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http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/05/02/kate-upton-justin-verlander-finally-engaged/
Kate Upton, Justin Verlander Officially Engaged.
CBSDetroit

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/...n_and_justin_verlande.html#incart_river_index
Kate Upton and Justin Verlander are now engaged: See the ring.
Mlive

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...justin-verlander-kate-upton-engaged/83853500/
Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, supermodel Kate Upton engaged.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...onfirms-engagement-tigers-verlander/83853116/
Tigers’ Justin Verlander, model Kate Upton engaged.
Detnews

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/05/02/175883354/justin-verlander-and-kate-upton-are-engaged
It's official: Justin Verlander and Kate Upton are engaged.
Tigers official site

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/detro...justin-verlander-engaged-to-model-kate-upton/
Detroit Tigers’ Pitcher Justin Verlander Engaged to Model Kate Upton.
Tigers101

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15449505/justin-verlander-kate-upton-engaged
Kate Upton reveals engagement to Justin Verlander at Met Gala.
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Morris, Trammell, + Whitaker will get Hall of Fame consideration soon.
Detroit Athletic

Jack Morris was once the greatest big-game pitcher in baseball. He took the ball every opening day, made All-Star teams, threw a no-hitter and led the Detroit Tigers to the World Series title in 1984.

Yet, in a career that seemed to be destined for the Hall of Fame, Morris waited all 15 years on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot and saw his vote totals rise to the point it seemed election was imminent ? only to have time run out on his rising vote totals.

It is something that has puzzled and enraged Tiger fans for the better part of a decade. How could arguably the top pitcher of a decade-plus not be in the Hall of Fame?

Ironically, one of the biggest reasons is sabermetrics. The new-age statistics that have allowed baseball fans to realize that players like Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Tim Raines and Bert Blyleven were completely underrated and underappreciated in their time finally showed its backhanded side by showing that through other statistics, perhaps Jack Morris was overrated.

The other thing that really seemed to bug Hall of Fame voters about Jack Morris was his 3.90 earned run average. It wasn?t the number specifically that kept them from checking the box next to Morris on their ballots, it was the fact that if elected, Morris would have the highest ERA in the Hall of Fame.

The older, conservative voters have always been slow to process something like that, feeling that statistically, they would be lowering the standard of the Hall of Fame.

So Morris had numbers that bugged old and new types of voters. In a way, it is amazing he received as many votes as he did. But that also shows just how dominant he truly was. Every Tiger fan felt a little more confident every time Morris took the mound.

For him to barely miss election multiple times despite having the far right wing and far left wing of voters against him is remarkable. But it shows that all the voters in the middle valued what he did bring.

Morris won 254 games during his career and started 13 consecutive Opening Days, including 11 in a row for Detroit. He also pitched the greatest World Series game in baseball history, a 10-inning shutout in Game 7 of the 1991 series as a member of the Minnesota Twins. Who does that? A 10-inning shutout. They way relief pitchers are brought in and out like musical chairs these days, it?s something that almost seems too amazing to be true.

But the good news for Tigers fans is despite not being on the writers? ballot anymore, Morris actually has the best chance of being elected. The old veterans committee is now split into three eras and Morris will be considered on the next vote ? along with Lou Whitaker. Trammell will join them in the next cycle.

Old-school voters like Morris. New-school voters like Trammell and Whitaker. The next few elections out of Cooperstown could be a delight for Detroit Tigers fans.

After decades of waiting for a player to be elected (the last Tigers player elected was Hal Newhouser in 1992), it would be fitting to see all three Tigers legends from the dominant 1980s era go in at the same time.

Of course it won?t happen that way, but a baseball fan can dream, can?t he?
 
May 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1936 - Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut for the New York Yankees and has three hits in a 14 - 5 victory over the St. Louis Browns.

1959: Charlie Maxwell of the Detroit Tigers hits four consecutive home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees, 4 - 2 and 8 - 2, at Briggs Stadium.

2012: The great Mariano Rivera, baseball's all-time save leader, suffers a torn ligament in his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice before the Yankees' game with the Royals. He is carted off the field, and at 42, the injury may well be career-ending.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Baker
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerde01-bat.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/bakerde01.shtml
Del Baker 1914-1916, coach 1933-1938, manager 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938-1942.

from Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2016/05/03/learned-tigers-april/
What we learned about the Tigers in April.
Detroit Athletic

Frank Sinatra once sang, ?You?re riding high in April, shot down in May.?

The Detroit Tigers have been riding high, at times, the first month of this 2016 season.

At other times, they have looked like a team with some of the same problems that plagued the 2015 team (namely, weak starting pitching, inconsistent hitting, atrocious baserunning, and questionable managerial decisions).

Will they be shot down in May? Time will tell.

And while we are cautioned to reserve judgment on a team until the weather warms up, there are a few kernels of insight that we can glean before the sample size grows larger.

Here are five take-aways from the 2016 Tigers, so far.

Nick Castellanos seems well on his way to having a breakout season. He may be the most improved player in baseball, period. At this writing, he is tied for the team lead in RBIs (18) with Victor Martinez. He is leading the American League in hitting by a wide margin. He has worked hard to take his game up a notch at third base. His knowledge of the strike zone is getting better. He is not as bulky as he was last year, which has improved his speed on the bases. His power can be awesome, as evidenced by his mammoth home run to dead center field in Minneapolis on Saturday night. And he has done all this while flying under the national radar. How long can he keep it up? In the last 40 years the Tigers have had only two homegrown third basemen who have made the All-Star team (Travis Fryman and Brandon Inge once each), but that duo could become a trio this season.
The starting pitching may prove to be this team?s undoing. Jordan Zimmerman has been outstanding, but after him, the starters have mostly been inconsistent and ineffective. Zimmerman has a .055 ERA and a 1.061 WHIP. But Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez, Mike Pelfrey, and Shane Greene have not carried their share of the load. JV has shown flashes of his old self this season, but has yet to put it all together. He keeps telling us how close he is to getting back to where he wants to be. Given his track record, he deserves a longer leash in order to see things through. Sanchez, however, has continued to regress. As for Pelfrey, if things don?t get better quickly, he will be in danger of losing his rotation spot, regardless of how much he is getting paid. A promising spring for Greene hasn?t translated, so far, into the regular season.
The bullpen has been as good as advertised, despite injuries and a few bumps in the road. The pieces fit together nicely, and lefty Justin Wilson has been lights out. If the Tigers had had this bullpen two or three years ago, they would have won a World Series. Francisco Rodriguez is probably going to have a few more high-wire acts before the summer is over, so get used to it, Tiger fans. But he will get the job done more often than not. The problem is, if the starters, other than Zimmerman, can?t somehow find a way to grind it out and pitch into the sixth or seventh inning at least occasionally, the bullpen is going to be overtaxed before long.
Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera appear to be completely healthy, and if they can stay vertical for the next five months, the Tigers will have a shot at winning this division. Every team in the American League Central has weaknesses that can be exposed over a 162-game season. That is why health is so important for Detroit, because barring any significant down time by their star players, their lineup is as good as anybody?s. Both V-Mart and Miggy figure to get even better once the weather warms up, and that bodes well.
Justin Upton is Justin Upton. After he joined the team, all we kept hearing was how he was a streak hitter. Folks in San Diego and Arizona told us that he was going to carry this team for weeks at a time, and disappear for the next month. Well, he disappeared in April, that?s for sure. His bat has come alive in the last few days, however, so maybe we are in for one of those awesome streaks that we heard so much about. That is just the type of hitter he is. It can be frustrating, and it was unfortunate that he picked his first month as a Tiger to look more like Kate Upton at the plate. A better performance will come, however, so hang on.
 
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