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kalinecountry said:
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/tigers_team_meeting.html#incart_river_index
Tigers hold team meeting after ugly loss to open 2nd half of season.
Mlive

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/242285562/brad-ausmus-holds-tigers-team-meeting/
Ausmus, Tigers assemble for team meeting.
Tigers official site
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http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/07/15/detroit-tigers-team-meeting/482100001/
What was said in Tigers' team meeting? 'None of your damn business'.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...ess-ausmus-holds-rare-team-meeting/103719504/
'None of your business': Ausmus holds rare team meeting.
Detnews
 
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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/tigers_blue_jays_game_1.html#incart_river_index
Meet and beat: Tigers trounce Blue Jays 11-1 after clubhouse pow wow meeting.
Mlive

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/7...to-blue-jays-recap-michael-fulmer-jd-martinez
Tigers 11 - Jays 1: They?re baaaaaack. Guess that pre-game pep talk worked.
BYBTB

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...two-hit-gem-tigers-thump-blue-jays/103724506/
Fulmer twirls two-hit gem, Tigers thump Blue Jays.
Detnews

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/07/16/detroit-tigers-toronto-blue-jays/482350001/
Fulmer throws gem as Tigers romp Blue Jays, 11-1, after team meeting.
Freep

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...mer-tigers-defeat-blue-jays/?topicId=27118376
Tigers trounce Jays behind fantastic Fulmer.
Tigers official site

http://m.mlb.com/det/video/search?game_pk=491463&tagName=More From This Game
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the blue jays.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-ja...463#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=491463
Boxscore.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=370715106
Fulmer, J.D. Martinez lead Tigers over Blue Jays 11-1.
espn
 
July 16 in Tigers and mlb history:

1853: The New York Clipper publishes what is believed to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club, 21 - 12, on July 5th.

1897: At the age of 45, Chicago's Cap Anson becomes the first major leaguer to amass 3,000 hits when he singles off Baltimore's George Blackburn.

1903: The New York Highlanders traded Paddy Greene to the Detroit Tigers for John Deering.

1909: At Bennett Park, the Tigers and Senators play the longest scoreless game in American League history. Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits, two walks (one intentional), while fanning 10. The Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, Bill "Dolly" Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury after eight innings. He is replaced by Bob Groom. Gray will put another entry in the record books next month when he walks seven straight batters. The 0 - 0 contest is called after the 18th inning.

1914: The Tigers, minus Ty Cobb who is nursing a sore thumb, knock out rookie Babe Ruth in the 4th inning and trip the Red Sox, 5 - 2. It is Ruth's first loss.

1940: The Detroit Tigers purchased Bob Uhl from Dallas (Texas).

1941: The Chicago Cubs purchased Frank Jelincich from the Detroit Tigers.

1952: Walt Dropo gets two more hits, giving him 15 in four games, which ties the American League record.

1956: A group headed by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer buys the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium for a record $5.5 million.

1961: Detroit regains first place with two complete game victories from Phil Regan and Don Mossi. Homeruns by Al Kaline and Don Mossi in the 11 to 1 win over the Kansas City Athletics. Then in the second game, homeruns by Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash lead Detroit to an 8 - 3 win. The Tigers have a record of 58 and 31.

1975: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term.

1985: At the All-Star Game Lou Whitaker forgets his Tigers jersey, buys a replica from stadium gift shop, w/ "1" added in Magic Marker.

1990: Alan Trammell hits walk-off HR to give Tigers 5-4 win over whitesox at Tiger Stadium.

1994: Detroit defeats Kansas City 13 - 7. Travis Fryman's grand slam powers the Tigers.

1997: The San Diego Padres traded Earl Johnson (minors) to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Hajek.
1997: The San Francisco Giants traded Marcus Jensen to the Detroit Tigers for Brian Johnson.

1998: The Detroit Tigers released Joe Oliver.

2006: Chipper Jones collects an extra-base hit for the 14th consecutive game, tying the major league record held by Paul Waner for 79 years.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Danny Dorn as a free agent.

2013: The American League wins the All-Star Game, 3 - 0, over the National League, as batters from the senior circuit only manage three hits.
Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season, is named the MVP.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peaslma01.shtml
Marv Peasley 1910.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willijo02.shtml
Johnnie Williams 1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rossdo01.shtml
Don Ross 1938, 1942-1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Norman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/normabi01.shtml
Bill Norman Minor league manager 1955-1958, scout 1955, manager 1958-1959.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lentiji01.shtml
Jim Lentine 1980.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Whit_Wyatt
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wyattwh01.shtml
Whit Wyatt 1929-1933.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcnabca01.shtml
Carl McNabb 1945.

from baseball reference
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/tigers_blue_jays_preview_1.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, Blue Jays preview: Anibal Sanchez starting series finale.
Mlive

On the mound
Detroit Tigers
RHP Anibal Sanchez (1-0, 5.89 ERA)
15 G, 4 GS, 44 1/3 IP, 50 H, 29 ER, 10 HR, 13 BB, 44 K, 5.18 FIP

Blue Jays
RHP Marco Estrada (4-6, 5.17 ERA)
18 GS, 101 IP, 106 H, 58 ER, 17 HR, 39 BB, 110 K, 4.35 FIP

Tigers by the numbers
Overall: 40-49
Current streak: W1
At Comerica Park: 24-21
On the road: 16-28
Day games: 20-15
Night games: 20-34
vs. AL East: 9-10
vs. AL Central: 20-16
vs. AL West: 7-17
vs. NL: 4-6

Tigers record when...
Scoring first: 23-20
Opponent scores first: 17-29
Scoring 5 or more: 33-12
Scoring 4 or less: 7-37
Extra innings: 0-3
One-run games: 10-13
Two-run games: 6-8
Tigers get Quality Start: 29-19
Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 32-22
Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 36-7/35-7/36-4
Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 0-37/1-39/0-42
Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 4-5/4-3/4-3
Tigers outhit opponent: 28-10
Opponent outhits Tigers: 10-34
Tigers hit a home run: 38-24
Tigers don't hit a home run: 2-25
Come-from-behind wins: 22
 
Some teams have looked into the work of Detroit?s Justin Wilson, who will be among the relievers moved before the July 31 deadline.
One of the concerns about him is that he is a left-hander who doesn?t dominate left-handed hitters because he doesn?t possess a nasty breaking ball.
He has owned right-handed hitters, however: Righties are batting just .126 against him this season, with a .504 OPS,
while lefties are hitting .235. Wilson also has some experience closing games, which is why some rival evaluators think he would be a good option for the Washington Nationals.
espn
 
Rival executives say the Tigers are very open to discussing Justin Verlander but believe it will be difficult -- almost impossible -- for Detroit to create an acceptable trade. Verlander is a legacy player for the Tigers, a possible Hall of Fame pitcher, but he makes so much over the next 2 ? seasons (he?s guaranteed more than $75 million) that rival teams almost certainly would look for Detroit to eat a ton of money while also accepting very little in prospect return.

?If you trade a player with that kind of history, you want something to show for it coming back,? said one AL official. ?I?m not sure they can get that.?

And there is one last hurdle the Tigers would have to overcome: Verlander would have to approve any trade.

Verlander is 34 years old, has at least 200 innings in nine of the past 10 seasons and has a 4.66 ERA and a FIP of 4.34 this season.

espn
 
Some team executives talk about the electronic strike zone as if it?s an inevitability, and the same is true with some players. Technology has improved pitching, hitting and player evaluation, and the thinking goes that Major League Baseball eventually will move to a system that judges balls and strikes to a higher degree of accuracy than the eyes of even the best umpires.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said the other day on Mike & Mike that it might be a matter of years before the sport considered the adoption of an automated strike zone, and even then, he noted, there would have to be a conversation about all of the implications of taking this particular human element out of the game. MLB would not only have to work through the details with the players' association -- some of whose members say privately they would love to see an electronic strike zone -- as well as the umpires? union.

But some in the game have mulled this eventual development to the degree that they have posed an interesting question: If an electronic strike zone is used, how will the competitors and the fans be alerted when a ball or strike is called?

?Are you going to have an umpire there with an earpiece?? asked one player. ?Will [the umpire] be told what the call is, and then give the sign??

On Sunday Night Baseball, the K Zone identifies the pitch as a ball or strike immediately, the instant that it passes through or outside the strike zone, so the process should be seamless. Last weekend, ESPN's Will Dorney -- in St. Louis to do graphics for Sunday Night Baseball -- mentioned an idea that you could envision the moment he said it out loud: Strike and strikeout music for the home pitchers, activated automatically by the strike zone electronics.

In other words: walk-off music for pitchers.

Just imagine: Craig Kimbrel is trying to work his way through a tense situation. Bases loaded and two outs, Aaron Judge at the dish, and Kimbrel tries to do what the Red Sox pitchers tried to do repeatedly against Judge on Friday night -- attacking the top of the strike zone.

And with a full count, Kimbrel nicks the strike zone, and in an instant, there is a flash of red on the scoreboard, and Kimbrel?s strikeout music is activated.

A guitar riff from Jimi Hendrix, or the Rolling Stones?s "Satisfaction." Or the sound of a chainsaw. Or a lawn mower. Or a lightning strike. Or Luke Combs singing "Hurricane" if Kimbrel wanted some country music. If the pitcher wanted to deploy a little pointed humor, he could use the epic episode-closing music from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" -- if the pitcher was willing to risk annoying some opposing hitters.

The umpires have understood for decades the importance of letting the fans and players know the outcome of important pitches, which is how and why so many came to develop their own personal style for signaling a strike three -- like that of Mike Everitt, or Tom Hallion. That inspired this compilation of some interesting strike-three calls from amateur umpires and, of course, Leslie Nielsen in "Naked Gun".

A third strike within the game is a big moment, and with almost the full range of audio available, the possibilities are endless, as Will noted, and teams could get fans involved as well, by asking them to pick the music and sounds that would accompany strike one, strike two, strike three, or the ball and strike calls for the home-team hitters. But if the electronic strike zone ever became a real thing -- and I agree with the players and executives who think that?s it?s inevitable, and perhaps closer to being implemented than a lot of folks realize -- MLB and the players' association will be able to sort through a whole lot of interesting ways to communicate the result of pivotal pitches.

espn
 
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