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December 25 in Tigers and mlb history:

1862: A crowd of 40,000 watches two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Civil War historians are debating the actual size of the crowd.

1888: At the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, on the Pennsylvania State Fair Buildings and Grounds located at Broad Street & Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia, the Downtowners beat the Uptowners in the first sanctioned indoor baseball game ever played, 6 - 1, before a crowd of 2,000.

1922: On their tour of the Far East, the Herb Hunter All-Americans, with Casey Stengel and Waite Hoyt among their members, beat a team of U.S. servicemen, 12 - 5, in Manila.
In other games, the All-Americans are the first team of major leaguers to play a Chinese team, in Shanghai, and also play a Korean all-star team in Seoul, whipping them, 21 - 3.
The American all-stars also lost a game in Japan when Zensuke Shimada hit an out-of-the-park home run against Hoyt and the Mita Club defeated the All-Americans, 9 - 3. Michimaro Ono got the win. It is the first loss by a team of touring U.S professionals in Japan.

1957: With the backing of United States Representatives Kenneth Keating and Emanuel Celler, the minor league executives urge that Major League Baseball compensate them for infringement on their territorial rights.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesal01.shtml
Alex Jones 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Akers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/akersbi01.shtml
Bill Akers 1929-1931.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ned_Garver
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garvene01.shtml
Ned Garver 1952-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamilja01.shtml
Jack Hamilton 1964-1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gene_Lamont
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lamonge01.shtml
Gene Lamont 1970-1972, 1974-1975, coach 2006-2017.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzaju02.shtml
Julio Gonzalez 1983.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hiljuer01.shtml
Erik Hiljus 1999-2000.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olsonka01.shtml
Karl Olson 1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Martin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martibi02.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/martibi02.shtml
Billy Martin 1958, manager 1971-1973.

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December 26 in Tigers and mlb history:

1906: National League umpire Hank O'Day suggests that the batter's box be outlined with white rubber strips rather than chalk, making it impossible for hitters to erase the lines. But the rule will never be implemented.

1919: Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee makes a secret agreement to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000 (one-fourth cash, plus $25,000 a year at 6 percent) plus guaranteeing a $300,000 loan with Fenway Park as collateral. The transaction will be announced publicly in one week.

1934: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies the Brooklyn Dodgers' claim to the services of teenage pitcher Johnny Vander Meer. In June of 1938 pitching for the Reds, Vander Meer will pitch no-hitters in consecutive starts, the only pitcher in MLB history to do so.

1950: With a large portion going to the players' pension fund, outgoing Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the Gillette Razor Company has purchased the television rights to the All-Star Game for six years for six million dollars.

1974: The Little League is officially open to girls as U.S. President Gerald Ford signs legislation amending the charter of the organization. Little League had sought changes in their charter after a series of lawsuits challenged its boys-only rule.

1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Christopher as a free agent.

1995: The Associated Press selects Cal Ripken, Jr.'s consecutive game streak as the top sports story of the year, followed by the death of Mickey Mantle.

2005: The Associated Press reports that baseball took a lot of shots in 2005 from politicians, commentators and players themselves as the sport struggled with steroids.
MLB went from no drug policy in 2002, to anonymous testing in 2003, to counseling for positive tests in 2004, to a dozen 10-day suspensions this year.
Starting next year, an initial positive test will result in a 50-game suspension, and players will be tested for amphetamines for the first time, with penalties for a second positive result.

2008: 44-year-old Randy Johnson, a five-time Cy Young Award winner, signs with his hometown San Francisco Giants for $8 million (with $5 million in incentives) for one season. Johnson is five wins shy of 300 for his career.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cavetpu01.shtml
Pug Cavet 1911, 1914-1915.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Herman_Pillette
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillehe01.shtml
Herman Pillette 1922-1924.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Storm_Davis
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisst02.shtml
Storm Davis 1993-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Omar_Infante
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/infanom01.shtml
Omar Infante 2002-2007, 2012-2013.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Darin_Downs
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/downsda02.shtml
Darin Downs 2012-2013.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gessldo01.shtml
Doc Gessler 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/billijo02.shtml
Josh Billings 1927-1929.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reibefr01.shtml
Frank Reiber 1933-1936.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chris_Brown
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownch02.shtml
Chris Brown 1989.

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Looking For A Match In A Nicholas Castellanos Trade.
Nick Castellanos enjoyed the best offensive season of his career in 2018, posting a robust .298/.354/.500 batting line with 23 home runs, good for a 130 OPS+.
He was the best hitter in an underwhelming Tigers lineup, making him a natural trade candidate as he enters the final year of arbitration eligibility. While his offensive profile leaves little to be desired, there is, as always, a caveat: Castellanos is a liability in the field, whether at third base, where he began his career, or in right field, where he started 142 games last season.
After transitioning to right late in 2017, Castellanos did improve in 2018 when given the opportunity to play the position full-time ? his UZR/150 innings improved from -57.6 in 2017 to -12.3 last season ? but he remains an underwhelming defensive performer, and therefore best suited as a designated hitter with an American League club.

If the Tigers plan to deal Castellanos, and they?re said to be ?determined? to do so, now is the time. Even if teams are less willing to surrender significant pieces than they might have been a year ago, when he still had two years of team control remaining, he will still be just 27 years of age during the 2019 season, and the single year of team control can be an asset.
If Detroit can?t find a match, there is an argument to be made that he could attract a more robust market in July when half of his 2019 salary has already been paid, especially if he continues on his upward trajectory.
Regardless, the Tigers, who will almost certainly find themselves well outside of playoff contention in 2019, would likely prefer to cash in now, if only to avoid the worst case scenario of an unceremonious (and uncompensated) free agent departure next winter. The rub here being they need to find a trade partner.

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December 27 in Tigers and mlb history:

1874: The first documented baseball game in Cuba takes place in a field known as Palmar de Junco, in the province of Matanzas. In the match, called after seven innings due to darkness, the Habana team defeated that of Matanzas with the unbalanced score of 51 to 9 runs.

1919: One day after secretly working out a deal to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee says his team will deal any player except Harry Hooper. But Hooper will be sent to the Chicago White Sox after the 1920 season.

1972: Roberto Clemente's final home run comes on his final swing during a batting demonstration in front of "300 admiring kids during a baseball clinic at the town of Aguadilla," reports United Press International, according to whom Clemente hits "the fifth pitch about 350 feet out of left field at the local park."
Clemente's fellow Pirate and fellow Puerto Rican Fernando Gonzalez is on hand and his recollections will later be recorded by Clemente biographer Kal Wagenheim: "That day in Aguadilla, he spent the whole afternoon under the sun ? giving a clinic for the kids. At one point he was giving batting pointers, and there was a kid ? about eighteen years old ? pitching to him. The people in the stands kept yelling, 'Roberto, bet you can't hit a homer!' Finally, on the last pitch,
he smacked the ball right out of the stadium. He gave the kid the bat as a souvenir, and somebody else got the ball. Afterward, they erected a small monument to mark the spot where the ball fell. I think that was the last time Roberto swung a bat, and he hit a home run."

1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Encarnacion as an amateur free agent.

2001: After 21 years being heard on WABC, the New York Yankees will broadcast their spring training, regular-season and postseason games on all-news station WCBS-AM which is owned by Infinity Broadcasting. The five-year deal with the Yankees' YES Network, created earlier this year, is worth approximately $50 million.

2012: OF Hideki Matsui announces his retirement at a press conference in New York, NY. He had hit .304 with 332 home runs as a three-time MVP during his prime in Japan, then added 175 homers, a World Series MVP award and a .282 average winding down his career in the US.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Carr
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carrch01.shtml
Charlie Carr 1903-1904.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jackie_Tavener
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tavenja01.shtml
Jackie Tavener 1921, 1925-1928.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Red_Lynn
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lynnre01.shtml
Red Lynn 1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Tobin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tobinji01.shtml
Jim Tobin 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmede01.shtml
Dean Palmer 1999-2003.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Porcello
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porceri01.shtml
Rick Porcello 2009-2014.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buelofr01.shtml
Fritz Buelow 1901-1904.

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

Baseball Reference
 
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