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[edit] 40 man roster
Yesterday I fixed the roster to exactly what it is now and im pissed because they changed it back. Look baseball is my thing and when i make a roster adjustment leave it because i no more than anybody. I better get credit for this crap. Ricedaddy09
- Thanks for your work, and welcome. I didn't see your edit, but did you provide a source? If you provide a detailed rationale on this talk page, and reference this page in your Edit Summary, then you can discourage others from changing it back. Here nobody's voice is more important than others - we don't know you. While you're at it, please sign your Talk Page posts with four tildes - it'll sign and date your post for you. SixFourThree (talk) 13:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree
[edit] Tigers player pages
Whoever did some of the Tigers player pages like the Franklyn German page needs to do a little better job at it. This below is a whole article:
Franklyn German is a relief pitcher currently playing with the Detroit Tigers, and has a career ERA of 5.73.
C'mon, people can do a little better than that!
[edit] 2007
"signed third baseman Brandon Inge and starting pitcher Jeremy Bonderman to four-year contracts." this should be resigned.
[edit] First Paragraph
The first paragraph is poor.. two mentions of AL champions seems a bit odd... i nominate someone to take the time and be a little more eloquent.
[edit] Nickname origin
This caught my eye:
There are various legends about how the Tigers got their nickname. One involves the orange stripes they wore on their black stockings. Tigers manager George Stallings took credit for the name; however, the name appeared in newspapers before Stallings was manager. Another legend concerns a sportswriter equating the 1901 team's opening day victory with the ferocity of his alma mater, the Princeton Tigers. The earliest known use of the name "Tigers" in the news was in the Detroit Free Press on April 16, 1895.[citation needed]
The truth is revealed in Richard Bak's 1998 book, A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium. In the 19th century, the city of Detroit had a military unit called the Detroit Light Guard, who were known as "The Tigers". They had played significant roles in certain Civil War battles and in the 1899 Spanish-American War. The baseball team was still informally called both "Wolverines" and "Tigers" in the news. Upon entry into the majors the ballclub sought and received formal permission from the Light Guard to use its trademark and from that day forth it is officially the Tigers.
The "truth" is a bit strong. Unless there's some evidence to support those assertions, then we should present it as another theory. SixFourThree (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree
- For that reason, I'm also removing the assertion from the introduction. And if anyone can verify the claims, it would be much appreciated. SixFourThree (talk) 17:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree
