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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23233
Moonshot: Miguel Cabrera and the Bearable Heaviness of Being. partial story $$wall.
from Baseball Prospectus

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2014/04/08/heilmanns-last-day-rush-won-batting-title-1927/
Harry Heilmann's last day rush Won him the Batting Title in 1927.
from Detroit Athletic

 

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http://baseball.tomthress.com/StatTables/PlayerStats.php?id=hillj101
John Hiller.
John Hiller - Player Record*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet).
from tomthress

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140408/COL38/304080106/detroit-tigers-miguel-cabrera
What makes Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera so amazing? Players, coaches chime in.
from the freep

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/ask_schmehl_7.html
How will Detroit Tigers handle Phil Coke? How long will they stick with Alex Gonzalez?
from Mlive

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...amberlain-looks-solidify-role-new-environment
Tigers' Joba Chamberlain looks to solidify role in new environment.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.truebluela.com/2014/4/8/5591428/tigers-series-preview-bless-you-boys
Tigers Series Preview Q&A with Rob Rogacki from Bless You Boys.
from bybtb

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/7/5587842/behind-enemy-lines-los-angeles-dodgers-true-blue-la
Behind Enemy Lines: Dishing on the Dodgers with True Blue LA.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/8/5590754/tigers-bullpen-phil-coke
Do I trust him more than Phil Coke?
from bybtb

 

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http://www.detroittigersnark.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-tigers-fans-guide-to-hating-2014_8.html
The Tigers Fan's Guide to Hating the 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers.
from TigerSnark

 

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Word on no-DH lineup tonight:
Cabrera back at 3B,
Martinez at 1B.
Castellanos out of lineup against veteran RH Haren.

Torii Hunter will bat third tonight behind Kinsler. Miguel Cabrera moves up to cleanup. V-Mart, who is starting at 1B, will bat fifth.
Tigers lineup: Davis LF, Kinsler 2B, Hunter RF, Cabrera 3B, VMart 1B, AJax CF, Avila C, Romine SS, Scherzer P

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/brad_ausmus_does_not_expect_ev.html
Brad Ausmus does not expect Evan Reed situation to be distraction, will not alter how he uses reliever.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ht-near-veterans-Victor-Martinez-Torii-Hunter
Tigers' decision might be near on veterans Victor Martinez, Torii Hunter.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ed-about-Alex-Avila-s-decline-bullpen-debacle
Tigers Mailbag: Readers worried about Alex Avila's decline, bullpen debacle.
from the detnews

 

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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/det...md=20140408&content_id=71393930&vkey=news_det
Torii Hunter not letting up in 18th big league season.
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/8/5595440/detroit-tigers-fans-ranked-sixth-most-loyal-in-baseball
Tigers fans ranked 6th most loyal in baseball.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/brad_ausmus_explains_decision.html
Detroit Tigers' Brad Ausmus explains decision to hit Miguel Cabrera fourth for first time since 2011.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/torii_hunter_leaves_game_three.html
Torii Hunter leaves with knee injury after sliding awkwardly into wall while trying to catch foul ball.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140409/SPORTS02/304090040/detroit-tigers-evan-reed-brad-ausmus
Detroit Tigers' Brad Ausmus will use Evan Reed; 'I don't plan on changing anything at this point'.
from the freep

Reed investigation not expected to distract club.
Manager Brad Ausmus said he does not expect the investigation of reliever Evan Reed for an alleged sexual assault to become a distraction for the team.
"It certainly has an effect, in the sense that there's questions that I have to answer about it," Ausmus said. "And I've been on teams where there's been off-field issues. Once the bell rings, once the first pitch is thrown, it's all business. I think baseball players and athletes in general are very good when they step between the lines of separating the game from everything else surrounding the game.
"There are times when it may distract an individual. But I think as a group, I don't think it's generally as much of a distraction as it's often portrayed."
Asked if it would impact how he'll use Reed in games, Ausmus said, "I don't plan on changing anything at this point."
from the Tigers official site

 

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Ausmus still fine-tuning shortstop platoon.
Tuesday's series opener against the Dodgers was the third start of the season for shortstop Andrew Romine, tying him with Alex Gonzalez through six games. Just over a week into the season, it's an even platoon, and not a strict lefty-righty mix.

How it plays out from here is anyone's guess, including manager Brad Ausmus, who's still figuring out how the two late-spring acquisitions best fit.

"We didn't see these guys much in Spring Training," Ausmus said, "so it's a combination of trying to find out what we had in both these players and what their abilities are, and also making sure that Gonzo certainly isn't on his feet too much or playing too much, just from an age factor."

Gonzalez, 37, is in his 16th big league season, while Romine, 28, played in 74 MLB games over four years entering 2014.

Romine is a switch-hitter, but is considered much stronger batting from the left side. He abandoned switch-hitting and become exclusively a left-handed hitter for a stretch last year with the Angels, but he resumed hitting right-handed after it didn't make an appreciable difference for his offense.
from the Tigers official site

 

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Davis atop Tigers lineup for Interleague Play.
Six months ago, former Tigers manager Jim Leyland tried to give his lineup a jolt by pulling Austin Jackson out of the leadoff spot, moving him down in the order and moving everyone else up a spot. On Tuesday, new manager Brad Ausmus did the reverse, moving Rajai Davis to the leadoff spot and everyone else down.

It was not an urgent effort to shake up the offense, but a reaction to Interleague Play.

"In the American League, obviously, the pitcher's not hitting, you can hit Rajai ninth and he becomes a catalyst at the top of the lineup [before it flips over]," Ausmus said. "Here, with the pitcher, it's a different story."

It goes back to the old Leyland line about the ninth hitter sometimes serving as a "second leadoff hitter," setting the table for the top third of the batting order when the lineup comes back around. Where Omar Infante filled that role for Leyland, the speedy Davis has fit that role for Ausmus, batting ninth in all three games he started last week at home.

Davis started just 14 games at the leadoff spot in Toronto last season. He hit .304 (21-for-69) there with three doubles, a triple, a home run, eight RBIs, 11 runs scored and 10 stolen bases in 11 attempts.

With Davis leading off, Ian Kinsler moved out of the spot for the first time this season. He batted second, with Torii Hunter third, Miguel Cabrera batting cleanup and Victor Martinez in the fifth spot. Martinez started at first base, while Cabrera shifted back to third base, his corner spot for the previous two seasons.

"I spoke to both Miggy and Victor about slotting down," Ausmus said. "They were both good with it. They both understood. Talked to Kinsler about it and Torii, all the guys who moved down, and they were all on board. No issue, and hopefully [Davis] works as a catalyst in this spot as well."
from the Tigers official site