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April 17 in Tigers history:

1955: Al Kaline all of 20 years old with the Detroit Tigers hits three home runs in Briggs Stadium, including a pair in the sixth inning, to drive in six runs.
The Tigers rout the A's 16 - 0 behind Steve Gromek's strong pitching. Kaline will continue a phenomonal season becoming the youngest player in baseball history to lead a league in batting with a .340 average. He also will lead the league in hits 200, and total bases 321.

1960 - Cleveland Indians general manager Frank Lane, notorious for his multiple transactions, sends American League home run king, Rocky Colavito, to the Detroit Tigers for the league's defending batting champion, Harvey Kuenn. The trade is especially unpopular with Indians fans, who regard Colavito as their most popular player and best hitter.

1993: The Detroit Tigers score 20 runs in a game for the second time this week, beating the Seattle Mariners, 20 - 3. Rob Deer is 1 for 2 and scores four runs, while Travis Fryman has four hits and scores five times. Chad Kreuter adds four hits and three runs and Gary Thurman paces the Tigers with four RBI.

2006: Detroit's Chris Shelton and St. Louis' Albert Pujols hit their major league-leading ninth home runs, joining Mike Schmidt (1976), Larry Walker (1997) and Luis Gonzalez (2001) as the only players in major league history with at least nine home runs in their team's first 13 games.

Tigers players birthdays :

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcipe01.shtml
Pedro Garcia 1976.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Max_St._Pierre
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stpiema01.shtml
Max St. Pierre 2010.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ryan_Raburn
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/raburry01.shtml
Ryan Raburn 2004, 2007-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Brown
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/browndi01.shtml
Dick Brown 1961-1962.

from baseball reference

 

[kalinecountry]

Verlander threw 120+ pitches 10X last yr.
Games after 120+ pitches: 79.2 IP, 47 H, 14 R, 11 ER, 13 BB, 77K.
His no-hitter is included in there

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/04/detroit_tigers_stubborn_jim_le.html
Detroit Tigers' stubborn Jim Leyland strikes again with lineup decisions vs. White Sox.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201204...was-Cy-Young?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
On a night of complete drama, Tigers' Justin Verlander really was Cy Young.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201204...ngs-playlist?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers walk-up music: Listen to the players' songs.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...Justin-Verlander-fans-nine-wraps-up-first-win
Tigers ace Justin Verlander fans nine, wraps up first win.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.mensjournal.com/justin-verlander
Shut up and throw the ball.
Justin Verlander's Interview with Mens Journal.

 

[cmlfactor]

http://www.mlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/04/detroit_tigers_stubborn_jim_le.html
Detroit Tigers' stubborn Jim Leyland strikes again with lineup decisions vs. White Sox.
from Mlive

The author of this article nailed it. "Left-handed Jason Grilli" is exactly what I've been thinking as well. And using Inge as a DH might be his biggest WTF moment in his entire tenure as manager.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/4/17/2950344/why-is-brandon-inge-still-on-the-tigers
Why is Brandon Inge still on the Tigers?
from Tigerdog1 at blessyouboystigersblog

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/201...-greatest-stars-in-early-days-of-navin-field/
Wahoo Sam Crawford was one of the Greatest Stars of the Tigers in the early days of Navin Field.
from Detroit Athletic

 

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http://www.thedetroitsportssite.com...-in-mvp-like-performance-against-royals/15623
Justin Verlander Saves His Best for Last in an MVP-Like Performance Against Royals.
from the detroitsportssite

 

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http://theoaklandpress.com/articles...4f8cfce9d3004075083837.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Tigers will only go as far as their starting pitching takes them.
from the OaklandPress

 

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http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/04/...anding_dbacks.html?blockID=706652&feedID=5565
Kirk Gibson gets unique gift from Navy SEALs.
from foxsports

 

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http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...elt-good-after-first-bullpen-session/related/
Doug Fister "felt good" after first bullpen session.
from nbchardballtalk

 

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http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/ratings.cgi#ratings
MLB EloRater: This is a community-based project with the goal of rating the best players in MLB history. Please read the fine details or view the complete ratings below.
from Baseball Reference

 

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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-no-walks-no-strikeouts-clubs/
The no walks, no strikeouts club.
from fangraphs

Boesch here.

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201204...he-right-way?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Austin Jackson gets things started vs. Royals the right way.
He leads off versus the Royals with his second homer of the season.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201204...-Kansas-City?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Drew Smyly supporters traveling to Kansas City.
from the freep

Smyly's opponent tonight will be left-hander Bruce Chen, who has beaten the Tigers in his last three times against them. He's 34 in his 14th season mostly as a shitbum lefty.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...1&mode=preview&vkey=preview_web_away&c_id=det
Tigers game preview.
Smyly seeks his first win.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/4/...-preview-detroit-tigers-at-kansas-city-royals
Tigers Game Preview.
from blessyouboystigersblog

Cabrera (9-for-18 3HR) and Delmon (6-for-11, HR) should rake. Raburn w 2 career HR vs Chen as well....and Inge is 1-for-23 versus Bruce Chen.

 

[kalinecountry]

Brandon Inge HR hitter? Two away from Tigers Top 20 all time -
his next one will tie Darrell Evans for HR hit as a Tiger.
tom gage

Evans was a Tiger for 5 years, cringe for 12.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tonight's Tigers/Royals game is on FSD+ (FOX Sports Detroit Plus) due to the DetroitRedWings playoff game. GoTigers - GoRedWings.