Detroit Tigers Team Notes Over 3 Million Views!!! Thankyou!

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/07/rain_delay_snaps_tigers_ace_ju.html
Steady rain and sneaky and corrupt as shit umpires snap Tigers ace Justin Verlander's impressive streak of pitching at least six innings.
from Mlive

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/01/verlanders-six-inning-streak-ends-in-boston-rain/
Verlander?s Six-Inning Streak Ends In Boston Rain.
from DetroitCBS

 

[kalinecountry]

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...012_07_31_detmlb_bosmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Potential rally washed away in rain-shortened loss.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/08/01/tigers-defend-umpires-call-on-rain-delay-games-end/
Tigers defend umpires’ call on rain delay, game’s end.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

Verlander is first Tigers pitcher with 5-inning CG since Dan Petry on 9/20/83. First to do it in loss since Jim Bunning on 7/15/59.
Leyland: "Certainly, to call the game at this point was the right call. Could we have maybe gotten through that inning? Who knows?"
Verlander: "The last couple starts, I've just been a bit inconsistent. Gotta work to get it back. I have some work to do."
Leyland said he was planning on sending Verlander out for 6th until the delay. Once game was delayed, he was done.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pag...=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink
Post game webvideo Leyland and Verlander.
from DetroitFox

 

[kalinecountry]

August 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1905: Cleveland "loans" catcher Jay Nig Clarke to Detroit. He'll be returned to Cleveland, August 11. He's the third catcher this year to be sold, then returned to his original team.

1938 - Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.

1962: Drawing a combined 32 bases on balls in a doubleheader, the Tigers (20) and A's (12) tie an American League record. The Tigers sweep, winning the opener 6 - 5, with three runs in the 9th, then taking the nightcap 9 - 1 behind Howie Koplitz's (1-0) complete game effort.

1974: Detroit's Woodie Fryman stops Milwaukee, 2 - 0, giving up just one hit, a 7th-inning single to Bobby Mitchell.

1982 - Hank Aaron, the holder of the career home run record (755) and RBI record (2,297); Frank Robinson, the first player to win the MVP in both leagues and the first black manager in the majors; Travis Jackson, an outstanding offensive and defensive shortstop for the Giants during the 1920s; and former commissioner Happy Chandler, who provided leadership in breaking baseball's color line, are inducted in the Hall of Fame.

1994: Hostilities between the owners and players heat up. The owners withhold $7.8 million they are obligated to pay the players' pension and benefit plans.

1998: By homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this season, Tiger switch-hitter Tony Clark sets an American League record as Detroit defeats the Devil Rays 8 - 0.

2001: For the 33rd time in the team's history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit's first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Milt_May
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maymi01.shtml
Milt May 1976-1979.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffegr01.shtml
Gregg Jefferies 1999-2000.

Tigers players, coaches, or managers who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Heffner
Don Heffner coach 1961.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Tighe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/tigheja99.shtml
Jack Tighe coach 1942, manager 1957-1958.

from Baseball Reference

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/video?UUID=849aecee-f1b1-4580-902d-9fbd11f72e2f
Webvideo Nick Castellanos visits Tigers.
Ryan Field catches up with top prospect Nick Castellanos at Fenway.
from DetroitFox

about 7 minutes.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/detroit_tigers_justin_verlande_53.html
Detroit Tigers' bases-loaded rally cut short in rain-shortened loss to Boston Red Sox.
from Mlive

With the go-ahead run due up for Detroit, crew chief Jerry Layne issued a controversial rain delay Tuesday night that halted the Tigers' sixth-inning, bases-loaded rally.

An hour and 45 minutes later, the game was called and Detroit was handed a bizarre 4-1 rain-shortened loss to the Boston Red Sox under rain-soaked playing conditions.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201208...ston-red-sox?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers notes and quotes from last nights screw job.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201208...n-the-middle?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' batting order muddled in the middle.
from the freep

The biggest hole in the batting order is the fifth spot. Young has wasted three of the American League's top 10 in on-base percentage hitting ahead of him in the lineup -- Austin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder.
According to Baseball-Reference.com, Young is 0-for-8 when batting with the bases loaded.
The Tigers rank 12th in the American League in RBI production from the five-hole in the batting order, but they fall to last place from the No. 6 spot in the batting order.
Those are RBI positions, and Young and Boesch aren't getting the job done.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201208...-in-baseball?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' Jim Leyland calls Miguel Cabrera 'best hitter in baseball'.
Slugger doing his best to prove skipper right.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201208...ston-red-sox?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
About Verlander 'out of sync' and his 6 innings plus streak.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...33/1129/Tigers-farmhands-fetch-premium-return
Tigers farmhands fetch premium in return.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/8/1/3207278/should-the-tigers-pursue-a-trade-for-alfonso-soriano
Should the Tigers pursue a trade for Alfonso Soriano?
from blessyouboystigersblog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://blog.detroitathletic.com/201...uniform-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-23982
It's time for Tigers to retire more uniform numbers.
from Detroit Athletic

Just six men have had their uniform numbers retired by the team, which is the smallest amount for any of the original 16 teams that date back at least to the 1901 season.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2012/08/01/quintin-berry-is-here-for-the-long-haul/
Quintin Berry is here for the long haul.
from Detroit Athletic

 

[kalinecountry]

Dave Dombrowski just confirmed for me that Nick Castellanos will be going to the AFL...more from DD in a coming piece.
Mark at TigsTown

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/winners_and_losers_opinions_va.html
Trade deadline thoughts: Were Detroit Tigers winners or losers?
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/08/trading-in-august.html
All bout August Trades.
from mlbtraderumors

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroittigertales.com/2012/08/waiting-for-andy-dirks.html
Waiting for Andy Dirks.
from DetroitTigerTales

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/oddsmakers_after_trade_deadlin.html
Oddsmakers: After trade deadline, four teams have better shot than Detroit Tigers to win World Series.
from Mlive