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January 30 in Tigers and mlb history:

1926 - The Major League Rules Committee agrees that pitchers may have access to a rosin bag. On February 8, the American League will refuse to permit its use, but on April 28th, the league will give in and allow a rosin bag on the field, but discourage its use by players. The Committee also discusses the possible elimination of the intentional walk, a topic that has come up before, by making the pitcher throw to the batter. Calling a balk on the catcher if he steps out of his box has not eliminated the intentional walk as intended. No action is taken however.

1958 - Commissioner Ford Frick announces that players and coaches, rather than the fans, will vote on selections for the All-Star Game. The vote will not return to the fans until 1970, when Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reverses Frick's action. The decision is a reaction to alleged ballot box stuffing by Cincinnati fans before last year's All-Star Game.

1964 - The United States Senate Subcommittee on Monopolies begins hearings on baseball.

1978: Former pitcher Addie Joss and former executive Larry MacPhail are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Walt_Dropo
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dropowa01.shtml?redir
Walt Dropo 1952-1954.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sandy_Amorós
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/amorosa01.shtml?redir
Sandy Amoros 1960.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stegmda01.shtml
Dave Stegman 1978-1980.

from Baseball Reference

 

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https://www.detroitathletic.com/blo...ars-big-trade-granderson-still-swinging-hard/
More than seven years after the big trade, Granderson is still swinging.
Detroit Athletic

 

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http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/01/30/dixon-machado-detroit-tigers/97235410/
Detroit Tigers' Dixon Machado facing an important spring training.
Freep

 

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http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/01...sidered-the-second-best-first-baseman-in-mlb/
Miguel Cabrera Considered The Second Best First Baseman In MLB.
CBSDetroit

 

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http://www.faketeams.com/2017/1/30/...epers-leaders-stats-metrics-infield-fly-balls
2016 MLB Leaderboard: Pop up % Percentage.
An often overlooked and hard-to-find stat, pop up% percentage, is the focus of this post. Come for the unique leaderboards, stay for the Dad joke.
RotoHardball

 

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J.D. MARTINEZ HAS MUCH TO PROVE THIS YEAR.
Martinez is likely to be playing elsewhere in 2018, so this year will be big for him to prove that his poor defensive metrics in 2016 were a fluke.

http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/77505/whos-motivated-by-their-next-contract-in-2017
Who's motivated in 2017 to earn his next contract?
espn

 

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http://seamheads.com/blog/2017/01/29/lazzaris-vault-do-you-remember/
Lazzari?s Vault: Do You Remember?
Some good conversation starters for those, shall we say, ?aging? baseball fans out there. Do you remember.
Seamheads

 

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http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/214754808/justin-wilson-to-vary-pitches-in-spring/
Justin Wilson looking to vary repertoire at camp.
Tigers official site

 

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http://motorcitybengals.com/2017/01/30/detroit-tigers-most-unpredictable-player-on-the-team/
Detroit Tigers: Most Unpredictable Player on the 2017 Team.
mcbtb

 

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http://www.crainsdetroit.com/articl...f-luxury-tax-but-avila-says-changes-ahead-for
Tigers face 2nd year of luxury tax, but Avila says changes ahead for 2018.
CrainsDetroit

 

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Harry Heilmann bested a Hall of Famer for each of his Batting titles - '21 #2 Cobb, '23 #2 Babe Ruth, '25 #2 Speaker, '27 #2 Simmons.

 

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January 31 in Tigers and mlb history:

1919 - Future Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson is born to Jerry and Mallie Robinson in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson will become the first black player in 20th century major league history when he debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

1931 - Hall of Fame shortstop Ernie Banks is born in Dallas, Texas. Banks will make his debut with the Chicago Cubs in 1953 and hit 512 home runs during a 19-year career.

1952: The Hall of Fame elects two new members: Harry Heilmann, with 203 votes, and Paul Waner with 195. Waner, a .333 career hitter, rapped out 3,152 hits and struck out just 376 times in 9,459 career at-bats.
Heilmann was similarly skilled with the bat, winning four batting titles with the Detroit Tigers and finishing his career with a .342 average.

1959: Former major league star Joe Cronin succeeds Will Harridge as president of the American League. A Hall of Fame shortstop who played for the Pirates, Senators and Red Sox, Cronin batted .301 over a 20-year playing career. He signs a seven-year pact and will remain in office until his retirement in 1973.

1969: The National Association approves the use of the Designated Hitter for the International, Eastern, Texas and New York-Pennsylvania leagues. The rules vary slightly for each league. The Texas League will be the first to use the DH, in April.

1969: The American and National leagues agree to try an experimental rule change in spring training using a designated pinch hitter, but they don't agree on the implementation. The AL tells the teams to use the DPH when they are the home team; the NL gives the home manager the choice of which rules to use, but the visiting manager has to agree. The Mets, Giants, and Cardinals say that they will not use the rules, and the Astros and Reds follow suit.

1971 - The Special Veterans Committee selects seven men for enshrinement in the Hall of Fame: former players Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick Hafey, and Dave Bancroft, as well as executive George Weiss. A number of this year's choices will later be derided as some of the worst ever made by the Veterans Committee.

1977 - Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Sewell batted .312 over 14 seasons with the Indians and Yankees. Rusie won 246 games over nine seasons from 1889 to 1898. Lopez won four fielding titles in 19 years as a catcher, but it is his .584 winning percentage in 17 seasons as a manager that got him into Cooperstown.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Burns_(burnsge02)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnsge02.shtml?redir
George Burns 1914-1917.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hargrpi01.shtml
Pinky Hargrave 1928-1930.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Duke_Maas
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maasdu01.shtml?redir
Duke Maas 1955-1957.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hank_Aguirre
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aguirha01.shtml?redir
Hank Aguirre 1958-1967.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powerte01.shtml
Ted Power 1988.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ossie_Vitt
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vittos01.shtml?redir
Ossie Vitt 1912-1918.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsosa01.shtml
Sam Gibson 1926-1928.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Chiti
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chitiha01.shtml?redir
Harry Chiti 1960-1961.

from Baseball Reference

 

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http://www.theoaklandpress.com/sports/20170131/pat-caputo-bullpen-help-the-tigers-should-consider
Bullpen help the Tigers should consider. Pat Caputo must be on acid.
OaklandPress

 

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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/velocity-and-the-remaining-free-agent-pitchers/
Velocity and the remaining free agent pitchers.
Fangraphs

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/1/31/14455508/jim-leyland-life-in-baseball-review-mlb-network
?Jim Leyland: A Life in Baseball? is a touching tribute to the skipper.
The special airs January 31 at 9 p.m. ET on MLB Network.
bybtb

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/1/31/14451346/bless-you-boys-state-of-the-blog-2017
State of the blog: What do you want to see from Bless You Boys Tigers Blog in 2017?
BYB is gearing up for its 12th full season and we want to hear from you!

 

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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18565078/victor-martinez-worst-baserunner-ever
Victor Martinez: Worst. Baserunner. Ever?
espn

 

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http://motorcitybengals.com/2017/01/31/detroit-tigers-ranking-high-on-the-top-10-right-now-lists/
Detroit Tigers Ranking High on the 2017 Shredder Top 10 List.
mcbtb

 

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February 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1928 - Former standout Hughie Jennings dies at the age of 58. The future Hall of Famer batted .311 over a 17-year career, including a career-high .401 in 1896. Jennings also managed the Detroit Tigers to three consecutive American League pennants from 1907 through 1909.

1947 - Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the creation of a pension plan for major league players. Players who have accumulated five seasons in the major leagues will receive $50 a month starting at the age of 50. For each year of additional service, a player will receive an extra $10 per month, up to a maximum of $100.

1959 - Zack Wheat, a Brooklyn Robins favorite of the 1910s and 1920s, is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Wheat, a .317 hitter over his 19-year career, batted .300 or better 14 times.

1962 - The National League releases its first 162-game schedule.

1965 - The National League clubs adopt an emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster.

1970 - The Veterans Committee selects former Commissioner Ford Frick and former players Earle Combs and Jesse Haines to the Hall of Fame.
Haines won 210 games for the St. Louis Cardinals and pitched in four World Series.
Although he played 100 games in a season just nine times, Combs accumulated 1,866 hits and batted .325.
Frick was commissioner from 1951 to 1965, but he is best remembered for suggesting that an asterisk be placed next to the name of anyone who broke Babe Ruth's home run record during the eight additional games on the schedule in 1961.

1973 - Monte Irvin is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Irvin becomes the fourth player to gain election through the committee, joining Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard. Irvin won two batting crowns for the Newark Eagles before joining the New York Giants.

1995 - Talks resume between the major league owners and the Players' Association in attempt to resolve the on-going strike. The owners agree to drop their demand for a salary cap, replacing it with a proposal for a luxury tax.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullibi03.shtml
Billy Sullivan 1916.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/madisda01.shtml
Dave Madison 1952-1953.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo03.shtml
Bob Smith 1959.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodsro01.shtml
Ron Woods 1969.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckeri01.shtml
Rich Becker 2000.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Austin_Jackson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksau01.shtml
Austin Jackson 2010-2014.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hughie_Jennings
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jennihu01.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/jennihu01.shtml
Hughie Jennings 1907, 1909-1910, 1912, 1918, manager 1907-1920.

from Baseball Reference

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/02/tigers_broadcast_booth_fans_ro.html#incart_river_index
Tigers broadcast booth: Most fans happy with 2017 lineup, Rod Allen in top role.
Mlive