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April 8 in Tigers and mlb history:

1909: While at spring training, Hal Chase of the New York Highlanders contracts smallpox. The entire team is vaccinated and quarantined while traveling north.

1914: An attempt to legalize Sunday baseball in Massachusetts is defeated.

1916: Outfielder Tris Speaker is still a holdout as a reaction to Boston Red Sox owner Joseph Lannin's proposal to cut his salary from $11,000 to $9,000. Speaker wants $15,000. The Red Sox, in anticipation of resolving the contract dispute by trading Speaker, purchase OF Tilly Walker from the St. Louis Browns.

1922: At Sportsman's Park, the St. Louis Cardinals wear their new uniforms (two red birds on a bat with the words "Cardinals" across the front) for the first time in an exhibition contest with the St. Louis Browns.

1927: Four days before the season opens, recently-traded Rogers Hornsby breaks the impasse by selling his stock in the St. Louis Cardinals for $112,000. He receives $86,000 from owner Sam Breadon, $2,000 from each of the other seven National League clubs, and an extra $12,000 from the New York Giants, his new team.

1933: Prior to a pre-season contest in New York, and exactly one week before Schoolboy Rowe's official major league debut], the highly touted Tigers pitching prospect launches a batting practice bomb into the Polo Grounds' center-field bleachers, a feat never before performed since the stadium's 1923 reconfiguration. It will be more than 15 years ? July 18, 1948, to be precise ? before Rowe's feat is finally matched in the course of a game, by Negro Leaguer Luke Easter, and roughly 20 ? i.e. April 29, 1953 ? before its first major league version, courtesy of Joe Adcock.

1946: Jim (Catfish) Hunter is born in Hertford, North Carolina. The pitching ace of three World Series champions in Oakland in the 1970s and a member of two other Championship-winners with the New York Yankees, Hunter will make his major league debut in 1965 and will win election to the Hall of Fame in 1987.
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1954: Hall of Famer Gary Carter was born this day. An 11-time All-Star; won three Gold Gloves and played on the 1986 World Champion
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1955: The Detroit Tigers purchased Harry Malmberg from the Cleveland Indians.
1955: The Detroit Tigers selected Ron Samford off waivers from the New York Giants.

1963: The Detroit Tigers claim little-known pitcher Denny McLain on waivers from the Chicago White Sox, who will regret their decision. After pitching brief stints for the Tigers in 1963 and 1964, McLain will win 108 games from 1965 through 1969 with 31 wins in the Tigers 1968 season when the team came back from a 3 games to 1 deficit and beat the Cardinals in 7 games for the World Series Championship. McLain also won 2 Cy Young Awards in '68 and '69 with the 1968 American League MVP award.
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1966: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ron Woods from the Pittsburgh Pirates for $500.

1968: The major leagues decide to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. With 11 black players on their roster, the Pittsburgh Pirates vote not to play games on Monday - the day of the scheduled opener - or Tuesday. The Pirates will open the season on Wednesday.

1969: Four expansion teams make their debuts. The Kansas City Royals, Seattle Pilots, Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres all win their inaugural games.

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1969: After a long recovery following a 1967 beaning, Tony Conigliaro starts his first game for the Boston Red Sox. His dramatic two-run 10th-inning home run gives the Red Sox a brief lead, and his 12th-inning run wins it, 5 - 4, over the Baltimore Orioles home team.

1969: Denny McLain throws a 3-hitter and Al Kaline hits a home run as the Tigers beat Cleveland 6-2 on Opening Day at Tiger Stadium.

1970: The Detroit Tigers released Tom Tresh.

1974: Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves blasts a historic home run at Fulton County Stadium, breaking Babe Ruth's career all-time record. The 715th home run of Aaron's career comes against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing and results in a game-delaying celebration. Aaron will finish his career with a total of 755 home runs.
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1975: Frank Robinson makes his debut as major league baseball's first black manager. Rachel Robinson, the widow of Jackie Robinson, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a crowd of 56,204. As the player-manager of the Cleveland Indians, Frank Robinson hits a home run in his first at-bat, helping Cleveland to a 5 - 3 victory over the New York Yankees. For Robinson, it is his eighth Opening Day home run, setting a major league record which will later be tied by Ken Griffey and Adam Dunn.



1984: Tigers complete a sweep of the White Sox, improving to 5-0. Kirk Gibson hits his second home run of the year. Barbaro Garbey hits 2 doubles. Tigers score 5 runs off White Sox starter Tom Seaver in his Sox debut. #Relive84

1985: At Fenway Park, 46-year-old Phil Niekro starts for the New York Yankees, becoming the second oldest pitcher ever to start on Opening Day. Only Jack Quinn, for the Brooklyn Robins in 1931, was older at age 47.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Tom O'Malley as a free agent.

1987: Cleveland Indians pitchers Phil Niekro and Steve Carlton combine to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 14 - 3, making it the first time in major league history that two 300-game winners pitch for the same team in the same game.
Niekro goes six innings to get his 312th career win and Carlton blanks Toronto for three innings.

1987: Los Angeles Dodgers vice-president Al Campanis is fired after he made racist remarks on national TV two days earlier. Campanis suggested that blacks lacked the "necessities" to become managers or executives.

1989: One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his major league debut for the California Angels. Born without a right hand, Abbott bypassed the minors completely after starring at the University of Michigan, heading directly to the Angels' starting rotation. He lasts only four and two-thirds innings in a 7 - 0 loss to the Seattle Mariners, but will finish his rookie season with 12 wins and a 3.92 ERA, the most major league wins in a first pro season since St. Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Wingard won 13 in his first professional season, in 1925.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Urbano Lugo as a free agent.
1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Salas as a free agent.

1991: Starter Nolan Ryan and closer Goose Gossage pitch for the Texas Rangers in a 5 - 4 loss to Milwaukee. It marks the first time in major league history that a 300-game winner hurls in the same contest as a teammate with 300 saves.

1991: Major league umpires strike on Opening Day, and amateur umpires are used as replacements. The arbiters, whose working agreement expired on December 31st, will settle and return to work the next day. Among the benefits won by the Major League Umpires Association is an increase in starting salaries from $41,000 to $60,000.

1993: Carlos Baerga is the first player in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning.
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1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Alan Trammell as a free agent.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Bob Hamelin as a free agent.

2002: After opening their season with six straight losses, the Detroit Tigers fire manager Phil Garner and general manager Randy Smith. Coach Luis Pujols takes over the reins on an interim basis while team president Dave Dombrowski assumes the GM's responsibilities.

2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Casey Fossum as a free agent.

2008: Placido Polanco's major league record run of 186 consecutive errorless games and 911 consecutive errorless chances at second base ends. Polanco commits a throwing error that lets Manny Ramirez score on what would have been a triple otherwise.
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2010: Dontrelle Willis pitches six solid innings in his return to the major leagues as the Tigers beat Kansas City, 7 - 3. Willis went on the disabled list after pitching poorly last June and was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.
Miguel Cabrera goes 4 for 5 with a homer for Detroit.

2012: The Red Sox and Tigers stage an epic battle on Easter Sunday. Detroit takes an early 5 - 0 lead off Clay Buchholz, but Boston roars back to chase Max Scherzer in the 3rd inning after he has coughed up 7 runs. Sox closer Alfredo Aceves takes the mound in the bottom of the 9th with a 10 - 7 lead, but gives up a pair of singles and a three-run homer to Miguel Cabrera without retiring anyone. Boston scores two runs off Joaquin Benoit in the top of the 11th, but this time it's Mark Melancon who can't close the game. After giving up a sacrifice fly to Delmon Young, he has two strikes on Alex Avila with two outs when the Tigers' catcher hits a ball off the top of the railing of the right field fence for a game-winning two-run homer after 4 hours and 45 minutes of baseball.

2016: Jordan Zimmermann pitches 7 scoreless innings in his Tigers debut. The Tigers shut out the Yankees 4-0 to win their 8th straight home opener.

2018: Tigers are held to 2 hits but beat the White Sox 1-0 on a Miguel Cabrera sac fly in the first inning.
Mike Fiers threw six scoreless innings as the Tigers beat the White Sox 1-0 to complete the series sweep.
First time since 2004 the Tigers win with 2 or fewer hits.

2019: The Trump Administration aka Shitheads United cancels an agreement reached the previous December between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that allows Cuban players to join organized baseball through a formal transfer process, as is the case with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The current administration objects to the fact that transfer fees are being paid to the Federation; however, the agreement's demise is likely to lead to a return of danger-fraught defections as the only path for Cuban players to reach the U.S.

2024: Charlie "Paw Paw" Maxwell isn't just celebrating Opening Day, he's celebrating his 97th birthday!
And we had the Tigers and White Sox legend out to spend his special day with us.
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Tigers players birthdays:

Lady Baldwin Detroit Wolverines 1885-1888. 42 wins in 1886.

Bob Mavis 1949.

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Charlie Maxwell 1955-1962.

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John Hiller 1965-1970, 1972-1980.

Timo Perez 2007.

Dane Sardinha 2008-2009.

Bobby Wilson 2016, 2019.

Artie Lewicki 2017-2018.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

George Moriarty 1909-1915, manager 1927-1928.

Willie Ludolph 1924.

Joe Sullivan 1935-1936.

Bob Cain 1951.

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MONDAY MUSINGS.
Tigers official site

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.
So let’s get to it! Here are the most interesting topics that hit my radar over the past week………..
 
Tigers offense woes have been even worse than we could have expected.
Entering the year we knew two things: the pitching would be good and the lineup would be bad.
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'Days of Roar' Tigers Podcast : It's still early, but how concerning is Detroit Tigers' offense? 62 minutes.
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On this episode: After a 3-3 week, questions continue to percolate around the hitting prowess of the Detroit Tigers. Mark and Evan dive into the offensive concerns and break down if stronger bats should have been acquired in the off-season. Based on what they've seen so far, have the guys' thoughts on this season changed? After the break, the "Days of Roar" crew continues evaluating the offense and welcomes back Tigers radio analyst Bobby L. Scales II to the show. The trio talks about what they've seen in the nine matchups played, how cold temperatures influence the game, player development, the nuances of timing in hitting and more!
 
Injuries & Moves: Wenceel Pérez called up from Triple-A; Ibáñez on IL.
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Tigers To Recall Wenceel Perez For MLB Debut.
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No. 20 Tigers prospect set to make his big league debut after Andy Ibáñez injury.
MCBTB

Tigers put Andy Ibañez on the IL, summon outfielder Wenceel Perez from Toledo.
Detnews

Detroit Tigers place Andy Ibáñez on injured list, promote Wenceel Pérez for MLB debut.
Freep

Tigers place Andy Ibanez on IL, call up rookie from Toledo to make debut.
Mlive
 
Boxscore.

Pirates 7 - Tigers 4: Olson struggled and the offense squandered some good chances.
The right-hander just couldn’t find a groove with his fastball or slider all night.
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Tigers fall behind early again, drop third straight game in Pittsburgh.
Detnews

Reese Olson not sharp enough in Detroit Tigers' third straight loss, 7-4 at Pittsburgh Pirates.
Freep

Tigers’ hot start fizzling with 4th loss in 5 games.
Mlive
 
April 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: In the first game ever played at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox defeat Harvard University in an exhibition game played in a snow storm.
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1913: The Brooklyn Superbas and Philadelphia Phillies play the first game in the history of Ebbets Field. A crowd of 10,000 watches the visiting Phillies win, 1 - 0. The new ballpark is named after Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets.
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1939: The Brooklyn Dodgers selected Boots Poffenberger off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

1947: Commissioner Happy Chandler suspends Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher for "conduct deemed detrimental to baseball." The one-year ban will force Leo to miss the major league debut of Jackie Robinson.

1953: Pittsburgh's one-sided pre-season victory over the defending World Champions notwithstanding, today's main attraction is 21-year-old Mickey Mantle, as the Yankees' young phenom becomes just the third batter in Forbes Field's 44-year history?after Babe Ruth in 1935 and Teddy Beard in 1950?to clear the 89-foot-high right field roof.

1956: The Detroit Tigers released Joe Coleman.

1959: At Griffith Stadium, the Baltimore Orioles become the first team in major league history to turn a triple play on Opening Day. The Orioles turn the feat in front of Vice-President Richard Nixon, who throws out the ceremonial first pitch as a substitute for President Dwight Eisenhower.

1959: The Washington Senators defeat Baltimore, 9 - 2, behind a seven-hit, six-strikeout, complete game by Pedro Ramos, and two-run home runs by Harmon Killebrew and Reno Bertoia. Gus Triandos also hits a two-run homer for the only Orioles runs.

1959: In an effort to protect Little League batters, pitching mounds are moved back two feet to a distance of 46 feet.

1962: U.S. President John F. Kennedy throws out the first ball to open the baseball season at new District of Columbia Stadium. Despite rain, a record Washington crowd of 42,143 shows up to see Senators pitcher Bennie Daniels stop Detroit.
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1962: Frank Lary appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1964: The Detroit Tigers traded Lou Johnson and $10,000 to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Larry Sherry.

1965: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson joins 47,878 fans for the opening of Harris County Domed Stadium (the Astrodome). The Houston Astros win an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, 2 - 1, in 12 innings. Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle hits the first-ever indoor home run in the new park.
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1971: The Detroit Tigers signed Dave Boswell as a free agent.

1971: The Oakland Athletics trade 1B/OF Felipe Alou to the New York Yankees in exchange for two prospects. In 1972, Alou's younger brother, Matty, will join him in New York pinstripes. The Yankees will acquire him in another deal with Oakland.

1974: San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc criticizes his club over the public address system during a game! "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you," Kroc says. "I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life." The announcement occurs during San Diego's 9 - 5 loss to the Houston Astros. Coincidentally, the San Diego Chicken team mascot makes its debut that day. Hearing of the incident, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn will make Kroc apologize to the fans.

1981: Kirk Gibson has a horrible Opening Day, twice having balls hit him on the head in the outfield for Detroit.

1985: The Detroit Tigers traded Rod Allen to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Rosado.

1985: At County Stadium, Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver makes his 15th opening day start to break the mark set by Christy Mathewson.
Seaver pitches 6 2/3 innings and is credited with the victory as the White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4 - 2.

1986: Darrell Evans hits 2 home runs and Kirk Gibson hits a double and a triple. Trailing by one run in the bottom of the 10th, the Tigers get RBI singles from Evans and Dave Bergman to beat Boston 6-5.
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1988: Jack Morris balks three times in one game. Umpires have been ordered to crack down on balks this year.

1994 - Recently-retired NBA legend Michael Jordan makes his professional baseball debut by going hitless for AA Birmingham. Chattanooga is a 10 - 3 winner over the White Sox affiliate club.
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1996: The Tigers beat the Mariners 10-9 on a grand slam by Cecil Fielder at Tiger Stadium.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Bautista as a free agent.

2001: Hall of Famer Willie Stargell dies in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the age of 61. Stargell, who had been in failing health because of kidney problems, played key roles on the Pittsburgh Pirates World Champion teams in 1971 and 1979. Stargell hit 48 home runs in 1971 and shared the National League MVP Award with Keith Hernandez in 1979. Nicknamed "Pops" for his leadership skills, Stargell was named Pirates captain in 1974.

2009: The Blue Jays beat the Tigers as Ricky Romero outduels Rick Porcello. It is only the 19th time since 1901 that opposing starters both make their major league debuts together and it is the first time that two former first-round draft picks debut against one another.

2014: Major League Baseball's Diversity Task Force, created exactly a year ago, issues three recommendations to increase the number of African-Americans players: expanding MLB support for existing programs aimed at developing baseball in inner cities; launching program to improve the quality of coaching available to young African-American players; and raising its profile in inner cities by engaging current and past stars in outreach programs directed at the African-American community. Former manager Jerry Manuel will head the task force on a day-to-day basis, to ensure the implementation of the three initiatives, while Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski will continue as its chairman.

2014: Victor Martinez hits a go ahead HR in the 10th inning off Kenley Jansen as the Tigers beat the Dodgers 7-6.
Also in this game: Tyler Collins first career hit, Anibal Sanchez hit a double & Al Albuquerque got the save.

2015: The Tigers set an American League record by extending their streak of innings without allowing a run since the start of the season to 24, before giving up an unearned run in the 7th inning of a 7 - 1 win over the Twins. The previous mark of 22 innings was set by the 1947 Chicago White Sox, while the major league mark of 32 innings belongs to the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. Shane Greene is the winner against Kyle Gibson as Detroit improves to 3-0 and Minnesota falls to 0-3.

2021: It took a record 8,206 games, but someone has finally pitched a no-hitter for the San Diego Padres: off-season acquisition Joe Musgrove defeats the Rangers, 3 - 0, allowing just one hit-by-pitch but no hit and striking out 10 in a masterful performance. Many fans thought the team was cursed ever since manager Preston Gomez had removed Clay Kirby from a game on July 21, 1970, in the team's second season, when Kirby had a no-hitter going after 8 innings but the Padres were trailing, 1 - 0.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Derek Law as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

Vic Sorrell 1928-1937.

Guy Cantrell 1930.

Nate Colbert 1975.

Mike Brumley 1989.

Hal Morris 2000.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers who passed away:

Rabbit Robinson 1904.

Roxie Lawson 1933, 1935-1939.

Jimmy Outlaw 1943-1949.

Joe Coleman 1955.

Billy Hitchcock 1942, 1946, 1953, coach 1955-1961, manager 1960.

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CORPORATE CROSS POLLINATION.
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Tigers stun Pirates with 4-run 9th inning.
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Boxscore.

Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers Win over the pirates.

Tigers 5 - Pirates 3: Ninth inning heroics.
The Tigers struggled until late in the game, but managed to split the series in Pittsburgh.
BYBTB

Tigers rally in ninth inning to topple Pirates.
Detnews

Detroit Tigers rally for 5-3 win over Pittsburgh Pirates with 4 runs in ninth inning.
Freep

Tigers rally in 9th inning to beat Pirates, split series.
Mlive
 
The Tigers released a medical update today that revealed right-handed pitcher Sawyer Gipson-Long is dealing with right forearm tightness. He was already on the IL recovering from a groin strain. The 26-year-old is undergoing medical evaluation to determine the severity of the injury. Gipson-Long made four starts for the Tigers last year but retains his rookie eligibility for 2024. He is the team’s No. 10 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and No. 19 according to Baseball America.

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April 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: New Orleans (Southern Association) purchased Jay Kirke from the Detroit Tigers.

1912: The RMS Titanic a British passenger liner, starts its maiden voyage from Pier 10, Southampton, en route to New York. As we all know the Titanic will not make it on April 15 at 2:20 am she will break apart and sink.

1913: In a game which features U.S. President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first pitch, the New York Highlanders become the New York Yankees. Playing their first game under their new nickname, the Yankees lose to the Washington Senators, 2 - 1, as future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson picks up the win for Washington. After giving up an unearned run in the 1st inning, Johnson begins a string of shutout innings that will reach a major league record 56 before the St. Louis Browns score in the 4th inning on May 14th.

1930: Frank Lary is born in Northport, Alabama. Tigers pitcher 1954-64. Lary was called "Yankee Killer": he had a 27-10 record against the Yankees from 1955-61, a stretch when they won 6 pennants.
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1947: In one of the most significant moments in baseball history, Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agrees a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose general manager, Branch Rickey, personally recruited Robinson from the Negro Leagues.
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1958: The Detroit Tigers purchased Jim Fridley from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1959: The Detroit Tigers released Art Houtteman.

1959: On Opening Day at Briggs Stadium, Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox goes 5 for 7 and hits an unlikely 14th-inning two-run home run off Don Mossi to beat the Detroit Tigers, 9 - 7. Fox did not homer in 623 at-bats last season.

1962: Dodger Stadium, the first major league ballpark privately financed since Yankee Stadium opened in 1923, opens in Chavez Ravine. With 52,564 fans on hand, the Los Angeles Dodgers inaugurate the $22-million facility with a 6 - 3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
Vin Scully talks about how the team had to use vegetable dye to make the grass look more green.


1962: At Colt Stadium, the Houston Colt .45s make their major league debut with an 11 - 2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Houston right fielder Roman Mejias hits a pair of three-run home runs before a crowd of 25,271 fans. Bobby Shantz pitches a complete-game five-hitter and Don Cardwell is the loser. The Colt .45s and New York Mets join the National League as expansion teams this year.

1967: Detroit signs free agent Johnny Klippstein.
1967: The California Angels purchased Orlando McFarlane from the Detroit Tigers.

1968: Earl Wilson and Willie Horton are in starting lineup for Tigers home opener against Red Sox. Reggie Smith, George Scott and Elston Howard are among starters for Red Sox. In late 1950's, these teams were last two MLB clubs to suit up players of color.

1969: Bill Freehan hits 2 HRs including a grand slam. Mickey Stanley and Willie Horton also go deep in a 12-3 win over the indians at Tiger Stadium.
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1977: At Fenway Park, the Cleveland Indians (13) and the Boston Red Sox (6) establish a major league record for the most runs scored by both teams in one inning. The 8th-inning barrage proves to be too much for Boston as Cleveland beats the home team, 19 - 9.

1981: In his first game for the Chicago White Sox, Carlton Fisk belts a three-run home run in the 8th inning to lead Chicago to a 5 - 3 victory over his former Red Sox teammates at Fenway Park.

1984: The Detroit Tigers signed Ruppert Jones to a free-agent contract on this day. The left-handed-hitting outfielder proceeded to log a 139 wRC+ in 237 plate appearances to help the Tigers capture the American League pennant, then beat the San Diego Padres Jones?s previous team in the World Series.

1984: Home opener at Tiger Stadium. #Relive84 Tigers beat the Rangers 5-1 in home opener, are off to a 6-0 start.
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1989: Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his first major league home run at the Kingdome in Seattle's 6 - 5 win over the White Sox. Griffey's father, Ken Sr., is an outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds, making the two the first father-son duo to play in the major leagues at the same time.


1990: Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox is intentionally walked three times, tying a major league mark for a nine-inning game.

1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Mitch Lyden as a free agent.

1994: Former NBA star Michael Jordan singles twice, collecting his first hits in his professional baseball career while playing for the Birmingham Barons of the Class-AA Southern League.

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.

2000: On his father's 50th birthday, Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the youngest player, at 30 years and 141 days, to hit 400 career home runs, beating the previous mark set by Jimmie Foxx, who was 30 years and 248 days old.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Tike Redman as a free agent.

2006: Jim Thome and Joe Crede hit two-run home runs and Paul Konerko adds a solo shot, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 5 - 3 victory in the Detroit Tigers' home opener.

2012: Austin Jackson takes future Tiger Matt Moore deep to left to tie the game. Tigers would go on to win 5-2 and move to 4-0 on the season.

2016: The @NavinFieldCrew hosts one last game at the site of Tiger Stadium before construction begins on a new facility. The site reopened last month as The Corner Ballpark.
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2017: After a wait of 108 years, a two-hour rain delay pushes back the ceremony to raise the Cubs' 2016 World Championship banner at Wrigley Field a little bit more, but a boisterous sellout crowd is on hand to see 1B Anthony Rizzo being the first player to raise the flag and to take the World Series Trophy on the field. Rizzo is then the hero of the home opener, as his 9th-inning single off Kenley Jansen of the Dodgers drives in the winning run in a 3 - 2 win.

2018: Matt Boyd holds Cleveland to 3 hits and 1 run over 7 innings, but the Tigers lose 2-1. They become the first major league team since 1933 to have 4 losses in their first 10 games in each of which they allowed 2 or fewer runs.

2020: With no baseball being played because of the coronavirus pandemic, MLB sets up a virtual league, with one player from each of the 30 teams playing a three-inning game on the video game platform MLB: The Show against his 29 opponents. In the opening contest today, Blake Snell, representing the Rays faces off against Amir Garrett of the Reds.

2022: The Detroit Tigers released Chase Anderson.

Tigers players birthdays:

Art Loudell 1910.

Rudy Kneisch 1926.

Cliff Bolton 1937.

Frank Lary 1954-1964.

Eric King 1986-1988, 1992.

Tigers players who passed away:

Dick Kryhoski 1950-1951.

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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

The hottest trend in home run celebrations (or “celly” as the players call them) continues to survive into the new season. It is when players use designated props in their dugout to celebrate a HR being hit.
Last year, the Tigers’ celly was donning a Red Wings helmet, grabbing a hockey stick and make a shot into a net. This year, it’s a spear with 3 faux pepperoni pizzas on top just like the Little Caesar’s logo.
How the Tigers came up with this year’s version and the strategy behind it can be read in yesterday’s blog.

The Tigers’ are MLB’s only team to not have their celly tied to their name, the city of Detroit or the Michigan region. Approximately one-third of teams refuse to introduce a dugout celebration.
So what do you think of the Tigers’ 2024 version with the spear and pizza?

What do you think about the Tigers' newest HR celebration?

1. It's a fun and smart marketing move.

2. It's boring.

3. It's tacky.

4. It's stupid.

VOTE
 
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