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Wristband system to help streamline ticket sales.
LAKELAND, Fla. -- With single-game tickets going on sale Saturday morning, the Tigers will be trying to accommodate fans looking to get early spots in line at the Comerica Park box office by handing out wristbands to the first 1,000 fans to show up Friday afternoon.

Fans can pick up a numbered wristband beginning at 3 p.m. ET Friday in the Tiger Club lobby off Witherell Street. Those fans can then return to the park Saturday morning, when the starting number will be determined.

A fan will randomly draw a number around 8:15 a.m. The fan whose wristband matches that number will serve as the starting point for the line. From there, fans will line up by wristband number from that point through 1,000, then from 1 to the number, followed by fans without wristbands. Fans with wristbands must be line by 9:30 a.m., or they will need to go to the end of the line.

Wristbands are one per person and do not guarantee tickets. Fans in line must have a valid form of payment, either cash or a credit card with valid ID.
from the Tigers official site
 
Joba focuses on command in Tigers debut.
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Joba Chamberlain wasn't looking to light up scouts' radar guns in his first outing as a Tiger. He wasn't looking to strike out the side, either. All he wanted was a little velocity and a lot of command.

In that sense, Chamberlain was generally happy with his inning of work Thursday against the Braves, having recovered from a leadoff single to retire the side in order. He threw first-pitch strikes to all four batters he faced, including to Ryan Doumit before the outfielder lined a single into right-center.

"Just to be able to throw my slider early for a strike, and then to be able to put it where I wanted to at the end of the at-bat [was big]," Chamberlain said. "My fastball command was really good and got some swing and misses and got some ground balls."

Chamberlain's fastball ranged from 90-92 mph, according to a scout in attendance. That's down from last year's average of just under 95, but it's also his first outing of the spring. The goal, he said, is to build velocity as the spring moves along.

"I want to go out and throw 92-93 in my first couple outings," he said. "Every pitch I think was around 92, which for me is great. When I'm younger, you can kind of go out and let your emotions get the best of you, because you're in a game situation. But I've learned to slow the game down and get what I need to get done, which for me is just fastball location and getting my slider to be back where it needs to be. Those two things I really wanted to focus on."
from the Tigers official site
 
Quick hits;

? Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was originally scheduled to hit the road for Friday's split-squad set, but he will now manage the home game against the Yankees. Bench coach Gene Lamont will manage the split-squad on the road against the Phillies so he can travel home to Sarasota after the game.

? Bruce Rondon hit 95-97 mph on his fastball, according to a scout in attendance, on his way to retiring the Braves in order in the ninth inning for a relatively easy spring debut. He threw five out of his six fastballs for strikes, the one ball bouncing in the dirt. He also threw an offspeed pitch in the dirt.

? The Tigers announced that all 162 regular-season games will be televised locally, including 150 on FOX Sports Detroit, five on FOX Sports 1, up to four on ESPN and three on FOX Saturday Baseball. All but one will be shown live, with the July 12 game at Kansas City shown on tape delay at 10 p.m. ET because it falls in the FOX Saturday blackout window.
 
Up next: The Tigers have their first of two split-squad days this spring on Friday.

American League Cy Young Award winner Scherzer will stay in Lakeland for his first start of the spring in a 1:05 p.m. ET matchup against a Yankees lineup that's expected to include All-Stars Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury.
MLB Gameday Audio will have the radio broadcast online, as will AM 1270 in Detroit.

Meanwhile, Jose Alvarez will lead the travel squad to Clearwater for a 1:05 p.m. game against the Phillies at Bright House Networks Field that will be available on MLB.TV.
 
February 28 in Tigers and mlb history:

1931 - Ban Johnson dies in St. Louis, at age 57. Johnson had served as the founder and first president of the American League from 1901 to 1927. He was a dynamic and dictatorial leader until subdued by the advent of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who took office as the first Baseball commissioner in January 1921. Johnson will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1937.

1986 - In Major League Baseball's sternest disciplinary move since the 1919 Black Sox were banished for life, Commissioner Peter Ueberroth gives seven players who were admitted drug users a choice of a year's suspension without pay or heavy fines and career-long drug testing, along with 100 hours of drug-related community service. Joaquin And?jar, Dale Berra, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Dave Parker, and Lonnie Smith will be fined 10 percent of their annual salaries to drug abuse programs. The commissioner also doles out lesser penalties to 14 other players for their use of drugs.

1989 - The Veterans Committee elects Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick to the Hall of Fame. Schoendienst served as a second baseman and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Barlick was a major league umpire for over 29 seasons.

2000 - American League umpire John Hirschbeck is elected as the first president of the World Umpires Association, which was recognized by the National Labor Relations Board a few days ago.

2002 - Major League Baseball announces it has rehired five umpires who had resigned during the 1999 season as part of the ill-fated strategy concocted by Richie Phillips and the Major League Umpires Association. They are Gary Darling, Bill Hohn, Larry Poncino, Larry Vanover and Joe West. Four other umpires, Drew Coble, Greg Kosc, Terry Tata, and Frank Pulli, are allowed to retire.

2011: Miguel Cabrera makes his first appearance since his drunk driving arrest and goes 0 for 2 with a walk in a Tigers victory.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lil_Stoner
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stoneli01.shtml
Lil Stoner 1922, 1924-1929.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samforo01.shtml
Ron Samford 1955, 1957.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dizzy_Trout
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troutdi01.shtml
Dizzy Trout 1939-1952.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harvey_Kuenn
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuennha01.shtml
Harvey Kuenn 1952-1959.

from Baseball Reference

February 29 in Tigers and mlb history:

1896 - Western League president Ban Johnson asserts that "the Western League has passed the stage where it should be considered a minor league - it is a first-class organization, and should have the consideration that such an organization warrants." Four years later Johnson will act upon this belief, taking the first steps toward moving the WL - renamed the American League in 1900 - to major league status.

1968 - Lena Blackburne dies in Riverside, New Jersey, at age 81. A former major league infielder and manager, Blackburne has been the source for his eponymous rubbing mud, used by umpires in both leagues to rub down new balls. He leaves the mud business to his boyhood friend, John Haas.

1972 - Hank Aaron signs a major league record-breaking contract with the Atlanta Braves, calling for $200,000 annually for three years.

2000: Manager Sparky Anderson, 19th century star Bid McPhee, and Negro League slugger Norman (Turkey) Stearnes are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

Tigers players birthdays:

from Baseball Reference
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/02/detroit_tigers_shortstop_jose_4.html
Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias sidelined for 'about a week' with recurring shin problems.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/20140228/SPORTS02/302280095/jose-iglesias-shin-injury-detroit-tigers
Jose Iglesias out with more shin problems; Detroit Tigers concerned.
from the freep

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp...tebook_id=68456488&vkey=notebook_det&c_id=det
Jose Iglesias out roughly a week with nagging shin splints.
from the Tigers official site

http://motorcitybengals.com/2014/02/28/detroit-tigers-jose-iglesias-miss-week/
Detroit Tigers Jose Iglesias to miss “about a week”.
from mcbtb

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/2/28/5456566/jose-iglesias-shin-stress-inflammation
Jose Iglesias' shin issues return, Tigers' SS to miss about a week.
from bybtb

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2014/02/28/iglesias-out-at-least-a-week-with-shin-splints/
Iglesias out at least a week with shin splints.
from Jasonbeck'sTigersblog
 
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