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The Tigers? lineup and bench, meanwhile, are heavily right-handed, but they?re designed that way on in order to give Brad Ausmus plenty of late-inning flexibility, Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press writes. Many of the Tigers? key offensive players (like Miguel Cabrera, J.D. Martinez and Ian Kinsler, all of them righties who hit righties very well last year) are not candidates to be lifted for a pinch-hitter, regardless of the handedness of the pitcher. In fact, the only regular who might be a candidate to be lifted is lefty Anthony Gose, who could be removed if a left-handed reliever is on the hill. That means the Tigers simply don?t need many lefty hitters.
 
January 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1903: At Cincinnati peace talks, the National League proposes a consolidated 12-team league, which the American League rejects. An agreement is reached to coexist peacefully if the AL promises to stay out of Pittsburgh, PA.
In the awarding of disputed contracts, the most hotly-contested case is that of Sam Crawford, a Reds outfielder who batted .333 and led the NL with 23 triples in 1902. Signed for 1903 by both the Tigers and the Reds, Crawford is awarded to the Tigers, having signed with them first. He will lead the AL in triples this year with 25.

1918: Acknowledging that Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and Eddie Collins are all good ballplayers, Cap Anson picks his all-time team, leaving them off. In the current issue of The Sporting News, Anson selects catchers Buck Ewing and King Kelly; pitchers Amos Rusie, John Clarkson and Jim McCormick; as first baseman, himself; second baseman Fred Pfeffer; third baseman Ned Williamson; shortstop Ross Barnes, and outfielders Bill Lange, George Gore, Jimmy Ryan and Hugh Duffy.

1938: Before a gathering of writers, players and executives in Baltimore, Jimmie Foxx, Chuck Klein and Charlie Keller, representing the American League, National League and International League respectively, try out the balls to be used in the new season. The Sporting News reports that "... regarding the dead ball, as adopted by the National League, and the lively ball, as retained by the American and International Leagues... the NL ball has a distinctly 'dead' sound coming off the bat, compared to the livelier AL ball."

1957 - Commissioner Ford Frick rules that singer Bing Crosby can keep his token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1983 - A preliminary injunction is issued by New York Supreme Court barring the Yankees from playing their opening games against the Tigers in Denver, Colorado. The Yankees sought to move games fearing renovations to Yankee Stadium will not be completed on time.

1995 - Arbitrator Thomas Roberts awards 11 players a total of almost $10 million as a result of collusion charges brought against the owners.

2001: In an effort to authenticate autographed and game-used merchandise sold by its licensees, Major League Baseball hires Arthur Andersen, an accounting company, to assure the authenticity of approximately 40,000 items this season. The memorabilia will have a tamper-proof hologram and an ID number with a company official observing the removal of the item being physically taken from the player or event.

2002: Commissioner Bud Selig asks the players to accept a luxury tax that would slow the increase of salaries. Selig also proposes that teams vastly increase the amount of local revenue they share.

2013: Major League Baseball announces changes to its drug testing program. Players will now be subject to unannounced in-season blood tests for human growth hormone and baseline testosterone readings will be taken for all players to make it easier to detect the use of synthetic testosterone. The new procedures, which have the support of the Players Association, go into effect immediately.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Pratt
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/prattde01.shtml?redir
Del Pratt 1923-1924.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dittmja01.shtml
Jack Dittmer 1957.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/koringe01.shtml
George Korince 1966-1967.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindeji01.shtml
Jim Lindeman 1990.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenja01.shtml
Jason Jimenez 2002.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roneyma01.shtml
Matt Roney 2003.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Cluck
Bob Cluck coach 2003-2005.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Schultz_(schuljo05)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/schuljo05.shtml
Joe Schultz coach 1971-1976, manager 1973.

from Baseball Reference
 
January 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1958 - US Representatives Kenneth Keating and Patrick Hillings drop their plan to bring baseball under the nation's antitrust laws.

1971 - 27-year-old Detroit Tigers reliever John Hiller suffers chest pains that doctors will later diagnose as a heart attack. Hiller will miss the entire 1971 season but will make an incredible comeback in 1973, saving a then major league record 38 games.

1973: Major League owners approve one of the game's most controversial rules: the designated hitter. The owners decide to allow American League teams to implement the rule on an experimental three-year basis, but the rule will become a permanent addition to the AL while the National League never adopts it.

1993 - The Rev. Jesse Jackson tells baseball owners that unless a plan to hire more minorities for front-office jobs is in place by April 5th, he will call for selective boycotts.

2003 Detroit trades Mark Redman to Florida for Nate Robertson in a deal involving five players in all.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Schoolboy_Rowe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rowesc01.shtml?redir
Lynwood Schoolboy Rowe 1933-1942, coach 1954-1955.

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

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryne01.shtml
Neil Berry 1948-1952.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Mossi
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mossido01.shtml?redir
Don Mossi 1959-1963.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morriwa02.shtml
Wayne Morris 2003.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lloyd_McClendon
Lloyd McClendon coach 2006-2013.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wally_Pipp
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pippwa01.shtml?redir
Wally Pipp 1913.

from Baseball Reference
 
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