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February 6 in Tigers and mlb history:

1895: Babe Ruth is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruth, who is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, will start his career as a successful pitcher before amassing 714 home runs with 2217 RBI and a lifetime batting average of .342 on his way to Hall of Fame election in 1936.

1934: Babe Ruth was the #Tigers' first choice for manager in 1934; Mickey Cochrane was Plan B. Cochrane led the Tigers to two straight World Series and a championship in 1935.
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1934: New York sportswriter and broadcaster Ford Frick is named the public relations director of the National League. In nine months, Frick will become the league's President and will later become commissioner, succeeding Happy Chandler.
Frick had previously played an instrumental role in promoting the birth of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

1935: Demanding a yearly salary of $25,000, future Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean becomes a holdout. The St. Louis Cardinals' right-handed ace will sign for $19,500 the following day.

1958: Ted Williams signs a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox. Reports on the worth of the contract estimate it between $135,000 to $150,000. Either way, Williams becomes the highest-paid player in major league history.

1975: The Detroit Tigers released Jim Nettles.

1976: The American League grants the new expansion franchise in Seattle to a six-man investment group that includes movie star and entertainer Danny Kaye. The new franchise, to be called the Mariners, will start play in 1977.

1995: US President Bill Clinton's deadline for a resolution to the baseball strike passes without a resolution. On January 26th, Clinton had told the players and owners to resume bargaining and reach an agreement by today. The strike will continue for nearly two more months.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Ivan Rodriguez as a free agent.

2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Aquilino Lopez as a free agent.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Ruddy Lugo as a free agent.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Brent Dlugach as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Luke Carlin as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

Baseball Reference

 

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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/miggy-must-be-dangerous-again/
MIGGY MUST BE DANGEROUS AGAIN.
Totally Tigers

 

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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/02/06/babe-ruth-birthday/2764820002/
Happy 124th birthday, Babe! Ruth had an epic time in Detroit.
Freep

 

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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-isnt-the-60-day-dl-year-round/
Why Isn?t the 60-Day DL Year-Round?
Fangraphs

 

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https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/2...d-mlbpa-tony-clark-three-batters-universal-dh
MLB is discussing rule changes again, so let?s rank how much we like them.
The owners and MLB Players Association are discussing rule changes that could take effect as early as 2019.
BYBTB

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25935056/mlb-players-discussing-rule-changes-alter-game
MLB and players discussing rule changes that could alter game.
espn

 

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https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/0...ays-away-jose-iglesias-still-needs-a-job.html
With spring training days away, Jose Iglesias still needs a job.
Mlive

 

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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/mlbtv-available-for-2019-season/c-303541078
Get ready to watch: MLB.TV available for 2019.
Tigers official site

 

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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25891797/welcome-small-market-team-worst-nightmare
Welcome to a small-market team's worst nightmare.
espn

 

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https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/0...-will-national-league-finally-embrace-dh.html
MLB proposed rule changes: Will National League finally embrace DH?
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/02/06/mlb-union-discuss-major-rule-changes/2787961002/
MLB, union discussing dramatic rule changes.
Freep

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...anges-proposals-designated-hitter/2789584002/
Opinion: MLB rule changes are wise – but be careful what you wish for.
USAToday

 

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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-spring-training-faq/c-303584718
All you need to know for Tigers Spring Training.
Tigers official site

 

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February 7 in Tigers and mlb history:

1899: Under a joint ownership arrangement, several Baltimore Orioles players are shifted to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, and that club transfers several to the Orioles. Manager Ned Hanlon takes Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Hughie Jennings, and others with him to Brooklyn, while John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson remain in Baltimore to stay close to their businesses there. The powerful new Brooklyn team is now sometimes called the "Superbas", after a stage show in New York called "Superba" that is produced by the Hanlon brothers (unrelated to Ned Hanlon).

1916: The Federal League's year-old suit charging antitrust violations by organized baseball is dismissed by mutual consent in U.S. District Court in Chicago by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. No appellate decision is written and it will not be until 1922 when the courts rule on antitrust, in another suit stemming from the Federal League.

1942: The Cincinnati Reds stir the hometown fans by selling popular catcher Ernie Lombardi to the Boston Braves, where he will win the National League batting title this season with a .330 average.

1949: New York Yankees superstar Joe DiMaggio signs a one-year contract worth $100,000, becoming the first player to earn a six-figure deal in major league history. In 1948, DiMaggio batted .320, while leading the American League in home runs and RBI.

1958: The Dodgers officially become the "Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc." in anticipation of playing their first season on the West Coast.

1959: Nap Lajoie dies of pneumonia at the age of 84. Lajoie, who also managed the Cleveland Naps from 1905 to 1909, hit for a .338 batting average over a 21-year career and gained election to the Hall of Fame in 1937.

1962: Lawyer Melvin Belli obtains a writ laying claim to Willie Mays, among other assets, unless the San Francisco Giants pay him the judgment awarded by a jury in January. Belli claims the club failed to file a motion for a new trial before the deadline.

1986: The Detroit Tigers signed Jack Lazorko as a free agent.

1987: For only the second time in major league history, a player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration, when Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for $800,000, which is a twenty percent reduction from his 1986 salary. Hershiser was 14-14 with a 3.85 ERA in 1986.

1994: Former National Basketball Association star Michael Jordan signs a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. Jordan will report to spring training before being assigned to the Class-AA Birmingham Barons. After one season in the minors, Jordan will return to the NBA.

1994: The Detroit Tigers sign free agent pitcher Tim Belcher.

1996: Dave Winfield announces his retirement at the age of 44. Winfield compiled 3,110 hits, 465 home runs and 1,833 RBI during a 22-year career with six teams.

1999: Veteran pitcher Dennis Martinez announces his retirement. The Nicaraguan right-hander won 245 games with 3,999 2/3 innings pitched over a 23-year career with five teams. In 1991, he pitched a perfect game as a member of the Montreal Expos.

2005: The Detroit Tigers sign All-Star right fielder Magglio Ord??ez for five years for a reported $75 million. The contract for the free agent slugger, recovering from knee surgery, includes options which could extend his stay in Detroit for an additional two years making the deal worth nearly $100 million.

2005: The Detroit Tigers released Dewayne Wise.

2007: The Detroit Tigers traded Jeff Frazier to the Seattle Mariners for Yorman Bazardo.

2008: The fallout from the Mitchell Report continues when Brian McNamee gives a seven-hour deposition to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Meanwhile, Roger Clemens lobbies congressmen and continues to claim McNamee lied about Clemens' use of steroids.

2014: In a major reversal, Alex Rodriguez decides to drop his lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the Players Association. He will serve his one-year suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal and will attempt to come back in 2015. He will also not attend the Yankees spring training opening shortly, where his presence would have been a major distraction.

2019: Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, a member of the 500 Home Run Club, a Triple Crown winner, the first player to win the MVP Award in both leagues, and the first African-American manager in major league history, passes away in hospice care in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 83. He was also a senior executive for Major League Baseball and was still serving as the honorary President of the American League.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Whitehill
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whiteea01.shtml
Earl Whitehill 1923-1932.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/borkoda01.shtml
Dave Borkowski 1999-2001.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkuji02.shtml
Jim Walkup 1939.

Baseball Reference

 

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https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/2...nt-jd-martinez-josh-donaldson-lloyd-mcclendon
The Tigers? focus on strikeouts misses their real offensive weakness.
The Tigers are obsessing about strikeouts when other teams have already found the answer.
BYBTB

 

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http://baseballegg.com/2019/02/07/t...at-baseball-is-most-likely-to-make-very-soon/
The three rule changes that baseball is most likely to make very soon.
BaseballEgg

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/mlb-union-discussing-significant-rule-changes.html
MLB, Union Discussing Significant Rule Changes.
MLBTR

 

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http://seamheads.com/blog/2019/02/07/the-ballpark-chronicles/
THE BALLPARK CHRONICLES.
Seamheads

Soon a new version of the classic ballpark book ?Green Cathedrals? will be issued by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research). After having researched over 400 specific Black ball parks for the updated book, here are a few interesting ballpark facts I discovered.

 

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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/random-thoughts-part-one/
RANDOM THOUGHTS ? PART ONE.
TotallyTigers

 

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https://www.mlb.com/news/3000-strikeouts-is-one-of-mlbs-rarest-feats/c-303599464
This exclusive club could get new member soon.
Baseball's 3,000-strikeout fraternity is probably smaller than you think.
MLB.com

 

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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/02/07/detroit-tigers-fantasy-camp/2790895002/
I went to Detroit Tigers fantasy camp. The people are better than my fastball.
Freep

 

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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/will-tigers-make-run-at-yolbert-sanchez/c-303619954?tid=218325368
Inbox: Will Tigers make run at Sanchez?
Beat reporter Jason Beck answers questions from fans.
Tigers official site

 

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https://tht.fangraphs.com/revisiting-baseballs-1887-labor-negotiations/
Revisiting Baseball?s 1887 Labor Negotiations.
HardballTimes/Fangraphs

 

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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25943397/why-baseball-fix-free-agency-asap
The broken winter: Why baseball must fix free agency ASAP.
espn