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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/7/3/3134670/darin-downs-set-to-join-tigers
Darin Downs overcomes fractured skull to make the MLB at last.
from blessyouboystigersblog

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...-drive-nearly-took-his-life-Darin-Downs-Tiger
Three years after line drive nearly took his life, Darin Downs is a Tiger.
from the detnews

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/...tebook_id=34390800&vkey=notebook_det&c_id=det
Long road of recovery brings Downs to Detroit.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/07/detroit_tigers_darin_downs_ove.html
Detroit Tigers' Darin Downs overcomes life-threatening head injury to earn first big league callup.
from Mlive
 
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Jones' influence as Tigers' pitching coach shows.
One year to the day since the Tigers installed Jeff Jones as pitching coach, manager Jim Leyland called him a "total pitching coach" who has put his imprint on the pitching staff.

It was the kind of midseason coaching change that hinted at desperation when the Tigers did it coming off a struggling west coast trip in 2011. The reasoning given at the time of the move was that the performance was not up to the talent level, aside from Justin Verlander.

It wasn't the way Jones wanted his opportunity, but it was a job he sought for years.

"I think he's kind of quietly brought a calming influence," Leyland said Tuesday. "He's a personable guy to start with, and that always helps when you're coaching and dealing with a lot of different personalities. He's a very talented guy with a good personality, and he seems to have a good rapport with the pitchers.

"The pitching coach is always kind of the buffer between the manager and the pitchers. He does a good job with that. He's like all pitching coaches. He falls in love with pitchers. They're supposed to."
from the Tigers official site
 
Santiago proving reliable in Tigers' infield.
The long-held belief on Ramon Santiago is that he physically wears down if he plays as a regular for too long of a stretch. Sometimes necessity defies belief.

With the Tigers having gone through two other second basemen -- three if you count Danny Worth's brief stint starting there -- Santiago's previous timeshare role has all but become an everyday job. If he isn't starting at second, he seems to be starting at short, which he was doing Tuesday night.

Tuesday marked Santiago's 15th start in the Tigers' last 17 games, many of them in typical summer heat. He entered Tuesday batting 12-for-47 (.255) over that stretch with three doubles and four RBIs -- not great numbers, but better than the pace he was on as a platoon player for the first couple months.

More important, he has maintained his defense.
"I feel good," Santiago said. "I do my routine, get my ground balls, get in here and do my work."

He could easily go back to platoon work in the coming weeks if the Tigers trade for a regular second baseman. But for now, Santiago is the guy. Ryan Raburn isn't close to regaining regular playing time at second, and Worth went nearly three weeks without a start before the Tigers optioned him to Toledo on Monday night.

from the Tigers official site
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/07/detroit_tigers_drop_second_str.html
Detroit Tigers drop second straight to Minnesota Twins, fall three below .500 at halfway point.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201207...nesota-twins?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Taken by storm. Twins wipe out Tigers comeback, win 2nd straight at CoPa.
from the freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...stumble-fumble-against-last-place-Twins-again
Tigers stumble, fumble against last-place Twins again.
from the detnews
 
July 4 in Tigers and mlb history:

1906: Major league attendance for today's holiday games has the American League with 75,000 and the National League at 68,000.

1911: In the morning game between Chicago and Detroit, Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak, as the White Sox win. Cobb had hit .491 since the streak started on May 15th.

1912: Three weeks after the Tigers ask waivers on George Mullin, he pitches himself a 32nd birthday present at Detroit, a 7 - 0 no-hitter over the Browns. Mullin helps his victory with three hits and two RBIs. In the morning game, a 9 - 3 Detroit win, Ty Cobb steals second, third base and home in the 5th inning against the battery of George Baumgardner and Paul Krichell. Cobb has stolen home five times this season; this is his first swipe of home in his last eight successes that didn't occur in the 1st inning.

1934: In a Negro National League game, Satchel Paige pitches a 4 - 0 no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Crawfords against the Homestead Grays in Pittsburgh, with only a walk and an error spoiling a perfect game. He strikes out 17. Legend claims that he then drives to Chicago to shut out the Chicago American Giants 1 - 0 in 12 innings, giving him two shutouts in two different cities in the same day, but the claim has since been disproven. The no-hitter, however, is documented.

1939: It's Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium and the "Iron Horse"'s uniform number 4 will be the first ever to be retired. After emcee Sid Mercer informs the sell-out crowd the man of the hour is too moved to speak, Gehrig changes his mind when Skipper Joe McCarthy encourages him, and delivers the keynote address describing himself as "the luckiest man on the face of the earth".

2000: In the Tigers' 11 - 0 blowout over Tampa Bay, Shane Halter takes over the catching duties in the 8th from Detroit's Brad Ausmus. Halter has now played every position in the majors: with the Royals, he pitched on July 17, 1998. Dave Mlicki is the winner with Dean Palmer powering a pair of home runs.

2001: The fifty people stranded on the Ferris wheel ride at Comerica Park for two hours during the Royal-Tiger game are rescued by firefighters and emergency crews using a cherry picker and a fire truck ladder. The inconvenienced fans will receive tickets to another game, free dinner and team autographs from the Tigers.

2007 - Todd Jones records his 200th save for the Detroit Tigers. Jones pitches a scoreless ninth inning in Detroit’s 6-4 victory over the Indians at Comerica Park. Jones is the only Tiger reliever to save as many as 200 games.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Mullin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mullige01.shtml
George Mullin 1902-1913.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Tuttle
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tuttlbi01.shtml
Bill Tuttle 1952, 1954-1957.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bruce_Petway
http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/petway.html
Bruce Petway Detroit Stars Negro Leagues 1919-1925.

from baseball reference
 
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