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April 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901 - Connie Mack accuses Christy Mathewson of reneging on a Philadelphia Athletics contract signed in January. Mathewson had accepted advance money from Mack, but jumped back to the New York Giants in March. Mack considers going to court, but eventually accepts the loss of the young pitcher.

1919 - One of the most bizarre off-the-field incidents in history takes place in Jacksonville, Florida. New York Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie competes against an ostrich named "Percy" in a spaghetti-eating contest! Bodie wins the competition when Percy passes out after its 11th plate of pasta.

1923 - In Chicago, IL, two Black Sox sue the White Sox. Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch seek $400,000 in damages and $6,750 in back salary for conspiracy and injury to their reputation in the aftermath of the scandalous 1919 World Series court case. Their suit will be unsuccessful.

1938 - Goose Goslin returns to the Washington Senators for his third stint with the team. Goslin, who had batted a career-low .238 in 1937, has been released by the Detroit Tigers.

1964 - New York Mets pitcher Carl Willey suffers a broken jaw when he is hit by a line drive batted by Detroit Tigers outfielder Gates Brown during a spring training loss. Willey will be out until June 6th but his career will be effectively ended.

1985 - A major league owners' proposal is agreed to by the Players Association. The American and National leagues playoff formats are changed to best-of-sevens. The League Championship Series had been played as a best-of-five since its inception in 1969.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Conger
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/congedi01.shtml
Dick Conger 1940.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Alex_Grammas
Alex Grammas coach 1980-1991.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerdo01.shtml
Doug Baker 1984-1987.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gary_Pettis
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettiga01.shtml
Gary Pettis 1988-1989, 1992.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Alvin_Crowder
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crowdal01.shtml
'General' Al Crowder 1934-1936.

from Baseball Reference
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/detroit_tigers_gameday_rain_ch.html
Detroit Tigers Gameday: Andrew Romine gets first start at SS; rain threatens Anibal Sanchez's debut.
from Mlive

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/brad_ausmus_makes_contingency.html
Brad Ausmus makes contingency plans for weather, locks in Justin Verlander for Sunday afternoon start.
from Mlive

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/detroit_tigers_game_vs_kansas_1.html
Detroit Tigers game vs. Kansas City Royals postponed; Rotation set for weekend series.
from Mlive

http://msn.foxsports.com/kansas-city/story/royals-tigers-game-postponed-because-of-rain-040314
Tigers - royals game postponed because of rain.
from DetroitFox

http://www.freep.com/article/20140403/SPORTS02/304030078/detroit-tigers-kansas-city-royals
Detroit Tigers will skip Drew Smyly's turn in rotation after today's rainout.
from the freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ame-postponed-Drew-Smyly-s-start-will-skipped
Tigers-Royals game postponed; Drew Smyly's start will be skipped

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140403/SPORTS0104/304030074#ixzz2xrAqKWc1
Tigers-Royals game postponed; Drew Smyly's start will be skipped.
from the detnews

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/det...md=20140403&content_id=70808016&vkey=news_det
Rain postpones Tigers-Royals finale in Detroit.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/...ers-rotation-changes-drew-smyly-to-be-skipped
Weather forces pitching changes, Tigers to skip Drew Smyly in rotation.
from bybtb
 
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Romine's Tigers debut delayed by rain.
DETROIT -- Mother Nature does not seem to be an Andrew Romine fan.
On the day Romine was slated to make his first start at shortstop for the Tigers, a cold, rainy afternoon washed out Thursday's series finale against the Royals, giving Alex Gonzalez his scheduled off-day but keeping Romine off the field as well.

As a result, Romine will go at least a week without getting into a game. His most recent game was last Friday against the Rays. He played in five games down the stretch in Tigers camp after coming over from the Angels, but Detroit's need to see Gonzalez at shortstop tempered his playing time.

Considering Romine was competing for a utility infield job with the Angels before his trade to the Tigers, he knows how to stay game-ready, having learned from Maicer Izturis on his way up before Izturis went to Toronto.

"Being a guy who comes into the game is a lot different preparation than a guy who starts it," Romine said. "My whole life I had been a starter; almost all of us were. So to be switching over to a bench guy, it's a totally different mindset. To watch him and talk to him was really special, because that guy is so calm and collected in the way that he went about things. He never let his emotions take over. Most of what I got from him was mental."

While Romine has not found his role on the Tigers' roster yet -- partly the left-handed hitting complement to Gonzalez, partly a backup to Ian Kinsler at second base -- he has found a comfort level in the clubhouse, which he credits to the atmosphere and team chemistry.

"It's really weird, because I had been with the same organization from Day 1, so when I came here I didn't know what to expect," he said. "Basically they just kind of accepted me from Day 1 and let me into their clubhouse and into their team. It's fun, man. I didn't expect it. Torii [Hunter] was basically the only guy that I knew before I came here."
from the Tigers official site
 
Alburquerque refines fastball to go with slider.
Al Alburquerque has posted two scoreless innings in relief.
DETROIT -- Bruce Rondon's Tommy John surgery left the Tigers needing somebody to step up in their bullpen. If anybody has the potential to do so among the current cast, it is Al Alburquerque.

Two outings and two scoreless innings in, he is at least showing some confidence that he can.
"I feel good," he said after his scoreless 10th inning Wednesday against the Royals.
The Tigers have been through this before. Alburquerque had a dominant April last year, striking out 16 of the first 36 batters he faced while allowing two runs on six hits with just four walks. Then came a command slump that was deep enough to land him in Triple-A Toledo.

This year's start, however, comes off a Spring Training in which Alburquerque found success mixing his devastating slider with a fastball he could command. He allowed a run on eight hits over nine innings with 15 strikeouts, and he generally bought into the emphasis on throwing his fastball more often to keep hitters from sitting on the slider.

It's a work in progress. Alburquerque mixed in three fastballs with his sliders on Opening Day, and none went for strikes. He got a key out with an 0-2 fastball on Wednesday, inducing Alcides Escobar to fly out to right.

When Alburquerque needs to make a pitch, he goes to the slider. That is unlikely to change anytime soon, especially because he can mix a hard slider with a slower one. What has changed is his understanding on using the fastball to set up the slider and at least change the hitter's timing. Whereas most pitchers need secondary offerings to set up their fastball, Alburquerque is the opposite.
"He needs to throw his fastball to make his slider that much better," manager Brad Ausmus said this spring.
from the Tigers official site
 
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Quick hits;

? Ausmus said he had been recognized by some fans while out grabbing dinner, moreso than when he was a player in Detroit in the late 1990s. "We weren't very good," he deadpanned.

? Max Scherzer's eight scoreless innings on four hits Wednesday made him just the third Cy Young Award winner to post those numbers in the first start of his follow-up season. Justin Verlander did it in 2012 (two hits, eight scoreless), as did Atlanta's Tom Glavine (two hits, nine scoreless) in 1992.
 
Tigers announce makeup date for today's rainout. As expected, it'll be June 19. Game time is 1:08pm.
 
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