Senate after becoming commissioner, resigns his political office. He will move the commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati.

1956: The Chicago White Sox name future Hall of Famer Al Lopez as their new manager. Lopez replaces Marty Marion, who was fired after guiding the Sox to a third-place finish in the American League.

1969: Tom Seaver, who won 25 games to help lead the Mets to one of the most unlikely World Championships in major league history, is voted the National League Cy Young Award winner.

1975: Fred Lynn of the Boston Red Sox is the overwhelming choice as American League Rookie of the Year. Lynn, who helped the Red Sox to the AL championship, made the All-Star team, hit .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBI, and led the league in runs (103), doubles (47), slugging percentage (.566) and OPS (.967). A Gold Glove winner as well, he will become the first rookie to win the Most Valuable Player Award later this off-season.

1979: Hall of Famer Willie Mays severs all ties to Major League Baseball after signing a contract with the Bally Corporation, which is involved with legalized gambling in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1991: Mark Salas of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1992: Eric King of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1997: Groundbreaking for new ballpark to replace Tiger Stadium is held. Hal Newhouser throws out the ceremonial first pitch at groundbreaking. Later named Comerica Park, home of Detroit Tigers.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Jackson as a free agent.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Craig Dingman as a free agent.
2004: Al Levine of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2007: Vic Darensbourg of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Kevin Hooper of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Jason Karnuth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Anastacio Martinez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Henry Mateo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Alan Mills of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Dane Sardinha of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Dennis Tankersley of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Andres Torres of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Steve Torrealba of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Sean Casey of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Todd Jones of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2007: The Detroit Tigers traded Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens to the Atlanta Braves for Edgar Renteria.

2012: Gerald Laird of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Jose Valverde of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Delmon Young of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Anibal Sanchez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2014: The Giants win Game 7 of the World Series, 3 - 2, over the Royals to clinch their third Championship in five years. Madison Bumgarner pitches the last five innings without giving up a run to earn the save, completing an otherworldly pitching performance that earns him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.

2017: Game 5 of the 2017 World Series is another wild one, as the Astros defeat the Dodgers, 13 - 12, in 10 innings. The Astros come back from early deficits of 4 - 0 and 7 - 4, and the Dodgers are down 12 - 9 in the top of the 9th before forcing extra innings, when Alex Bregman drives in pinch-runner Derek Fisher with a hit to left field off Kenley Jansen to end the contest. The game takes 5 hours and 17 minutes and features 7 homers, for a record total of 22 in the series, with at least one more game to be played.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownfr02.shtml
Frank Browning 1910.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finneha01.shtml
Happy Finneran 1918.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngki01.shtml?redir
Kip Young 1978-1979.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownda01.shtml?redir
Darrell Brown 1981.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gohrgr01.shtml?redir
Greg Gohr 1993-1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcika01.shtml?redir
Karim Garcia 1999-2000.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fullefr01.shtml
Frank Fuller 1915-1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moorean01.shtml
Anse Moore 1946.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/malmbha01.shtml
Harry Malmberg 1955.

from Baseball Reference
 
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October 30 in Tigers and mlb history:

1922: The Detroit Tigers traded Danny Clark, Howard Ehmke, Babe Herman, Carl Holling and $25,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Rip Collins and Del Pratt.

1945: Branch Rickey signs black players Jackie Robinson and John Wright to a contract with Triple-A Montreal of the International League for 1946. It is the beginning of integration.

1963: Sandy Koufax wins again. The Dodgers pitcher, who finished with 25 victories and 11 shutouts, outpolls Cardinals shortstop Dick Groat, 237 to 190, for the National League MVP Award. Six days ago, Koufax unanimously won the Cy Young Award.

1974: Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics is named the American League Cy Young Award winner. He led the league with 25 wins and a 2.49 ERA.

1984: Willie Hernandez of the Detroit Tigers wins the 1984 American League Cy Young Award, edging fellow reliever Dan Quisenberry of the Kansas City Royals. Hernandez posted a 9-3 record with 32 saves and a 1.92 ERA. Hernandez becomes only the third reliever to win the Award.

2000: Rich Becker of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2001: George W. Bush becomes the eighth President of the United States to attend a World Series game, and the first since Dwight D. Eisenhower to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Wearing a New York Fire Department windbreaker in honor of the heroes of the September 11th attacks, the President walks to the mound by himself, gives a thumbs up, and throws a perfect strike much to the delight of the stadium faithful. In Game 3 of the 2001 World Series, the Yankees win, 2 - 1, over the Diamondbacks, behind strong pitching by Roger Clemens and Mariano Rivera.

2002: Matt Walbeck of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2007: Neifi Perez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2008: Freddy Garcia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Todd Jones of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Edgar Renteria of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Dane Sardinha of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2011: Wilson Betemit of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2011: Carlos Guillen of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2011: Magglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2011: Brad Penny of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2011: Ramon Santiago of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2011: Joel Zumaya of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2012: Tigers give manager Jim Leyland a one-year extension and bring back his coaching staff through the 2013 season.

2013: The Red Sox win the World Series with a 6 - 1 victory over the Cardinals in Game 6. Shane Victorino hits a three-run double off Michael Wacha as the Sox take a 6-0 lead after four innings. David Ortiz collects four walks - three of them intentional - on his way to winning the Series MVP Award.

2014: Joba Chamberlain of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Phil Coke of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Joel Hanrahan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Torii Hunter of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Jim Johnson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Victor Martinez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dealch01.shtml
Charlie Deal 1912-1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maniocl01.shtml?redir
Clyde Manion 1920-1924, 1926-1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Red_Borom
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boromre01.shtml
Red Borom 1944-1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Perry
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perryji01.shtml
Jim Perry 1973.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hardich01.shtml
Charlie Harding 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shevlji01.shtml
Jimmy Shevlin 1930.

from Baseball Reference
 
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