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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/kerry-carpenter-tigers-minor-league-slugger-to-debut
Minor League HR leader to debut for Tigers.
No. 22 prospect Carpenter will DH for Detroit on Wednesday.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/guardia...793#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=662793
Boxscore.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/8...exander-shane-beiber-shutout-this-team-stinks
Guardians 5 - Tigers 2: Bieber fever plagues a sickly offense.
Tyler Alexander was solid but the offense was unable to put anything together against Cleveland?s starter.
BYBTB

Between Matt Manning and Tyler Alexander, the Tigers have gotten 14 innings with only two runs allowed from their starters in the last two games and lost anyway.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...t-bats-silent-5-2-loss-guardians/10275922002/
Tyler Alexander gives Tigers a fighting chance but bats silent in 5-2 loss to Guardians.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...ans-shane-bieber-tyler-alexander/10282542002/
Bieber beats superb Tyler Alexander in Detroit Tigers' 5-2 loss to Cleveland.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...d-guardians-over-tigers-in-series-opener.html
Bieber pitches gem as Guardians beat Tigers in series opener.
Mlive
 
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August 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1903: At Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young tosses no-hit ball for seven innings, and beats the A's, 7 - 2.

1904: Jack Chesbro is knocked out by the White Sox after pitching 30 complete games in a row. For the year he will win 41 games, pitching 48 complete games out of 51 starts for the Highlanders. All are post-1900 records. His 455 innings pitched will be topped only by Ed Walsh's 464 in 1908.

1905: In a great pitching duel, New York ace Christy Mathewson allows three Chicago hits, while the Giants manage just four off Ed Reulbach. New York tallies an unearned run in the 6th for the game's only score.
Catchers are not expected to hit triples, but Boston Beaneater backstop Pat Moran legs out a trio of three-base hits against the Pirates.

1908: Twenty thousand fans, the largest ever to watch a Monday game, crowd the Polo Grounds to see the matchup of Christy Mathewson and the Cubs' Orval Overall. Matty doesn't disappoint, winning, 3 - 2.

1911: The Detroit Tigers club announces that a new grandstand, costing $300,000, will be built for the 1912 season.

1912: Led by Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Phils whip the Reds, 10 - 2. Pete wins the game on the mound and also adds a home run.

1914: Ty Cobb has 4 stolen bases, including 2 of third base and one of home. The #Tigers beat the Red Sox 13-7 to move into a tie for first place with the Yankees.

1915: In Washington, Detroit 3B Ossie Vitt is hit by a Walter Johnson fastball and, after being knocked out for five minutes, leaves the game with a concussion. A rattled Johnson then allows four runs in the first inning, two runs on a 2-run homer by George Burns, and another four through the 6th inning to lose (he will be 17-2 at home this year). Ty Cobb, observing Johnson's fear of hitting a batter, will begin to crowd the plate on the Washington ace from here on. Cobb will average .435 for the rest of his career against Walter, after topping .222 only once in the previous eight years.

1917: Babe Ruth beats the Tigers, 5 - 4, giving up just four hits. The Babe's drive into the CF bleachers, said to be the longest hit at Fenway Park, is the difference. The homer is Babe's first of the year.

1917: Four days after shutting out the Browns, Walter Johnson pitches a one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox.

1924: Ty Cobb steals second base once, third base twice, and home once in the Tigers' 13 - 7 win over Boston that puts them on top in the American League.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG3tMZSWAAETQ3U.jpg

1929: Pitching for the visiting Cards, Grover Alexander beats the Phils, 7 - 1, for his 373rd and last National League victory. It is noted at the time that he ties Christy Mathewson for NL wins. Relieving after eight innings, he pitches four scoreless relief innings to win, 11 - 9, in 12 innings of the nitecap. The Phils take the opener, 7 - 1. Alexander will be sent back to St. Louis on August 20th after one too many curfew violations and finish the season at 9-8.

1930: At Fenway Park, Detroit's Earl Whitehill wins his 9th straight, beating the Red Sox, 4 - 2. The Sox score their two runs in the 9th. Detroit collects nine hits, but John Stone goes hitless ending his 23-game hitting streak.

1934: Babe Ruth announces 1934 is definitely his final season as a regular player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit, but will then go back on his decision to play with the Boston Braves in 1935.

1945: The Detroit Tigers released Pat McLaughlin.

1947: With five hits, Stan Musial finally lifts his average over .300, and the Cardinals make a run at the Dodgers, sweeping the Pirates, 5 - 0 and 7 - 5. Murry Dickson allows four hits in the shutout. Musial will finish at .312, and the Cards, five games back of Brooklyn.

1957: Mickey Mantle blasts a 460-foot homer to become the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 6 - 3.

1960: Ted Williams hits a pair of homers and a double to pace the Red Sox to a 6 - 1 win over the Indians. Ted has 21 homers for the season. The first of the two today, #512, moves Ted past Mel Ott into 4th place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.

1961: The Detroit Tigers selected Ron Kline off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

1966: Chuck Dressen dies of a heart attack in Detroit, age 67. He had managed the Tigers earlier in the season.

1969: 'Day of Infamy'. Mayo Smith fires greatest Tigers pitching coach Johnny Sain, who was instrumental in the Tigers' 1968 World Championship.

1971: Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with founder Robert Davids as president.

1971: The Giants' Juan Marichal pitches the 50th shutout of his career, a 1 - 0 squeaker over Montreal. He leads all active hurlers in this category.

1971: Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th player to amass 500 home runs, and adds his 501st, but the Orioles beat the Twins, 4 - 3.
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1976: Jim Palmer one-hits the Twins, as the O's win, 2 - 0.

1984: Ruppert Jones hits a go-ahead home run in the 8th and Willie Hernandez earns his 25th save to give the Tigers a 5-4 win over the royals.

1986: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Engle.
1986: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Ken Hill to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

1989: Dave Bergman singles to break up a Nolan Ryan no-hitter with one out in the 9th in a loss to the rangers.

1991: The Tigers win twice at Yankee Stadium; 5-1 and 4-0. Mark Leiter went 7 innings allowing the 1 run for the win in the first game. Walt Terrell pitched a complete game shutout in game 2. Lou Whitaker homered during the 1st victory.

1995: Kirk Gibson's final career appearance. Goes 0-for-2 with a walk in three plate appearances in a loss to Texas.

1995: The Detroit Tigers traded Mike Henneman to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Phil Nevin (August 15, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

1996: The Tigers beat the Yankees 13-7. Damion Easley batted leadoff, going 3-5 with 4 RBI. Easley started the game with a home run off Jimmy Key. Travis Fryman and Andujar Cedeno also had 3 hits and a home run each.

1999: Major league umpires drop the federal lawsuit which they filed July 26.

2001: The Royals defeat the Tigers, 7 - 3, in a game marked by a 6th-inning brawl set off when Kansas City 1B Mike Sweeney charges Detroit P Jeff Weaver after Weaver calls him a profane name. Numerous punches are thrown as both benches and bullpens clear. After a 12-minute delay, the game resumes with Sweeney, KC coach Al Nipper, and Detroit coach Doug Mansolino ejected from the contest. Sweeney will be suspended 10 games for his actions, and Detroit catcher Robert Fick eight games. Five other players and four coaches will also be disciplined.

2005: Jackie Robinson's former Negro League roommate, 103-year old Ted Radcliffe, thought at the time to be the oldest professional baseball player, dies after a long battle with cancer. He was dubbed "Double Duty" by Damon Runyon after hitting a grand slam in the opener of a 1932 Yankee Stadium doubleheader and then hurling a shutout in the night cap.

2012: The Detroit Tigers released Matt Young.

2012: Austin Jackson runs wild as the Tigers defeat Texas, 6 - 2. He triples in the 4th to score Detroit's first run, then after the Bengals score four runs to go ahead in the 6th, he caps the scoring in the 7th with the Tigers' first inside-the-park homer in five years when Nelson Cruz makes an ill-advised attempt to catch his drive rather than let it bounce in front of him for a double; the ball skips past Cruz all the way to the wall. Prince Fielder hits a three-run homer for Detroit as Max Scherzer is the winner over Scott Feldman.

2014: The Blue Jays defeat the Tigers, 6 - 5, in the longest game in team history in terms of both time and innings, thanks to a run-scoring single by Jose Bautista in the 19th inning, after 6 hours and 37 minutes of baseball. The winning hit comes off Rick Porcello, normally a starter but pressed into action by the length of the game. Melky Cabrera is the first player since Rod Carew on May 12, 1972 to reach base 8 times in a game. Chad Jenkins throws 6 scoreless innings for the win. The Tigers take an early 5 - 0 lead against starter Mark Buehrle who is chased in the 4th, but the Jays claw back and tie the game in the bottom of the 9th.

2017: Nicholas Castellanos hits his AL-leading 8th triple, and Justin Verlander holds the Pirates to one hit in 8 innings in a 10-0 win.
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2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Zach McAllister as a free agent.

2019: 2019 Edwin Jackson pitches 6+ strong innings in his first appearance with the Tigers since 2009. Jake Rogers goes deep in the Tigers? 5-2 win over the Royals.

2020: Tigers beat the Pirates 2-1 on Miguel Cabrera's RBI single in the 8th inning. Spencer Turnbull holds the Pirates to 5 hits over 7 innings.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rocky_Colavito
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colavro01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Rocky-Colavito/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEDitV2XYAEnqg2?format=jpg&name=small
Rocky Colavito 1960-1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Brookens
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brookto01.shtml
Tom Brookens 1979-1988, coach 2010-2013.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderjo03.shtml?redir
Josh Anderson 2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonbr01.shtml
Brandon Lyon 2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Frazier
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frazije01.shtml
Jeff Frazier 2010.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Anthony_Gose
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosean01.shtml
Anthony Gose 2015-2016.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dendema01.shtml
Matt den Dekker 2017.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramoswi01.shtml
Wilson Ramos 2021.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hugheto03.shtml
Tom Hughes 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chuck_Dressen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/dressch01.shtml
Chuck Dressen manager 1963-1964, 1965-1966.

Baseball Reference
 
August 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1903: At Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young tosses no-hit ball for seven innings, and beats the A's, 7 - 2.

1904: Jack Chesbro is knocked out by the White Sox after pitching 30 complete games in a row. For the year he will win 41 games, pitching 48 complete games out of 51 starts for the Highlanders. All are post-1900 records. His 455 innings pitched will be topped only by Ed Walsh's 464 in 1908.

1905: In a great pitching duel, New York ace Christy Mathewson allows three Chicago hits, while the Giants manage just four off Ed Reulbach. New York tallies an unearned run in the 6th for the game's only score.
Catchers are not expected to hit triples, but Boston Beaneater backstop Pat Moran legs out a trio of three-base hits against the Pirates.

1906: Willie Wells is born in Austin, Texas. Detroit Wolves shortstop in 1932. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. Cool Papa Bell called Wells "the greatest shortstop in the world.? Tribute from Tigers HOFer Charlie Gehringer: "Willie Wells was the kind of player you always wanted on your team. He played the way all great players played, with everything he had".
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1908: Twenty thousand fans, the largest ever to watch a Monday game, crowd the Polo Grounds to see the matchup of Christy Mathewson and the Cubs' Orval Overall. Matty doesn't disappoint, winning, 3 - 2.

1911: The Detroit Tigers club announces that a new grandstand, costing $300,000, will be built for the 1912 season.

1912: Led by Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Phils whip the Reds, 10 - 2. Pete wins the game on the mound and also adds a home run.

1914: Ty Cobb has 4 stolen bases, including 2 of third base and one of home. The #Tigers beat the Red Sox 13-7 to move into a tie for first place with the Yankees.

1915: In Washington, Detroit 3B Ossie Vitt is hit by a Walter Johnson fastball and, after being knocked out for five minutes, leaves the game with a concussion. A rattled Johnson then allows four runs in the first inning, two runs on a 2-run homer by George Burns, and another four through the 6th inning to lose (he will be 17-2 at home this year). Ty Cobb, observing Johnson's fear of hitting a batter, will begin to crowd the plate on the Washington ace from here on. Cobb will average .435 for the rest of his career against Walter, after topping .222 only once in the previous eight years.

1917: Babe Ruth beats the Tigers, 5 - 4, giving up just four hits. The Babe's drive into the CF bleachers, said to be the longest hit at Fenway Park, is the difference. The homer is Babe's first of the year.

1917: Four days after shutting out the Browns, Walter Johnson pitches a one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox.

1924: Ty Cobb steals second base once, third base twice, and home once in the Tigers' 13 - 7 win over Boston that puts them on top in the American League.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG3tMZSWAAETQ3U.jpg

1929: Pitching for the visiting Cards, Grover Alexander beats the Phils, 7 - 1, for his 373rd and last National League victory. It is noted at the time that he ties Christy Mathewson for NL wins. Relieving after eight innings, he pitches four scoreless relief innings to win, 11 - 9, in 12 innings of the nitecap. The Phils take the opener, 7 - 1. Alexander will be sent back to St. Louis on August 20th after one too many curfew violations and finish the season at 9-8.

1929: The Tigers win on a walk-off inside-the-park home run by Roy Johnson in the 11th inning. Johnson will go on to become the first rookie in major league history to reach 200 hits. His 45 doubles on the season are still a Tigers rookie record.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuRnA_5XYAI1gQw?format=jpg&name=small

1930: At Fenway Park, Detroit's Earl Whitehill wins his 9th straight, beating the Red Sox, 4 - 2. The Sox score their two runs in the 9th. Detroit collects nine hits, but John Stone goes hitless ending his 23-game hitting streak.

1934: Babe Ruth announces 1934 is definitely his final season as a regular player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit, but will then go back on his decision to play with the Boston Braves in 1935.

1945: The Detroit Tigers released Pat McLaughlin.

1947: With five hits, Stan Musial finally lifts his average over .300, and the Cardinals make a run at the Dodgers, sweeping the Pirates, 5 - 0 and 7 - 5. Murry Dickson allows four hits in the shutout. Musial will finish at .312, and the Cards, five games back of Brooklyn.

1957: Mickey Mantle blasts a 460-foot homer to become the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 6 - 3.

1960: Ted Williams hits a pair of homers and a double to pace the Red Sox to a 6 - 1 win over the Indians. Ted has 21 homers for the season. The first of the two today, #512, moves Ted past Mel Ott into 4th place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.

1961: The Detroit Tigers selected Ron Kline off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

1966: Chuck Dressen dies of a heart attack in Detroit, age 67. He had managed the Tigers earlier in the season.

1969: 'Day of Infamy'. Mayo Smith fires greatest Tigers pitching coach Johnny Sain, who was instrumental in the Tigers' 1968 World Championship.

1971: Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with founder Robert Davids as president.

1971: The Giants' Juan Marichal pitches the 50th shutout of his career, a 1 - 0 squeaker over Montreal. He leads all active hurlers in this category.

1971: Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th player to amass 500 home runs, and adds his 501st, but the Orioles beat the Twins, 4 - 3.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8ZgsyyX...png&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8b3bXnX...pg&name=medium

1976: Jim Palmer one-hits the Twins, as the O's win, 2 - 0.

1984: Ruppert Jones hits a go-ahead home run in the 8th and Willie Hernandez earns his 25th save to give the Tigers a 5-4 win over the royals.

1986: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Engle.
1986: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Ken Hill to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

1989: Dave Bergman singles to break up a Nolan Ryan no-hitter with one out in the 9th in a loss to the rangers.

1991: The Tigers win twice at Yankee Stadium; 5-1 and 4-0. Mark Leiter went 7 innings allowing the 1 run for the win in the first game. Walt Terrell pitched a complete game shutout in game 2. Lou Whitaker homered during the 1st victory.

1995: Kirk Gibson's final career appearance. Goes 0-for-2 with a walk in three plate appearances in a loss to Texas.

1995: The Detroit Tigers traded Mike Henneman to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Phil Nevin (August 15, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

1996: The Tigers beat the Yankees 13-7. Damion Easley batted leadoff, going 3-5 with 4 RBI. Easley started the game with a home run off Jimmy Key. Travis Fryman and Andujar Cedeno also had 3 hits and a home run each.

1999: Major league umpires drop the federal lawsuit which they filed July 26.

2001: The Royals defeat the Tigers, 7 - 3, in a game marked by a 6th-inning brawl set off when Kansas City 1B Mike Sweeney charges Detroit P Jeff Weaver after Weaver calls him a profane name. Numerous punches are thrown as both benches and bullpens clear. After a 12-minute delay, the game resumes with Sweeney, KC coach Al Nipper, and Detroit coach Doug Mansolino ejected from the contest. Sweeney will be suspended 10 games for his actions, and Detroit catcher Robert Fick eight games. Five other players and four coaches will also be disciplined.

2005: Jackie Robinson's former Negro League roommate, 103-year old Ted Radcliffe, thought at the time to be the oldest professional baseball player, dies after a long battle with cancer. He was dubbed "Double Duty" by Damon Runyon after hitting a grand slam in the opener of a 1932 Yankee Stadium doubleheader and then hurling a shutout in the night cap.

2012: The Detroit Tigers released Matt Young.

2012: Austin Jackson runs wild as the Tigers defeat Texas, 6 - 2. He triples in the 4th to score Detroit's first run, then after the Bengals score four runs to go ahead in the 6th, he caps the scoring in the 7th with the Tigers' first inside-the-park homer in five years when Nelson Cruz makes an ill-advised attempt to catch his drive rather than let it bounce in front of him for a double; the ball skips past Cruz all the way to the wall. Prince Fielder hits a three-run homer for Detroit as Max Scherzer is the winner over Scott Feldman.
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2014: The Blue Jays defeat the Tigers, 6 - 5, in the longest game in team history in terms of both time and innings, thanks to a run-scoring single by Jose Bautista in the 19th inning, after 6 hours and 37 minutes of baseball. The winning hit comes off Rick Porcello, normally a starter but pressed into action by the length of the game. Melky Cabrera is the first player since Rod Carew on May 12, 1972 to reach base 8 times in a game. Chad Jenkins throws 6 scoreless innings for the win. The Tigers take an early 5 - 0 lead against starter Mark Buehrle who is chased in the 4th, but the Jays claw back and tie the game in the bottom of the 9th.

2017: Nicholas Castellanos hits his AL-leading 8th triple, and Justin Verlander holds the Pirates to one hit in 8 innings in a 10-0 win.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG1d8IVU...pg&name=medium

2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Zach McAllister as a free agent.

2019: 2019 Edwin Jackson pitches 6+ strong innings in his first appearance with the Tigers since 2009. Jake Rogers goes deep in the Tigers? 5-2 win over the Royals.

2020: Tigers beat the Pirates 2-1 on Miguel Cabrera's RBI single in the 8th inning. Spencer Turnbull holds the Pirates to 5 hits over 7 innings.

2022: 1B Chandler Redmond of the Springfield Cardinals hits only the second "home run cycle" in professional baseball history: it consists of hitting four home runs - a solo one, a two-run shot, a three-run shot and a grand slam. Redmond also adds a single and drives in 11 runs in his team's record-setting 21 - 4 win over Amarillo, as Springfield hits a team record 8 homers and also sets a new record for runs. The only other player to hit a home run cycle was Tyrone Horne of Arkansas - also the AA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Texas League - on July 27, 1998.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rocky_Colavito
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colavro01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Rocky-Colavito/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEDitV2XYAEnqg2?format=jpg&name=small
Rocky Colavito 1960-1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Brookens
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brookto01.shtml
Tom Brookens 1979-1988, coach 2010-2013.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderjo03.shtml?redir
Josh Anderson 2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonbr01.shtml
Brandon Lyon 2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Frazier
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frazije01.shtml
Jeff Frazier 2010.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Anthony_Gose
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosean01.shtml
Anthony Gose 2015-2016.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dendema01.shtml
Matt den Dekker 2017.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramoswi01.shtml
Wilson Ramos 2021.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hugheto03.shtml
Tom Hughes 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chuck_Dressen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/dressch01.shtml
Chuck Dressen manager 1963-1964, 1965-1966.

Baseball Reference
 
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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Today, another opportunity for readers to discuss the hottest topics in a forum where thoughtful dialog and a variety of opinions are welcomed.

Let?s create some running conversational threads. And for those of you still going into offices, here?s a question to take with you ? or use via Zoom ? as you talk to your co-workers.

Here is today?s topic:

Last week, Miguel Cabera seemed to indicate that he was pondering retirement after this year. In interviews, he talked about how much his right knee was hurting and inhibiting his ability to play the game. The very next day, he backtracked on his comments and said he would be back for the 2023 season.

Miggy was diagnosed in 2019 with a chronic knee condition that 4 top specialists recommended not to be treated with surgery. His manager, A. J. Hinch, said that Miggy?s knee is now forcing him into a part-time role with the team. He will no longer be able to play 2 days in a row.

Cabrera has 1 more season with Detroit and will be paid a guaranteed $32 mill. The Tigers will also need to pay him an additional $8 mill as a buyout for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Starting now and going through next year, Miggy will be playing approximately 3 days a week as a part-time player. But he will take up a full roster spot that will complicate the rebuilding process, maintaining a 40-man roster and bringing up prospects. Overall, this will slow the rebuilding process.

Is keeping Miggy on the roster the best thing to do?

Shouldn?t he have an official farewell tour in 2023 before he retires?

Or should the Tigers move forward without Miggy after this season?

Is there another role Cabrera could play with the team?

What do you believe is the best way to approach this dilemma?
What should the Tigers do about Miggy?

1. Let him play in 2023 and give him a farewell tour.

2. Turn him into a hitting coach for 2023.

3. Have him retire after this season (2022).

VOTE
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/kerry-carpenter-tigers-minor-league-slugger-to-debut
Minor League HR leader to debut for Tigers.
No. 22 prospect Carpenter will DH for Detroit on Wednesday.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/8...er-toledo-mud-hens-daz-cameron-miguel-cabrera
Kerry Carpenter is ready for his major league debut.
The young outfielder hewed a difficult path to reach this moment. Hopefully he can continue to surprise and impress.
BYBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/2022/08/10/detroit-tigers-promote-kerry-carpenter/
Detroit Tigers: What to expect from Kerry Carpenter.
MCBTB
 
The Detroit Tigers today announced they have parted ways with Executive Vice President and General Manager Al Avila, effective immediately.
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Guys this just happened a few minutes before 4:30 pm August 10, 2022.
As of now at 4:30 it has not been put in any news stories other than the blurb from the Tigers.

For the first time in months the Tigers official site has come out with the first story on what we have been waiting for the past few years.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/al-avila-tigers-part-ways
Tigers part ways with GM Al Avila.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/tigers-fire-general-manager-al-avila.html
Tigers Fire General Manager Al Avila.
The Tigers have announced that they have parted ways with executive vice president and general manager Al Avila, effective immediately. Sam Menzin, vice president and assistant general manager, will continue as the day-to-day contact for the team, per the statement. The club?s chairman and CEO Christopher Ilitch says that he will oversee the search for Avila?s replacement.
More to come.
MLBTR

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/8/10/23300504/detroit-tigers-fire-al-avila-chris-ilitch
The Detroit Tigers fire general manager Al Avila.
It?s been a long seven years, but Chris Ilitch has finally seen enough.
BYBTB

Starting with his first full season in 2016, the Tigers have a record of 404-573 under Avila heading into Wednesday night?s matchup against Cleveland.

https://motorcitybengals.com/2022/08/10/detroit-tigers-fire-gm-al-avila-seven-years/
Detroit Tigers fire general manager Al Avila after seven years.
The Detroit Tigers will be looking for a new GM this offseason.
MCBTB

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-gm-al-avila-after-seven-seasons/10291309002/
Detroit Tigers fire general manager Al Avila after 7 seasons.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/08/tigers-dismiss-general-manager-al-avila.html
Tigers dismiss general manager Al Avila.
Mlive

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34380590/al-avila-vice-president-general-manager-detroit-tigers
Al Avila out as vice president, general manager of Detroit Tigers.
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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...rs-fire-general-manager-al-avila/10291680002/
'I felt our progress certainly stalled': Tigers owner Ilitch fires GM Avila.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...etroit-tigers-firing-gm-al-avila/10292027002/
What they're saying: Reaction to the Tigers firing general manager Al Avila.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/...-tigers-general-manager-al-avila/10293106002/
Chris Ilitch on firing of Tigers general manager Al Avila on Aug. 10, 2022.
Detnews
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/a-j-hinch-urges-team-to-stay-focused-as-al-avila-departs
Amid turmoil, Hinch urges team to focus on winning.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/guardia...791#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=662791
Boxscore.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/8...e-riley-greene-kerry-carpenter-drew-hutchison
Tigers 2 - Guardians 3: Missed opportunites haunt lackluster offense again.
In the first game following the end of the Al Avila era, the offensive problems that have plagued the Tigers all season were out in full force.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...debut-guardians-hold-3-2-victory/10284767002/
Tigers rookie Kerry Carpenter hitless in debut; Guardians hold on for 3-2 victory.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...cap-cleveland-guardians-al-avila/10293266002/
Detroit Tigers' rally falls short in first game of post-Avila era, fall 3-2 to Guardians.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...-20-straight-but-still-fall-to-guardians.html
Tigers finish game by retiring 20 straight, but still fall to Guardians.
Mlive
 
August 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1905: Jay Clarke returned to the Cleveland Naps by the Detroit Tigers as part of earlier loan.

1912: In an 8 - 3 win over the Highlanders? Cleveland's Joe Jackson becomes the second American League player to steal home twice in a game. He steals home in the 1st inning? and then in the 7th? he steals second base? third? and home.

1913: The Detroit Tigers purchased Lefty Williams from Nashville (Southern) for $3,500.

1914: After missing 6 weeks? first with broken ribs? then a broken thumb? Ty Cobb signs a new 3-year contract and returns to the lineup. He and Sam Crawford had been offered double their salaries to jump to the Feds. Cobb will get into just 97 games? but he will win another batting crown at .368. Under existing rules his 345 at bats are enough to qualify.

1919: Cleveland's Tris Speaker ties an American League record? scoring 5 runs in a 15 - 9 win at New York.

1923: The Tigers beat the Yanks? 10 - 4? in a series that features the top two hitters in the American League. Babe Ruth goes 3-for-8 against the Tigers? while Harry Heilmann is 5-for-10 against the Yanks. The two are neck and neck at .390 for the year. Heilmann raises his average to .394 and will finish at .403 to win the batting crown.
After the game? AL President Ban Johnson rules that Babe Ruth must give up his Sam Crawford bat? made for him by the future Hall of Famer. The bat is "four pieces of seasoned wood? carefully glued together." On August 21? Johnson rules that only one-piece bats will be allowed? a rule that also affects Ken Williams? who is using a plugged bat.

1926: 38 year old Cleveland CF/Manager Tris Speaker hit is the 700th double of his HOF career. Seen here in 1928 brought to life in color in our newest release (w/3 other pretty good players!), he'd retire after the '28 season w/792 doubles. An MLB career record to this day.
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1928: Carl Hubbell's first major league victory is a 4 - 0 shutout of the Phils. He'll be 10 - 6 down the stretch and will pitch 16 years with the Giants.

1929: Babe Ruth hits his 500th career home run, this one off the Indians' Willis Hudlin. Second place all-time is currently held by Cy Williams with 237 homers. At the time he was the only member of the 400 and 300 home run club also.
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1929: Tigers win on walk-off inside-the-park HR by Roy Johnson in 11th and beat the philadelphia athletics 9 - 8.

1935: Charlie Gehringer extends his streak of consecutive games played to 577, his second career streak of more than 500 straight games. It's a franchise record that still stands: no other Tiger has ever reached 500 consecutive games.
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1935: The East-West Game is held at Comiskey Park. Mule Suttles' 3-run homer off Sug Cornelius in the bottom of the 11th wins it, 11 - 8, for the West. Josh Gibson goes 4 for 5 with 3 runs.
Eddie Rose of the New Orleans Pelicans hits a high fly ball against the Birmingham Barons which strikes a pigeon, killing it instantly. Rose is credited with a hit.

1942: At Cleveland? in the first game of a twi-nighter? Indian P Al Milnar has a no-hitter until Doc Cramer singles with 2 out in the 9th. But the duel with Detroit's Tommy Bridges ends in a 14-inning scoreless tie because the rules state the game cannot be continued under the lights.

1945: Hank Greenberg at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium takes a swing in the Tigers 5 - 4 win over the red sox.
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1946: Stan Musial has eight hits in nine at-bats in a doubleheader sweep for the Cardinals against the Reds.

1949: The Cleveland Indians traded Jim Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Lum Harris (October 1, 1949), Anse Moore (October 1, 1949) and (minors) (October 1, 1949) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

1951: Behind the four-hit pitching of Early Wynn? the Indians defeat the White Sox, 2 - 1, in front of a Ladies Night crowd of 70?119. Wynn's homer in the 7th breaks the tie created by 2nd-inning homers by Eddie Robinson and Al Rosen. It's the Tribe's 9th straight win to stay deadlocked with the Yankees for first place. Loser Joe Dobson? who has beaten Wynn twice this year? gives up just 6 hits.

1955: Ted Williams hits a single off Bob Turley of the Yankees for his 2,000th career hit.

1956: Mickey Mantle hits his 40th homer? off Hal Brown? as the Yankees clip the Orioles? 10 - 5. Mantle is the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio? in 1937? to hit 40 homers.

1957: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils trade shutouts. New York takes the opener, 5 - 0, behind Curt Barclay's three-hitter. Danny O'Connell hits a three-run homer off Harvey Haddix, and Willie Mays bangs two triples. Willie has 15 so far and will top the 20 mark this year in doubles, triples and homers, just the 4th player in history to accomplish that. George Brett will join the list in 1979, the last 20th century player to do so. Thereafter, Curtis Granderson and Jimmy Rollins add this to their baseball resume.

1961: Warren Spahn of the Braves beats the Cubs, 2 - 1, for his 300th career win.
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1964: Hank Aaron passes Joe DiMaggio with his 362nd career home run in the Braves' 9 - 6 win over the Colt .45's.
Hank is less than half way to his final total of 755.

1968: Satchel Paige? 62 years or so old? and needing 158 days on a ML payroll to qualify for a pension? is signed by the Braves. He will not pitch a regular-season game for Atlanta and will become a coach on September 30th and stay for another year.

1968: Gates Brown wins the opener for the Tigers by poling a pinch homer - one of two pinch homers the Tigers hit - in the 14th to beat the Red Sox 5 - 4. In the nightcap? he singles home the winning run as the Tigers score 4 in the 9th to win 6 - 5.
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1970: Jim Bunning of the Phillies achieves his 100th National League win to go with his 100 victories in the American League with the Tigers to become the first pitcher since Cy Young to accomplish the feat.

1984: Jack Morris gets his 15th win, in Kansas City as the Tigers win 9 - 5 over the royals.

1992: The Tigers beat the Yankees 5-1. Frank Tanana got the win, allowing 1 run over 7.2 innings. Rico Brogna hits the 1st home run of his Major League career, and only HR with the Tigers. Lou Whitaker also went yard.

1993: Tigers OF Dan Gladden hits a grand slam in Detroit's 15 - 5 win over the Orioles. Gladden also hit a grand slam in yesterday's game against Baltimore? making him the 14th player in history to do so in consecutive games.
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1994: Tigers play their last game of a strike-shortened season in a loss to the brewers.

2003: The Royals beat the Yankees? 12 - 9? as the teams set an American League record by stroking 19 doubles. Kansas City strokes 11 of the two-baggers? just one shy of the AL mark.

2009: Boston's 7 - 5 win over Detroit at Fenway Park is marred by a brawl in the 2nd inning. When Kevin Youkilis is hit by a Rick Porcello pitch, he charges the mound and both benches empty. Youkilis and Porcello are both ejected after Porcello wrestles Youkillis to the ground with punches and forearm shivers. Youkillis is bloodied and beaten by the 20 year old rookie.

2011: Justin Verlander is the first 17-game winner in the majors after defeating Cleveland, 4 - 3. The Tigers avoid a three-game sweep and leave the shores of Lake Erie with a three-game lead over the Indians. It is the 100th win of Verlander's career; he is the only active major leaguer under 30 to have reached the total.
Jose Valverde converts his 33rd consecutive save opportunity for a team record.
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2012: The Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5 - 2. Derek Jeter collects his league-leading 150th hit of the season, joining Hank Aaron as the only two players to have 17 seasons of 150 or more hits.

2014: The Detroit Tigers released Casey Crosby.

2019: Trevor Rosenthal of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2021: For the second time this season, a pitcher strikes out ten consecutive batters, tying the all-time mark set by Hall of Famer Tom Seaver in 1970. After Aaron Nola of the Phillies had matched Seaver's feat on June 25th, Corbin Burnes of the Brewers becomes the third, by striking out the side in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings against the Cubs, and then starting off the 5th by striking out 1B Frank Schwindel, who had been his first victim in the 2nd. The next batter, Matt Duffy, hits a single, but Milwaukee cruises to an easy 10 - 0 win.

2022: The Cubs win the second annual Field of Dreams Game, played in a temporary ballpark near Dyersville, IA, next to the site where the eponymous movie was shot, 4 - 2 over the Reds. Nick Madrigal leads the way, going 3 for 5 as both teams wear retro uniforms for the occasion. Before the game, Ken Griffey Sr. sets the tone by playing a friendly game of catch with his son, Junior, soon joined by a group of kids and then legendary players from both teams in a scene straight out of the iconic movie.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobo_Newsom
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/newsobo01.shtml
Bobo Newsom 1939-1941.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Scheffing
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/schefbo01.shtml
Bob Scheffing manager 1961-1963, radio/tv announcer 1964, scout 1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Monbouquette
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/monbobi01.shtml
Bill Monboquette 1966-1967.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Vada_Pinson
Vada Pinson coach 1985-1991.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pedrial01.shtml
Al Pedrique 1989.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ellisba01.shtml
Babe Ellison 1916-1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ted_Radcliffe
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/radclte01.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Radcliffe
https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=radcl01ted
Ted Double Duty Radcliffe Detroit Stars Negro Leagues 1928-1929, 1931.

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