Seven games in a row for the formerly beleagured and now beloved, Tigers. I can't remember a home run as sweet as the one that Magglio Ordonez hit last night in the bottom of the ninth inning. One pitch. One swing. Delirium in Detroit and for Tiger fans everywhere.
Destiny is often overrated when it comes to sports teams. Over the last three years, however, three of the oldest teams in baseball, Boston, the Chicago White Sox, and Detroit have each made it into the World Series. Of course, Boston and Chicago had been waiting much longer than Detroit for World Series championships. Detroit has been so dismal over the past decade plus that it seems like 1984 was an eternity ago. Face it, when your team loses over 400 games in four years, it seems as if time has stood still.
Now we are there once again. Does Jim Leyland keep the same lineup for the Series? Can he bring Chris Shelton back as a first baseman with Sean Casey injured, or is he stuck with the players that he brought to the ALCS? What about the pitching rotation? Does he stay with what is working and start Nate, then Justin, then Kenny, and finish with Jeremy? Or does he tinker and put his post-season ace, Kenny Rogers, as the starter for game one now that the series will start at home in Comerica Park?
These and more questions will be decided, but first we have to find out who Detroit is going to play... St. Louis or the New York Mets? For now it is the infamous TBD.
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