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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/the-saturday-survey-106/
THE SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

The Saturday Survey offers readers the opportunity to weigh in on a relevant topic. So here is a poll to gauge the pulse of our passionate readers.
Today we center the discussion on the hiring of A.J. Hinch as the Tigers? next manager.
As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons (4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!

On Friday, the Detroit Tigers signed former Houston Astros manager, A.J. Hinch, to become their next skipper. Hinch was fired a year ago for his role in the Astros cheating scandal in which he failed to do enough to stop the coaches and players from cheating. There is no evidence that Hinch himself cheated.
Unlike his former GM, Jeff Luhnow, Hinch took full responsibility for his actions and expressed his regret over the scandal. He did discuss it during the press conference with the Tigers.
Friday?s events certainly beg a question for Tiger fans. Please participate in the survey for the purpose of sharing your reaction to the hiring.

How do you, Tiger fan, feel about the signing of A.J. Hinch as manager?
1. Love it!

2. It?s a solid signing.

3. Gives me some hope.

4. I?m conflicted.

5. Not sure.

6. Horrible signing.

VOTE
 
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...hinch-not-fan-scripted-game-plans/6101474002/
Manage in the moment: Tigers' new skipper Hinch not a fan of scripted game plans.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...manager-aj-hinch-justin-verlander/6087407002/
What we learned from Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch: A Justin Verlander return in 2022?
Freep

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-scotty-bowman-christopher-ilitch/6091084002/
AJ Hinch is Detroit Tigers' Scotty Bowman, Ilitch says: Hired to win it all.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2020/1...-hinch-spent-his-year-away-from-baseball.html
How new Tigers manager A.J. Hinch spent his year away from baseball.
Mlive

https://motorcitybengals.com/2020/10/31/detroit-tigers-aj-hinch-hiring-ilitch/
Detroit Tigers: AJ Hinch Hiring Puts Onus on Ilitch.
MCBTB
 
November 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1892: Statistics for the first 154-game season show that Dan Brouthers of the Brooklyn Grooms was the top hitter at .335, and Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders the top pitcher in terms of wins with a 36-11 record.

1914: Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack begins cleaning house, asking waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Bender. Coombs goes to the Brooklyn Robins as Plank and Bender escape Mack's manoeuvering by jumping to the Federal League. Despite winning the American League pennant, Philadelphia fans did not support the Athletics and the club lost $50,000.

1922: Former Philadelphia Athletics catcher Ira Thomas buys the Shreveport club in the Texas League for $75,000. Other former players who own pieces of minor league clubs include Ty Cobb (Augusta), Eddie Collins (Baltimore), and George Stallings (Rochester).

1942: The Brooklyn Dodgers name Branch Rickey team president, replacing Larry MacPhail who enters the Army. Rickey had resigned as vice-president of the Cardinals only three days earlier.

1943: The Detroit Tigers drafted Eddie Mayo from the Boston Red Sox in the 1943 rule 5 draft.
1943: The Detroit Tigers drafted Joe Orengo from St Paul (American Association) in the 1943 rule 5 draft.

1944: The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Mayo Smith from the Detroit Tigers in the 1944 rule 5 draft.

1946: The Chicago White Sox drafted Bob Gillespie from the Detroit Tigers in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

1949: Gillette buys the World Series television rights for $1.37 million, the money to be dedicated to the players' pension fund.

1951: Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella is named National League MVP for what will be the first of three such awards.

1966: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award. He is a unanimous winner for the second straight year. This is the last year that only one award is given for pitchers in both of the major leagues.

1968: Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain is the unanimous American League winner of the Cy Young Award. McLain posted a 31-6 record, leading the A.L. in CG 28, IP 336, with 280 strikeouts and a 1.96 ERA, helping Detroit to the AL pennant.
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1977: The Detroit Free Press endorses Billy Rogell, "a Detroit institution," for his 12th term on City Council. Rogell was the Tigers' shortstop from 1930-1940, and won a world championship in 1935.
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1978: New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry is the unanimous choice for the 1978 American League Cy Young Award. Guidry led the league in wins (25), winning percentage (.893), shutouts (9), and ERA (1.74).

1982: At a meeting in Chicago, the major league owners vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract. The American League owners vote in favor of Kuhn 11-3, and the National League 7-5. But his 18 votes leave him 2 shy of the three-fourths majority required for reelection. Kuhn will remain on the job until a successor is found. He will eventually be replaced by Peter Ueberroth.

1991: Jerry Don Gleaton of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Eric Davis as a free agent.

1996: The Detroit Tigers traded Clint Sodowsky to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dan Miceli.

1997: The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opens in its new home in Kansas City, Missouri. It had been occupying a temporary site there for four years.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Fernando Rodney as an amateur free agent.

2000: Juan Gonzalez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2000: Hal Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Christman as a free agent.

2010: Jeremy Bonderman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Johnny Damon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Gerald Laird of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Magglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Bobby Seay of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2013: Jose Veras of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: The Houston Astros selected Darin Downs off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2014: Evan Reed of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2017: The Houston Astros win the first World Series title in their history by defeating the Dodgers, 5 - 1, in Game 7. The Astros score five times off Yu Darvish in the first two innings, with World Series MVP George Springer contributing the big blows with a double and two-run homer. Charlie Morton pitches the last four innings without allowing a run to receive credit for the win.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Heinie_Schuble
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schubhe01.shtml
Heinie Schuble 1929, 1932-1935.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pat_Mullin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mullipa01.shtml
Pat Mullin 1940-1941, 1946-1953, scout 1957-1963, coach 1963-1966.
Last Tigers player to wear Number 6 before Kaline.
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https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willied01.shtml
Eddie Williams 1996.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rublear01.shtml
Art Ruble 1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mclaupa01.shtml
Pat McLaughlin 1937, 1945.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/question-of-the-week-75/
QUESTION OF THE WEEK.
Totally Tigers

It?s time again to hear from our readers! Today is the day to let us know what you?re thinking on a selected topic.
Sunday is the one day of the week where we open up the comment parameters for you so you can get those juices flowing.
Comments on THIS DAY ONLY can be expanded to a maximum of 8 sentences.
We can?t wait to get your thoughts on the following topic.

After signing a 3-year deal with the Tigers to become their next manager, A.J. Hinch had this to say about the importance of his coaching staff:
?I really believe building a coaching staff is an enormous task and a huge priority,? he said. ?And I will start immediately. You can imagine how many people have reached out to me in the last 24 hours.?
Does this statement lead you to believe that Hinch will have free rein in hiring his staff, unlike Ron Gardenhire? Explain.
 
Sunday Notes: A Scandal Haunting, AJ Hinch is the New Manager of the Detroit Tigers.
A number of you reading this will share the same opinion: A.J. Hinch was suspended for his role in the Houston Astros cheating scandal, and for that reason he has no business managing a major league baseball team. It?s a reasonable stance. The integrity of the game matters, and while Hinch wasn?t fully on board with the shenanigans ? he twice smashed the monitor used to steal signs ? he nonetheless shares in the blame. That he didn?t put a stop to the outlawed actions is an indelible stain on his reputation.

On Friday ? freshly freed from MLB?s sanctions ? Hinch was named the new manager of the Detroit Tigers. Speaking at his introductory press conference, the club?s one-time catcher was understandably contrite.

?I?ve reflected back? from something that was very wrong,? Hinch expressed to a bevy of reporters. ?As I told Mr. Ilich, and Al, that?s part of my story. It?s not the Tigers? story? it?s not a part of the players I?m going to be managing. I?m sorry that they?re going to have to deal with it, [but] that?s our reality. Wrong is wrong, and I feel responsible, because I was the manager. It was on my watch.?

Mr. Ilich is Christopher Ilich, the Tigers? Chairman and CEO. Al is Al Avila, the club?s Executive VP, Baseball Operations/General Manager. The latter, who?d phoned Hinch 30 minutes after the conclusion of the World Series to request he get on a plane to Detroit, was already well-acquainted with the now-free-to-negotiate candidate. Based on his history with Hinch, Avila wasn?t overburdened by what had happened in Houston.

?We had a pretty good knowledge of AJ, of who he was,? Avila explained. ?There was never a doubt in my mind of his character. Honesty, he?s one of the better guys you?re going to meet in the game, or in life in general. No one mistake determines a man.?

His bona fides are beyond reproach. As Avila pointed out, Hinch has a World Series championship on his resume, as well as a background in both scouting and player development ? beneficial experiences given the team?s youthful promise. Moreover, Hinch is well-versed in analytics, an attribute he adroitly pairs with ? in Avila?s words ? ?baseball acumen.? The veteran front office executive conveyed that the erstwhile Astros manager ?checks all the boxes.?

Replicating the success he had in Houston won?t come easily. Hinch knows that, but he?s equally aware that there?s a lot of high-ceiling talent in the Tigers? pipeline, particularly on the pitching side. He helped turn a young Astros team into a championship team, and he sees the same opportunity in Detroit.

?We had a lot of success at my last stop, and this is a little bit of a different job because of where this organization is at at,? said Hinch. ?But one of the things that stood out for me in the interview process was how Al continued talk about how we?re past the rebuild stage. We?re getting into the building stage, and are going to start getting into the fun pretty soon.?

How soon that fun starts is hard to predict, but one thing is for certain: Hinch was brought on board with winning in mind, and expectations are that he?ll eventually take the Tigers to the top. In the meantime, the Astros? cheating scandal will remain an inescapable part of Hinch?s history. Ilich accepts that, albeit with full confidence that he hired the right person for the job.

?We have high expectations for how we?re going to perform on the field in terms of wins and losses, but also how we conduct ourselves,? Ilich said. ?And I believe, to my core, that AJ is going to conduct himself in the appropriate manner? As Al articulated, and I fully endorse, AJ is exceptionally well-positioned? to help us grow, and ultimately become highly competitive. Hopefully win a World Series championship.?

Fangraphs
 
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