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Webvideo TY COBB...MAN OR MONSTER? - ON DECK - INTERVIEW WITH WESLEY FRICKS. 16 minutes.

Ty Cobb expert, Wesley Fricks, shares his thoughts on the misconceptions of Ty Cobb through the years.

Was Cobb the evil, gun wielding maniac portrayed by Al Stump? Or, was he like the rest of us?

Ty Cobb was no doubt a gifted Baseball player, which may be the most understated thing about him.

After hiring a writer to construct an autobiography of his life, he soon passed away.
Leaving sportswriter, Al Stump, the ability to say whatever he wanted to, "make a buck," on his legacy.
There is very little fact about much of what has been written about Ty Cobb since he passed, and the documents of his time are never used as fact.

That is changing, however. More and more people are gaining information, and Al Stump's secrets are getting exposed.

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December 31 in Tigers and mlb history:

1878: A reported eight million bats have been sold in the United States this year.

1914: Ban Johnson's efforts to strengthen the New York Yankees succeed when he arranges the purchase of the team by Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Captain Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston for $460,000 from Bill Devery and Frank Farrell.

1914: After Detroit Tigers owner Frank Navin refuses to let manager Hugh Jennings go, the new New York owners will name longtime Detroit pitcher Bill Donovan to manage the team. Under the new regime, the Yankees will make the most important trade in franchise history when they purchase Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox in 1920.

1949: The 1940s is the only decade in Major League Baseball history in which no new stadiums are built. After the Cleveland Indians opened Cleveland Stadium in 1932, no new ballpark will be opened until Milwaukee County Stadium is unveiled by the Braves in 1953. The decade also will end with eight black players on major league rosters: three each on the Brooklyn Dodgers and Indians rosters, and two with the New York Giants.
Although it will be another decade before all major league teams will be integrated, most teams will be playing blacks in the next two years. Finally, all but the St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds set attendance records in the 1940s.

1949: There were 81 scheduled night games in 1940 and 384 in 1949. The change to playing under the lights is underscored by the release of the 1950 schedule: the St. Louis Cardinals have permission to open the season with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a night game.

1966: After 15 seasons with the Braves in three different cities, Eddie Mathews is traded to the Houston Astros.
The future Hall of Fame third baseman is the only person to play for the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. In August of 1967, Mathews will be traded to the Detroit Tigers and win a World Series Championship with the team in 1968.

1972: Pittsburgh Pirates superstar Roberto Clemente dies in the crash of a four-engine plane over the Atlantic Ocean. The 38-year-old Clemente was supervising the delivery of relief supplies to the earthquake victims of Managua, Nicaragua. The cargo plane, a DC-7 that departed from San Juan Airport in Puerto Rico, crashes shortly after takeoff.
In 18 major league seasons, Clemente batted .317, won the 1966 MVP Award, and led the Pirates to World Championships in 1960 and 1971. Shortly after his death, the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors votes to waive the usual five-year waiting period for Clemente, paving the way for his election to Cooperstown in 1973.

1974: Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter, who posted a 25-12 record with the Oakland Athletics, signs with the New York Yankees ending an unprecedented bidding war when he inks a five-year, $3.75 million dollar contract. This is triple the salary of any other major league player.

1979: The Basic Agreement between players and owners expires, precipitating more than 19 months of bitter negotiations, that will culminate in the 1981 player strike.

1984: Despite six weeks of negotiations, the Basic Agreement between the players and owners that was reached after the 1981 strike expires. The players are now seeking increased contributions to their pension plan from the clubs' additional television revenues, while the owners are hoping to slow the rapid growth of player salaries.

1993: Baseball's collective bargaining agreement runs out with no new agreement yet signed.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Hooper as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnssy01.shtml
Syl Johnson 1922-1925.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lakemal01.shtml
Al Lakeman 1954.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ted_Gray
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grayte01.shtml
Ted Gray 1946, 1948-1954.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moehlbr01.shtml
Brian Moehler 1996-2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reedev01.shtml
Evan Reed 2013-2014.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dawel_Lugo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lugoda01.shtml
Dawel Lugo 2018-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/caseydo01.shtml
Doc Casey 1901-1902.

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One week ago today, Diamond Digest ran a Twitter poll that asked the following:

You only get to use one of these two sites for the rest of your life ? Baseball-Reference or FanGraphs ? which are choosing?

There were 4,713 votes cast, with B-Ref coming out on top with 60% support.

While my vote went to the side receiving 40%, I do want to take this opportunity to say that B-Ref is an invaluable resource. At the risk of sounding excessively effusive, Sean Forman, the site?s fearsome leader, is a God among men in the baseball community. Good on you for existing, B-Ref.

That said, we can only assume hanging chads and uncounted ballots ? FanGraphs is clearly the better choice. Fortunately we don?t have to choose between the two.

Fangraphs
 
Kris Bryant had a 119 adjusted OPS this season and has 1,081 career total bases. Nicholas Castellanos had a 130 adjusted OPS this season and has 1,260 career total bases. Castellanos is two months younger than Bryant.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the response wasn?t particularly positive. A number of people jumped on me for having the audacity, and stupidity, to say that Castellanos was better than Bryant. It was as though I were claiming that Harold Baines is more worthy of the Hall of Fame than Larry Walker.

Of course, I wasn?t saying that at all. As readers of this column know? ditto a decent percentage of my Twitter followers ?I?m a fan of random facts and stats. They?re informative, sometimes thought-provoking, and hopefully entertaining.

Consider the foofaraw-inducing Bryant-Castellanos ?comp.?

Bryant has played 77% of his games as a third baseman and 20% of his games an outfielder. Castellanos has played 75% of his games as a third baseman and 24% of his games as an outfielder. Both are right-handed hitters with power. They are, as noted in the aforementioned tweet, essentially the same age.

Do they also differ in many ways? Absolutely. As a FanGraphs reader, you?re well aware that they do. There?s no real need for me to qualify a ?random fact and stat? with a description of those differences ? which in this case would show that Bryant is, by most accounts, the superior player. Given a choice, I?d clearly take the Cub.

That said, is there any guarantee that Bryant will be the superior player going forward? As likely as that is, it?s worth noting that you can?t predict baseball.

Fangraphs
 
While DJ LeMahieu played his high school ball in Michigan, a return to his old stomping grounds in the form of a Tigers contract ?isn?t likely,? MLB.com?s Jason Beck writes. Detroit figures to wait until closer to Spring Training to land a second baseman, so LeMahieu will likely be off the market by then, plus his desire for a multi-year deal probably also doesn?t fit with the Tigers? plan to acquire a short-term bridge to prospect who never takes a walk Dawel Lugo.
The Nationals, Dodgers, and Athletics have all been linked to LeMahieu at various points this offseason, though it?s probably safe to count Oakland out of the running after the team?s acquisition of Jurickson Profar.
In general, Beck feels the Tigers could wait until later in the offseason to address several needs, looking for low-cost veterans or potential bargains to fill holes in the rotation, bullpen, catcher, or on the bench.
The Tigers may also have to hold off on dealing Nick Castellanos until after Bryce Harper signs with a new team, in order to take stock of a newly-shuffled outfield market.
MLBTR
 
January 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: Hank Greenberg is born in New York, NY. After a splendid career as a slugging first baseman and left fielder for the Tigers and as a baseball executive, Greenberg will gain Hall of Fame honors in 1956, and eventually have his legendary uniform number 5 retired by the Tigers.

1916: Happy New Year from Ty Cobb! "I wish to express through the columns of the Free Press my New Year's greetings to the good fans of Detroit. ... I feel that the Tigers are going to reward Detroit fans with a pennant in 1916".
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1927: The press is informed that outfielder Zack Wheat, after 18 consecutive seasons with the Brooklyn Robins teams, has been released. Wheat, who led the National League in hitting in 1918 with a .335 batting average, will hit .324 in 88 games for the Philadelphia Athletics in his final major league season in 1927, completing a distinguished Hall of Fame career with a lifetime mark of .318.

1929: Cool Papa Bell, playing for Cienfuegos, becomes the first slugger to connect for three home runs in a single game during Cuban professional play. A Negro Leaguer and future Hall of Fame member, Bell accomplishes his feat at Aida Park during the 15 - 11 slugfest victory over Habana. All three are inside-the-park efforts. Oscar Levis, Cliff Bell and Martin Dihigo surrender the homers.

1961: Briggs Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, is officially renamed "Tiger Stadium".
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1974: Lee MacPhail takes over as American League president, succeeding Joe Cronin, who retires. MacPhail will serve in this role until 1984.
He will join his father, Larry MacPhail, as a member of the Hall of Fame in 1998.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Tony Fiore as a free agent.

2009: Major League Baseball launches MLB Network, a cable and satellite television channel based out of Secaucus, NJ. The channel debuts in nearly 50 million cable and satellite homes - the largest debut in cable television history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million homes.

2009: The friendly confines of Wrigley Field see a different type of action as the ballpark is fitted with an outdoor hockey rink to welcome an afternoon game between the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. The event is a huge success with 40,818 in attendance and a huge television audience in place to watch the Wings beat the Hawks, 6 - 4. Other ballparks are lining up to host future editions of what is set to become an annual New Year's Day event.

2010: Boston's historic Fenway Park is host to a National Hockey League game for the first time, as the Boston Bruins defeat the Philadelphia Flyers, 2 - 1 in overtime in the league's annual New Year's Day outdoor game.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruckan01.shtml
Andy Bruckmiller 1905.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fullefr01.shtml
Frank Fuller 1915-1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hank_Greenberg
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenha01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/64198864
Hank Greenberg 1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1946.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Torgeson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torgeea01.shtml
Earl Torgeson 1955-1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gene_Host
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostge01.shtml
Gene Host 1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lynn_Jones
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesly01.shtml
Lynn Jones 1979-1983.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riceha01.shtml
Harry Rice 1928-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daniech02.shtml
Chuck Daniel 1957.

Baseball Reference
 
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Hank Greenberg Two-time world champion. Two-time MVP (one each at 2 positions) #Tigers franchise leader in slugging percentage (.616) & OPS (1.028), and single-season leader in:
Home runs: 58 ('38)
Total Bases: 397 ('37)
Doubles: 63 ('34)
RBIs: 184 ('37)
Extra-base hits: 103 ('37)

Hank Greenberg was the first Jewish player inducted into the @baseballhall of Fame.
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