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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019...illegal-use-of-technology-to-steal-signs.html
Astros Accused Of Illegal Use Of Technology To Steal Signs.
MLBTR

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/1...igers-about-astros-sign-stealing-tactics.html
Mike Fiers says he warned Tigers about Astros? sign-stealing tactics.
Mlive

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28066522/ex-astros-pitcher-mike-fiers-team-stole-signs-camera
Ex-Astros and ex-Tigers pitcher Mike Fiers: Team stole signs with camera.
espn

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-signs-during-championship-season/2585212001/
Ex-Tiger Mike Fiers: Astros used camera to steal signs during championship season.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...houston-astros-stealing-signs-mlb/2577709001/
With latest sign-stealing revelations, Houston Astros once again toe baseball's ethical lines.
Freep

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28068096/mlb-expect-much-astros-investigating-their-own-cheating
MLB shouldn't expect much from Astros investigating their own cheating.
espn
 
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November 13 in Tigers and mlb history:

1899: The National League announces that, starting next season, there will be two umpires working each game.

1931: New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert buys the Newark Bears International League franchise. The Bears will be very successful and will send many players to New York.

1934: Bucky Harris, who managed the 1924 and 1925 American League champion Washington Senators, is hired back to D.C. to replace youthful Joe Cronin, who has been sold to the Boston Red Sox.

1935: Longtime Tigers owner Frank Navin dies of a heart attack while horseback riding on Belle Isle.
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1951: Lefty O'Doul's All-Stars, including Joe DiMaggio, Ferris Fain and Billy Martin, lose 3 - 1 to a Pacific League All-Star team. This is only the second time since 1922 that an American professional team has lost to Japan, and the first time to professional players.

1962: Al Kaline hits a 2-run HR and Larry Osborne hits a grand slam in an exhibition in Shizuoka, Japan.
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1967: Following a meeting of National League owners, president Warren Giles says the league will not stand in the way of American League expansion to Seattle and Kansas City.

1968: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win the National League MVP Award.

1974: Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey is selected National League MVP, after he hit for a .312 average with 21 home runs and 111 RBI.

1978: The New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Luis Tiant to a two-year $875,000 contract. Tiant, formerly of the Boston Red Sox, becomes the first player to sign with a new club following this year's reentry draft.

1979: For the first time in major league history, two players share the Most Valuable Player Award. The National League co-winners are Willie Stargell, the spiritual leader of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who hit .281 with 32 home runs, and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Keith Hernandez, who led the NL in runs (116), doubles (48) and batting average (.344).

1981: Ron Jackson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1984: Ryne Sandberg wins the National League MVP Award, becoming the first Chicago Cubs player to do so since Ernie Banks in 1959. Sandberg hit .314 with 19 home runs and 32 stolen bases and led the NL in runs (114) and triples (19).

1989: After 16 years with the same team, outfielder Jim Rice is released by the Boston Red Sox. Rice retires from the game with 382 home runs and a .298 average. He will eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame.

1989: Charles Hudson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1989: Fred Lynn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1989: Gary Pettis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1989: Frank Tanana of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1990: Oakland Athletics pitcher Bob Welch is named the 1990 American League Cy Young Award winner. His 27 wins were the most in the major leagues since Steve Carlton in 1972.

1995: Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux wins the National League Cy Young Award for an unprecedented fourth straight time. Maddux had a remarkable 19-2 record with a 1.63 ERA, the second year his ERA is below 1.80.

1997: Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies is named National League MVP, becoming the first Canadian in either league to win the honor. Walker, who hit .366 with 49 home runs and 130 RBI, caps off a big week for Canada.

1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Dean Palmer as a free agent.

2000: Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award unanimously in consecutive years. Martinez, who posted an 18-6 mark with a 1.74 ERA, has copped the "top pitcher" honor three of the last four seasons.

2001: Pitcher Randy Johnson, who posted a 21-6 record with a 2.49 ERA and 372 strikeouts, wins his fourth Cy Young Award.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Vic Darensbourg as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Hessman as a free agent.

2006: Justin Verlander named AL Rookie of the Year. First pitcher to earn the honor since Dave Righetti in 1981.
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2008: Cliff Lee wins the 2008 American League Cy Young Award, taking 24 of 28 first-place votes. Lee went 22-3 with a 2.54 ERA for the Cleveland Indians. He led the league in ERA and wins. Lee is the second straight Indians left-hander to win the award, following CC Sabathia in 2007.

2013: Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers, the only 20-game winner in the majors last season, wins the 2013 American League Cy Young Award. Scherzer becomes the fourth Tiger to win (McLain, Hernandez, Verlander).

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Ronny Paulino as a free agent.

2014: The Toronto Blue Jays traded Anthony Gose to the Detroit Tigers for Devon Travis.

2014: OF Mike Trout of the Angels is the unanimous winner of the 2014 American League Most Valuable Player Award, while P Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers adds the 2014 National League Most Valuable Player Award to the Cy Young Award he collected a day earlier.

2017: Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr passes away in Junction City, OR at the age of 99. He was the Oldest Living MLB Player and also the last surviving player to have played in the 1930s.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Delsing
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/delsiji01.shtml
Jim Delsing 1952-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Bilko
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bilkost01.shtml
Steve Bilko 1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_Petry
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/petryda01.shtml
Dan Petry 1979-1987, 1990-1991.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darenvi01.shtml
Vic Darensbourg 2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gerald_Laird
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lairdge01.shtml
Gerald Laird 2009-2010, 2012.

Tigers players and executives who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/elderhe01.shtml
Heinie Elder 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_Navin
Frank Navin owner 1908-1935.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Muddy_Ruel
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruelmu01.shtml
Muddy Ruel 1931-1932, farm director 1952-1954, General Manager 1954-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/veresra01.shtml
Randy Veres 1996.

Baseball Reference
 
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The Tigers have hired Josh Paul as their quality control coach, the team announced. Paul served as the the Angels? bench coach over the previous three years, but the Halos fired him after this season. The 44-year-old Paul was previously a major league catcher and then a well-regarded assistant in the Yankees organization.
MLBTR
 
https://www.mlb.com/news/2019-cy-young-award-winners
JV edges Cole for Cy honors.
MLB.com

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/1...rd-2019-al-nl-justin-verlander-houston-astros
Justin Verlander wins 2nd career AL Cy Young Award.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...g-snaps-streak-runner-up-showings/4186203002/
Ex-Tiger Justin Verlander wins second Cy Young; snaps streak of runner-up showings.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...er-al-cy-young-winner-gerrit-cole/4186051002/
Ex-Detroit Tigers star Justin Verlander wins 2nd AL Cy Young Award, but this one's sweeter.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/1...s-teammate-to-win-his-2nd-cy-young-award.html
Justin Verlander edges teammate to win his 2nd Cy Young Award.
Mlive

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...erlander-wins-second-career-al-cy-young-award
Justin Verlander wins second career AL Cy Young Award.
espn

Justin Verlander has a second American League Cy Young Award ? and a clear path paved toward Cooperstown.

Verlander beat out teammate Gerrit Cole in voting by the Baseball Writers? Association of America announced Wednesday. Verlander got 17 first-place votes compared to 13 for Cole, who became a free agent after the season.

The 36-year-old Verlander won his first Cy Young with the Tigers in 2011, when he was also named Most Valuable Player, and has since been a three-time runner-up.

Since 2011, Verlander (two), Max Scherzer (three), David Price and Rick Porcello have combined to win seven Cy Young awards. They all were part of the Tigers rotation during their run in the early 2010s.

Verlander had one of the best seasons of his carer in 2019, posting a 21-6 record and 2.58 ERA in a league-leading 223 innings. He struck out 300 batters for the first time in his career, and also eclipsed the 3,000 strikeout mark for his career. Verlander also led the league with a 0.80 WHIP and 7.14 strikeout-to-walk ratio. His 7.8 rWAR also led all pitchers, bringing his career total to 71.4 WAR.
 
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...tro-detroit-tigers-rookie-of-year/4179223002/
Infielder Harold Castro named Detroit Tigers' rookie of the year by local media.
Freep

Castro, 25, hit .291 with five home runs and 38 RBI in 97 games this past season, and played at every position except for pitcher and catcher.
In a year with a huge youth influence, Castro showed by far the best baseball instincts of any young position player to arrive from the minor leagues.

Castro, an infielder by trade, also spent time in the outfield. He played 34 games at second base and 30 in center field.

He is the third consecutive infielder to win the award, preceded by Dixon Machado in 2017 and Niko Goodrum in 2018.

The Detroit Sports Media, founded in 1948, has chosen the Tigers? rookie of the year since 1969.
 
November 14 in Tigers and mlb history:

1900: The National League rejects the American League as an equal, declaring it an outlaw league outside of the National Agreement, thus inaugurating a state of war. This follows the AL's announcement two days ago that it has made arrangements to go into Washington, DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Two weeks later the American Association makes it a three-way battle, but that third circuit will remain a minor league.

1929: Former pitching star Joe McGinnity dies at the age of 58. McGinnity, nicknamed "Iron Man", posted 246 wins in only 10 major league seasons. He will enter the Hall of Fame in 1946.

1946: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox wins his first American League Most Valuable Player Award. Williams had hit .406 and led the league in home runs in 1941, but had lost the MVP race to Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees.
He won the Triple Crown a year later, but lost the MVP to Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees.
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This time, Williams beats out Detroit Tigers ace pitcher Hal Newhouser, a two-time winner of the MVP award who finishes second in the balloting.

1957: Milwaukee Braves outfielder Hank Aaron is named National League Most Valuable Player with 239 votes. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is a close second with 230, and his teammate Red Schoendienst finishes third with 221.

1961: John Fetzer buys out the interest of Fred Knorr and becomes sole owner of the #Tigers. He will own the team until 1983.
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1973: Oakland Athletics outfielder Reggie Jackson wins the American League MVP Award in unanimous fashion. The future Hall of Famer led the AL with 32 home runs, 117 RBI, 99 runs and a .531 slugging percentage, in helping the Athletics to their second straight World Series title.

1973: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer is named the 1973 American League Cy Young Award winner. Palmer collected 22 victories and led the circuit with a 2.40 ERA.

1979: Don Baylor of the California Angels wins the MVP Award in the American League. The league leader in both runs scored (120) and runs batted in (139), Baylor also hit .296 with 36 home runs, helping the Angels win the AL West Division and reach the postseason for the first time in franchise history.

1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Datz as a free agent.

1995: The San Diego Padres sent Tim Hyers to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Warren Morris as a free agent.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Durbin as a free agent.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Alexis Gomez as a free agent.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Steve Torrealba as a free agent.

2006: Justin Verlander becomes the fourth Tiger to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Verlander went 17-9 with a 3.63 ERA in 30 starts as a rookie, also starting Game One of the World Series. He joins Harvey Kuenn, Mark Fidrych, and Lou Whitaker as members of the Tigers to win the award.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Darin Downs as a free agent.

2012: Free agent OF Torii Hunter signs a two-year, $26-million contract with the Detroit Tigers.

2012: The Cy Young Awards are announced in both leagues. In the National League, R.A. Dickey of the Mets is the first knuckleballer ever so honored after finishing the year with a record of 20-6, 2.73 and 230 strikeouts.

2012: In the American League, David Price of the Rays edges last year's winner, Justin Verlander of the Tigers, 153 to 149. Price receives 14 first-place votes after finishing the season at 20-5, 2.56 with 205 Ks, while Verlander gets 13, after a season during which he went 17-8, 2.64 with 239 strikeouts.

2013: The MVPs in the two major league circuits are both clear-cut picks: Andrew McCutchen gets 28 of 30 first-place votes in the NL and Miguel Cabrera 23 in the AL.
Cabrera led the 2013 AL in average, slugging, OBP and OPS, was second in homers and RBI to win his second straight AL MVP.
Miggy becomes the third Tiger to win two MVP awards, joining Hank Greenberg and Hal Newhouser.

2013: Major League Baseball owners agree to fund an expanded video review system in 2014. The plan, which would allow managers to challenge almost any call by umpires except for balls and strikes, still needs to gain approval from the Players Association and Umpires Union.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Victor Martinez as a free agent.

2016: Michael Fulmer is named A.L. Rookie of the Year, becoming the fifth player in #Tigers history to earn the honor.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Niko Goodrum as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carisfr01.shtml
Fred Carisch 1923.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sealejo01.shtml
Johnny Seale 1964-1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Willie_Hernandez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernawi01.shtml
Willie Hernandez 1984-1989.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nifu01.shtml
Fu-Te Ni 2009-2010.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Clete_Thomas
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomacl02.shtml
Clete Thomas 2008-2009, 2012.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Boss_Schmidt
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schmibo01.shtml
Charles 'Boss' Schmidt 1906-1911.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gail_Harris
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harriga01.shtml
Gail Harris 1958-1960.

Baseball Reference
 
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