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July 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1914 - Detroit's Billy Purtell and Marty Kavanagh combine to nab Eddie Collins with the hidden ball trick. It comes in the 9th inning and helps preserve an 8 - 8 tie with Philadelphia.

1934 - The second annual All-Star Game produces Carl Hubbell's amazing feat of striking out five future Hall of Famers in a row. Off to a shaky start with two on base in the first inning, Hubbell uses his screwball to fan Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx. He adds Al Simmons and Joe Cronin to start the second. After three scoreless innings he leaves with the National League ahead, 4 - 0. The American League rallies, scoring nine runs off Lon Warneke, Van Mungo and Dizzy Dean, while Mel Harder pitches five shutout innings in relief of Red Ruffing to hold the lead. Frankie Frisch and Joe Medwick hit homers. Earl Averill's three RBI are decisive for the AL's 9 - 7 victory.

1935: The Tigers' 10 game win streak ends, despite a record-tying 10 doubles in a 12 - 11 loss in Washington.

1945 - The All-Star Game at Fenway Park is canceled because of travel restrictions. During the break in the schedule, 7 inter-league games are played for war charity. Plans for a USO-sponsored all-star game in Europe do not materialize, although the war in Germany is over and fighting in the Pacific will be over in 6 weeks.

1951: 2nd All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium. Ty Cobb throws out 1st pitch. Tigers George Kell and Vic Wertz only AL-ers to hit HRs.

1951: Using four home runs from Stan Musial, Bob Elliott, Ralph Kiner and Gil Hodges, the National League All-Stars defeat the American League at Detroit's Briggs Stadium in the 1951 All-Star Game. Kiner hits a home run for the third year in a row.

1956 - In the 1956 All-Star Game, Ken Boyer of the Cardinals makes three sparkling plays at 3B and gets 3 hits as the National League defeats the American League, 7 - 3. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Stan Musial all homer. Mays's pinch-hit 2-run home run off Whitey Ford is his 7th straight hit against the Yankee lefty.

1962 - At newly-opened D.C. Stadium, John F. Kennedy becomes the first president ever to throw the ceremonial first pitch at an All-Star Game. Thanks to the game's MVP Maury Wills scoring two of the team's three runs and Willie Mays's amazing game-ending catch, the National League beats the Junior circuit, 3 - 1 in the first of two Mid-Summer Classics to be held this summer.

1968: The American League and National League reach an agreement on next year's expansion format. The twelve teams in each league will be divided into two divisions playing a best-of-five game League Championship Series to determine the pennant winner.

1984: Tigers send 6 All-Stars to #ASG at Candlestick Park. Jack Morris pitches 2 scoreless IP. Lou Whitaker goes 2-for-3

1984 - On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, National League pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the NL's 3 - 1 triumph. After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson and George Brett in the 4th inning, Gooden, the youngest All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon and Alvin Davis in the 5th.

1999: The Tigers defeat the Brewers, 9 - 3, before 25,374 fans in Detroit. This enables the club to top the one million mark in attendance for the 35th consecutive season for the longest streak in American League history. The Dodgers hold the record of 55 consecutive years.

2007: In the 2007 All-Star Game, Ichiro Suzuki goes 3 for 3 with the first inside-the-park homer in All-Star Game history to win the MVP award. The American League wins for the 10th straight decision, the second-longest run in Midsummer Classic history.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobby_Lowe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowebo01.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/lowebo01.shtml
Bobby Lowe 1904-1907, manager 1904.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walshji03.shtml
Jim Walsh 1921.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Buddy_Groom
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/groombu01.shtml?redir
Buddy Groom 1992-1995.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dwight_Lowry
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowrydw01.shtml?redir
Dwight Lowry 1984, 1986-1987.

from baseball reference
 
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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.s...ers_gameday_anibal_46.html#incart_river_index
Detroit Tigers Gameday: Anibal Sanchez hasn't won a road start since April.
Mlive

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20160709188875554/anibal-dickey-meet-in-first-half-finale/
Anibal, Dickey meet in first-half finale.
Tigers official site

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2016/7/...toronto-blue-jays-game-preview-anibal-sanchez
Game 89 Preview: Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays.
bybtb

http://espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=360710114
Tigers-Blue Jays preview.
espn
 
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In a recent Hardball Times article titled Hit to Your Strengths, Jonah Pemstein wrote about hitters who are successful pulling outside pitches and going the other way on inside pitches. I procured quotes for the piece (as did Eno Sarris). If you?re interested in hitting mechanics, it?s a fascinating read.

One thing you won?t see in Jonah?s articles is quotes from Nick Castellanos. The Tigers third baseman is among the best at shooting inside offerings to the opposite field, but his explanation for why that is was left on the cutting room floor.

?It?s just something I do,? Castellanos told me. ?I don?t know the rhyme or reason for it. I don?t know the mechanical gist of it. I just know that sometimes balls go in there and I hit them the other way. I?ve done that ever since I was little.?

The 24-year-old is maturing as a hitter, but he remains rudimentary when addressing his craft. At least when the queries come from me. Twice I?ve tried to get him to talk about process, and twice he?s responded in a see-ball-hit-ball vein. That?s fine. There?s nothing wrong with letting your bat doing the talking. Castellanos is slashing .306/.346/.540, with 17 home runs.
Fangraphs
 
Tigers will start Verlander, Pelfrey, Fulmer out of the break next weekend against royals.
 
Regarding Anthony Gose situation, in told it was a heat-of-the-moment argument that happened during yesterday's game. Tigers are looking into the situation ...
Responding to the Anthony Gose situation, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said it's concerning to see a player fight with a manager like that but "it's nothing that can't be dealt with or gotten past." Also said that he takes into context the frustrations/struggles of Gose this season and sees "the human side of it." Gose and Manager Lloyd McClendon got into a heated argument during yesterday's game.
espn
 
Ausmus on Sanchez.?He?s a guy who a few years ago could pitch up and get swings and misses....Now some of those balls are leaving the yard."

J.D. Martinez still a few weeks away from return, Brad Ausmus said.

JasonBeck
 
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