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For those that had to miss seeing the bottom of the 9th here are the key plays, minus the strikeout for the 1st out.

Skubal said just now that he assumed the 7th inning was the end of his day but AJ didn’t give him the handshake and he will never pull himself out of a game.

So I wanted to give you a chance to listen in relaxed comfort to Dan D and Bobby Scales call the final 2 outs, but I keep getting an error message when I try to upload it here.

What an exciting 9th inning, both the top and bottom. Tigers win!!’

Tigers put first two men on and don’t score. Of course. With Jose Ramirez leading off the 9th.

Wow, so close to a double play. Great outing. But Vest could give up this lead on a 1st pitch base hit.

Bunted for the lead! Smart. Tigers learning from the Guardians.

1st and 3rd with 0 out in a tie game in the 7th, Williams out. This is our chance.

Skubal looking good. 1-0 Tigers after 1.

Tigers lead!

Tigers are putting ball in play so far but …2 pitches 2 outs.

Holy moley, definitely much higher than I expected, but perhaps I’ve been way out of the loop.

A classic song about old age & loneliness from a legendary songwriter.

By the way, while a Game 3 if necessary is scheduled for 1:08pm ET the time could be moved. If one or two of the other three series are done in 2 games, then the Tigers game would be moved to 3:08pm ET Thursday. If all three of the other three series are done in 2 games, then the Tigers would be moved to 7:38pm ET Thursday.

Win the Series

And after the Lions had uncharacteristically moved 60 yards in a minute, beautifully. 15:45 to 17:25 of this clip.

And I doubt that the Jays think an ALDS vs Boston or New York is much of a reward for the #1 seed, compared to the Cleveland-Detroit winner that #2 Seattle gets.

I think the chances of the Tigers beating Cleveland are at least 50/50. I wanted the Tigers to win the division because that's the goal at the beginning of each season, not because I think home field will make much difference in this series. Home field is more enjoyable to watch as a fan, because I feel like I'm cheering along with 40,000 others instead of against them, but the players tune that out. The main reason I want the Tigers to beat Cleveland is because it is rare if ever that a chance for me to see Tigers play playoff baseball presents itself so perfectly. The ALDS would start in Seattle, it would be on a weekend, and my wife is out of the country this week so I'm alone by myself. As soon as the Tigers eliminate Cleveland I'd have a little road trip quickly arranged for Saturday morning to Sunday night.

Tigers play at 1:08pm and the Red Sox-Yankees play at 6:08pm. If Tigers-Guardians goes past 4pm, probably all markets except for Cleveland and Detroit will switch to airing a 2-hour Red Sox-Yankees pre-game show.

Agreed, especially since they had already made the playoffs last year to snap a 10-year drought. This year’s Tigers wouldn’t have made the playoffs in any year prior to 2022’s addition of a 3rd wildcard. The 2024 Tigers had the best record in baseball the final 1/4 of the season. The 2025 had the best record in baseball the first 1/2 of this season. Their run differential was right up there too. They won 100 games over a 162 game stretch spanning two seasons. So apart from McKinstry and Baez, I don’t think it was that obvious at the All Star break that their success was unsustainable. Sure, maybe winning 100 games this year was never realistic even at the All Star break, but best record in MLB, best record in AL, 95 wins, wildcard round bye, 90 wins, AL Central title, home field for wildcard round were all targets that came and went. The Jays jumped from 74 wins to 94 wins but Tigers fans should be satisfied with a 1-win improvement over last year? Nothing to celebrate yet, making the playoffs only gives them a chance to redeem themselves and give them teeny weeny consolation this offseason compared to if the collapse had led to missing the playoffs completely.

Anti-climactic would be if, like in hockey, the Cowboys had won in OT but Green Bay was granted half a win anyways.

It would have been pretty funny if Eberflus as the Cowboys DC had been able to to watch Love bungle the final 20 seconds and almost fail to leave time for a FG attempt.

40-40 final. I wonder if that is a Scorenado.

And so GB will get the ball back but even if GB gets a tying score, Dallas would get the extra possession if any time left.