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1947 - Dodgers manager Leo Durocher was suspended for one year by commissioner Happy Chandler for "the accumulation of unpleasant incidents" detrimental to baseball.

Detroit Tigers spring training has been a joke. Usually during the spring you get to read about players not previously known, watch if your favorite minor leaguer will make the team and track how the vets whip into shape just in time for opening day.

The last time Tigers fans have entered a season with such high expectations was spring 2008, and before that maybe 1987?A Maybe never.A Clay Davenport's most recent simulations give the Tigers a nearly 70% chance to make the playoffs - a number exceeded only by the Texas Rangers.A Of course, our memories are long enough to remember the catastrophic ... (more)

You're a Tigers fan, and as spring training nears, you're feeling a tad cocky. The Tigers could be scary good and freakishly dangerous.