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October 5 in Tigers and mlb history:

1908: Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh tops the Detroit Tigers, 6 - 1, for his 40th victory and forces the American League pennant race to the final day. Detroit's 24-game winner Ed Summers takes the loss.

1911: The National Commission sells motion picture rights to the World Series for $3,500. When the players demand a share of it, the Commission cancels the deal.

1912: The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 - 0, for their 105th win of the season, an American League record until the 1927 Yankees reach 110.

1915: In a loss to the Indians, Detroit Tigers speedster Ty Cobb steals his 96th base of the season. Cobb's 96 steals will stand as a major league record until 1962.

1921: New York is host to the first one-city World Series since 1906 and the Polo Grounds is the site for all nine games. Carl Mays of the Yankees needs 86 pitches to set the Giants down on five hits, four of them by Frankie Frisch, as Babe Ruth drives in the first run of the Series in the opening inning of the 3 - 0 Yankees win.

1928: In the World Series, Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees unloads a three-run home run in the 1st inning of Game 2. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the 1926 Series between the Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals, is driven from the game in the 3rd inning as New York cruises, 9 - 3, to take a 2-1 Series lead.

1941: In the World Series, Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen drops a third strike on Tommy Henrich in what would have been the final out of a Dodgers victory against the New York Yankees. Given a second chance, the Yankees then rally for a 7 - 4 win to take a 3-1 Series lead.

1945: Claude Passeau of the Chicago Cubs pitches a one-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 3 - 0 in Game Three of the World Series.

1952 In Game 5 of the World Series, Brooklyn wins 6 - 5 in 11 innings over the Yankees when Billy Cox scores the winning run behind an RBI double hit by Duke Snider. Carl Erskine pitches a complete game to give Brooklyn a 3-2 Series lead heading back to Ebbets Field.

1953: The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series. Billy Martin collects his 12th Series hit, a single to center field in the bottom of the 9th inning, that gives the Yankees their fifth World Championship in a row. Carl Furillo had tied it up in the top of the 9th with a two-run home run.

1958: The Detroit Tigers purchased Pete Burnside from the San Francisco Giants.

1960: In a portent of things to come, Bill Mazeroski's two-run 5th-inning home run off Jim Coates is the difference as Pittsburgh beats the Yankees, 6 - 4, in its first World Series win since 1925.

1968: Tim McCarver and Orlando Cepeda each hit three-run home runs to lead the Cardinals to a 7 - 3 win over Detroit. The Cardinals take a 2-1 World Series lead.

1981: The Detroit Tigers released Mark Fidrych.

1984: Pitchers Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a three-hitter to give the Detroit Tigers a 1 - 0 win and a sweep of the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS.

1987: The Seattle Mariners traded Stan Clarke to the Detroit Tigers for Bruce Fields.

2002: The Anaheim Angels shock the New York Yankees by scoring eight runs in the 5th inning and going on to a 9 - 5 victory. The victory gives Anaheim its first postseason series victory ever, as they win their ALDS matchup, 3 games to 1. Shawn Wooten hits a home run for Anaheim while Jorge Posada adds a round-tripper for New York. Jarrod Washburn gets the victory for the Angels.

2004: Craig Dingman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2004: John Ennis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: Enrique Gonzalez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2014: Both American League Division Series end in three-game sweeps. The Orioles defeat the Tigers, 2 - 1, behind the pitching of Bud Norris and a two-run homer from Nelson Cruz to finish one ALDS sweep,
and the Royals pound the Angels, 8 - 3, in the other ALDS. Alex Gordon hits a three-run double and Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas homer, while "Big Game" James Shields confirms the appropriateness of his nickname.

2017: The Detroit Tigers released Brett Pill.

Tigers players and announcers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crockda01.shtml
Davey Crockett 1901.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doljafr01.shtml
Frank Doljack 1930-1934.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rod_Allen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allenro02.shtml
Rod Allen 1984, announcer 2005-present.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bockura01.shtml
Randy Bockus 1989.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/krausma01.shtml
Marc Krauss 2015.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Victor_Reyes
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyesvi01.shtml
Victor Reyes 2018.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powelbr01.shtml
Brian Powell 1998, 2002.

from baseball reference
 
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October 6 in Tigers and mlb history:

1926: Babe Ruth hits three home runs to lead the Yankees to a 10 - 5 victory over St. Louis in Game 4 of the World Series. His 1st-inning curtain-raiser is a majestic 395-footer, exiting Sportsman's Park over its right field bleacher roof. Home run number 2 clears the roof in right center, carrying 515 feet, breaking a window on the other side of Grand Avenue. Ruth's final foray, however, is the main attraction, carrying deep into the never-before reached centerfield bleachers, far beyond the 430-foot mark. Estimated at 530 feet, it is deemed the longest home run in World Series history.
Ruth, however, not content to dominate offensively, also delivers a crucial outfield assist, cutting down a runner at the plate, ending the Cardinals' 3rd-inning rally. In the words of broadcaster Graham McNamee, "Babe Ruth nor no other man ever made a better throw. Babe shot it like an arrow and Hank Severeid did not have to move for it."
If all this weren't enough, this also is the game during which the Babe makes good on his alleged pre-game promise to hit a home run for the bedridden young Johnny Sylvester.

1929: Tigers hit 3 triples in season finale, finish with 543 extra base hits, still a franchise record.

1929: Dale Alexander homers in final game of his rookie season. Still holds Tigers rookie records for BA (.343), hits 215, and RBI 137.

1929: Charlie Gehringer goes 2-for-5 with a double, finishes season with AL lead or tie in runs 131, hits 215, doubles 45, triples 19, and SBs 27.

1940: At Briggs Stadium, Bobo Newsom beats Cincinnati 8-0, in Game 5 of the World Series as 55,189 look on.

1945: A goat and its owner make an appearance at Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The pair is told to leave before the game ends, angering the owner. The Chicago Cubs lose to the Detroit Tigers, 4 - 1. Detroit will go on to win the Series in seven games and the Cubs won't win another National League championship for the rest of the 20th century. A belief that the Cubs were cursed by the goat will eventually develop.

1948: In the opening game of the World Series, the Boston Braves beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians, 1 - 0, with only two hits and the benefit of a disputed call on a pick-off attempt in the 8th inning by Feller.

1960: Giddy following their team's Game 1 win over the heavily favored Yankees, Pirate fans are in for a brutal reality check, as the Big Apple Goliath walks over Steeltown's David, 16 - 3, to even the World Series at one all. This utterly uncontested affair is little more than batting practice for the Bombers, highlighted by two tremendous opposite field blasts by Mickey Mantle, the latter of which, measured at 478 feet, proves historic – the first time within memory that any right-handed batter has hit a ball out of Forbes Field to the right of dead center.

1966: Jim Palmer, at age 20, becomes the youngest pitcher with a World Series shutout as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6 - 0. Sandy Koufax is the loser in his last appearance in the major leagues. Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis commits three errors on successive plays in the 5th inning.

1971: The Detroit Tigers released Dean Chance.

2009: Detroit loses, 6 - 5, to Minnesota in a one-game playoff to determine the winner of the AL Central title. Alexi Casilla singles home the winning run with one out in the 12th inning. The Tigers had led the division by 3 games with 4 to play, and were ahead by 7 games on September 6 before sputtering down the stretch. Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera, under a swirl of controversy over allegations of impaired driving and domestic violence, hits an early home run to put Detroit ahead, but is thrown out at home by Nick Punto in the top half of the 12th. It is the last regular-season game to be played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

2009: Dane Sardinha of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: Casey Fien of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2011: The Tigers eliminate the Yankees in the ALDS for the second time in five years, taking advantage of back-to-back 1st-inning homers by Don Kelly and Delmon Young off Ivan Nova, to win, 3 - 2, in the decisive Game Five. Nova is lifted in the 2nd inning, while Doug Fister and three relievers manage to quiet the Yankees' bats to make the lead hold. Closer Jose Valverde remains perfect for the season, picking up the save with a perfect 9th inning at New Yankee Stadium.

2012: In the first game of the ALDS, Justin Verlander of the Tigers gives up a home run to the first batter of the game, Coco Crisp, but goes on to strike out 11 over 7 innings, not giving up another run to the Athletics. The Tigers get the run back in the bottom of the 1st, take the lead with a 3rd-inning score, and complete the tally when C Alex Avila homers off Jarrod Parker in the 5th for a 3 - 1 win.

2014: Danny Worth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2015: The Astros open the 2015 Postseason by defeating the Yankees, 3 - 0 in the American League Wild Card Game. Dallas Keuchel pitches 6 scoreless innings, allowing only 3 hits and a walk while striking out 7, while his opponent, Masahiro Tanaka, allows a pair of solo homers and is charged with the loss.

2017: The NLDS game between the Cubs and the Nationals is a true pitchers' duel between Kyle Hendricks and Stephen Strasburg. Chicago does not get its first hit until 2 are out in the top of the 6th, by Kris Bryant, but it scores Javier Baez who had reached on an error by 3B Anthony Rendon. Bryant takes second on the throw from the outfield and scores on Anthony Rizzo's single, and those two unearned runs are all Chicago needs, as they go on to win 3 - 0 and Washington only manages 2 hits.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zamloca01.shtml
Carl Zamloch 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baumgha01.shtml
Harry Baumgartner 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meyerdu01.shtml
Dutch Meyer 1940-1942.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/calvepa01.shtml
Paul Calvert 1950-1951.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weavero01.shtml
Roger Weaver 1980.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bruce_Fields
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldbr01.shtml
Bruce Fields 1986, coach 2003-2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sierrru01.shtml
Ruben Sierra 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/farnsje01.shtml
Jeff Farnsworth 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcifr03.shtml
Freddie Garcia 2008.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crumpro01.shtml
Roy Crumpler 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patribo01.shtml
Bob Patrick 1941-1942.

from baseball reference
 
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http://www.westofwoodward.com/2017/10/the-voice-of-turtle-episode-72-exit.html
West Of Woodward Tigers Blog The Voice of the Turtle Podcast Episode 72: Exit Stage Left. 58 minutes.

Well this is it, friends, it's our final episode of The Voice of the Turtle. All good things must come to an end eventually, so after three fun-filled years of Detroit Tigers podcasting, HookSlide and Rob are hanging up their cleats. A huge thank-you to all of our listeners, especially the ones who were there from the start and provided us with so much feedback and interaction. You truly were "the other half of the conversation!"

Before we go, however, here's one last episode: HookSlide and Rob talk about the 2017 Tigers and whether this season can be considered a success in any way (spoiler: it can, if you squint). The team was long overdue to start a true rebuild, and 2017 pushed them -- finally and fully -- down that path. As a bonus, the team will get the first overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft, and we talk about why that's a really good thing, above and beyond the obvious "we'd like to have that first overall pick."

We also talk about the end of the Ausmus Regime and what comes next, who the Tigers could and should hire, and whether that even matters for the immediate future. And of course, we tackle questions from our listeners, including "Why do you hate us?"

Topics in this week's episode include:
- Was 2017 a good year for the Tigers?
- It's never too early to think about the 2018 MLB draft
- Favorite memories from recent years of Tigers' dominance
- Why Rob really, really needs the Houston Astros to win the World Series
- Brad Ausmus is out, and probably all of his coaches with him -- now what?
- Just how brutal is 2018 going to be?
 
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