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March 28 in Tigers and mlb history:
1931 - Ban Johnson dies in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 67. Johnson served as the first president of the American League, guiding the "junior circuit" until 1927. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1937.
1946 - The Detroit Tigers released Russ Kerns and Milt Welch.
1970 - In this first (and last?) "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial All-Star Baseball Classic", solo home runs by Ron Fairly of Montreal and Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs, plus a three-run 8th-inning brings the East a 5 - 1 victory over the West. A crowd of 31,694 watches the charity game in Dodger Stadium. Proceeds go to the late Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a memorial center planned for Atlanta. For this initial charity game, former New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio manages the East, and ex-Dodger Roy Campanella, confined to a wheelchair since a 1958 auto accident, directs the fortunes of the West. Jim "Mudcat" Grant of Oakland sings the National Anthem in the pre-game program, and then becomes the victim of a four-hit uprising in the 8th inning that insures the outcome. Al Kaline of Detroit beats out an infield hit to open the frame and moves to second as Tommie Agee drives Hank Aaron to the left field wall. Kaline races home on Lou Brock's double to left. Brock scores on Roberto Clemente's double and Clemente comes home on Ken McMullen's single.
1977 - The Detroit Tigers released Marv Lane.
1982 - The Detroit Tigers released George Cappuzzello.
1983 - The Detroit Tigers purchased Keith Comstock from the Oakland Athletics.
1988 - The Detroit Tigers traded Karl Best to the Minnesota Twins for Don Schulze.
1990 - A plan to allow starting pitchers to earn victories with only three innings pitched (because of the abbreviated spring training period) is scrapped, but teams will be allowed to open the regular season with 27-man rosters instead of the allowed maximum of 25.
1994 - The Detroit Tigers released Skeeter Barnes.
2002 - The Detroit Tigers released Melvin Nieves and Juan Sosa.
2003 - Three days prior to Opening Day, the YES Network claims Cablevision has pulled out of a proposed deal signed 17 days ago which would have provided televised New York Yankees games to nearly three million cable subscribers in the New York City metropolitan area. According to a YES press release, the giant cable television company failed to sign a finalized version of the hand-written document that both parties exchanged on March 12th, but Cablevision president, James L. Dolan, said when YES sent him a revised typewritten draft on two days later, the document contained alterations that he found unacceptable.
2003 - The Detroit Tigers released Robinson Cancel, Luke Carlin, and Damion Easley.
2008 - The Seattle Mariners sent Jeff Frazier to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
2008 - The Detroit Tigers released Jason Perry.
2014: Two-time defending American League MVP Miguel Cabrera signs an eight-year contract extension with the Tigers. Including the two years remaining on his present contract, the deal is worth $292 million, making it the biggest in major league history.
It surpasses the ten-year extension signed by Alex Rodriguez in 2006 for $275 million. In fact Rodriguez had held the record since signing as a free agent with the Texas Rangers for $252 million in 2001.
The huge deal makes the six-year contract for $144.6 million that Angels OF Mike Trout also signs today seem like an anecdote.
2014: Major League Baseball and the Players Association agree to a number of changes that toughen the major leagues' PED policy. The penalty for a first offense goes from 50 to 80 games, suspended players will no longer be eligible for the postseason or for full a postseason share, while the number of random tests will be significantly increased.
2016 - The Detroit Tigers released Casey McGehee and Bobby Parnell.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Barrett
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barreji01.shtml
Jimmy Barrett 1901-1905.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paquecr01.shtml
Craig Paquette 2002-2003.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Donie_Bush
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bushdo01.shtml
Donie Bush 1908-1921.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Neun
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/neunjo01.shtml
Johnny Neun 1925-1928.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Triandos
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/triangu01.shtml
Gus Triandos 1963.
from Baseball Reference
1931 - Ban Johnson dies in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 67. Johnson served as the first president of the American League, guiding the "junior circuit" until 1927. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1937.
1946 - The Detroit Tigers released Russ Kerns and Milt Welch.
1970 - In this first (and last?) "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial All-Star Baseball Classic", solo home runs by Ron Fairly of Montreal and Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs, plus a three-run 8th-inning brings the East a 5 - 1 victory over the West. A crowd of 31,694 watches the charity game in Dodger Stadium. Proceeds go to the late Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a memorial center planned for Atlanta. For this initial charity game, former New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio manages the East, and ex-Dodger Roy Campanella, confined to a wheelchair since a 1958 auto accident, directs the fortunes of the West. Jim "Mudcat" Grant of Oakland sings the National Anthem in the pre-game program, and then becomes the victim of a four-hit uprising in the 8th inning that insures the outcome. Al Kaline of Detroit beats out an infield hit to open the frame and moves to second as Tommie Agee drives Hank Aaron to the left field wall. Kaline races home on Lou Brock's double to left. Brock scores on Roberto Clemente's double and Clemente comes home on Ken McMullen's single.
1977 - The Detroit Tigers released Marv Lane.
1982 - The Detroit Tigers released George Cappuzzello.
1983 - The Detroit Tigers purchased Keith Comstock from the Oakland Athletics.
1988 - The Detroit Tigers traded Karl Best to the Minnesota Twins for Don Schulze.
1990 - A plan to allow starting pitchers to earn victories with only three innings pitched (because of the abbreviated spring training period) is scrapped, but teams will be allowed to open the regular season with 27-man rosters instead of the allowed maximum of 25.
1994 - The Detroit Tigers released Skeeter Barnes.
2002 - The Detroit Tigers released Melvin Nieves and Juan Sosa.
2003 - Three days prior to Opening Day, the YES Network claims Cablevision has pulled out of a proposed deal signed 17 days ago which would have provided televised New York Yankees games to nearly three million cable subscribers in the New York City metropolitan area. According to a YES press release, the giant cable television company failed to sign a finalized version of the hand-written document that both parties exchanged on March 12th, but Cablevision president, James L. Dolan, said when YES sent him a revised typewritten draft on two days later, the document contained alterations that he found unacceptable.
2003 - The Detroit Tigers released Robinson Cancel, Luke Carlin, and Damion Easley.
2008 - The Seattle Mariners sent Jeff Frazier to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
2008 - The Detroit Tigers released Jason Perry.
2014: Two-time defending American League MVP Miguel Cabrera signs an eight-year contract extension with the Tigers. Including the two years remaining on his present contract, the deal is worth $292 million, making it the biggest in major league history.
It surpasses the ten-year extension signed by Alex Rodriguez in 2006 for $275 million. In fact Rodriguez had held the record since signing as a free agent with the Texas Rangers for $252 million in 2001.
The huge deal makes the six-year contract for $144.6 million that Angels OF Mike Trout also signs today seem like an anecdote.
2014: Major League Baseball and the Players Association agree to a number of changes that toughen the major leagues' PED policy. The penalty for a first offense goes from 50 to 80 games, suspended players will no longer be eligible for the postseason or for full a postseason share, while the number of random tests will be significantly increased.
2016 - The Detroit Tigers released Casey McGehee and Bobby Parnell.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Barrett
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barreji01.shtml
Jimmy Barrett 1901-1905.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paquecr01.shtml
Craig Paquette 2002-2003.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Donie_Bush
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bushdo01.shtml
Donie Bush 1908-1921.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Neun
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/neunjo01.shtml
Johnny Neun 1925-1928.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Triandos
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/triangu01.shtml
Gus Triandos 1963.
from Baseball Reference
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