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January 13 in Tigers and mlb history:

1958: New York Senator Kenneth Keating proposes a ban within 100-mile radius on telecasts into minor league territories.

1972 - Former umpire, now housewife, Bernice Gera wins her lawsuit against Organized Baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971. Gera is slated to umpire in the New York-Pennsylvania League starting in June. She will umpire just one game, making her point before deciding to call it quits.

1982 - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson win election to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Aaron established a major league record with 755 home runs, while Robinson led the Baltimore Orioles to two World Championships and was named Most Valuable Player in both the American and National Leagues.
Aaron falls nine votes shy of becoming the first-ever unanimous selection, and his 97.8 election percentage is second only to Ty Cobb's 98.2 percent in the inaugural 1936 election. Robinson was also the first African-American manager in major league history.

2005: Under the watchful eye of national lawmakers, Major League Baseball and the Players' Association agree in principle on a stricter steroid testing policy. The new program will randomly test players year-round, with first-time offenders suspended for 10 days and a fourth violation resulting in a one year ban for the offending player. The punishments will later be increased significantly.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Les_Cain
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cainle01.shtml
Les Cain 1968, 1970-1972.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/capeljo01.shtml
Jose Capellan 2007.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kid_Elberfeld
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/elberki01.shtml
Kid Elberfeld 1901-1903.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Morgan
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgato01.shtml
Tom Morgan 1958-1960.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Podres
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/podrejo01.shtml
Johnny Podres 1966-1967.

from Baseball Reference
 
Jose Mijares, the agent for Victor Martinez, stated Saturday that his client will be 100 percent healthy for spring training.
Tigers head athletic trainer Kevin Rand issued a similar sentiment on Friday. Martinez, who is recovering from microfracture surgery on his left knee, should have very little difficulty regaining his status as one of the elite offensive catchers in the fantasy game. He'll serve as the Tigers' primary DH in 2013.
rotoworld
 
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January 14 in Tigers and mlb history:

1940 - Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers players and farm hands. Citing cover-ups of the movement of players within its organization, Landis hands freedom to Roy Cullenbine, Benny McCoy, Dutch Dietz, and Steve Rachunok from the parent roster and orders $47,250 paid as compensation to 14 players.
Johnny Sain is one of 23 players who will later make it to the major leagues. Landis's edict also nullifies a deal that would have brought the Philadelphia Athletics' Wally Moses to the Tigers. Both players will later become coaches for the Tigers in the late 1960's

1954 - Former Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe.

1981 - Frank Robinson is named manager of the San Francisco Giants. In 1975, Robinson became the first African-American manager in major league history when he was hired by the Cleveland Indians.

1999 Houston trades Brad Ausmus to the Tigers.

2006: Dontrelle Willis, Mark Teixeira and Alfonso Soriano are among the 100 players who file for salary arbitration, the often acrimonious negotiating process that rankles baseball management every winter. Mark Prior, Josh Beckett, Brad Lidge, Adam Dunn, Morgan Ensberg, Brian Roberts, Travis Lee and Scot Shields are some of the other players who file before the deadline. Last year, players in arbitration averaged a 123 percent salary increase.

2010: The Tigers agree to terms with free agent reliever Jose Valverde, who played for the Houston Astros last season. As a result of the signing, the Tigers will give up their first pick in the 2010 amateur draft, the first time the team has surrendered its top pick since signing Rob Deer as a free agent in 1991.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnske01.shtml
Ken Johnson 1952.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Campbell_(campbda01)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campbda01.shtml
Dave Campbell 1967-1969.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hardy_Richardson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richaha01.shtml
Hardy Richardson Detroit Wolverines 1886-1888.

from Baseball Reference
 
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