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3 Tigers who must make a good impression early in 2025.
After a mesmerizing run to the postseason in 2024, expectations are high in Detroit, with three Tigers in particular needing to make a good impression early on.
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March 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1860: John Montgomery Ward is born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. During his illustrious career in the majors, Ward will hit for a .371 batting average twice, will win 40-plus games as a pitcher twice, including the second perfect game in baseball history, will be the captain and manager of the first and original New York Giants, and will be one of the prime movers in the constitution of the Brotherhood and of the Players League. Ward will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1964.
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1872: "Wee" Willie Keeler is born in Brooklyn, New York. A remarkable hitter, Keeler will hit over .300 16 times in 19 seasons, hit over .400 once, and will finish with a .341 batting average over his career, currently 14th on the all-time list. Keeler will be selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939 with 75.55% of the vote.
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1953: The Boston Braves, owners of the Milwaukee minor league franchise, block the St. Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee. Lou Perini, the Braves' owner, invokes his territorial privilege, stating he has not been offered enough for the rights. By the time the season starts, it is the Braves who will have made Milwaukee their new home.

1956: In an effort to keep the Giants in New York, Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium over the New York Central railroad tracks, on a 470,000-foot site stretching from 60th to 72nd streets on Manhattan's West Side. The estimated cost of $75 million for the stadium eventually dooms the project and will be a major factor in Horace Stoneham's decision to move to San Francisco.

1959: The Cleveland Indians send OF Larry Doby to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for OF Tito Francona. Francona will hit .363 for the Indians, while Doby will be released after playing just 16 games for Detroit.

1983: Steve Carlton agrees to a four-year, $4.15 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies that will make him the highest-paid pitcher in major league history.

1984: Peter Ueberroth, the highly successful chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the upcoming Summer Games, is elected to a five-year term as Commissioner of Baseball. Ueberroth will take office on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn.

1987: Ray Dandridge, a legendary third baseman from the Negro Leagues, is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
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1988: Los Angeles Dodgers star Kirk Gibson walks out of training camp after teammate Jesse Orosco plays a practical joke by placing "eyeblack" in his cap. The incident illustrates Gibson's intensity and no-nonsense approach to the game. Gibson, who returns to camp the next day, will be the National League MVP and help the Dodgers win the World Series this season.

1998: Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League, is elected to the Hall of Fame along with former AL President Lee MacPhail. Also chosen by the Veterans Committee are Negro League pitcher Bullet Joe Rogan and turn-of-the-century shortstop Gorgeous George Davis.

1998: The Detroit Tigers released Robert Ellis.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Wynton Bernard as a free agent.

2016: The first spring training injury hits the Tigers. Detroit OF Cameron Maybin is diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture in his left wrist one day after being hit by a pitch in his team's first exhibition game and will miss at least a month.

2023: The Detroit Tigers released Carlos Sanabria.

Tigers players, coaches, and scouts birthdays:

Steve Souchock 1951-1955, scout 1988-1995.

Chuck Cary 1985-1986.

A.J. Sager 1996-1998, minor leagues coach 2002-2018, pitching coach 2018.

Matt Treanor 2009.

Brent Dlugach 2009.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away.

Harry Davis 1932-1933.

Stubby Overmire 1943-1949, coach 1963-1966, Tigers' minor league manager 1954-1955, 1957-1960, 1962-1963, 1967, 1970-1975, scout 1976.

Jerry Priddy 1950-1953.

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MONDAY MUSINGS.
Totally Tigers

Today, it’s about quick hits – bits of news that catch my radar during the week as well as connecting the dots re ongoing stories. Even the quirky.
We’ve now had 2 full weeks to watch the entire team in Lakeland and there’s lots to see and report.
So let’s get to it! Here are the most interesting topics that hit my radar over the past week………..
 
MLB doctor explains when Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows could return from nerve issue.
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"It sounds like it's probably his musculocutaneous nerve," said Schulz, who has worked for the Angels since November 2016 and the Ducks since September 2014. "That's the nerve that innervates the biceps and then also provides the sensory for the proximal forearm."
 
March 4 in Tigers and mlb history:

1884: National League owners agree to provide two separate team benches to minimize fraternizing among opposing players during games.

1886: The National League meets and adopts the stolen base and the four foot by seven foot pitcher's box. But the NL retains seven balls for a walk and rejects the American Association's rule giving a batter first base on a hit by pitch.

1891 - Clarence Arthur "Dazzy" Vance is born in Orient, Iowa. At age 31, Vance will become the dominant National League pitcher of the 1920s. After a decade in the minors, Vance will join the Brooklyn Robins in 1922.
Named National League MVP in 1924, he will pitch a no-hitter the next year, lead the NL in wins twice, in earned run average three times, and be the only pitcher to top the NL in strikeouts seven consecutive seasons. Vance will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1955, with 205 votes out of 251 ballots.

1907: A judgment of $52,000 is awarded to the Baltimore club from Brooklyn. When Baltimore left the National League in 1900, Brooklyn agreed to pay $40,000 for the franchise but never did. The award includes interest.

1910: Sam Crawford checking out his bats.
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1912: Ground is broken on a new ballpark in Brooklyn, New York. The $650,000 ballpark is scheduled to be called "Washington Park", but will be renamed for Brooklyn Dodgers president Charles Ebbets. Ebbets Field will open officially on April 9, 1913 and will serve as the Dodgers' home until 1957.

1913: The New York Yankees become the first major league team to conduct spring training outside of the United States, when they begin the spring in Bermuda, where is projected a series of exhibition games.
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1920: Babe Ruth puts on a New York #Yankees uniform for his first spring training with the team! Note the caps without the classic "NY" logo for workouts.
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1925: John Montgomery (Monte) Ward dies in Augusta, Georgia, just a day after his 65th birthday. During his illustrious career in the majors, Ward hit for a .371 batting average twice, won 40-plus games as a pitcher twice, including the second perfect game in history, and was be the captain and manager of the first and original New York Giants. Ward will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1964.

1934: Tigers hold their first spring workout in their first year in Lakeland, Florida. The Tigers' link to Lakeland is the longest association with a spring training site of any major league team.
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1941: Grace Comiskey, widow of J. Louis Comiskey, is elected president of the Chicago White Sox. Her husband died on July 18, 1939.

1948: Stan Musial ends his holdout with the St. Louis Cardinals and signs a one-year contract for $31,000. Musial, who in 1947 batted .312 with 19 home runs and 95 RBI, will lead the National League with a .376 batting average and 131 RBI this season.

1967: Bullet Joe Rogan dies in Kansas City, Missouri, at age 77. One of the greatest pitchers in Negro league baseball, Rogan threw a devastating fastball which he complemented it with a dizzying array of other pitches. He also played the outfield when he wasn't pitching, and in 1922 led the Negro National League with 16 home runs. Rogan will receive Hall of Fame honors in 1998.

1972: The Texas Rangers, formerly the Washington Senators, trade former two-time Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain to the Oakland Athletics for pitchers Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.
McLain, who lost a league-leading 22 games pitching for the Senators in 1971, will last only five starts in Oakland before being traded to the Atlanta Braves for Orlando Cepeda.

1982: The San Francisco Giants traded Enos Cabell and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Champ Summers.

1984: Two outstanding defensive players, shortstop Pee Wee Reese and catcher Rick Ferrell, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Reese hit .269 in 16 seasons with the Dodgers while Ferrell batted .281 with just 28 home runs in 18 seasons for the Browns, Red Sox, and Senators.

1994: Michael Jordan comes to bat for the first time in a Chicago White Sox uniform. Playing in a spring training game, Jordan taps back to Texas Rangers pitcher Darren Oliver, who tags out the former National Basketball Association star. Jordan will eventually give up baseball after one season in the minor leagues and return to the NBA.

1998: Larry Doby, who became the first black man to play in MLB's American League in 1947 and played 18 games for Tigers in 1959, is voted into Hall of Fame.

2004: Commissioner Bud Selig announces that Major League Baseball will celebrate "Jackie Robinson Day" in every ballpark on April 15, the anniversary of the debut the first black player in major league history. Robinson's uniform number "42" was retired for all time in a ceremony at Shea Stadium in April of 1997 to mark the 50th anniversary of his achievement.

2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Melvin Mercedes as an amateur free agent.

2010: Major League Baseball organizes a symposium on "Science Behind Anti-Doping" at its New York City headquarters. The meeting shares information about the latest developments in testing and involves both leading scientists and officials responsible for labor policy from the United States Olympic Committee, the NHL, the NFL, the NBA, the PGA and the NCAA, as well as the US Anti-Doping Agency, all of which are members of the "Partnership for Clean Competition". MLB President Bob DuPuy gives the keynote address. The conference puts a particular focus on developments in the detection of human growth hormone.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Wil Ledezma as a free agent.

2015: The Detroit Tigers released Joel Hanrahan.

2021: Commissioner Rob Manfred proclaims that June 2nd will now be Lou Gehrig Day, set to commemorate the life and legacy of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig and to raise funds in the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the disease that claimed Gehrig's life.

Tigers players birthdays:

Charlie Hickman 1904-1905.

Les Mueller 1941, 1945.

Mark Wagner 1976-1980.

Hiram Bocachica 2002-2003.

Jack Hannahan 2006.

Nick Castellanos 2013-2019.

Tigers players who passed away:

Louis Brower 1931.

Chuck Kress 1954.

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WILL HE OR WON’T HE?
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