The ALCS kicks off today with the Detroit Tigers playing the host Texas Rangers in Arlington. Now take a minute to digest that. Done digesting? If you haven’t figured out the painstakingly clear fact — there are no AL East…
In the offseason before 2010 the Detroit Tigers made a trade that confused their fans, me included. They dealt fan favorite, model citizen and player Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees. Edwin Jackson a young starting pitcher coming off…
No more wild card drama. No more ‘is my team making the playoffs?’ This is the big stage; if you didn’t come to play, then you might as well go home now. But obviously everyone came to play. Every playoff…
While a win in the tie-breaking game determining a playoff spot is nice, it may not be the best position to be in. Since 1946 there have been only 13 tie-breaker games, only 8 of those have decided a division…
The August 31st waiver trade deadline is a chance for teams to acquire a player to help them fill a hole that they didn’t address at the July 31st deadline or are filling a hole created by injury. Sometimes the…
In the playoffs you want your best starter to be on the hill in Game 1, followed by your second best and so on. But some teams who are in a playoff race don’t have that luxury. Take this year’s…
The American League playoff picture has become more clear, at least for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers have clinched their division, and at this point we know two of Tampa Bay, Boston and New York are going to make it, as…
The Detroit Tigers became the first AL squad to clinch a playoff berth and a division title Friday night with a 3-1 win over Oakland. We can now officially put their name into the hat for the top AL seed…
History may suggest that teams heading into the postseason do much worse if they are on a hot streak. The only team that has defied this in recent memory is the 2004 Boston Red Sox. History also suggests that teams…
Justin Verlander. That , my friends, is the reason that the Tigers win. But there’s more to it than just that. Barring a collapse by Texas, the Tigers will likely have the worst playoff record of the AL teams, wild…