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January 16 in Tigers and mlb history:

1952 - The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000. Prior to this relaxation of the rules, there was a wage freeze in effect due to the Korean War. Under the new rules, a team is free to raise individual salaries, as long as they do not exceed a complicated formula, based on total team salaries for any one year, from 1946 to 1950, plus 10 percent.

1970 - Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood files a lawsuit challenging the reserve clause, which binds major league players to teams perpetually. Flood had been traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies on October 7, 1969, but has refused to report to the Phillies. Flood contends that the reserve clause violates antitrust laws. He will lose the suit but the judge will suggest changes to the reserve system, opening the door for salary arbitration and free agency.

1974 - The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to the Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try.

1996: Major League Baseball's executive council approves a history-making first: interleague play for the 1997 season. The Players' Association will also give its approval, enabling geographic rivals like New York's Mets and Yankees, Chicago's Cubs and White Sox, and Los Angeles' Angels and Dodgers to play each other during the regular season.

2003: The owners establish the minimum age of 14 for bat boys. The change from not having any age requirement is prompted by a near collision at home plate during Game 5 of last year's World Series involving 4-year old bat boy Darren Baker, the son of Giants manager Dusty Baker.

2003: Trying to restore a competitive edge to the All-Star Game, the owners unanimously approve that the winning league of the Mid-Summer classic will have home-field advantage during the World Series. Approval is needed by the players to change the current rotation between the two leagues, which was put in place since the inception of the World Series in 1903.

2014 - At their quarterly meeting, MLB owners agree to the proposed expansion of instant replay; as the Players Association and Umpires Association have also agreed to the changes, they will be effective at the start of this season. A manager will be able to challenge up to two decisions per game, and the umpiring crew can decide on its own to review a call from the 7th inning on. Almost all calls will be subject to review, except for balls and strikes, obstruction and interference.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kochebr01.shtml
Brad Kocher 1912.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Watson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/watsojo01.shtml?redir
Johnny Watson 1930.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castima02.shtml
Marty Castillo 1981-1985.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rossmcl01.shtml
Claude Rossman 1907-1909.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Baby_Doll_Jacobson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacobba01.shtml?redir
Baby Doll Jacobson 1915.

from Baseball Reference
 
Justin Verlander was paired with Roger Clemens at celebrity golf outing in Orlando Florida. Clemens said he urged JV to add splitter.
 
January 17 in Tigers and mlb history:

1952 - Detroit Tigers owner Walter Briggs dies at the age of 74. His son will succeed him in the presidency.

1970: The Sporting News names San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays as its "Player of the Decade" for the 1960s. Mays beats out the likes of Hank Aaron in the voting.

1970: Major league teams select a record 357 players in the January phase of the annual free agent draft, including top pick Chris Chambliss, by Cleveland, and Chris Speier. Fred Lynn, drafted by the Yankees in the first round, will not sign.

2008 - Major League Baseball owners unanimously vote to extend commissioner Bud Selig's contract through the 2012 season. The contract extension will make Selig baseball's second-longest-serving commissioner, behind only Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The vote comes in a week when Selig has been criticized by the U.S. Congress for not cracking down hard enough on steroids.

2012: Bad news for the Tigers as they learn that DH/C Victor Martinez suffered a torn ACL during off-season training and is likely lost for the season.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml
Jay Porter 1955-1957.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Brown
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/browndi01.shtml?redir
Dick Brown 1961-1962.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mayo_Smith
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/smithma01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/60134c32
Mayo Smith manager 1967-1970.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/turneje01.shtml
Jerry Turner 1982.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rabelmi01.shtml
Mike Rabelo 2006-2007.

Tigers players and executives who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Walter_Briggs
Walter Briggs Tigers co-owner 1920-1935, owner 1935-1952.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_McHale
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mchaljo01.shtml?redir
John McHale 1943-1945, 1947-1948, Assistant GM 1949-1957, General Manager 1957-1959.

from Baseball Reference
 
The Tigers avoided arbitration with Jose Iglesias, signing the 26-year-old for $2.1 million, plus incentives. For an elite defensive shortstop coming off a season where he hit .303/.347/.370, that?s a bargain. Andrelton Simmons, who is eight months older, will be paid $6 million next year. For my money ? most of you will probably disagree ? Iglesias is every bit as good as Simmons.
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