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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130309/SPORTS0104/303090399
Alex Avila remains hesitant to expand zone, despite Tigers' pleas.
from the detnews

 

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Justin Verlander is still anxiously seeking his first MLB hit including the posteason, he is 0 fer 24 career in the regular season, not including 9 sacs and sacflys. But his younger brother Ben is red hot currently in college ball w/Old Dominion, he went 4 for 4 in recent action w/3 homers:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/e.../ben-verlander-yes-brother-of-justin-can-rake

 

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March 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1857 - The National Association of Base Ball Players is formed at a meeting in New York City. Twenty-two teams are represented, and William Van Cott of the Gothams is elected president.

1951 - FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announces that he has turned down an offer to become Commissioner of baseball. The governor of California, Earl Warren, had previously rejected an offer to become baseball's leader.

1982 - Shortstop Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

1983 - The Special Veterans Committee announces the election of Walter Alston and George Kell to the Hall of Fame. Alston managed the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles to four World Series championships, while always working under one-year contracts.
Kell, was a standout third baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, batted over .300 nine times, was a 10-time All-Star, and topped American League third basemen in fielding percentage seven times during a 15-season career.

Tigers players birthdays:

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Nieman
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemabo01.shtml
Bob Nieman 1953-1954.

from Baseball Reference

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201303...pher-John-Rosengren-He-shattered-stereotypes-
Hank Greenberg biographer John Rosengren: 'He shattered stereotypes'.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...ng-bats-Tigers
Ramon Santiago is healthy, fighting for spring at-bats with Tigers.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...Fister-still-fine-tuning-not-thrilled-results
Tigers' Doug Fister still 'fine-tuning,' but not thrilled with results.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...oving-he-ll-get-call-Tigers-sooner-than-later
Nick Castellanos proving he'll get call to Tigers, sooner than later.
from the detnews

 

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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...-early-to-panic-about-closer-situation-030813
Tigers' closer situation under contol.
from foxsports

 

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http://eyeontigers.blogspot.com/2013/03/2013-preseason-prediction-6-max-scherzer.html
2013 Preseason Prediction #6 ? Max Scherzer.
from EyeOnTigersblog

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20130310/SPORTS02/130310029/detroit-tigers-washington-nationals
Detroit Tigers 2 - Washington 1: Rick Porcello continues to pitch well in spring.
from the freep

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/03/detroit_tigers_gameday_5.html
Detroit Tigers Gameday: Rick Porcello to make fourth start, several regulars in lineup against Nationals.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/team/1362942691-938-161/rick-porcello-to-let-pitching.html
Rick Porcello to let pitching do the talking.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/03/detroit_tigers_play_washington.html
Detroit Tigers' Rick Porcello has 14 strikeouts, no walks this spring after another impressive outing.

from Mlive

Porcello said. "Everything's coming out of my hand good. I have command of all of my pitches right now. I've got to keep working on getting ahead of guys, locating the fastball down in the zone and that sort of thing."

All four of Porcello's strikeouts in the game Sunday came against left-handed batters. Three of those four strikeouts were on called third strikes.

"All his pitches are better right now," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said prior to the game. "Fastball's better. Changeup's better. So is the breaking ball. The breaking ball's been very good this spring."

Porcello faced 18 batters Sunday and never went to a three-ball count on any of them.

"The command that I have with my off-speed pitches right now is definitely a lot farther along than I have been in previous springs," Porcello said. "That's definitely a good sign. I've been working on that stuff a lot and I need to continue to work on it."

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/03/detroit_tigers_hot_and_not.html
Who's hot and who's not: Drew Smyly off to great start; Doug Fister has struggled thus far.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...03100326/1129/sports0104/Tigers-set-make-cuts
Tigers set to make cuts.
from the detnews

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...k-Porcello-stars-again-victory-over-Nationals
Tigers' Rick Porcello stars again in victory over Nationals.
from the detnews

 

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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/...10&content_id=42552186&vkey=news_det&c_id=det
Rick Porcello remains hot in fourth Spring Training start.
Allows only three singles in five scoreless innings, striking out four in Tigers' win.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2013_03_10_wasmlb_detmlb_1
Boxscore.

from the Tigers official site

 

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In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe writes that some league executives feel that the new-and-improved PED testing will have a drastic effect on the power numbers of players. That feeling has given some owners pause about committing long-term deals until they know how it will all play out. ?We?re all anxious to see what the result of the testing will be, but we?re anticipating that it will have a significant effect on the numbers, which will impact the game in general,? said an American League owner. ?I think a few owners feel the way we do, that we?re going to see noticeable physical changes in players and their stamina in getting through a 162-game schedule.?
mlbtraderumors

 

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http://www.detroittigertales.com/2013/03/what-if-we-took-replacement-out-of-war.html
What if We Took Replacement out of WAR?
from Lee at DetroitTigerTales

 

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http://blog.detroitathletic.com/201...all-of-fame-second-baseman-charlie-gehringer/
Remembering the Tigers Hall of Fame Second Baseman Charlie Gehringer.
from Detroit Athletic

 

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http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/20...mining-and-projecting-the-league-value-on-war
The WAR Trend: Examining and Projecting the League Value on WAR.
from beyondtheboxscore

 

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http://www.faketeams.com/2013/3/10/4086196/rick-porcello-closer
Rick Porcello, Closer?
from RotoHardball