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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/matthew-boyd-goes-seven-but-tigers-lose-opener
Tigers get lesson from Twins in hard-fought loss.
Minnesota offers model for rebuilding Detroit; Boyd fans 8 in 7 strong innings.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/6/7/18657369/tigers-vs-twins-final-score-miguel-cabrera-matt-boyd
Twins 6, Tigers 3: Joe Jimenez is a hot mess.
Matt Boyd and Miguel Cabrera were good. Joe Jimenez was not.
BYBTB

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-v...541#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=565541
Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...12-th-loss-13-games-comerica-park/1380585001/
Boyd has solid start but Twins hand Tigers another home loss.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...s-joe-jimenez-felled-cruz-missile/1389255001/
Detroit Tigers observations: Joe Jimenez bombs again in eighth inning.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/06/red-hot-twins-homer-three-times-to-beat-tigers-in-opener.html
Red-hot Twins homer three times to beat Tigers in opener.
Mlive

In his last three outings, Jimenez has allowed eight runs (five earned) in two innings.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=jimenjo02&t=p&year=2019
Since the All-Star break last year, Jimenez has posted a 3-7 record with a 6.40 ERA.
Jimenez is rushing his drive to the plate and leaving his arm lagging a bit.
The fastball doesn?t get the true riding backspin and continues to be flat. This is, of course, exacerbated by the fact that he?s completely lost his feel for the slider and won?t even throw it. Instead he tries harder with the heater, making things worse.
Jimenez may well need a return trip to Toledo to work on his mechanics and experiment with a curveball. Even at his best, the slider has only been intermittently good and his best arm slot and release are better suited to a hook to begin with.
 
June 8 in Tigers and mlb history:

1902: The Detroit Tigers released Jack Cronin.

1904: The Detroit Tigers returned Frank Huelsman to the Chicago White Sox following previous purchase.

1920: Edd Roush of the Cincinnati Reds falls asleep in center field during a long argument in the infield. Heinie Groh goes out to wake him, but the chief umpire ejects Roush for delaying the game.

1926: Babe Ruth launches a home run out of Navin Field down Cherry Street that allegedly rolls to Brooklyn Street.
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1933: Jimmie Foxx hits three home runs in his first three at-bats as the Philadelphia Athletics outscore the New York Yankees, 14 - 10. Foxx had homered his last time up the previous day to give him four consecutive home runs.

1935: Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds on a play at first base and leaves the game with arm and shoulder injuries. His consecutive games streak is preserved, in part, by a rainout of the next day's game and an open date.

1950: The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns, 29 - 4, at Fenway Park, and set major league records for runs scored; most long hits, 17 (nine doubles, 1 triple and 7 home runs); most total bases, 60; most extra bases on long hits, 32; most runs over two games, 49; most hits in two games, 51, including 28 this game.

1955: The Los Angeles Dodgers option left-handed pitcher Tommy Lasorda to the Montreal Royals to make room on their roster for "bonus baby" Sandy Koufax, who had been on the disabled list.

1961: The Milwaukee Braves set a major-league record with four consecutive home runs in the 7th inning against Cincinnati. Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron hit back-to-back home runs off starter Jim Maloney; Joe Adcock greets reliever Marshall Bridges with another home run, and Frank Thomas sets the record.
When these four teammates end their major-league careers, they will have hit a combined total of 1,889 homers. For all the bombardment, the Braves lose, 10 - 8.

1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Gene Lamont in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Andy Messersmith in the 3rd round of the 1965 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Reed in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Gary Taylor in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rick Austin in the 22nd round of the 1965 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Steve Arlin in the 23rd round of the 1965 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ray Peters in the 28th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Terry Ley in the 30th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1965: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bill Butler in the 37th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

1969: The New York Yankees' uniform number 7 is retired on Mickey Mantle Day. A crowd of 60,096 comes to Yankee Stadium to honor Mantle and watches New York sweep the Chicago White Sox.

1971: The Detroit Tigers drafted Tom Veryzer in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.
1971: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dennis DeBarr in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
1971: The Detroit Tigers drafted Danny Fife in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).
1971: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ron Cash in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).
1971: The Detroit Tigers drafted Gene Pentz in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
1971: The Detroit Tigers drafted Gary Christenson in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

1975: Tigers' Tom Veryzer doubles with 2 outs in the 9th to break up Ken Holtzman's no-hitter.

1976: The Chicago Cubs purchased Joe Coleman from the Detroit Tigers.

1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Pat Underwood in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dave Stegman in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary).
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Alan Trammell in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dan Petry in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jack Morris in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ozzie Smith in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Glenn Gulliver in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rod Booker in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Roger Weaver in the 16th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
1976: The Detroit Tigers drafted Kip Young in the 23rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

1977: Nolan Ryan notches his fourth career 19-strikeout game, pitching the first 10 innings of a game against Toronto.

1978: In the 12th round of the amateur draft, the Detroit Tigers select Michigan State’s Kirk Gibson. Gibson starred in football and only played baseball for one year in college, but he announces his attention to focus on baseball.

1981: The Detroit Tigers drafted Randy O'Neal in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary).
1981: The Detroit Tigers drafted Nelson Simmons in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
1981: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bryan Kelly in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
1981: The Detroit Tigers drafted Chuck Cary in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
1981: The Detroit Tigers drafted Scott Earl in the 14th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
1981: The Detroit Tigers drafted Barry Lyons in the 25th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but was not signed.

1983: Lou Whitaker has a career high 11 total bases as he gets two doubles, a triple, and a home run. He thus misses the cycle by a single in the Tigers 6 - 3 win over boston.
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1984: Tigers beat the Orioles 3-2 in Baltimore. Trailing 2-1 in 7th, Tigers take the lead for good on a Howard Johnson RBI double and an Alan Trammell sac fly. Tigers are 41-13

1986: In the longest nine-inning game by time in American League history, Baltimore beats the Yankees, 18 - 9. The game features nine pitchers, 36 hits, and 16 walks, and takes 4:16 to complete.

1992: The Detroit Tigers released William Brennan.

1999: Tigers beat Pirates, 11-4.
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2001: Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) purchased Tom Evans from the Detroit Tigers.

2001: Damion Easley becomes the 9th Detroit Tigers player to hit for the cycle, and the first since 1993 when Travis Fryman accomplished the feat. Detroit beats Milwaukee 9 - 4.
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2005: The Detroit Tigers traded Ramon Martinez and Ugueth Urbina to the Philadelphia Phillies for Placido Polanco.
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2009: The Detroit Tigers released Jason Tyner.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Ben Johnson as a free agent.
2010: The Detroit Tigers drafted Drew Smyly in the 2nd round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2010.
2010: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rob Brantly in the 3rd round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2010.
2010: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bryan Holaday in the 6th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2010.
2010: The Detroit Tigers drafted Kyle Ryan in the 12th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2010.
2010: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jeff Ferrell in the 26th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2010.

2012: Omir Santos of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2013: The Detroit Tigers drafted Chad Green in the 11th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2013.
2013: The Detroit Tigers drafted Matt Wotherspoon in the 20th round of the 2013 amateur draft, but was not signed.
2013: The Detroit Tigers drafted Joe Mantiply in the 27th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2013.

2015: The Detroit Tigers drafted Christin Stewart in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2015.

2016: Al Ackerman dies at age 90. Longtime Detroit sportscaster coined the phrase "Bless You Boys" for the 1984 Tigers.
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2018: Comerica Bank and the Tigers congratulate Torii Hunter #48 as the 2018 Detroit Tigers Willie Horton African American Legacy Award recipient.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grzenjo01.shtml
Joe Grzenda 1961.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ritzke01.shtml
Kevin Ritz 1989-1992.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mlickda01.shtml
Dave Mlicki 1999-2001.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perisma01.shtml
Matt Perisho 2001-2002.

Tigers players and announcers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroow01.shtml
Ownie Carroll 1925, 1927-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henshro01.shtml
Roy Henshaw 1942-1944.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Northrup
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/northji01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7d747d5d
Jim Northrup 1964-1974, announcer 1985-1994.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-toy-with-opener-strategy-in-win-vs-twins
Tigers find success by keeping 'open' mind.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/6...re-jacoby-jones-christin-stewart-nick-ramirez
Tigers 9 - Twins 3: JaCoby Jones goes deep twice, bullpen is solid.
If there was one game the Tigers should have been blown out in this year, it was this one. Funny how things work.
BYBTB

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/video/jones-2-hr-5-rbi-game-vs-twins
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the twins.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-v...542#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=565542
Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...s-homers-twice-tigers-thump-twins/1397304001/
Jones homers twice as Tigers thump Twins 9 - 3.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...roit-tigers-minnesota-twins-score/1396768001/
Detroit Tigers observations: JaCoby Jones' career day, bullpen great.
Freep

Post game; Tigers calling up righty reliever Carlos Torres, who they signed a couple weeks ago. Zac Reininger optioned to Toledo.
 
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June 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1900: A forerunner of today's players' union is organized in New York. Three delegates from each National League team launch the Players Protective Association and elect Chief Zimmer president. Former player Harry Taylor‚ of Buffalo‚ is the attorney. Their goal is to negotiate contracts and rules changes.

1905: The A's Rube Waddell loses after 10 wins in a row as the White Sox beat him, 3 - 2 in 14 innings. Waddell will be 26-11 for the Athletics this year; his 1.48 ERA will be the American League's best.

1914: At the Baker Bowl, Honus Wagner joins Cap Anson as the only members of the 3000 hit club. It comes in Wagner's 2,332nd game. Nap Lajoie will join the club in September. Later calculations will put the date of Wagner's historic hit on June 30th or July 4th, given discrepancies in 19th century record-keeping.

1915: The 2nd-place Tigers paste the Red Sox‚ 15 - 0. With lefty Ray Collins on the mound in the 3rd‚ Ty Cobb swipes home‚ one of his 3 steals on the day. His steal attempt in the first inning cuts up SS Everett Scott‚ forcing him to retire. The Tigers manage 17 hits‚ including 4 by Bobby Veach. Hooks Dauss‚ with 6 innings pitched‚ is the winner.
But despite 100 wins by the Tigers this season, Boston will edge them out for the pennant.

1916: In Detroit‚ consecutive doubles by Bobby Veach and George Burns stop Babe Ruth's scoreless innings streak at 25 innings. Ruth evens the score with a longest drive ever seen at Navin Field‚ into the RF bleachers. When Ruth tires in the 9th‚ Carl Mays relieves and loses‚ 6 - 5.

1918: Ossie Vitt gets the #Tigers' only hit off Walter Johnson in a 2-0 loss.

1920: The Yankees come from behind to club the host Tigers‚ 13 - 6. Pacing the Yanks are Bob Meusel‚ with a double and two singles‚ and George Mogridge with a bases-loaded double before the Tigers knock him out. Babe Ruth has a single‚ two walks and is hit with a pitch. The Tigers are playing without Ty Cobb‚ out ten days with an injured knee.

1933: In Philadelphia‚ Jimmie Foxx ties a major league record with another homer‚ his 5th in 3 games and his 12th of the year‚ but the A's bow to the Yankees, 7 - 6. Lou Gehrig hits his 12th of the year and Tony Lazzeri hits a 3-run homer in the 8th to ice it. The sweltering heat in the east (New York City sets a heat record for the date with 97 degrees) causes both starters to end early; Jim Peterson leaves after walking the leadoff batter and after 5 innings Jumbo Brown collapses in the Yankees dugout and has to be carried away.

1937: Mickey Cochrane is taken off Detroit's active-player roster. 3B Marv Owen is sidelined with a broken bone in his hand‚ and Rudy York is recalled from Toledo to replace him.

1937: Dizzy Dean outpitches Carl Hubbell as the Cards top the Giants‚ 8 - 1.

1945: Following an 8 - 7 win over the Phils‚ Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher, allegedly using brass knuckles‚ slugged him after an Ebbets Field cop hit him and broke his jaw‚ then pinned back his arms. The fan‚ John Christian‚ had been loudly berating the Dodgers and‚ after the 6th inning‚ the policeman was escorting the fan beneath the stands when the incident occurred. The case will come to trial next April and the all-male jury will take just 38 minutes to find the policeman and Durocher not guilty. In a separate settlement of a civil suit before the trial‚ Durocher paid Christian $6‚750.

1946: The New York Giants' Mel Ott becomes the first major league manager to be ejected in both ends of a doubleheader. The Pittsburgh Pirates win both games, 2 - 1 and 5 - 1.

1946: Ted Williams hits his "red seat" home run at Fenway.

1952: The Detroit Tigers signed Harvey Kuenn as an amateur free agent.

1954: The Detroit Tigers traded Johnny Bucha, Chuck Kress, Ernie Nevel and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Wayne Belardi.

1955: The Detroit Tigers signed Jim Brady as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

1959: 16-year-old Willie Horton hits a home run in the Detroit Public High School championship game at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
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1963: Ernie Banks bangs solo homers off Sandy Koufax‚ in the 2nd and the 5th at Wrigley Field‚ and the Cubs kayo the ace with 6 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. But Sandy gets no decision as the Dodgers outslug the Cubs‚ 11 - 8.

1969: Mickey Lolich's 16 strikeouts in 9 innings ties the Detroit record he set May 23rd‚ but the Tigers drop a 3 - 2‚ 10-inning decision to Seattle. Pat Dobson is the loser. The only run off Lolich is a leadoff home run by Dick Simpson on the first pitch of the game.

1970: Detroit's Willie Horton clubs 3 home runs‚ including a grand slam‚ knocking in 7 runs in an 8 - 3 win over Milwaukee.
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1979: Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 batters in a 4-hit‚ 9 - 1‚ Angels victory over the Tigers.

1979: Tom Seaver fires a 3-hitter‚ retiring the last 24 batters‚ in the Reds' 7 - 1 win over the Expos.

1984: For the second time in a week‚ the Orioles' Mike Flanagan beats the Tigers‚ this time shutting them out‚ 4 - 0‚ out on 7 hits. The Tigers stay in front by 5 1/2 games.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike York as a free agent.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Steve Lombardozzi as a free agent.

1990: Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers homers from each side of the plate for the tenth time in his career (the second time this season) to tie Mickey Mantle's major-league record.

2003: The Detroit Tigers purchased Kevin Jordan from Camden (Atlantic).

2009: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jacob Turner in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.
2009: The Detroit Tigers drafted Andy Oliver in the 2nd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.
2009: The Detroit Tigers drafted Daniel Fields in the 6th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.
2009: The Detroit Tigers drafted Adam Wilk in the 11th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2009.
2009: The Detroit Tigers drafted Giovanni Soto in the 21st round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2009.
2009: The Detroit Tigers drafted Parker Markel in the 32nd round of the 2009 amateur draft, but was not signed.

2010: The Detroit Tigers drafted Cody Hall in the 35th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but was not signed.

2015: The Detroit Tigers released Ryan Perry.
2015: The Detroit Tigers drafted Drew Smith in the 3rd round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2015.
2015: The Detroit Tigers drafted Matt Hall in the 6th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2015.

2018: Tigers 2B from 1961 to 1967 Jake Wood helps honor former Negro League players and their relatives in a pregame tribute.
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2018: Tigers beat Cleveland 4-2 on a 2-run walk-off home run by Jeimer Candelario in the 12th inning.

2019: Former Boston Red Sox great David Ortiz is shot in the back while sitting in a bar in Santo Domingo. The shooter is immediately apprehended, while Ortiz undergoes surgery and is said to be out of danger.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Baldwin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baldwbi01.shtml
Billy Baldwin 1975.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Javair_Gilett
Javair Gilett strength/conditioning coach 2005-2014.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huelsfr01.shtml
Frank Huelsman 1904.

Baseball Reference
 
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What has made the difference for JaCoby Jones and his improvement at the plate?
 
Justin Mashore didn?t make it to the majors. A third-round pick in the 1991 draft, he went on to play 11 professional seasons ? the first six in the Detroit Tigers system ? but Triple-A was his apex. Injuries helped squelch his dreams. By the time he?d played his last game, at age 29, his medical record showed six knee surgeries. A dozen or so years later, the outfielder-turned-coach had both knees replaced.

What might have been isn?t something that dwells in Mashore?s mind.

?Once you get into coaching, you realize just how small of a window it is to get that opportunity,? said Mashore, who was a hitting coach for the Texas Rangers from 2016-2018, and is now in that role with the Triple-A New Orleans Baby Cakes. ?I have no regrets. The way I look at it, everything I went through in the minors makes me better at what I do now.?

A number of Mashore?s former teammates did go to play in the big leagues. Bobby Higginson ? ?A blue collar guy who wasn?t big on accolades; he just went out there and did his job every day? ? was among the notables. Another was Tony Clark, whom Mashore said, ?always had that aura about him; you could see the leadership qualities.?

And then there was Justin Thompson. Detroit?s 1991 first-rounder went on to make his MLB debut at age 23, and a year later he was representing the Tigers in the All-Star Game. The glory was short-lived. Beset by arm woes, Thompson never came close to attaining the long-term success that once seemed inevitable.

?There?s more to it than just being talented,? said Mashore. ?The script isn?t written for you. When someone is a first-round pick, you think everything is going to come easy for him. But things happen. Sometimes your career gets derailed. A lot of things have to go right for you to make it.?

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