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December 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1969 - In a letter to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, traded St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood states his refusal to report to the Philadelphia Phillies citing he is not a piece of property to be sold. The MLB Players Association announces it supports Flood's suit against baseball and will pay his legal fees.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccreed01.shtml
Ed McCreery 1914.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fostela01.shtml
Larry Foster 1963.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gintema01.shtml
Matt Ginter 2005.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rominan01.shtml
Andrew Romine 2014.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Cobb
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbjo01.shtml?redir
Joe Cobb 1918.

from baseball reference
 
December 25 in Tigers and mlb history:

1862 - A crowd of 40,000 watches two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Civil War historians are debating the actual size of the crowd.

1957 - With the backing of United States Representatives Kenneth Keating and Emanuel Celler, the minor league executives urge that Major League Baseball compensate them for infringement on their territorial rights.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesal01.shtml
Alex Jones 1903.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Akers
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/akersbi01.shtml?redir
Bill Akers 1929-1931.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ned_Garver
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garvene01.shtml?redir
Ned Garver 1952-1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamilja01.shtml
Jack Hamilton 1964-1965.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gene_Lamont
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lamonge01.shtml?redir
Gene Lamont 1970-1972, 1974-1975, coach 2006-present.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzaju02.shtml
Julio Gonzalez 1983.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hiljuer01.shtml
Erik Hiljus 1999-2000.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Martin_(martibi02)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martibi02.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/martibi02.shtml
Billy Martin 1958, manager 1971-1973.

from baseball reference
 
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