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http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/video?UUID=254e4242-f2ee-466c-8f06-47ac28dec04b#
Post game webvideo recap with Rod and Mario.
from DetroitFox

 

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August 17 in Tigers history :

1967: The Tigers trade P Fred Gladding and cash to the Astros for veteran slugging thirdbaseman Eddie Mathews.

1969: The Tigers tie a club record with six homers, and Denny McLain wins his 19th, beating the A's at Oakland, 9 - 4. Al Kaline homers in the 7th and 9th off relievers, but the first three Bengal homers come off starter Catfish Hunter.

1984 - At Detroit, the Tigers draw 36,496 to break their attendance mark of 2,031,847 set in 1968. They also top the Mariners, 6 - 2, behind Milt Wilcox. Alan Trammell returns to SS for the first time in 39 games and adds two hits.

2009: The Tigers obtain 1B Aubrey Huff from the Orioles in a trade for Brett Jacobson.

Tigers players birthdays :

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rudy_York
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yorkru01.shtml
Rudy York 1934, 1937-1945.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Anderson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderma01.shtml
Matt Anderson 1998-2003.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marotmi01.shtml
Mike Maroth 2002-2007.

Tigers players who passed away :

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Lipon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liponjo01.shtml
Johnny Lipon 1942, 1946, 1948-1952.

from baseball reference

 

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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=14807
Why are batters hit by pitches.
from baseball prospectus

 

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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/08/unfortunate-type-a-free-agents-1.html
Unfortunate Type A free agents.
from mlbtraderumors

Valverde here.

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18103873
Webvideo with Verlanders 8 strikeouts.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18110077
Webvideo with Verlander post game on 18th win and 200 strikeouts.

Both from the Tigers official site

 

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http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/15025/never-too-early-to-talk-postseason-pitching
Never too early to talk postseason pitching.
from espn

Verlander and all the other playoff bound pitchers.

 

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http://baseballmusings.com/?p=72859
Tiger Tigers Burning Bright.
from Baseball Musings

Verlander.

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110817/SPORTS02/308170015/Tigers-notes-quotes-from-Tuesday-s-win
Tigers notes and quotes from last nights win over twins.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110817/SP....-pennant-p rize
Verlander keeps his eyes on the pennant prize.
from the freep

Verlander was told that the last three times the Tigers have won the World Series, one of their pitchers has been that season's American League MVP.
He smiled after hearing that, after he'd given another performance that brought to mind what those MVP hurlers did in those championship years: Willie Hernandez (1984), Denny McLain (1968) and Hal Newhouser (1945).

for the fifth straight game, Jackson didn't strike out.
look for Jackson to have a game off tonight. Leyland saw Jackson slide on a discarded bat Tuesday night, and he became increasingly sure he wanted to rest him tonight.
"He's fine, but his hip was a little sore when he slid on the bat," Leyland said. "This gives him two days off." Andy Dirks will start in Jackson's place in center tonight. Maybe in for late inning defense.

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110817/COL08/108170454/Drew-Sharp-Verlander-winning-his-way-Cy-Young?odyssey=nav|head
Justin Verlander winning his way to Cy Young Award.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detnews.com/article/20110817/OPINION03/108170363/1129/SPORTS0104/Justin-Verlander-proves-most-valuable----again----for-Tigers
Justin Verlander proves most valuable -- again -- for Tigers.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detnews.com/article/20110817/....wer-for-Tiger s
Tigers Notebook : Ramon Santiago supplies power for Tigers.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2011/8/17/2365806/a-sabermetric-view-of-bunting
A sabermetric view of bunting.
from blessyouboystigersblog

 

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http://motorcitybengals.com/2011/08/17/at-the-third-quarter-pole-outfielders/
At the third quarter pole : outfielders.
from motorcitybengals-tigersblog

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2011/08/17/doc-cramer-remembers-mickey-cochrane-hal-newhouser-and-briggs-stadium/
Doc Cramer remembers Mickey Cochrane, Hal Newhouser, and Briggs Stadium. great story.
from DetroitAthletic

 

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/notes.htm
Tigers team report and player notes.
from usatoday

Verlander.

 

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The Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander an MVP candidate?
What "should be" compared to what "could be"
Justin Verlander clearly deserves consideration not only for the American League Cy Young Award, but MVP as well.
But it's unlikely he will even come close as a starting pitcher if recent history is any indication.
- No starting pitcher has won an MVP award since Roger Clemens with Boston in 1986.
- No starting pitcher has finished above 10th in A.L. MVP voting since Minnesota's Johan Santana was seventh in 2006.
- No starting pitcher has finished in the Top 5 in A.L. MVP voting since Boston's Pedro Martinez was fifth in 2000. Martinez was also the last A.L. pitcher in the Top 3 in MVP voting. He was second in 1999.
- Last year, there were only two starting pitchers in the Top 20 receiving A.L. MVP votes. The Yankees' C.C. Sabathia was 13th and Seattle's Felix Hernandez 16th. To give you an idea where that ranked, Minnesota's Delmon Young, the newest Tiger, was 10th.
- Utterly brilliant seasons don't even bring MVP votes for starting pitchers. When Cleveland's Cliff Lee was 22-3 in 2008, he placed 12th. In 2002, when Barry Zito won 23 games for Oakland, he placed 13th.
But even knowing this, there is a question needs to be asked. Who is more valuable to their team in the American League this season than Justin Verlander is to the Tigers? I mean 14 of 18 victories after his team lost the game before. Another when over Cleveland when the Tigers were tied with the Indians for first place. He's thrown more than 100 pitches in every start this season. All his numbers - ERA, k's, WHIP, innings pitched - are really good. He is on pace to go 24-7 this season. No American League pitcher has won 24 or more games since Bob Welch - pride of Hazel Park High School - won 27 for Oakland in 1990. He was ninth in MVP voting that year, but there were two other starting pitchers ahead of him that season, Clemens and Dave Stewart.
from the Oakland Press

 

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http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/15006/ten-guys-who-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame
Ten guys who should be in the Hall of Fame.
from espn

2 Tigers.

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110817/SPORTS02/108170394/Tigers-Al-Alburquerque-shaking-off-concussion
Tigers Al Alburquerque shaking off concussion.
from the freep

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110817&content_id=23320156&vkey=news_det&c_id=det
Austin Jackson banged up after play at plate.
Outfielder slid on top of bat while trying to score.
from the Tigers official site