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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/1/26/5346290/doug-fister-trade-dave-dombrowski-robbie-ray
Doug Fister trade explained by Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski -- sorta.
from bybtb

and from sports illustrated's take on the nationals of season;
the move Washington pulled off via its Dec. 2 trade with the Tigers, in which it received Doug Fister in exchange for light-hitting utilityman Steve Lombardozzi (who was particularly miscast as a spare outfielder), lefty reliever Ian Krol and lefty pitching prospect Robbie Ray. The latter is a 2010 12th-round pick who split his season between High-A and Double-A and profiles as a back-end starter.
In exchange for those spare parts, the Nationals landed Fister, a 29-year-old who has ranked 'ninth in Wins Above Replacement' (12.6) over the last three years — higher than any of the team’s other starters. In 2013, he put up a 3.67 ERA with microscopic walk and homer rates (1.9 and 0.6 per nine, respectively) to offset his modest strikeout rate (6.9 per nine) en route to a career-best 4.1 WAR.

As in Detroit, Fister doesn’t have to be the ace in D.C. Instead, he can settle in comfortably alongside Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann, and at the same time be a significant upgrade on the departed Dan Haren (4.67 ERA in 169 2/3 innings) and his 2012 predecessor, Edwin Jackson (4.03 ERA in 189 2/3 innings). As if this deal needed a silver lining, Fister has two years to go before he reaches free agency, and even if he gets the $8.5 million salary for which he filed in arbitration, it will still be substantially less than the $13 million Haren made last year.
 
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January 27 in Tigers and mlb history:

1927: Citing accuser Dutch Leonard's refusal to appear at the hearings of January 5th, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis issues a lengthy decision clearing Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker of any game-fixing charges. Landis orders the Philadelphia Athletics to reinstate Cobb and the Washington Senators to restore Speaker.
Both players are then made free agents. Philadelphia owner Connie Mack will sign Cobb on February 8th, and Speaker will sign with Washington on January 31st for a reported $35,000.

1963 - John Clarkson, Elmer Flick, Sam Rice and Eppa Rixey are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Rixey will die before the induction ceremonies that summer, marking the first time that a Hall of Famer passes away between the time of election and induction.

2006: The World Baseball Classic set its pitch limits and mercy rules, designed to protect pitchers in the early stages of spring training and cut short one-sided games.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesel01.shtml
Elijah 1907, 1909.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnsbi01.shtml
Bill Burns 1912.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Demeter
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/demetst01.shtml
Steve Demeter 1959. April 12, 1960: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Norm Cash.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rusty_Meacham
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meachru01.shtml
Rusty Meacham 1991.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Reggie_Sanders_(sandere01)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sandere01.shtml
Reggie Sanders 1974.

from Baseball Reference
 
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