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The #Tigers belted 7 doubles tonight; the most doubles in a game since the club hit 7 doubles 4 years ago on 4/22/10 in Los Angeles (LAA).
Tigers had 15 hits tonight - 2nd best this year - and 8 XB hits, best of year. Kinsler had 2 dbl, 2RBI. Davis 2 hits, inc. RBI db.
Verlander was solid - mixed low 90s fb with curve, slider and change...was rarely in trouble. 119P to go 7IP 8H 2R 2BB/7K, now 3-1 w/ win.

 

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April 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1910 - At Huntington Avenue Grounds, Boston Red Sox centerfielder Tris Speaker pulls off his second unassisted double play, the gem occurring in the 2nd inning against the Philadelphia Athletics. Speaker snares a low line drive and beats baserunner Harry Davis back to second base.

1919 - Anticipating a poor season at the gate, the major leagues open a reduced 140-game season. Despite the lack of close races, attendance remains high all year and every club will show a profit.

1939 - Rookie Ted Williams goes 4 for 5, including his first major-league home run.

1940 - Flooding of the Ohio River causes cancellation of today's game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field. Weather forecasters predict that the flood's waters will reach as high as eight feet at the ballpark. The next day's game will also be postponed.

1952: New York Giants knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm hits a home run in his first major league at-bat as he pitches five innings in relief in a 9 - 5 win over the Braves. In his second at-bat, two days later, he will hit a triple. But Wilhelm, a notoriously poor hitter, will never hit another home run or triple in a major league game during the next 21 years, covering a span of 1,070 games.

1954: In his seventh major league game, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hits the first of his 755 career home runs off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Vic Raschi atSportsman's Park.

2005 - Earl Wilson, a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, dies in Southfield, Michigan, at age of 70. In 1962, Wilson became the first black pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Coveleski
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/covelha01.shtml
Harry Coveleski 1914-1918.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vangiel01.shtml
Elam Vangilder 1928-1929.

Tigers players who passed away;

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Wilson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoea01.shtml
Earl Wilson 1966-1970.

from Baseball Reference

 

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http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/46333/whats-wrong-with-miguel-cabrera
What's wrong with Miguel Cabrera?
espn

Miguel Cabrera has a 50 percent ground ball rate right now. Potentially a sign of injury, or just SSS [Small Sample Size] noise?

I'd be more troubled by Cabrera's .159 well-hit average -- that means that he has made hard contact in approximately 16 percent of his at-bats -- than his ground ball rate, as he had a .307 mark from 2011-13 combined. In addition, he told the Detroit Tigers' official website last week that he has a daily regimen of core exercises that he has to do in order to stay healthy, so perhaps he's not entirely at full strength, hinting at your "injury" sign.

That said, Cabrera enjoyed a torrid spring -- four homers and a .611 slugging percentage in 20 games -- and he has appeared in all but one inning of the Tigers' 16 games to date. Plus, based on his track record, he warrants more patience than anyone else in the game, in the absence of significant injury evidence. Fantasy owners have a way of overreacting to said "SSS noise" early in the season; slumps in April result in a poor seasonal stat line, whereas those that occur in July or August tend to be masked by otherwise solid yearly stats. So, to help ease some of your Cabrera worries, I present another 16-game slump of his from earlier in his career:

.219/.296/.406, .266 WHAV, 22.8 Miss%, 59.3 GB%

That happened in June (7-24, to be exact), and Cabrera managed .355/.423/.679 triple-slash rates, a .313 well-hit average, 17.3 percent swing-and-miss rate and 39.7 percent ground ball rate in his next 89 games, en route to a Triple Crown and the MVP award. The year was 2012.
espn

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/phil_coke_after_latest_rocky_o.html
Detroit Tigers' Phil Coke after latest rocky outing: 'It wasn't the way I expected it to finish up either'.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/SPORTS02/304230056/j-d-martinez-detroit-tigers
Detroit Tigers notes: J.D. Martinez slugs his way into HR-lacking lineup.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/SPORTS02/304230053/danny-worth-detroit-tigers
Thursday seems perfect to ease Detroit Tigers' Danny Worth into lineup.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...e-front-office-miscues-covering-Jose-Iglesias
Tigers expect to overcome front-office miscues covering for Jose Iglesias.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/23/5630902/phile-coke-replacements-detroit-tigers-bullpen
Is Phil Coke finished as a Tiger? Who are the alternatives?
from bybtb

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2014/04/23/game-17-phil-coke-and-the-incidental-fastball/
Game 17: Phil Coke and the incidental fastball.
from JasonBeck'sTigersblog

 

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http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/887899...rlander-strikes-out-seven-white-sox/?c_id=det
Late webvideo Verlander's great start. Justin Verlander goes seven innings, allows just two runs on eight hits while fanning seven and picking up his third win of 2014.
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/201...ure-tigers-history-field-field-contributions/
Willie Horton has a Special Place in Tiger's History for His On-Field + Off-Field Contributions
from Detroit Athletic

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/23/5642174/pudge-rodriguez-signing-helped-detroit-tigers
Pudge Rodriguez: Cash grab or not, his signing helped lift Tigers back to relevance.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/23/5642454/ian-kinsler-10-pitch-at-bat-charlie-leesman
Ian Kinsler delivers knockout punch with 10 pitch at-bat.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/4/23/5642454/ian-kinsler-10-pitch-at-bat-charlie-leesman
Ian Kinsler delivers knockout punch with 10 pitch at-bat.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/detroit_tigers_get_good_swings.html
Detroit Tigers get good swings, positive results from Miguel Cabrera, Alex Avila in win over White Sox.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/detroit_tigers_gameday_don_kel_11.html
Detroit Tigers Gameday: Don Kelly will bat second, Drew Smyly set to make second start this season.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/brad_ausmus_on_jd_martinez_hit.html
Brad Ausmus on J.D. Martinez hitting fifth for Tigers: 'There's quite a bit of power right there'.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201404...-tigers-sports-illustrated-cover-max-scherzer
Detroit Tigers' Max Scherzer = Sports Illustrated cover boy.
from the freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...-Max-Scherzer-cover-week-s-Sports-Illustrated
Tigers' Max Scherzer on cover of this week's Sports Illustrated.
from the detnews

http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/23/max-scherzer-detroit-tigers-sports-illustrated-cover-april-28/
Detroit ace Max Scherzer is the cover star for the April 28 issue of Sports Illustrated.
from SportsIllustrated

 

[kalinecountry]

The Tigers versus Indians game postponed because of cold weather April 15 will be made up as part of a split doubleheader July 19, the team announced today. Game 1 will be at 1:08 p.m., and Game 2 will be at 7:08 p.m. All paid tickets for the April 15 game will be honored for the first game July 19; no ticket exchange is necessary.

 

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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...ove-to-hand-042314?cmpid=tsmtw:fscom:mlbonfox
Selig: Clarification coming on ball transfers from glove to hand.
from foxsports

 

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http://isportsweb.com/2014/04/23/detroit-tigers-cupcm-stat/
Detroit Tigers: what is the CUPCM stat?
from Detroit I-sportsweb