Tigers (finally?) capture #1 at ESPN power rankings
posted in Power rankings |And by grabbing No. 1 at ESPN, the Tigers are atop every major ranking: Baseball Prospectus, Fox Sports, Sportsline, SI and ESPN. You know what that means? It’s all downhill from here! Haha. Just a longtime Tigers fan joke.
All along, all we’d asked is for the Tigers to earn it on the field. Yes, we know … their record has been phenomenal, their story has been wonderful, their manager has been brilliant, their pitching has been spectacular. It’s all good.
But before we could completely feel the Motown mojo, there was still one thing missing. The Tigers needed to beat a somebody, not just the Royals and Devil Rays of the league. And that somebody, finally, was the world champion White Sox.
Sweeping the Cardinals of the league, beating the Twins and Reds and Jays of the league, etc., apparently didn’t count…
Chicago dropped to fourth, quite a fall for the team with the second-best record in the majors. But they’ve lost series to all three teams ahead of them, so it’s fair.
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I actually had a dream last night that ESPN promoted the Blue Jays to the #1 spot, just because they didn’t want Detroit to get it.
I also dreamt that we traded for Prince Fielder and made Gomez give up his #45 to him, and we also went back to play in (a refurbished) Tiger Stadium for the playoffs. I should stop drinking before bed.