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November 25 in Tigers and mlb history:

1914: Future Hall of Fame outfielder Joe DiMaggio is born in Martinez, California. The son of Italian immigrants, DiMaggio will make his major league debut in 1936 after starring in the Pacific Coast League and will spend his entire big league playing career with the New York Yankees.

1930: The Sporting News, acting to fill the Most Valuable Player void, announces its selection of New York Giants first baseman Bill Terry as the MVP in the National League, and Washington Senators shortstop Joe Cronin in the American League.

1941: With only three years of major league experience, shortstop Lou Boudreau is named as the Cleveland Indians' manager. At the age of 24 years, four months, and eight days, Boudreau becomes the youngest skipper to pilot a team in the 20th century.

1944: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first Major League Baseball Commissioner, dies of a heart attack at age 78 in Chicago. Landis had ruled over baseball since November 1920 in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, and wielded authority perhaps unparalleled in any other industry. Landis had entered the hospital on October 2nd. He will elected to the Hall of Fame on December 9th in a special ballot.

1949: Ted Williams, who lost the Triple Crown when his batting average was .0002 below that of George Kell, wins the American League MVP Award vote in a landslide. Phil Rizzuto and Joe Page finish second and third in the voting.

1952: The St. Louis Cardinals seek payment from the New York Giants for two televised games in an effort to determine the TV and radio rights of visiting teams for revenue.

1958: The Baseball Writers Association of America names Chicago Cubs slugger Ernie Banks as the National League Most Valuable Player. Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants is the runner-up.

1981: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first relief pitcher ever to win the AL Most Valuable Player Award, edging Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics, 319-308. Fingers saved 28 games while posting an outstanding 1.04 ERA.

1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Denny Harriger as a free agent.

2002: The Detroit Tigers traded Randall Simon to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Adrian Burnside (minors). The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Roberto Novoa (December 16, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2002: The Boston Red Sox hire 28-year-old Theo Epstein as their new general manager. Epstein, a life-time Red Sox fan who grew up about a mile away from Fenway Park, becomes the youngest GM in major league history.

2004: After spending $67 million to acquire its former president's shares of the Seattle Mariners, Nintendo's U.S. subsidiary now owns more than 50 percent of the franchise. Due to the presence of superstar Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle is one of the favorite major league teams in Japan.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Hessman as a free agent.

2014: Ezequiel Carrera of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Huffman as a free agent.

2019: The Detroit Tigers purchased Dario Agrazal from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2019: The Detroit Tigers released Drew VerHagen.

Tigers players and announcers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Narleski
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/narlera01.shtml
Ray Narleski 1959.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rathbun
Bob Rathbun Tigers radio announcer 1992-94.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wayne_Redmond
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/redmowa01.shtml
Wayne Redmond 1965, 1969.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Leshnock
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leshndo01.shtml
Don Leshnock 1972.

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

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Octavio_Dotel
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doteloc01.shtml
Octavio Dotel 2012-2013.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baezsa01.shtml
Sandy Baez 2018-2019.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carrch01.shtml
Charlie Carr 1903-1904.

Baseball Reference
 
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OTD 65 Years Ago (1954), the Lions beat the Packers 28-24 on #Thanksgiving Day at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium to improve to 8-1.
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/dario-agrazal-traded-to-tigers-for-cash
Tigers land RHP Agrazal from Pirates for cash.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/1...-acquire-rhp-dario-agrazal-pittsburgh-pirates
Detroit Tigers acquire RHP Dario Agrazal from Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Tigers have acquired the rookie pitcher for cash considerations.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...roit-tigers-acquire-dario-agrazal/4299730002/
With Drew VerHagen heading to Japan, Tigers purchase RHP Dario Agrazal.
Detnews

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/tigers-drew-verhagen-japan-nippon-ham-fighters-npb.html
Drew VerHagen To Sign With Japan?s Nippon Ham Fighters.
MLBTR

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/pirates-trade-dario-agrazal-tigers.html
Tigers Acquire Dario Agrazal.
MLBTR
 
November 26 in Tigers and mlb history:

1935: The National League takes over the bankrupt last-place Boston Braves franchise after several failed attempts to buy the club. The league takes over only temporarily, until matters can be straightened out.

1948: National League president Ford Frick steps in and pays $350 for funeral services, including the cost of a coffin, for the unclaimed body of Hack Wilson. The former slugger, who had died probably of alcohol abuse a few days earlier in a Baltimore hospital, is identified only as a white male.

1950: The Gillette Safety Razor Co. signs a six-year deal, worth an estimated $6 million, with Major League Baseball for the TV-radio rights for the World Series.

1958: The American League MVP is Boston Red Sox slugger Jackie Jensen, winning over Yankees pitcher Bob Turley and Indians outfielder Rocky Colavito.

1960: The relocated American League team in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul chooses the nickname "Twins" to represent its franchise. The Twins recently moved from Washington, DC, where they were known as the "Senators."

1961: The Professional Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball. Only National League supervisor of umpires Cal Hubbard votes in favor.

1962: The Houston Colt .45's drafted Conrad Cardinal from the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.
1962: The Detroit Tigers drafted Tommy Matchick from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1962 first-year draft.
1962: The Minnesota Twins drafted Rich Reese from the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.

1962: The Baltimore Orioles traded Whitey Herzog and Gus Triandos to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Brown.

1962: American League batting champ Pete Runnels (.326) is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45s for outfielder Roman Mejias. After that, the Texas native will only hit .252 in Houston next season and will retire in May of 1964.

1963: Second baseman Pete Rose is a landslide winner of National League Rookie of the Year honors, taking 17 of 20 votes. Rose becomes the second Cincinnati Reds player to win the award, after Frank Robinson.

1974: Catfish Hunter meets with Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley in the American Arbitration Association office in New York City for a hearing to determine the validity of Hunter's breach-of-contract claim. Hunter contends that Finley failed to pay $50,000, half of Hunter's salary, to a life insurance fund. The case will go to arbitration.

1975: Boston Red Sox center fielder Fred Lynn becomes the first rookie ever to be named American League Most Valuable Player. Lynn, who batted .331 with 21 home runs, 105 RBI, and league-leading figures in runs (103), doubles (47), and slugging percentage (.566), helped Boston to the American League East title. He also won Rookie of the Year honors.

1980: Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt, who hit .286 with career highs of 48 home runs and 121 RBI, is a unanimous choice as National League Most Valuable Player.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed John Shelby as a free agent.

1996: Less than three weeks after major league owners voted 18-12 against ratification of baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, owners vote again and this time approve it by a vote of 26-4. The landmark agreement brings interleague play to the regular season for the first time, as well as revenue sharing among owners and a payroll tax on players.

1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Marino Santana as a free agent.

1999: Arbitrator Alan Symonette rejects the owners' attempt to dismiss the umpires' grievance, giving the 22 umps booted as a result of last season's disastrous mass resignation strategy a chance to get their jobs back. Symonette will hear the grievance beginning December 13th.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Andy Barkett as a free agent.

2004: Receiving 21 of the 28 first-place votes, Vladimir Guerrero (.337, 39 HR, 126 RBI) wins the American League MVP Award. The 28-year old former Expos outfielder signed as a free agent with the Angels, after the Mets refused to guarantee his salary based on advice from their medical staff.

2009: New York Yankees Public Address announcer Bob Sheppard officially retires at the age of 99. Known as the "Voice of God," Sheppard had been the Yankees PA announcer from 1951 to 2007 before his deteriorating health forced him to step down. He briefly returned in 2008 to announce the Yankees lineup for the final game at the old Yankee Stadium.

2010: the Tigers sign free agent DH/catcher Victor Martinez to a four-year, $50 million contract. Martinez is a switch-hitting career .300 batter and a four-time All-Star.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed John Lindsey as a free agent.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Matt Tuiasosopo as a free agent.

2012: Postseason shares as announced, and the members of the World Champions Giants receive a record $377,022.64 each for their role in winning the title. Even discredited OF Melky Cabrera, suspended after a positive test for PEDs and kicked off the team before its run to the title, gets a full share because of a rule in the collective bargaining agreement. Members of the Detroit Tigers receive $284,274.50 each, the second-highest total for a runner-up.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kerrjo01.shtml
John Kerr 1923-1924.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Richie_Hebner
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hebneri01.shtml
Richie Hebner 1980-1982.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mooremi01.shtml
Mike Moore 1993-1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knebeco01.shtml
Corey Knebel 2014.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smokejo01.shtml
Josh Smoker 2018.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hub_Walker
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkehu01.shtml
Hub Walker 1931, 1935, 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halleto01.shtml
Tom Haller 1972.

Baseball Reference
 
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First and second teams will be announced at the 2019 Winter Meetings in San Diego. Voting ends at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/11/25/bust-a-move/
BUST A MOVE.
Totally Tigers

Back in August 2015, Al Avila became General Manager and was rewarded with a 5-year contract. Tiger ownership said that the 5 years was necessary as that was the amount of time needed in order for Avila to get the Tigers back into playing competitive baseball.

And yet, with more than a year to go and no evidence of a rebuild even taking place, Chris Ilitch extended Al?s contract for a super secret number of years. A first in MLB while also being a contradictory statement of support. Not revealing a single shred of the contract details shows that the owner is either embarrassed to own his action or that it was done to facilitate an imminent sale of the team. Only one of these options makes sense.

Nonetheless, Avila goes into his 5th off-season where the vision and planning of how to construct the team is done. It is the most important part of any GM?s job.

Al has been in the crosshairs of fans throughout this time period as they point to this trade or that trade as having failed. But is it right to cherry pick a handful of trades?

Shouldn?t we be looking at his entire resume of trades and signings? Wouldn?t that be a more accurate assessment?

I hope you?re saying ?yes? because I did all the legwork for you. I have that complete list of Al?s work since he took over.

The majority of his significant moves took place between 2015 ? 2017. After that, most of the Tigers? transactions involved releasing players and signing those plucked off the waiver wire. An astounding number of older journeymen were signed to minor league contracts with the hope that the Tigers might get lucky and fill a hole in the Detroit roster. That project did not turn out well at all.

Excluding the minor league contracts and waiver wire grabs, I?ve listed all the moves Al has made since he took over from Dave Dombrowski. The vast majority of the prospects gained are currently sitting in A and AA ball, with just a handful of players having a short taste of MLB so far.

Take a look and judge for yourself. We already know the outcomes of some of these moves. But what about the others? What are the chances that some of them will actually evolve into smart moves?
 
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