lordstanley

Lolololol. Needed this good news to make my mind off baseball.

It’s a brand new morning, one in which the Tigers still wake up alone in 1st place. But for the last time this year?

Yep, and four of those spots are available to the Tigers. AL Central and Wildcards #1, #2 and #3. So they have to beat out any one of Yankees (Tigers 2 back, Tigers have clinched tiebreaker win), Seattle (Tigers 1 back, Tigers have clinched tiebreaker loss), Boston (tied, Tigers will win tiebreaker unless swept in final series), Cleveland (Tigers 1 up, Tigers will lose tiebreaker unless sweep next series) or Houston (Tigers 1 up, Tigers have clinched tiebreaker). There's a real possibility of Detroit and Cleveland playing a 3rd series within 2+ weeks, in the wildcard round. With one being the #3 seed and the other being the #6 seed.

Tigers lose, Guardians win, Jays lose, Yankees win, Red Sox win, Mariners win, Astros lose. A week and a day to go and it's now possible that the division winners could be NY Yankees (down 2), Cleveland (down 1) and Seattle (up 1). It is also still possible that the Tigers miss the playoffs while the Cincinnati Reds (down 1 for WC3) make the playoffs.

On the morning of September 11 the Tigers had a 9.5 game lead with 16 games to play. By the evening of September 20, the Tigers have a 1.0 game lead with 7 games to play. By my count, starting Thursday September 11 through the end of today, there will have been 16 games that have impacted the division race and 15 have gone against the Tigers. Only exception is in bold. Thursday September 11 Cleveland beats KC Detroit loses to NY Yankees Friday September 12 Cleveland beats Chicago White Sox Detroit loses to Miami Saturday September 13 Cleveland beats Chicago White Sox Detroit loses to Miami Sunday September 14 Cleveland beats Chicago White Sox Detroit beats Miami Tuesday September 16 Cleveland beats Detroit Wednesday September 17 Cleveland beats Detroit Thursday September 18 Cleveland beats Detroit Friday September 19 Detroit loses to Atlanta Cleveland beats Minnesota Saturday September 20 Detroit loses to Atlanta Cleveland beats Minnesota Cleveland beats Minnesota

Only hope might be Astros losing out.

Guardians take 2-0 lead. One guess as to who drove in the 2 runs.

This was a lopsided 3-point win.

My post was more spoofing of Yzerman diehards.

"When Scott Harris was hired he inherited a mess. Since then he has increased their win total every year. From 66 to 78 in 2023. Then to 86 in 2024. Then to 87 in 2025 if they manage to go 2-5 the rest of the way. What more can you ask for!"

Yes, top of the 9th might have been peak tension for me. Now I'm almost resigned to it.

The Tigers' only "hope" might be to somehow sweep the Guardians. Even winning 2 of 3 might not be enough.

Jace Jung? Wow.

Inning over but I still think the season is on the line here. Win this on a walk off or hard to see the Tigers recovering from this.

Acuna Jr has a chance to bust this open.

Unlucky and untalented.

2 down.

1 down.

2 on 0 out. We will be lucky to get to the bottom of the 9th tied.

Lead off man on. Of course.

Tigers lead 5-4 mid-8. Assume Vest for the 9th? We need insurance!

Big challenge here. I’m not sure he is out there. Dan D is confident though.

Dangerous Baldwin coming to the plate as the go ahead run.

One of the most important Tork bombs ever.