ALDS Game 4: Hey New York: GET LOST!
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There was no joy in Gotham
For the Mighty Yankees have struck out.
Detroit controlled this game from the start, Jeremy Bonderman pitched like the ace we know he is, and the Tigers are moving on. Not just an impressive 8-3 victory, Detroit pitchers combined for 20 straight shutouts innings against what was called the best lineup ever assembled. And I hope it truly was the best lineup ever assembled, because that speaks all the better of Detroit’s pitching staff if it was.
Enjoy this one, we’ve been waiting 22 years to celebrate a series victory in the playoffs, and dang did the boys do it up right! Like Bilfer, I was speechless!
I wish I’d have been lucky enough to get tickets for this series. I thought what the players did, getting the fans involved in the celebration, has got to be one of the most amazing sights in baseball, if not all sports. This series had the feel of the Pistons-Lakers a few years back. No one gave the Pistons a shot, no one gave the Tigers a shot. On paper, it was no closer than the experts thought. But you’ve got to play the games, and both times, the Detroit teams came through, at first with a hint of victory to come, then both flat-out took what was theirs. When the Pistons finally clinched, and it was known from the middle of the game they would, there was a championship. The Tigers and fans just felt like they’d won one.
Nate Robertson blogs daily about his playoff experience. I have just one message for him: He and 24 of his closest friends will be remembered fondly as part of Detroit baseball history as long as we’re all around to remember it. What the Tigers did this season, both in the regular season and in the first week of the playoffs alone, has put them in the history books. I hope it’s a long, long chapter!
The bad news is, like Samara with the Red Sox, I follow the Athletics alongside the Tigers. I am not conflcted. I’m from Detroit and I grew up going to Tiger Stadium. Either way, I’m rooting for the winner, but until then, I have to put my affinity for the A’s aside. The good news is I should be able to do a pretty good and fair preview of the A’s series. The other good news is I’m making no predictions on that series because I have absolutely no clue what’s going to happen anymore.
But all of that can wait. What our Tigers accomplished this weekend is HUGE. I’m gonna enjoy the feeling for a long time!
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Best pic of the season!