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http://www.freep.com/article/20140524/COL08/305240038/rick-porcello-detroit-tigers
Rick Porcello is becoming a consistent force in Tigers' starting rotation.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...rs-end-losing-streak-uncharacteristic-fashion
Tigers end losing streak in uncharacteristic fashion.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ball-must-do-more-get-black-players-into-game
Baseball must do more to get black players into the game.
from the detnews

 

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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/det...md=20140523&content_id=76593998&vkey=news_det
Austin Romine adds crown jewel with first career homer.
Shortstop snaps 0-for-21 stretch with long ball off right-field foul pole.
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2014/05/24/greatest-leadoff-hitters-tigers-history/
These are the Greatest Leadoff Hitters In Detroit Tigers History.
from Detroit Athletic

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/5/24/5719536/on-this-date-in-1984
On this date in 1984: Tigers start 35-5.
from bybtb

 

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http://motorcitybengals.com/2014/05/24/detroit-tiger-ian-kinsler-rare-breed/
Detroit Tiger Ian Kinsler Is a Rare Breed.
from mcbtb

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/5/...arded-for-hard-work-and-patience-at-the-plate
Andrew Romine rewarded for hard work and patience at the plate.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/05/detroit_tigers_hope_andrew_rom.html
Detroit Tigers hope Andrew Romine's first career home run will help shortstop bust out of slump.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/20140524/SPORTS02/305240085/detroit-tigers-andrew-romine-first-home-run
Detroit Tigers SS Andrew Romine's first home run comes on father's birthday.
from the freep

 

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http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/0/v33095725/texdet-tigers-honor-negro-league-during-pregame/?c_id=det
Webvideo Tigers honor the Negro League.

The Tigers honor former members of the Negro League and members of the team's coaching staff during pregame ceremony.

Negro Leaguers honored with Tribute Game.
DETROIT -- Saturday's game against the Rangers was the Tigers' 20th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game. Both teams wore uniforms from that era, with Detroit representing that city's Stars franchise and Texas representing the Fort Worth Black Panthers.

Before the game, 10 former Negro Leagues players participated in a roundtable discussion at Comerica Park, fielding questions from fans about their experiences.

Charlie Davis, Melvin Buck Duncan, Pedro Sierra, Walt Owens, Johnny Walker, Bill Hill, Ron Teasley, Minnie Forbes, Eugene Scruggs and Henry Saverson were all in attendance and were honored in an on-field ceremony prior to the game. They represented teams such as the Memphis Red Sox and Indianapolis Clowns, in addition to Detroit.

The honorees maintained strong ties to Detroit through the years -- Teasley, for example, grew up in Detroit and later coached baseball at the city's Northwestern High School. He threw out a ceremonial first pitch before Saturday's game.

One former player referred to the Negro Leagues as "the most important chapter in the history of baseball in the United States."

Forbes, who owned the Stars and also was the fourth woman to play in the Negro Leagues, remembered the time period fondly as well.

"It was a unique experience for me," said Forbes, who played third base. "I learned a lot."

That's not to say, however, that all of her memories are endearing.

"I didn't get an opportunity to show how smart I was because they wouldn't let me hit the ball," Forbes said.

The difficulties the Negro League players faced ranged from the mildly annoying (rough travel schedules and sub-optimal accommodations) to downright nasty displays of racist vitriol.

"We didn't care because we loved the game," said Sierra, who introduced himself as the last Negro League player to be signed by a Major League club.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/05/post_34.html
Photos from the Detroit Tigers honoring Negro League players.
from Mlive

 

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Dirks still doing light workouts.
DETROIT -- Andy Dirks continues to do some light baseball activity in Florida while rehabbing from March back surgery, but he has not yet progressed to full work.

Dirks was cleared for light activity two weeks ago. He has been taking dry swings with the bat ever since, while also doing some light throwing in the field.

Manager Brad Ausmus underwent the same microdiscectomy surgery on his back during his playing career, so he knows what Dirks is going through. Ausmus said that once he was fully cleared, he was able to progress quickly.

"I remember kind of kind of easily doing some of the stuff he did, throwing and taking dry swings," Ausmus said. "You take some swings off the tee and soft-toss, and then it goes relatively quickly after that. I think once the doctors feel like you can rotate without any issues, [it's key]. It went relatively quickly from dry swings to live batting practice and then rehab."

The original prognosis on Dirks was that he'd require 12 weeks from surgery before he'd be ready for games. Memorial Day will be the 11-week mark since Dirks' surgery.
from the Tigers official site

 

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Ausmus waits for right situation for Knebel's debut.
DETROIT -- In the eighth inning of Friday night's 7-2 win over the Rangers, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus got Corey Knebel up throwing in the bullpen.

Knebel blazed through Detroit's Minor League system after being selected with the organization's 39th overall pick in last year's draft. It looked as if the hard-throwing Texan's big league debut would come with characteristic quickness.

But Ausmus opted to go with lefty Ian Krol for the entire ninth inning. The manager said after the game that, had Krol gotten two quick outs instead of allowing two men to reach base, he'd have turned the ball over to the rookie.

"Ideally, you bring him in in less of a pressure situation where results don't matters as much. Let him get his feet wet," Ausmus said.

Asked if he's tempted to bring Knebel into a game sooner rather than later so he isn't sitting in the bullpen pondering his debut for too long, Ausmus said that would be preferable. With a young pitcher like that, the challenge is often keeping the emotions in check.

"There's no shortage of adrenaline," Ausmus said. "It's more about being able to channel the energy that you have."
from the Tigers official site

 

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Worth picking up knuckleballing tips.
DETROIT -- Danny Worth knew so little about pitching when he took the mound for the ninth inning Thursday afternoon, he had to improvise a delivery from the mound while catcher Bryan Holaday reminded him not to balk with a runner on first. Now that Worth has an inning on his resume, he's trying to freshen up.

He rented the documentary "Knuckleball!" on Friday, noting the grips that Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey used to make a career out of that one confounding pitch, marveling at the difference in velocities from one knuckleballer to another.

That doesn't mean he's looking at a fulltime pitching career. But if he's going to pitch again, even in an emergency role, he'd like to add some polish.

He's also going to have to add some endurance. One of his fingernails was still sore Saturday afternoon from throwing 19 knucklers out of 20 pitches two days earlier.

Worth will try to at least stay fresh by throwing off the mound every seven to 10 days, per manager Brad Ausmus' request. In the meantime, however, he plans on tinkering some more with his pitch during batting practice.
from the Tigers official site

 

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Quick hits

? Joel Hanrahan has thrown off a mound twice since being cleared again for side sessions following a bout of arm weakness, Ausmus said. He also continues to build up his arm strength by long-tossing.

? The Tigers shuffled their rotation slightly for their upcoming four-game series in Oakland, pushing back Max Scherzer by a day. He'll get an extra day's rest before starting Tuesday night, while Drew Smyly rejoins the rotation for the Memorial Day series opener. By starting Smyly ahead of Scherzer, the Tigers avoid pitching Verlander and Scherzer back to back.

 

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Kinsler, Cabrera on rare teammate 50-doubles pace.
DETROIT -- Ian Kinsler came to the Tigers looking to slash the vast outfield gaps of Comerica Park for doubles. He's doing that at an incredible pace. So, too, is Miguel Cabrera, who simply came into the season looking to repeat the hitting that made him a three-time batting champ.

Not since Charlie Gehringer and Gee Walker in 1936 has a Tiger team featured two players with 50 or more doubles in a season. No team anywhere in the big leagues has done it since 2000, when Todd Helton and Jeff Cirillo topped it for the Rockies. Both Kinsler and Cabrera entered Saturday on pace for 60-double seasons.

Considering no Major League hitter has hit 60 doubles in a season since Gehringer and Joe Medwick in 1936, that pace seems unlikely to hold. Fifty, however, would be more realistic. If they can both get there, they'll have quite a feat.

Kinsler helped his pace with a trio of doubles Friday night, the first three-double game by a Tiger since Austin Jackson last Aug. 9 and the first such game at Comerica Park since Jackson did it on June 3, 2010. That put Kinsler at 17 doubles for the season, one behind Minnesota's Trevor Plouffe for the AL lead entering Saturday.

Kinsler had another three-double game as a rookie back on July 2, 2006, before he emerged as a power hitter. He arrived in Spring Training with a goal to get back to his younger form.

"I want to get back to [being] more of a line-drive-type hitter, a guy that's on base a lot more and gives the guys behind me a lot more opportunities to drive in runs," Kinsler said in February. "[Comerica Park is] spacious. You get a ball past an outfielder in that ballpark, you should be looking for three regardless of what line it's on."

He hasn't tripled yet, but he's already more than halfway to last season's total of 31 doubles. He set a career high with 42 doubles two years ago. Eleven of his doubles for the year have come this month.

Cabrera, by contrast, has a 50-double season on his resume, having hit the exact tally with the 2006 Marlins. He threatened it in 2011 before finishing with 48, part of a string of three consecutive 40-double seasons that ended last year. He doubled just 26 times in 2013, mainly because injuries limited him to singles and homers.

Only one Tiger since Gehringer has topped 30 doubles by the All-Star break. Magglio Ordonez went into the break in 2007 with 35. He finished with a league-high total of 54.
from the Tigers official site

Miggy is on pace for 650 +plus doubles for his career.

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/05/tigers_rangers_rick_porcello.html
Rangers 12 - Tigers 2: Rick Porcello gets roughed up as Detroit suffers another blowout loss to Texas.
from Mlive

http://newenglishd.com/2014/05/24/how-was-the-game-may-24-2014/
How Was The Game? (May 24, 2014).
from the NEDTB

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/5/24/5748098/final-tigers-rangers
Final: Rangers 12 - Tigers 2.
from bybtb

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/spor...continues-to-let-tigers-down-in-loss-to-texas
FIVE KEYS: Starting pitching continues to let Tigers down in loss to Texas.
from the Oakland Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20140524/SPORTS02/305240076/detroit-tigers-texas-rangers-game-thread
Texas 12 - Detroit 2: Tigers crushed by Rangers.
from the freep

http://motorcitybengals.com/2014/05/24/short-handed-texas-rangers-pound-listless-detroit-tigers/
Short-handed Texas Rangers pound listless Detroit Tigers.
from mcbtb

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/5/...-detroit-rotation-slumping-rick-porcello-loss
Rangers 12 - Tigers 2: Starting rotaion remains in a funk, Rick Porcello latest to struggle.
from bybtb

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ny-Worth-pitches-again-Tigers-blown-out-again
Rangers 12 - Tigers 2: Danny Worth pitches again -- as Tigers are blown out again.
from the detnews

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...014_05_24_texmlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Porcello's winning run ends against depleted Rangers.
Streak over at six games as he allows eight runs in 5 1/3 innings.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2014_05_24_texmlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site

 

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May 25 in Tigers and mlb history:

1906 - Martin Dihigo is born in Matanzas, Cuba. Over the course of his career, Dihigo will make seamless transitions between all nine positions and play in several countries. As a hitter he will lead the Negro Leagues in home runs in 1926 and 1935; as a pitcher he will win more than 300 games and defeat Satchel Paige while touring Cuba. He will be elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1977, becoming the only player in history to be inducted to the American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican and Venezuelan Halls of Fame. He will later add yet another honor as one of the inaugural inductees in the Latin American Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.

1922 - After being thrown out at second base trying to stretch a single, New York's Babe Ruth throws dirt in the face of umpire George Hildebrand and then goes after a fan. Ruth is ejected, and eventually fined $500 and suspended one game by American League president Ban Johnson.

1937 - Tiger catcher/manager Mickey Cochrane is beaned in the head by a pitch from New York’s Bump Hadley. Cochrane is unconscious for seven days and nearly dies as a result. The future Hall of Famer never plays another game in the big leagues, though he returns to manage Detroit the next season.

1975 - Mickey Lolich wins his 200th game for the Tigers, becoming just the third pitcher to win that many for Detroit. In a rain-shortened game in Chicago, Lolich beats the White Sox, 4-1 with seven innings of work. The lefty will win 207 games for the Tigers, third all-time behind Hooks Dauss and George Mullin.


Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eischjo01.shtml
Joey Eischen 1996.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haselbi01.shtml
Bill Haselman 1999.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Randall_Simon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/simonra01.shtml
Randall Simon 2001-2002.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_James_(jamesbi01)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jamesbi01.shtml
Bill James 1915-1919.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Lakeman
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lakemal01.shtml
Al Lakeman 1954.

from Baseball Reference

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/05/analysis_rick_porcello_adds_to.html
Analysis: Rick Porcello adds to glaring problem as starting pitching again fails Detroit Tigers in loss.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201405...it-tigers-four-game-losing-streak-brad-ausmus
Brad Ausmus wasn't 'overly stressed' about Detroit Tigers' four-game losing streak.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140525/COL38/305250113/corey-knebel-detroit-tigers
Newest Tiger Corey Knebel shows plenty of zip, needs more control.
from the freep