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https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/0...tstops-of-future-in-latest-round-of-cuts.html
Tigers send out 2 potential ?shortstops of future? in latest round of cuts.
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...troit-tigers-spring-training-2019/3124406002/
Detroit Tigers observations: Matt Moore pitches well, Miguel Cabrera homers.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/picture-galle...-new-york-yankees-photos-lakeland/3124028002/
Detroit Tigers 2 - New York Yankees 2: Spring training photos from Lakeland.
Freep

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...stewart-ready-fulfill-his-promise/3123034002/
Dues paid, apprenticeship served, Tigers' Christin Stewart ready to fulfill promise.
Detnews

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/christin-stewart-swinging-hot-bat-in-spring
Stewart swinging for key spot in Tigers' order.
Rookie outfielder seeing time at 2nd, 5th in lineup this spring.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=565502
Boxscore.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/nicholas-castellanos-to-rest-after-hit-by-pitch-on-hand
Castellanos to rest after HBP on left hand.
Precautionary X-rays return clean; Moore sharp vs. Yankees.
Tigers official site
 
March 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Baltimore Orioles manager John McGraw has signed a Cherokee Indian named "Tokohama" to play second base. In reality, Tokohama isn't a Native American; he is an African-American whose actual name is Charlie Grant, who McGraw is trying to pass off as an Indian, but the ruse does not work. Baseball's color line will prevent Grant from ever playing a game for the Orioles.

1933: During an exhibition game in Los Angeles, CA, a significant earthquake sends the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants scurrying to second base until the tremors stop.

1933: Rogers Hornsby, out of baseball since being fired as Cubs manager last August, joins the St. Louis Cardinals in spring training as a player. Hornsby will return to second base after a six-year absence from St. Louis.

1956: At Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg there are no maybes about it as Mickey Mantle hits a Grapefruit League pitch from Larry Jackson over the left field wall into the bay. The Yankees top the Cardinals, 4 - 3. Stan Musial contends, "no home run has ever cleared my head by as much as long as I can remember."
Mantle will hit another at Al Lang Field on March 20th off Bob Mabe that also lands in the water, and will clock a 500-foot shot in Miami four days later against the Dodgers.

1957: New York Representative Emanuel Celler, whose committee investigated baseball, calls Ford Frick a "czar" who wishes to "gag" officials; Frick had cautioned Major League Baseball owners about commenting on the recent Supreme Court decision on professional American football coming under antitrust rules.

1958: Starting this season, American League batters will be required to wear batting helmets.

1959: The Players Association drops its threat of a strike against the International League.

1960: Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees signs a one-year contract worth $65,000. The new deal represents a $7,000 cut in pay for Mantle, who batted .285 with 31 home runs and 75 RBI for the Yankees in 1959.

1970: Experimental, lively X-5 baseballs are used in all spring training games played in Arizona and Florida. The results are inconclusive.

1972: Hall of Fame outfielder Zack Wheat dies in Sedalia, Missouri, at the age of 83. A .317 lifetime batter, Wheat starred for the Brooklyn Robins. He batted a National League-leading .335 in 1918 and possessed one of the most accurate throwing arms among outfielders.

1974: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders the Atlanta Braves to play Hank Aaron in at least two of the team's season-opening three games in Cincinnati. The Braves had planned to bench Aaron on the road in order to increase his chances of hitting his record-breaking 715th home run at home.

1981: Slugger Johnny Mize and Negro Leagues pioneer Rube Foster are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Mize hit .312 with 359 home runs during a 15-year major league career, while Foster served as a pitcher, manager, and Negro League organizer in the first quarter of the 20th century.

1984: Freep feature on Alan Trammell.
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1988: California Angels manager Gene Mauch takes a leave of absence for health reasons and is replaced by Cookie Rojas. Mauch will officially announce his retirement on March 27th. Mauch leaves managing with 1,902 wins and 2,037 losses.

1991: Jim Palmer, who is in the Baltimore Orioles' training camp as a non-roster player, has a shaky outing against the Boston Red Sox, giving up five hits and two runs in two innings. Palmer, who retired in 1984, will retire again tomorrow, citing a hamstring injury.

1996: The Florida Marlins traded Randy Veres to the Detroit Tigers for Matt Brunson (minors).

2002: The Detroit Tigers signed Matt Miller as a free agent.

2002: The Yankees release outfielder Ruben Rivera for stealing Derek Jeter's mitt out of his locker, and selling it on the black market for $2,500. There are rumors that Rivera also took other memorabilia items, such as things belonging to Roger Clemens, but Clemens denies it. Rivera had been signed to a one-year contract for $1 million.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rublear01.shtml
Art Ruble 1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawrebi01.shtml
Bill Lawrence 1932.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barfocl01.shtml
Clyde Barfoot 1926.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nekolbo01.shtml
Bots Nekola 1933.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcnaier01.shtml
Eric McNair 1941-1942.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowenal01.shtml
Al Cowens 1980-1981.

from Baseball Reference
 
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Nick Castellanos ? Left Hand Contusion.
Nick Castellanos was struck on the left hand by an errant pitch. X-rays came back negative for any fractures, and we can assume that the injury is just a contusion at this time. He will miss a day or two, but should return to play shortly.
Estimated return: Ready for Opening Day.
PitcherList
 
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...troit-tigers-spring-training-2019/3127022002/
Letters from Detroit Tigers spring training: Stirring the pot in Lakeland.
Freep

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/miguel-cabrera-pulled-off-the-hidden-ball-trick
Miguel Cabrera used Spring Training to work on his hidden ball trick.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/3...el-cabrera-executes-perfect-hidden-ball-trick
Watch Miguel Cabrera execute a perfect hidden ball trick.
This is something you truly don?t see every day.
BYBTB

https://www.mlive.com/sports/2019/0...en-ball-trick-during-spring-training-win.html
Miguel Cabrera pulls off hidden ball trick during spring training win.
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...brera-pulls-off-hidden-ball-trick/3132570002/
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera pulls off hidden ball trick in spring training.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/03/11/detroit-tigers-observations/3134036002/
Detroit Tigers observations from spring training game at Twins.
Freep

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...uel-cabrera-tyson-ross-spring-win/3129119002/
Tigers get some wizardry by Miguel Cabrera, Tyson Ross in spring win over Twins.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...g-show-fruits-their-labor-defense/3128454002/
A point of emphasis: Tigers starting to show fruits of their labor on defense.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...progress-jacoby-jones-jake-rogers/3129113002/
Tigers' Lloyd McClendon starting to see progress from JaCoby Jones, Jake Rogers.
Detnews

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=566954
Boxscore.
 
March 12 in Tigers and mlb history:

1921: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series. The group includes outfielder Joe Jackson, who batted .375 in the Series. Others banned are Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, Chick Gandil, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver and Lefty Williams. None of them will ever play in organized baseball again.

1946: Negro Leagues pitching star Smokey Joe Williams dies in New York City at the age of 69. According to some sources, Williams won 41 games in 1914. Williams will win election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

1951: Commissioner Happy Chandler loses his bid to remain in office. Chandler is voted down, 9-7, in a tally of owners. Chandler, who started his term as commissioner in 1945, will be succeeded by Ford Frick.

1960: Ernie Harwell offers Detroit Tigers play-by-play for the first time. Detroit defeats Washington Senators 8-6 in spring training game in Lakeland, FL. Harwell replaces Van Patrick and is teamed with George Kell.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYF1cWdVAAAh97s.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYF1d4oV4AAXoq_.jpg

1960: Al Kaline faces Hank Aaron in the Home Run Derby.

1966: Tigers dedicate Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, and beat Twins 4-2.

1973: Hall of Fame member Frankie Frisch dies in Wilmington, Delaware, at the age of 74. Frisch batted .316 over a 19-year career. As player-manager for the St. Louis Cardinals, he led the team to the 1934 World Championship.

1980: Slugging outfielder Chuck Klein and former Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

2012: The Detroit Tigers released David Pauley.

2014: The Detroit Tigers released Luis Marte.

2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Taylor Motter as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maisege01.shtml
George Maisel 1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rothsla01.shtml
Larry Rothschild 1981-1982.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ruppert_Jones
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesru01.shtml
Ruppert Jones 1984.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dingmcr01.shtml
Craig Dingman 2004-2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minerza01.shtml
Zach Miner 2006-2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/delaceu01.shtml
Frankie De La Cruz 2007.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nichosi01.shtml
Simon Nicholls 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Gromek
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gromest01.shtml
Steve Gromek 1953-1957.
Gromek was also involved in community and school athletics and was instrumental in starting the Brother Rice High School baseball program. He also helped found the Pony/Colt baseball league in Birmingham, Michigan. The league's field is named after Gromek's youngest son, Brian, who died of a brain aneurysm at age 16 during baseball practice.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Anderson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderbo01.shtml
Bob Anderson 1963.

from Baseball Reference
 
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