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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/03/miguel_cabrera_homers_omar_inf.html
Miguel Cabrera homers, Omar Infante gets 3 hits as Venezuela's WBC run ends despite win.
from Mlive

Venezuela's Classic exit means Tigers return.
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Venezuela's quick exit from the World Baseball Classic was described by one publication in the country as "the worst of all nightmares." For the Tigers, it marks a return to normalcy.
The Tigers aren't going to take relief in Venezuela's struggles, considering how many of their players call the country their home. They'll obviously enjoy having Miguel Cabrera back in their camp though, along with Omar Infante and Anibal Sanchez.
"I'll be glad to get those guys back, because we can get settled in a little bit better," manager Jim Leyland said. "You know that part [of the lineup] is etched in stone, with Cabrera and Infante, but I have to get them ready to play."
They'll return just in time for some of the toughest trips on the Tigers' Spring Training schedule, including two long bus and car rides in a three-day span at the end of the week to face the Mets and Cardinals. Leyland indicated he'll likely split up his regular infielders and outfielders on those trips, and Torii Hunter probably won't be on the travel roster for either game.
from the Tigers official site
 
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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...n-Berry-returns-Tigers-he-s-not-ready-push-it
Quintin Berry returns for Tigers, but he's not ready to push it.
from the detnews

Berry sees first action since Feb. 24.
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Quintin Berry did not return to the Tigers' starting lineup on Sunday, but he did return to the game as a late-inning substitute when he replaced Austin Jackson in center field in the sixth inning. It marked his first game since Feb. 24, and his first effort in his attempt to try to hold onto a roster spot he owned for most of last season.
That effort will continue on Monday against the Phillies.
"Whether he starts or not, he will be in the game Monday," manager Jim Leyland said.
With Berry's return, the burgeoning list of injured Tigers a week ago has been erased.
from the Tigers official site
 
Porcello looking sharp to start Spring Training.
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Rick Porcello can't answer the questions about his future as a Tiger, and he's not going to. All he can do is answer the questions about his game as a Major League starter.
"I think Rick knows that he's a Major League starting pitcher," manager Jim Leyland said, "and I think he's just come in here to make sure everybody's aware of that."

Sunday was a potentially huge day in an already big spring.
Yes, it's only Spring Training, and that's pretty much all that the Tigers -- and other teams -- can use to weigh the work Porcello has put in since January, after a sub-par stretch run last season that put his rotation spot in Detroit in question. Still, four starts in, 13 innings with three earned runs, no walks and 14 strikeouts have to stand for something.

Sunday's five scoreless innings on three singles with four strikeouts against the Nationals represented a step for him against a group of hitters that plagued him. Though Washington's lineup had only Bryce Harper among its Opening Day projected starters, it had four left-handed hitters and a switch-hitter, including the entire top third of the order. With Wilson Ramos and Steve Lombardozzi also slated to make the club, it was a tougher lineup than the Astros fielded against Porcello.

Left-handed hitters batted .325 off of Porcello last season. Porcello approached them like he would approach lefties in the regular season, and ended up with the kind of success he lacked last year.
"I'm going to be seeing that all year," Porcello said. "Those are the guys I've got to get out."

All four of Porcello's strikeouts on Sunday came against left-handed hitters. Three were called third strikes. When Lombardozzi crowded the plate on him in the opening inning, he spotted a fastball on the inside corner and got the call. He did much the same against Chad Tracy in a three-pitch strikeout an inning later.
"His stuff had late life," Leyland said.

Then came Harper, who blistered a fastball back through the middle in the first for the one solid hit Porcello gave up. Harper came back up to lead off the fifth and got in the same 1-0 count on which he made Porcello pay earlier for throwing him a fastball.
"In that situation, a good fastball hitter like him, you know he's looking to drive a fastball. He's in a hitters' count," Porcello said. "I just tried to stay away from that and threw some good offspeed pitches and then caught him looking."

Harper swung and missed at a changeup, fouled off a curve, then watched a 1-2 fastball swing back over the corner for the call.
"That reflects the confidence that I have in my offspeed pitches," Porcello said. "I'm not going out there just to work on stuff. I'm going out there to get guys out and approach it like a normal game."

The more he pitches like this, the more confidence will build from the staff. Leyland said afterwards that Porcello threw some of the best curveballs he's ever seen from him.
"He had it all going today. He was really sharp," Leyland said.

After close to a dozen scouts watched Porcello's last outing, the scout total appeared to be down this time around. However, most scouts don't spend time following particular players around game after game in the spring, especially this early.
from the Tigers official site
 
Leyland said he'll take the same approach to Wednesday's exhibition against Florida Southern College that he has in past years, when the game traditionally opened the Tigers' spring schedule. Leyland plans on playing his regulars for an at-bat apiece to be respectful of the traditional game.
"It's a regular game, and we're going to treat it as such," Leyland said.

Brayan Villarreal struck out the side in his inning of work for the second time in a week. He has eight strikeouts for the spring.

Duane Below has given up runs in four of his last five outings, including a sacrifice fly on Sunday following two walks and a single.
"A little hot and cold," Leyland described him. "That's probably the best way to put it. At times, he makes some real good pitches, downhill, and at other times he drags the arm a little bit and leaves the ball up. But he's thrown the ball better the last couple times."

from the Tigers official site
 
March 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901 - The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Baltimore Orioles manager John McGraw has signed a Cherokee Indian named "Tokohama" to play second base. In reality, Tokohama isn't a Native American; he is an African-American whose actual name is Charlie Grant, who McGraw is trying to pass off as an Indian, but the ruse does not work. Baseball's color line will prevent Grant from ever playing a game for the Orioles.

1933: During an exhibition game in Los Angeles, CA, a significant earthquake sends the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants scurrying to second base until the tremors stop.

1957 - New York Representative Emanuel Celler, whose committee investigated baseball, calls Ford Frick a "czar" who wishes to "gag" officials; Frick had cautioned Major League Baseball owners about commenting on the recent Supreme Court decision on professional American football coming under antitrust rules.

1958 - Starting this season, American League batters will be required to wear batting helmets.

1959 - The Players Association drops its threat of a strike against the International League.

1974 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders the Atlanta Braves to play Hank Aaron in at least two of the team's season-opening three games in Cincinnati. The Braves had planned to bench Aaron on the road in order to increase his chances of hitting his record-breaking 715th home run at home.

1981 - Slugger Johnny Mize and Negro Leagues pioneer Rube Foster are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Mize hit .312 with 359 home runs during a 15-year major league career, while Foster served as a pitcher, manager, and Negro League organizer in the first quarter of the 20th century.

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http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowenal01.shtml
Al Cowens 1980-1981.

from Baseball Reference
 
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