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November 29 in Tigers and mlb history:

1910 - The Havana Reds beat the Detroit Tigers, 3 - 0, behind Chiche Gonzalez's 5-hitter. Ty Cobb goes 0 for 3 and is caught stealing by Bruce Petway. The story is later blown out of proportion to claim Cobb was caught 3 times, when in fact this is the only recorded steal attempt he had in five games in Cuba that winter.

1926 - Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager. Stories of a thrown game and betting on games by Ty Cobb and Speaker gain momentum when Judge Landis holds a secret hearing with the two stars and former P-OF Joe Wood. The story and testimony will not be released until December 21.
Former Tiger P Dutch Leonard wrote to Harry Heilmann that he had turned over letters written to him by Wood and Cobb to American League president Ban Johnson, implicating the two in betting on a Tiger-Cleveland game played in Detroit, MI, on September 25, 1919. He charged that Cobb and Speaker conspired to let Detroit win to help them gain 3rd-place money.
At a secret meeting of AL directors, it was decided to let Cobb and Speaker resign with no publicity. But, as rumors spread, Judge Landis takes charge of the matter and holds the hearings, at which Leonard refuses to appear. Cobb and Wood admit to the letters, but say it was a horse racing bet, and contend Leonard is angry for having been released to the Pacific Coast League by Cobb. Speaker, not named in the letters, denies everything.
Public sympathy is with the stars, but the matter will remain unresolved until January of next year.

1939 - Judge Landis fines Brooklyn, Detroit, and the St. Louis farm club, Columbus, for manipulating player contracts. He frees seven farmhands.

1962: Major league officials and player representatives agree to return to a single All-Star Game in 1963. The players' pension fund will receive 95 percent of the one game's proceeds (rather than 60 percent of two games).

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_McAuliffe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcauldi01.shtml
Dick McAuliffe 1960-1973.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Freehan
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/freehbi01.shtml
Bill Freehan 1961, 1963-1976.

Happy Birthday Doug/Turok!!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Howard_Johnson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsho01.shtml
Howard Johnson 1982-1984.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Cicotte
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cicotal01.shtml
Al Cicotte 1958.

from baseball reference
 
http://www.freep.com/article/2012112...s|text|Detroit Tigers
Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: Could Tigers' Jack Morris benefit from steroid-era backlash?
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...l_of_fame.html
Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris leading returning vote-getter on 2013 Hall of Fame ballot.
from Mlive

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/a...s_det&c_id=det
With Larkin in Hall, will Alan Trammell soon follow?
Shortstops share similarities, but former Tigers star lacking support.
from the Tigers official site

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/a...s_det&c_id=det
Jack Morris' long-awaited Hall call could be near.
Last year's dramatic vote increase a good sign for World Series hero.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.sports-reference.com/blog...fame-features/
2013 Hall of Fame Features.
from Baseball Reference

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/201...of-fame-ballot
The Interactive 2013 Hall of Fame Ballot. Great.
from beyondtheboxscore

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/...pic_id=6003532
Webvideo Hall of Fame ballot released.
Barry Bloom, Hal Bodley, Marty Noble and Richard Justice on the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot and who will likely get their votes.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...17714&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Jack Morris on MVP race, Hall of Fame chances.
Jack Morris joins MLB Network to give his take on the 2012 MVP race, as well as his thoughts on the upcoming Hall of Fame class of 2013. from Nov. 15.
from mlb.com

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb
Hall ballot deep in big league accomplishments.
First-timers Bonds, Clemens, Biggio, Sosa, Piazza there to challenge closing-in Morris.
from mlb.com

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...07989&c_id=mlb
Webvideo MLB Network on PED penalties.
Bill Ripken and Ken Rosenthal discuss performance enhancing drug penalties and the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot on MLB Network's Hot Stove.
from mlb.com

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...Famer-14th-try
Tigers' Jack Morris might finally be Hall of Famer on 14th try.
from the detnews
 
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/a...s_det&c_id=det
Tigers release 2013 Spring Training schedule.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.freep.com/article/2012112...s|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers announce spring training schedule. Tigers open Fri. Feb. 22 Atlanta Disney World 1:05
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...se_spring.html
Detroit Tigers release spring training schedule; minor-leaguers to play Western Michigan University.
from Mlive

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...-schedule-here
Tigers open spring training vs. Braves; full schedule here.
from the detnews

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/11/28/t...hedule-is-out/
Tigers spring schedule is out.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/11/...keland-florida
Tigers release 2013 spring training schedule.
from blessyouboystigersblog

Tigers spring training game at Tampa Bay on March 30 will be played at Tropicana Field
 
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-all-month-team-best-of-the-best/
The all-month team: Best of the best.
from the Hardball Times

Here we are at last. 12 months later and we have teams for each month, as unveiled through the year. The author Richard Barbieri provided a convenient table with a listing of all the teams but if you would like to see each team outlined, the links are at the end of the article. Without any further ado, we will begin finding the ?best of the best? for several categories, culminating in the unveiling of the best team.
 

Thanks KC/Ron, I completely forgot that I shared the same birthday with HoJo, but not of course Freehan or McAuliffe from the '68 WS Championship team. I am glad that I was old enough by then to follow and hero-worship that team as a preteen. Hope that we both will see another WS Championship Tigers team before we pass on, as the past two chances in '06 and '12 have left me with a "bittersweep" feeling...meh.

You share the same birthday (Sept 28) with my youngest brother, who was born in 1964. I keep forgetting to PM you on yours, but Happy (extremely belated) Birthday anyway. as you have reached the official US Senior Citizen mark @ age 65 this year...Congrats!!
 
Thanks Doug, nice to know I share the same B day as your brother,

and age is a state of mind, when posting and reading here with everyone I feel real young, then later on, I need an hour+ nap most days.
But we got to keep having them even if it means getting older chronologically.
It beats the alternative.....
 
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