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December 26 in Tigers and mlb history:

1906: National League umpire Hank O'Day suggests that the batter's box be outlined with white rubber strips rather than chalk, making it impossible for hitters to erase the lines. But the rule will never be implemented.

1919: Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee makes a secret agreement to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000 (one-fourth cash, plus $25,000 a year at 6 percent) plus guaranteeing a $300,000 loan with Fenway Park as collateral. The transaction will be announced publicly in one week.

1934: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies the Brooklyn Dodgers' claim to the services of teenage pitcher Johnny Vander Meer. In June of 1938 pitching for the Reds, Vander Meer will pitch no-hitters in consecutive starts, the only pitcher in MLB history to do so.

1950: With a large portion going to the players' pension fund, outgoing Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the Gillette Razor Company has purchased the television rights to the All-Star Game for six years for six million dollars.

1974: The Little League is officially open to girls as U.S. President Gerald Ford signs legislation amending the charter of the organization. Little League had sought changes in their charter after a series of lawsuits challenged its boys-only rule.

1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Christopher as a free agent.

1995: The Associated Press selects Cal Ripken, Jr.'s consecutive game streak as the top sports story of the year, followed by the death of Mickey Mantle.

2005: The Associated Press reports that baseball took a lot of shots in 2005 from politicians, commentators and players themselves as the sport struggled with steroids.
MLB went from no drug policy in 2002, to anonymous testing in 2003, to counseling for positive tests in 2004, to a dozen 10-day suspensions this year.
Starting next year, an initial positive test will result in a 50-game suspension, and players will be tested for amphetamines for the first time, with penalties for a second positive result.

2008: 44-year-old Randy Johnson, a five-time Cy Young Award winner, signs with his hometown San Francisco Giants for $8 million (with $5 million in incentives) for one season. Johnson is five wins shy of 300 for his career.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cavetpu01.shtml
Pug Cavet 1911, 1914-1915.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Herman_Pillette
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillehe01.shtml
Herman Pillette 1922-1924.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Storm_Davis
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisst02.shtml
Storm Davis 1993-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Omar_Infante
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/infanom01.shtml
Omar Infante 2002-2007, 2012-2013.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Darin_Downs
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/downsda02.shtml
Darin Downs 2012-2013.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gessldo01.shtml
Doc Gessler 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/billijo02.shtml
Josh Billings 1927-1929.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reibefr01.shtml
Frank Reiber 1933-1936.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chris_Brown
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownch02.shtml
Chris Brown 1989.

Baseball Reference
 
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OPEN MIKE!
Totally Tigers

It?s the holidays! And to keep the celebration humming, readers get a bonus chance to be heard. Yep, one more opportunity to comment on the Tiger topic of your choosing.

As usual, we have opened up the comment parameters for you, so you can really get those juices flowing.
Comments on THIS DAY ONLY can be expanded to a maximum of 8 sentences.
So pick a topic and let us hear from you! What?s on your minds?
 
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...e-team-made-our-squad-baseball-best-2010-2019
MLB All-Decade Team: Who made our squad of baseball's best from 2010-2019? Verlander, Miggy, Scherzer here.
espn

Picking a 2010s all-decade team is fun, and everyone has been doing that. You know what's even more fun? Picking an all-decade team for every decade since 1900!

What goes into an all-decade team? It's some amorphous mix of decade-long value, peak-level dominance and iconic status. Some might factor in postseason performance or World Series titles, and some might consider that irrelevant, focusing only on regular-season numbers.

Here were my rules: I picked nine position players -- one for each position, including at least one outfielder who must be a center fielder, plus a utility/DH role that can be any position. I picked five starting pitchers, plus a relief ace for each decade since the 1940s. All WAR totals listed are from Baseball-Reference.com, and only numbers compiled from within the given decade were considered -- some all-time greats might not fit neatly in a specific decade; a few were great enough for long enough to make more than one all-decade team.

2019-20 Hot Stove League

Check in on the trades, free-agent signings and more, from now until pitchers and catchers report. MLB Offseason page ?

One general note: WAR doesn't make any timeline adjustment, something to keep in mind as you compare players across eras. As the quality of play improves over time, it becomes more difficult to post big numbers. In other words, my take is that an 8.0-WAR season is more impressive in 2019 than it was in 1929.

So let's get to it, starting with an in-depth look at the 2010s and then comparing our just-ended decade to the previous 10.

All-decade teams: 2000s | 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s | 1930s | 1920s | 1910s | 1900s
 
December 27 in Tigers and mlb history:

1874: The first documented baseball game in Cuba takes place in a field known as Palmar de Junco, in the province of Matanzas. In the match, called after seven innings due to darkness, the Habana team defeated that of Matanzas with the unbalanced score of 51 to 9 runs.

1919: One day after secretly working out a deal to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee says his team will deal any player except Harry Hooper. But Hooper will be sent to the Chicago White Sox after the 1920 season.

1953: the Lions beat the Browns 17-16 at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium to win their second straight NFL championship.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMeR5egWsAAQv8-?format=jpg&name=900x900

1972: Roberto Clemente's final home run comes on his final swing during a batting demonstration in front of "300 admiring kids during a baseball clinic at the town of Aguadilla," reports United Press International, according to whom Clemente hits "the fifth pitch about 350 feet out of left field at the local park."
Clemente's fellow Pirate and fellow Puerto Rican Fernando Gonzalez is on hand and his recollections will later be recorded by Clemente biographer Kal Wagenheim: "That day in Aguadilla, he spent the whole afternoon under the sun – giving a clinic for the kids. At one point he was giving batting pointers, and there was a kid – about eighteen years old – pitching to him. The people in the stands kept yelling, 'Roberto, bet you can't hit a homer!' Finally, on the last pitch,
he smacked the ball right out of the stadium. He gave the kid the bat as a souvenir, and somebody else got the ball. Afterward, they erected a small monument to mark the spot where the ball fell. I think that was the last time Roberto swung a bat, and he hit a home run."

1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Encarnacion as an amateur free agent.

2001: After 21 years being heard on WABC, the New York Yankees will broadcast their spring training, regular-season and postseason games on all-news station WCBS-AM which is owned by Infinity Broadcasting. The five-year deal with the Yankees' YES Network, created earlier this year, is worth approximately $50 million.

2012: OF Hideki Matsui announces his retirement at a press conference in New York, NY. He had hit .304 with 332 home runs as a three-time MVP during his prime in Japan, then added 175 homers, a World Series MVP award and a .282 average winding down his career in the US.

Tigers players birthdays:

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

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jackie_Tavener
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tavenja01.shtml
Jackie Tavener 1921, 1925-1928.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Red_Lynn
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lynnre01.shtml
Red Lynn 1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Tobin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tobinji01.shtml
Jim Tobin 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmede01.shtml
Dean Palmer 1999-2003.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Porcello
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porceri01.shtml
Rick Porcello 2009-2014.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buelofr01.shtml
Fritz Buelow 1901-1904.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peaslma01.shtml
Marv Peasley 1910.

Baseball Reference
 
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WOULD YOU RATHER?
Totally Tigers

With the holiday season upon us, let?s have some more fun with our newest blog, Would You Rather.

As you will see, the choices aren?t easy ? and that?s the way it?s meant to be. But it is meant to stir up some good discussion.

As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons ( 4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!

The Tigers gave Jeimer Candelario some quality time at first base last year. Would you rather ...

1. Have that continue.

2. Have C.J. Cron take over for one year.

Vote.
 
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