Game 152: Finally!
posted in Chicago White Sox, The Stretch Run |With the 6-2 victory over Chicago:
Finally, the White Sox and Tigers finish their series for the year. Chicago won it, 12-7. Detroit won four of the last seven games, but also four of the last 10. I dreaded every meeting with the world champions, and rightfully so. The White Sox had our number and we don’t have to see them again until next year. Chicago may miss the playoffs, but they were an incredible, magically team you simply did not want to face. They lost that in the past month. Fortunately, we won’t have to worry about them getting it back.
Finally, Detroit won a series in Chicago, a tough environment with a team fighting for its playoff life.
Finally, we won’t have to hear anymore about the Tigers fighting for their playoff lives. That’s what made this series imporant: the opportunity to pretty much clinch a playoff spot. Two wins took four off the clinch number and virtually assured Chicago’s elimination. We don’t officially have a playoff team yet, of course. Strange things could happen. But in all likelyhood, they won’t. All that panic was for nothing. Breathe a sweet sigh of relief and put your panic button away for the season. We’ll still hear about the Twins beating the door down, but that talk won’t matter nearly as much on the day the Tigers clinch the playoffs. And that day might be coming soon.
Some other finallies:
Finally, the Tigers look like they might be on track.
Finally, Jeremy Bonderman wins again.
Finally, Detroit has won two series in a row.
Finally, Detroit won on a getaway day.
Finally, Ordonez made a nice play in right field.
Finally, the hitters are looking good from top to bottom (more or less). Curtis Granderson is hitting, Ordonez is hitting, Pudge Rodriguez is hitting. Runs have come both manufactured and by the longball. It’s not all candy and roses, but it’s getting to the point where the hitting is good enough to back strong pitching.
(Words I’d like to hear:) Finally, the Twins lost a game again! Sadly, they took another win in Boston and remain a half-game behind.
Finally, well actually, all year really, it’s great to be a Tigers fan and all those years of suffering are paying off. I never knew if they would. But they have.
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Even down to the final out last night I was very nervous that the White Sox would find a way to come back. Like you mentioned in your post, they just seemed to have that “magic” factor against the Tigers all season, or maybe it was an intimidation factor, because the Tigers seemed to play tight against them all year. It seemed like whenever we had Chicago, we would make errors or mistakes that you wouldn’t normally see the Tigers make against other teams. My first thought once the game was over last night was…man am I glad we don’t have to worry about them again this year. They made me more nervous than any other team in baseball. Lets just hope that the White Sox don’t close up shop for the year once they are eliminated for the playoffs, because we need them to play the Twins tough to close out the season.