January 24 in Detroit Tigers History: Detroit Tigers President Frank Navin blames the length of the games on the coaches’ boxes (1913)

[adrotate banner=”49″] On January 24 1913 — In a story in the New York Times, Detroit Tigers President Frank Navin blames the length of the games on the coaches’ boxes. Navin, reacting to American League President Ban Johnson’s complaint that too many games the previous season had taken two hours to

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