getting excited for the game tonight....since the sox game starts first the tigers could actually clinch before there game is over....so many people including myself have counted the tigers out this year...but if we can keep from making errors there is a good chance we could win it all i think
The Tigers (87-73) will have the worst record among AL division champions, which means they'll open the playoffs Saturday at home against the division winner with the second-best mark.Not that when and where matters much to Jim Leyland's bunch. They're just glad to be back in the playoffs.
"It was a rocky road, it was a tough season, but in this business, you have to be able to take some hits," Leyland said. "This isn't a place for the faint-hearted. Hell, we took a lot of punches, a lot of them justified, some of them maybe not. But hey, we can take a punch."
After winning the division by 15 games last season and signing Prince Fielder in the offseason, the Tigers entered spring training with lofty expectations. But they got off to a surprisingly slow start and were below .500 in early July. They were still well behind Chicago early last month.
The White Sox faltered, though, and the Tigers took advantage. "It wasn't easy," said Fielder, who also had four hits, "but we got it done." Now, with Cabrera closing in on baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967 and Justin Verlander in contention for a second straight Cy Young Award, Detroit is the hottest team in the majors.
Sox choked it away. There is no other way it can be put at this point. They had all of September to put the Tigers away, but played .500 baseball and then the last two weeks of the season went 3-10. It wasn't as much what the Tigers did, as it was how bad the sox played but it doesn't matter. Congrats Tigers. :-<
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The Tigers (87-73) will have the worst record among AL division champions, which means they'll open the playoffs Saturday at home against the division winner with the second-best mark.Not that when and where matters much to Jim Leyland's bunch.
They're just glad to be back in the playoffs.
"It was a rocky road, it was a tough season, but in this business, you have to be able to take some hits," Leyland said. "This isn't a place for the faint-hearted. Hell, we took a lot of punches, a lot of them justified, some of them maybe not. But hey, we can take a punch."
After winning the division by 15 games last season and signing Prince Fielder in the offseason, the Tigers entered spring training with lofty expectations. But they got off to a surprisingly slow start and were below .500 in early July. They were still well behind Chicago early last month.
The White Sox faltered, though, and the Tigers took advantage.
"It wasn't easy," said Fielder, who also had four hits, "but we got it done."
Now, with Cabrera closing in on baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967 and Justin Verlander in contention for a second straight Cy Young Award, Detroit is the hottest team in the majors.
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The A's have cut Texas's lead in the AL West to one.
Reds vs Giants
Nationals vs ???
WC - Braves vs Cardinals