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http://www.freep.com/article/20130627/SPORTS02/306270116/detroit-tigers-los-angeles-angels-recap
Los Angeles 3 - Detroit 1 (10): Angels complete sweep of Tigers in extras.
from the freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...extra-innings?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Sports
Angels complete sweep of Tigers in extra innings.
from the detnews

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/06/detroit_tigers_doug_fister_los.html
Detroit Tigers suffer another extra-inning defeat, dealt ninth straight loss to Los Angeles Angels.
from Mlive

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_06_27_anamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=det
Fister strong, but Tigers fall to Angels in 10.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2013_06_27_anamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site
 
http://www.freep.com/article/20130627/SPORTS02/306270118/detroit-tigers-jose-valverde-toledo
Jose Valverde accepts assignment to Triple-A Toledo.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/06/former_tigers_closer_jose_valv_2.html
Former Tigers closer Jose Valverde chooses to accept assignment to Triple-A Toledo over free.
from Mlive

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2013/06/valverde-accepts-assignment-to-triple.html
Valverde accepts assignment to Triple-A, will stay in Tigers organization.
from the Oakland Press

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/6/27/4472072/jose-valverde-dfa-tigers-rumors-toledo-mud-hens
Jose Valverde accepts assignment to minors, will report to Triple-A Toledo.
from bybtb

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...e-Valverde-accepts-assignment-Toledo-Mud-Hens
Tigers' Jose Valverde accepts assignment to Toledo Mud Hens.
from the detnews

Oh joy................

Valverde clears waivers, heads to Triple-A.
DETROIT -- Jose Valverde might not be finished with the Tigers just yet, even after being designated for assignment a week ago. The team announced on Thursday that its former closer cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Toledo.
The Tigers brought up the idea with Valverde when they gave him the news on Friday, and made it clear they were hoping he might take them up on their offer. The idea behind the move was to give Valverde the chance to work on his pitching, especially the splitter he has struggled to throw consistently, in lower-pressure situations.
"I'm glad he's going to stay in the organization and just see if he can possibly go down there and get it straightened out," manager Jim Leyland said Thursday.
The assignment comes with no guarantee Valverde will make it back. But the Tigers don't have a set closer to replace him, and the fact that no other team claimed him on waivers made this likely the best opportunity he was going to find.
"We'll take a look at his velocity and the movement on his pitches, command on his pitches and his ability to throw a split-finger, which when we first brought him back we thought was very important for him. He really has struggled with that," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said last week. "Again, I think a lot of it is mechanically related. When [Tigers pitching coach] Jeff Jones talks about it, his arm angle is a little bit lower than we would like. That's what we would look for."
Valverde was expected to make a stop in Toledo on his way back to the big leagues in April after he signed a Minor League contract, but the Tigers promoted him straight from Class A Lakeland. The 35-year-old hasn't pitched at the Triple-A level since 2006 in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
It's unclear whether Valverde will be closing for the Mud Hens, who have had Bruce Rondon thriving in the ninth inning for most of the season.
from JasonBeck'sTigersblog
 
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June 28 in Tigers and mlb history,

1931 - Records for catching fly balls are set in a doubleheader as the A's beat the Tigers. The Detroit outfielders make 24 putouts, and Philadelphia adds 19 for a 2-team total of 43 in the two games.

1976 - In what amounted to his national coming out party, Mark “The Bird” Fidrych shuts down the Yankees at Tiger Stadium in a game broadcast on Monday Night Baseball. Fidrych improves his record to 8-1 as he goes the distance in a 5-1 Tiger triumph. After the game, adoring fans coax Fidrych out of the clubhouse for a curtain call.

1987 - the Tigers hit three straight home runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game against the Baltimore Orioles in dramatic fashion. The final homer is belted by Bill Madlock, his third of the game. In the 11th inning, Alan Trammell’s RBI- single wins the game 7-6.

1997: For the second time in three days, a Tiger steals four bases with Boston C Scott Hatteberg behind the plate. This time it is Damion Easley doing the stealing in Detroit's 9 - 2 victory. Tomorrow, Hatteberg will start on the bench, but will come in when Bill Haselman breaks his finger.

2010 - Tigers' Joel Zumaya pitched his last MLB game today. Despite several comeback attempts, he finished his career w/ 147 ERA+ in 209 IP.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Gladding
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...laddfr01.shtml
Fred Gladding 1961-1967, coach 1976-1978.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...purlch01.shtml
Chris Spurling 2003, 2005-2006.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bu...ickey_Cochrane
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ochrmi01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/ma...ochrmi01.shtml
Mickey Cochrane 1934-1937, manager 1934-1938.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Baldwin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...aldwbi01.shtml
Billy Baldwin 1934-1937.

from baseball reference
 
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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/6/28/4473250/tigers-should-option-phil-coke-while-they-still-can
Tigers should option Phil Coke, while they still can.
from bybtb

Leyland has also used Coke to face one or more right-handed batters in high-leverage PAs in 9 other games this year. In each game he entered with the Tigers leading or tied. Coke has allowed a .556/.636/.944 (23 PAs) batting line over these PAs and the Tigers are 1-8 when he gets these opportunities. The solitary win occurred when he allowed 2 walks and a hit in a third of an inning against the Red Sox but was bailed out by Jhonny’s walkoff.
Leyland = stubborn old man.
 
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