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October 16 in Tigers and mlb history:

1888: The Boston Beaneaters purchased Dan Brouthers, Charlie Ganzel, Hardy Richardson, Deacon White and Charlie Bennett from the Detroit Wolverines for $30,000.

1888: The Detroit Wolverines make a huge blunder when they sell outfielder Sam Thompson to the Philadelphia Quakers for $5,000. The popular Thompson, known for his trademark handlebar mustache and hulking physique, is dealt because ownership is seeking quick cash. After leaving Detroit, Thompson hits .334 and wins two home run crowns in ten seasons with Philly. In 1974 he is elected to the Hall of Fame.

1900: Leon Goslin is born in Salem, New Jersey. The tall ballplayer later earns the nickname ?Goose? because of the funny way he walks, and goes on to a Hall of Fame career. The Tigers make a great trade in 1933 to get Goslin, who serves as a valuable run producer in his stint with the team. His RBI-single is the winning run in the 1935 World Series, driving in teammate Mickey Cochrane. In 1968 Goslin is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1909: The Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series as rookie pitcher Babe Adams registers his third victory of the Series by beating the Detroit Tigers, 8 - 0, in Game Seven.
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1910: Ban Johnson, American League president, declares Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb the league's batting champion after questioning Nap Lajoie's "suspicious" eight-hit performance in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns on the season's last day.

1911: In the World Series, pitchers Rube Marquard of the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics' Eddie Plank are in command of a 1 - 1 game when Philadelphia's Eddie Collins hits a RBI double in the 6th inning and Frank Baker bats a home run for a 3 - 1 victory. The Series is even after two games.

1912: Fred Snodgrass drops a fly ball in the 10th inning that helps the Boston Red Sox score two runs and take the World Series from the New York Giants.

1920: Ty Cobb is warmly greeted in San Francisco at the start of a West Coast barnstorming tour.

1921: In defiance of a Kenesaw Mountain Landis ban on World Series participants playing post-season exhibitions, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy launch a barnstorming tour in Buffalo. Five days later, they cut it short in Scranton. In the meantime Ruth openly challenges Judge Landis to act. The judge does, fining the players their World Series shares ($3,362.26), and suspending them until May 20 of the following season.
Judge Landis also outlaws gentleman's agreements and cover-ups of players optioned to the minors without proper paperwork.
He declares six players free agents, including Heinie Manush, who will ride a 17-year career .330 batting average into the Hall of Fame in 1964.

1923: Soon after Babe Ruth receives his World Series winner's share of $6,160.46, insurance agent Harry Heilmann, who beat Ruth for the batting title by 10 points, sells him a $50,000 life insurance policy. Beneficiaries are Mrs. Ruth and adopted daughter Dorothy.

1928: Mickey Cochrane wins American League MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by two points. Neither Babe Ruth nor Lou Gehrig is eligible, having won the award before.

1936: Lou Gehrig, who hit .354 with 49 home runs, 167 runs, and 152 RBI, is voted American League MVP.

1938: The first ever Lions game at Briggs Stadium (Tiger Stadium).
http://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/?p=6040

1960: In the first structural change since 1900, the National League votes to admit Houston and New York into the Senior Circuit. The two expansion teams will begin play in 1962.

1962: With the tying and winning runs in scoring position, Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hits a hard line drive at second baseman Bobby Richardson for the final out and the New York Yankees win Game 7, 1 - 0, for their 20th World Series title. This is the last yankees' championship led by Mantle. The Yankees next championship will be in another 15 years.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1581645133719953408

1969: The New York Mets win their fourth straight game from the Baltimore Orioles with a 5 - 3 triumph behind pitcher Jerry Koosman, who throws a five-hitter, to take the World Series in five games.

1971: In the World Series, Brooks Robinson drives in Frank Robinson in the 10th inning of Game 6 to give Baltimore a Series-tying 3 - 2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Dave McNally gets the victory in relief and Bob Miller is the loser. Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente does all he can to win the game single-handed. Stranded after his 1st-inning triple to the wall in left center, his 3rd-inning solo shot puts Pittsburgh up, 2 - 0. He's retired on long flies in the 5th and 8th innings while Pittsburgh fritters away its modest lead. He comes up in the 10th inning with Dave Cash having just stolen second base. Baltimore manager Earl Weaver walks Clemente intentionally, preferring to face Willie Stargell, and Al Oliver, who flies out to center.
All of Clemente's offensive contributions notwithstanding, the reason the game reaches extra innings is his defensive gem in the bottom of the 9th, a no-look, one-hop strike from Memorial Stadium's right field corner, 310 feet away, to catcher Manny Sanguillen, preventing the runner at first, running on contact on Don Buford's two-out double, from even attempting to score.
By extending the game, Clemente's throw will force Baltimore's best player, Frank Robinson, to win this game with his legs, challenging the arm of centerfielder Vic Davalillo on two consecutive plays. In doing so, Robinson tears his left hamstring and aggravates an already damaged right Achilles tendon; he will be but a shadow of himself in the decisive 7th game.

1975: Tony Perez breaks an 0 for 15 slump with two home runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6 - 2 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World Series.

1984: Detroit honors the Tigers with a championship parade.
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1986: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Collins.

1987: The Detroit Tigers released Johnny Grubb.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Dwight Lowry.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Nate Snell.

1995: Kevin Baez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1995: Kent Bottenfield of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1995: Ivan Cruz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1995: Joe Hall of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1995: Alan Zinter of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1998: Alejandro Freire of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1998: Pedro Swann of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2003: The New York Yankees capture their 39th American League pennant beating the Red Sox, 6 - 5, thanks to Aaron Boone's 11th-inning home run off Tim Wakefield at Yankee Stadium. Boone becomes the fifth player to end a postseason series with a homer joining Bill Mazeroski (1960 WS), Chris Chambliss (1976 ALCS, Joe Carter (1993 WS) and Todd Pratt (1999 NLDS2).

2012: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Jeff Baker. The Detroit Tigers sent Marcelo Carreno (minors) (October 16, 2012) and cash (October 16, 2012) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

2012: Detroit takes a 3 games to none lead in the ALCS behind another strong performance by ace Justin Verlander. Verlander gives up no runs through the first 8 innings before allowing a lead-off homer to Eduardo Nunez in the 9th, but needs relief help from Phil Coke, who gets the last two outs in a 2 - 1 win. Delmon Young homers off Philip Hughes for the Bengals' first run in the 4th, then Quintin Berry scores the second run on a double by Miguel Cabrera in the 5th.

2013: The Tigers shuffle their line-up before Game 4 of the ALCS, and it pays off as they defeat the Red Sox, 7 - 3, to even the series. Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera, moved up to the first two spots of the batting order, drive in two runs each as Doug Fister earns the win with 6 strong innings on the mound.
Lou Whitaker throws out the first pitch before Game 4 of the ALCS.

2019: The Angels hire Joe Maddon, who spent 31 years in their organization before managing the Rays and Cubs, as their new manager, replacing Brad Ausmus.

2020: The Astros become only the second team ever to even a seven-game postseason series after being down 3-0 with their 7 - 4 win over the Rays in Game 6 of the ALCS today. Framber Valdez has a strong outing, giving up 1 run in 6 innings while striking out 9, and the Astros score 4 runs in the 5th when Diego Castillo fails in his mission to rescue starter Blake Snell. Manuel Margot homers twice in a losing cause.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Goose_Goslin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosligo01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Goose-Goslin/
Goose Goslin 1934-1937.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Boom-Boom_Beck
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckbo01.shtml
Boom-Boom Beck 1944.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Cain
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cainbo01.shtml
Bob Cain 1951.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Batts
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/battsma01.shtml
Matt Batts 1952-1954.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sisleda01.shtml
Dave Sisler 1959-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montema01.shtml
Manny Montejo 1961.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harpebr01.shtml
Brian Harper 1986.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schoojo01.shtml
Jonathan Schoop 2020-2023.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powelra01.shtml
Ray Powell 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/okriefr01.shtml
Frank Okrie 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carswfr01.shtml
Frank Carswell 1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Yost
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yosted01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Eddie-Yost/
Eddie Yost 1959-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/krencwa01.shtml
Wayne Krenchicki 1983.

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

As PoBO Scott Harris remakes the Tigers franchise, he will have a decision to make on the long-term ?special assistants? who all had some role to play in advising Al Avila. Those advisors include:

Kirk Gibson
Willie Horton
Jim Leyland
Lance Parrish
Alan Trammell

Other than tv broadcasts. Kirk Gibson assists in on-field work at both the MLB and MiLB levels. He also is involved in personnel meetings and travels around the minor league system.

Lance Parrish also travels around the minors and offers a little instruction and observations to the GM.

Alan Trammell does the same and has been actively working with infielders on their skills. He recently spent time with Spencer Torkelson as the Tigers changed him back from a 3Ber to 1st base.

Jim Leyland does scouting of top prospects, assists in various hirings and spends every day during Spring Training watching games and taking notes as he sat with Al Avila. He is often seen in the GM?s suite at Comerica doing the same.

Willie Horton has morphed more and more into the goodwill ambassador but also connects with players on occasion at the personal level. He primarily attends special events.

In recent years, the Marlins fired all of their special advisors and fans became angry. In part, because of the way it was done and the lack of respect shown. But the Marlins did such because they wanted to change who was being heard by the decision-makers and not be mired down by the past.

How should the Tigers handle their special advisors going forward now that there is a new sheriff in town?

Today?s blog addresses this dilemma and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!

For this one blog only, you?ve got 6 sentences max to share your thoughts.
Of course, you can respond to as many other readers as you want.

TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.
Ready?

What should Scott Harris do with the Tigers' special advisors?

1. Keep them in their current advisory roles.

2. Keep only some of them as advisors.

3. Eliminate all special advisors.

4. Take away job responsibilities and make the title honorary only.

VOTE
 
October 17 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: The Philadelphia Athletics score twice in the 11th inning to beat the New York Giants, 3 - 2, in Game 3 of the World Series. Frank Baker hits a home run in the 9th inning off Christy Mathewson to tie the score, 1 - 1. Baker will be tagged with the nickname "Home Run" Baker for his exploits.

1915: In a game between the Indianapolis ABCs and a team of white "All-Stars" from the city, trouble breaks out in the 5th inning when All-Stars baserunner Donie Bush is declared safe by (white) umpire Jimmy Scanlon on an attempted steal of second base, while most observers contend he was out. ABCs second baseman Bingo DeMoss objects vehemently and starts to fight the umpire, at which point 19-year-old CF Oscar Charleston runs in from his official and decks the official with one punch, starting a huge brawl that engulfs players, fans and police officers alike. After order is restored, both DeMoss and Charleston are arrested, although they will be let out on bail and allowed to accompany their team on a planned barnstorming tour of Cuba. When they return to face trial on December 7th, Charleston is fined $10 and DeMoss $5, but the police use the fight as a pretext to ban any further games between teams of different races in the city.

1919: Babe Ruth appears in a Boston Red Sox uniform for the last time when he plays in a WWI American Jewish Relief charity game held in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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1964: Despite a 99-63 record, the Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra after losing the World Series to the Cardinals in seven games. Manager Johnny Keane of the World Champs Cardinals resigns unexpectedly. He will take the Yankee job which opens as the result of the firing of Berra.

1968: Willie Horton and Mickey Lolich campaigning with Vice President Hubert Humphrey during the '68 presidential race.
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1971: Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates caps off an incredible World Series by belting a home run in Game 7 against Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles. Steve Blass wins a 2 - 1 decision and Clemente is named Series MVP after hitting .414.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1581978607995736064

1974: The Oakland Athletics defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 - 2, to win their third straight World Series. Joe Rudi's 7th-inning home run provides the winning margin. The Athletics join the New York Yankees as the only franchises in major league history to win three straight titles.

1978: The New York Yankees win their fourth straight game, 7 - 2, to clinch their second consecutive World Championship over the Dodgers. Brian Doyle and Series MVP Bucky Dent have three hits apiece.

1979: Willie Stargell hits a two-run home run to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4 - 1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles and the World Series in seven games.
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1982: Robin Yount records his second four-hit game of the World Series to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6 - 4 victory in Game 5 and give his team a 3-2 lead overall over St. Louis. Yount is the first player ever to have multiple four-hit games in one World Series.

1989: Minutes before Game 3 of the World Series between Oakland and the San Francisco Giants, an earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area.
The game is postponed and the Series will only resume 11 days later.
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1991: In Game 7 of the NLCS, the Atlanta Braves' Brian Hunter's two-run home run in the 1st inning is all John Smoltz needs as he tosses a 4 - 0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the Braves win their first National League pennant since their move from Milwaukee.

2000: Mariners' Dan Wilson singles to snap a postseason hitless streak of 42 at-bats. The streak, begun in 1995, broke Marv Owen's postseason record 31 hitless at-bats in the 1934 & 1935 World Series.

2013: The Red Sox defeat the Tigers, 4 - 3, in Game 5 of the ALCS. The Sox take an early 4 - 0 lead, but Jon Lester begins tiring in the 5th, when he gives up a first run. The Tigers add runs in the next two innings, but can't tie the game as Koji Uehara records a five-out save.

2021: Major League Baseball announces that it will now mandate teams to provide adequate housing for their minor league players, after numerous stories over recent months have highlighted the poor living conditions that players are often forced to endure as a result of the pittance they are being paid while toiling in the minors.

Tigers players, and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pop_Dillon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dillopo01.shtml
Pop Dillon 1901-1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Red_Rolfe
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/rolfere01.shtml
Red Rolfe manager 1949-1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Klippstein
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klippjo01.shtml
Johnny Klippstein 1967.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Christian
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chrisbo01.shtml
Bob Christian 1968.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pinedlu01.shtml
Luis Pineda 2001.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ennisjo01.shtml
John Ennis 2004.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Delahanty
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/delahji01.shtml
Jim Delahunty 1909-1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hattecl01.shtml
Clyde Hatter 1935, 1937.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Swift
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swiftbo01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/swiftbo01.shtml
Bob Swift 1944-1953, coach 1953-1954, 1963-1966, manager 1965-1966.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Boone
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boonera01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Ray-Boone/
Ray Boone 1953-1958.

Baseball Reference
 
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October 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1910: The Philadelphia Athletics pound the Chicago Cubs, 9 - 3, for a 2-0 lead in the World Series. Eddie Collins collects three hits, including two doubles and two stolen bases.

1924: The Kansas City Monarchs stage a dramatic 9th-inning three-run rally to come from behind and defeat Hilldale, 3 - 2, in Game 8 of the Colored World Series to take a 4-3-1 lead in the best-of-nine series. Following the game, Hilldale manager Frank Warfield verbally assaults catcher Louis Santop, blaming his defensive lapse for the team's loss.

1932: The Baseball Writers Association of America MVP awards are announced, with Jimmie Foxx winning in the American League and Chuck Klein in the National League.

1947: The Detroit Tigers released Skeeter Webb.

1950: Connie Mack, at age 87, retires as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years, and Jimmy Dykes is named to replace him. Mack, together with Ben Shibe, founded the Athletics in 1901. He also holds managerial records for seasons (53), games (7,755), wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and tenure with one club (50 seasons, 1901-1950).
Until 2011, when Tony La Russa did so, no one else had even managed 5,000 major league games, less than two-thirds of Mack's total.
His Athletics teams would win the World Series five times. His teams won the American League pennant in 1905, 1910-1911, 1913-1914 and 1929-1931. Between 1910-1914 he had the services of the famous $100,000 infield, including Eddie Collins, while in 1929-1931 he had players such as Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, Mickey Cochrane and Max Bishop. However, he was hurt financially by the Great Depression and was forced to sell his star players to meet operating expenses.
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1955: Ralph Kiner announces his retirement. The future Hall of Famer, who slumped to 18 home runs and a .243 batting average this year, leaves the game with 369 home runs in 10 seasons.

1960: Instituting a mandatory retirement age of 65, New York Yankees co-owners Dan Topping and Del Webb relieve manager Casey Stengel of his duties. He posted a 1,149-696 record for the Yankees, including 10 American League pennants and seven World Championships, but the Mets would welcome him back to NYC in 1962
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1984: Sparky Anderson named AL Manager of the Year.
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1994: Storm Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1994: Mickey Tettleton of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2000: Sean Runyan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2004: After 5 hours, 49 minutes and 471 pitches, the Boston Red Sox outlast the Yankees, 5 - 4, in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. The Red Sox, down three games to none at the start of the game, stage a remarkable 9th-inning comeback just to get to extra innings, when pinch-runner Dave Roberts steals second base with Mariano Rivera on the mound before scoring the tying run on Bill Mueller's single.
Boston DH David Ortiz, who is the first player in history to hit two walk-off home runs during the postseason, completes the comeback win with 2-run shot in the bottom of the 12th.

2007: Joe Torre is out after 12 seasons as manager of the New York Yankees when he refuses to take a large pay cut to return in 2008. The Yankees have reached the postseason in all of Torre's seasons at the helm.

2012: The Detroit Tigers complete a four-game sweep of the Yankees in the ALCS with an 8 - 1 win at home. The Tigers build a 6-0 lead after four innings, chasing CC Sabathia, as Max Scherzer cruises to the win. Delmon Young, who is named series MVP, drives in the winning run for the fourth straight game while the Tigers homer four times. The Yankees were thoroughly outplayed, never leading once in the four games, scoring only 6 runs and batting a mere .157.
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2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Arcenio Leon as a free agent.

2018: The Red Sox win the American League pennant by defeating Houston, 4 - 1, in Game 5 of the ALCS. David Price turns in a great performance, shutting out the Astros for the first 6 innings. All of Boston's runs score on long balls, a solo shot by J.D. Martinez in the 3rd and three-run homer by Rafael Devers in the 6th, both off Justin Verlander. Jackie Bradley, who had 9 RBIs in the series, is named the winner of the ALCS MVP Award.

2020: The Dodgers make it to the World Series for the third time in the last four years by defeating the Braves, 4 - 3, in Game 7 of the NLCS. Highlights include late-game homers by Kik? Hernandez and Cody Bellinger that put the Dodgers ahead, a home run-robbing catch by RF Mookie Betts, and an egregious baserunning blunder that erases two Braves runners, both in scoring position, on one play. Corey Seager goes hitless in this game, but his 5 homers and 11 RBIs in the series were key to the Dodgers overcoming deficits of 2-0 and 3-1 to come out on top, and he his named NLCS MVP.

2022: The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Ali Sanchez off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Babe_Pinelli
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pinelba01.shtml
Babe Pinelli 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Yats_Wuestling
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wuestya01.shtml
Yats Wuestling 1929-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Roy_Cullenbine
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cullero01.shtml
Roy Cullenbine 1938-1939, 1945-1947.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holtgve01.shtml
Vern Holtgrave 1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Willie_Horton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hortowi01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Willie-Horton/
Willie Horton 1963-1977, executive advisor 2005-present.
The 'People's Champion', "Willie The Wonder" is 81 years old today.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/farmeed01.shtml
Ed Farmer 1973.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cespeyo01.shtml
Yoenis Cespedes 2015.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fainfe01.shtml?redir
Ferris Fain 1955.

Baseball Reference
 
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FIRST CLUES. This is a Great read.
Totally Tigers

New President of Baseball Operations, Scott Harris, reminds me of a duck. Calm and quiet on the surface but paddling furiously under the water.

This is how it is whenever anyone new, from outside the organization, comes in. You?ve got to do a lot of work first before you can make changes that everyone else will see.

Harris took 3 weeks to complete an ?orientation? process as he called it. On his first full day, changes were made to the coaching staff. On the next day, another move. This time in the Front Office.

After that? Not much. But don?t get concerned.

The changes, they are a?comin?.
 
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