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I read they're going to drop the place name altogether. Will just be referred to as "The Athletics" or "The A's" in the standings, instead of a city or state.

Dan's call of the final out Lange Saves Tigers Opener.mp3

Tigers lead! Has Urshela been the Tigers' best hitter so far this season?

Tie game. 4-4, no win for Skubal, A's have runner on 3rd with 2 out.

Boo. A's back in the game after a 2-run homer. 3-2, still in the top of the 6th. Another potential homer just went foul.

Buddha knows. Points in their past 10 games: - Pittsburgh 14 - Washington 11 - Detroit 10 - NYI 10 - Buffalo 10 - New Jersey 8 - Philadelphia 7

Essentially a 5-team play-in tournament for 2 spots, with each team getting 6 or 7 games. The Wings and: - Philadelphia, defeated by Detroit in ‘97 Cup final - Washington, defeated by Detroit in ‘98 Cup final - NYI, coached by Patrick Roy who was yanked from Game 7 blowout as Wings advanced to ‘02 Cup final - Pittsburgh, defeated by Detroit in ‘08 Cup final (before robbing Wings in ‘09)

There wasn't a controversy. If it's the YouTube video I'm thinking of, it was made by a younger fan who wasn't even born back then who saw an old press clipping and ran with it. The Orioles used to play Country Boy and since they had won the division in 1983 it sounds like a few people thought that the Tigers shouldn't play that song. If there was a controversy, it lasted a day. Much more attention was paid that summer to stuff like the Bless You Boys song, the Wave and its various variations, and even Martha and the Vandellas' Dancing In The Streets. Europeans always refer to the wave as the Mexican Wave because it was popular at soccer games in Mexico going back to the '70s, and some American college football crowds tried it in the early 80s. But it was really the Tigers' 1984 start that put the Wave on the map - for good or for bad - in the States.

Full Vampire Weekend album, Only God Was Above Us, is out today and I’ve been listening to it since last night. Strong from top to bottom, a great listen.

Midway through the 3rd period in both of tonight's key games, the Isles are up on CBJ 3-2 and Pittsburgh is up on Washington 3-1. IF those results we'd have: - NYI and Philly with 83 points, both with 6 games to play - Washington and Detroit with 82 points, both with 7 games to play - Pittsburgh with 81 points, 6 games to play.

Dan’s call of the final out. Miller Closes Out Mets.m4a

An Angel Hernandez Special costs the Tigers a run. Hope is proves to be irrelevant.

Your wish is Gio’s command.

100% of his hits this season so far have been homers.

Tie game!

Devils lose. 76 points with 6 games to go, maximum of 88 possible. They're done. They don't even need to be tracked anymore.

Yes and yes.

Breather tonight. No super meaningful games on tap. I guess we should still hope for NJ to lose to the Rangers, but with the Devils 6 pts back of the Wings and having only 7 games left to play, they're not much of a factor. The Devils would have to win out just to hit 90 points, and I don't think that will cut it.

One of my favourite ever broadcast moments was at the 2:29:05 mark here Ernie: "It's 11 o'clock in Detroit, and do you know where the Tigers are? They're 3 outs away from an American League pennant'

Getting a bit bunched up. Washington loses, NYI wins, Pittsburgh wins, NJ loses. 5 teams for 2 spots - Washington, Philly, Detroit, NYI, Pittsburgh.

Yeah, they now lead NJ 5-3 and if the beat Washington on Thursday they’d be within 1 pt of the Wings. NJ winning tonight would have been better, because they’re a point behind Pittsburgh and play the tough Rangers next.

Decent news so far ... Washington trails Buffalo 3-2 starting the 3rd Chicago leads NYI 1-0 after 2 NJ leads Pitt 3-1 in the 2nd (mostly indifferent who wins that, just prefer it not to go into OT - both teams are on last gasp though)

Here are the maximum points each bubble team can achieve if they were to win out: Washington - 82 pts + 9 games = 100 pts Detroit - 82 pts + 7 games = 96 pts Philly - 83 pts + 6 games = 95 pts NYI - 79 pts + 8 games = 95 pts Pitt - 77 pts + 8 games = 93 pts NJ - 76 pts + 8 games = 92 pts Buff - 75 pts + 7 games = 89 pts