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November 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1944 - Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires and sportwriters visit war theaters as part of the United Service Organizations program. Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Rip Sewell.

2010: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, the American League batting champion at .359, wins the AL MVP Award, outpolling Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.

2010: The Tigers sign C Victor Martinez to a 4-year, $50 million contract, leaving the Red Sox scrambling to find a replacement backstop in a thin market.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Casper_Wells
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsca01.shtml
Casper Wells 2010-2011.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferreje01.shtml
Jeff Ferrell 2015.

from baseball reference
 
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/spor...-example-where-detroit-tigers-have-gone-wrong
Cy Young Award results glaring example where Detroit Tigers have gone wrong.
OaklandPress

Yet, reality is the Tigers couldn?t afford to let Scherzer and Porcello go while making one bad decision after another signing players to awful contracts.

Don?t think the math adds up? Well, when you total the contracts of Anibal Sanchez ($16.8 million), Victor Martinez ($13.1 million), Justin Upton ($22.1 million) and Jordan Zimmermann ($18 million) for the 2016 season it is equals $70 million.

Collectively, those four players had a WAR (Wins Above Replacement, baseball-reference.com version) of 2.7.

Conversely, Scherzer ($22.1 million) and Porcello ($20.2 million) were paid just over $42 million for the 2016 season. Their combined WAR: 11.2.

A simple explanation: The Tigers paid $28 million more for nearly nine less wins.

The Tigers have been guilty of bad money management, poor player evaluation and being struck in an analog world during the digital age.
They have not been playing the game by the new established rules.
 
http://motorcitybengals.com/2016/11/22/detroit-tigers-could-using-an-opening-pitcher-help-the-team/
Detroit Tigers: Could Using an Opening Pitcher Help the Team?
mcbtb

Why can?t the Tigers be ahead of the curve, rather than the last ones to adopt something that statistically should work?
Why not make the game fit the team?
It shouldn?t be a novel idea to use people and their skill sets in the best way possible, rather than trying to get them to fit into a pre-determined role that has proved to be ineffective time and time again.
 
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November 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1953 - The Brooklyn Dodgers sign the relatively unknown Walter Alston to a one-year pact as their manager for next season. Alston, who had served as the skipper of the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in Montreal, replaces Chuck Dressen after Pee Wee Reese turns down the job. Alston will manage the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles over the next 23 seasons, winning 2,040 games and four World Championships.

1977 - Former major league manager Mayo Smith dies at the age of 62. Smith skippered the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers during a nine-year managerial career, but gained most of his fame when he guided the Tigers to the 1968 World Championship.

1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., who hit .264 with 28 home runs as a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, is named American League Rookie of the Year. His consecutive games played streak is in its infancy at 118 games.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmacsa01.shtml
Sam McMackin 1902.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ralph_Comstock
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/comstra01.shtml?redir
Ralph Comstock 1913.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Rogell
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogelbi01.shtml?redir
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/1d28602a
Billy Rogell 1930-1939.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Walter_Wilson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsowa01.shtml?redir
Walter Wilson 1945.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Northrup
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/northji01.shtml?redir
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7d747d5d
Jim Northrup 1964-1974, broadcaster 1985-1994.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

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.

from Baseball Reference
 
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